Resources: Council Bluffs/Pottawattamie Co, Iowa * ABUSE/NEGLECT: Elder Abuse Hotline (24-hour) Adult Protective Services 417 E. Kanesville Blvd. Domestic/Sexual Assault Program 411 E. Broadway St. (800)362-2178 328-4875 328-0266 AGING SERVICES Southwest 8 Senior Services 328-2540 or (800) 432-9202 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: DEMENTIA Alzheimer's Association, Midlands Chapter 322-8840 or (800) 309-2112 COUNSELING/MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Alegent Health Psychiatric Associates 427 E. Kanesville Blvd. Catholic Charities 411 E. Broadway Family Services 25 Main Place, #500 The Willow Group 601 Willow Ave. 328-2609 328-3086 322-1407 323-1728 DISEASE-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS (Information/Education) American Cancer Society 2705 E. Kanesville Blvd. American Heart Association 715 Harmony St. 323-6611 322-4755 DRIVING CONCERNS: To report, or arrange testing for, an unsafe driver Iowa Department of Transportation (800) 532-1121 FINANCIAL NEEDS Iowa Dept. of Human Services 417 E. Kanesville Blvd. Social Security Administration 1026 Woodbury Ave. 328-5661 (800) 772-1213
FITNESS (Exercise/water exercise programs for older adults) Council Bluffs Senior Center 714 Main St. YMCA of Council Bluffs 7 S. 4th St. 322-6606 (* All addresses and phone numbers are in Council Bluffs unless otherwise noted) HANDICAP PARKING PERMITS (Free of charge with doctor's statement of disability) Iowa Department of Transportation Driver's License Examining Station 1751 Madison Ave. 323-1219 HOME-DELIVERED MEALS Meals on Wheels 933 E. Pierce St. Heat & Eat Meals 328-6045 328-2540 HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES: MEDICAL/PERSONAL CARE SERVICES Alegent/S.W. Iowa Medical Center Jennie Edmundson Hospital 933 E. Pierce St. REM Health of Iowa 300 W. Broadway #37 Visiting Nurse Association 300 W. Broadway #10 (800) 829--1099 396-4380 325-8989 328-2636 HOME REPAIRS/CHORES Senior Futures, Inc. 1612 Avenue "D" Housing & Urban Development 209 Pearl St. 328-8881 328-4631 HOME SERVICES: NON-MEDICAL (Housekeeping, meals, companion, yardwork) Comfort Keepers 120 S. 6th St. #105 Elder Job Services 300 W. Broadway 256-5800 242-2143
Home Instead Senior Care Bellevue, NE Right At Home Omaha, NE (402) 292-6611 (402) 697-7537 HOUSING: ASSISTED LIVING (Help with dressing, bathing and medications) Amelia House 57 W. Ferndale Dr. Pottawattamie Co. Care Facility 600 9th Ave Risen Son Christian Village 3000 Risen Son Blvd. 325-4400 328-3957 366-9655 HOUSING: INDEPENDENT LIVING (*Rent subsidized for lower income elderly) Bethany Heights 11 Elliott St. Bluffs Towers * 38 Pearl St. Camelot Village 1105 S. 3rd St. Dudley Court * 201 N. 25th St. Greenbriar Apartments 1400 Franklin Ave. Harmony Court 173 Bennett Ave. Maple Park Apartments 3524 2nd Ave. North Avenue Tower * 103 North Ave. Regal Towers * 505 S. 6th St. Risen Son Christian Village 3000 Risen Son Blvd. 328-8228 322-9392 328-2525 322-1901 328-0255 388-9000 322-8977 323-0684 322-1491 366-9655 LEGAL SERVICES Attorney Referral Service (Iowa State Bar Association) Legal Services of Iowa 532 1st Ave (800) 532-1108 328-3982
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT/ASSISTIVE DEVICES Health Equipment Loan Program 328-2825 MEDICAL INSURANCE Social Security Administration Medicare B Information Wellmark Blue Cross/Shield Health Care Financing Adm. Medicare/Medicaid Regional Ofc. Senior Health Insurance Information Program Medicaid/Medicaid Waiver Programs (Dept. of Health/Human Svcs) (800) 772-1213 (800) 532-1285 (816) 426-2866 (800) 351-4664 328-5661 NURSING HOMES ( * Facilities that have special care dementia units) Avoca Nursing/Rehab. Cr. 919 N. Chestnut St. (Avoca) Bethany Lutheran Home * 7 Elliot St. Indian Hills Nursing Center 1600 McPherson Ave. Loess Hills Nursing/Rehab. Cr. 2452 N. Broadway Oakland Manor Nursing Home 737 North Highway (Oakland) Risen Son Christian Village * 3000 Risen Son Blvd. 343-6398 328-9500 322-9285 323-7135 482-6403 366-9655 RESPITE CARE (IN-HOME COMPANION SERVICE) Presbyterian Outreach Time Givers Program 933 E. Pierce St. 328-2825 328-6040 SENIOR CENTERS (RECREATION, NOON MEALS) Avoca Senior Center 220 W. Lyon St. (Avoca) Carter Lake Senior Center 626 Locust St. (Carter Lake) 343-2341 347-6102
Council Bluffs Senior Center 900 S. 6th St. 714 Main St. Neola Senior Center 102 3rd St. (Neola) Oakland Senior Center 618 N Highway (Oakland) Regal Towers Senior Center 505 S. 6th St. Westside Senior Center 3112 W. Broadway 309-0085 485-2179 482-3353 328-1779 328-8117 SUPPORT GROUPS Alzheimer's Disease Better Breathers Club Breast Cancer (Wings of Hope Cancer Center) Cancer ("Hope For Tomorrow") Caregivers for the elderly (Senior Caregiver Support) meets in C.B. Diabetes Grief ("Life After Loss") Grief (Cutler Mortuary After Care Program) Heart Problems (Heart Health Support Group) Prostate Cancer (Wings of Hope Cancer Center) Stroke Widowed Persons (Care & Share Widows Group) Women For Sobriety 322-8840 or (800)309-2112 328-5479 325-8970 325-8970 (402) 502-1764 328-5342 322-7779 328-6055 325-8970 323-6311 322-7837 TRANSPORTATION Council Bluffs Special Transit 328-4634
(created 3/2003) Compiled by: Susan V. Murray, MSW, CMSW Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198-1320