302 Silver Avenue | San Francisco, CA 94112 | 415.334.2500 | www.jhsf.org
302 Silver Avenue | San Francisco, CA 94112 | 415.334.2500 | www.jhsf.org
These links lead to national, state, and Bay Area organizations that provide information and services related to health and aging. Please contact the organization directly for more detailed information.
A nationwide nursing home directory to help you make the best choice, whether you are starting from square one, or have a good idea of what you are looking for.
www.jfcs.org/Services/Seniors/ / 415-449-3700
Services include case management, home care, volunteer services, telephone reassurance, bereavement services, counseling and personal affairs management.
www.ioaging.org / 415-750-5330
IOA helps seniors live independently in the community. Their services include adult day programs, home care, case management, community outreach counseling, research, and education.
A guide for selecting an assisted living facility, retirement community, or other personal care facility anywhere in the United States.
Featuring assisted living and senior communities across the United States and Canada. Detailed and descriptive information is given about each featured senior community to aid you in choosing an assisted living or senior housing option.
CALA is the statewide association representing more than 400 assisted living providers who serve over 20,000 elderly and disabled individuals throughout the state. CALA members range from small independently operated communities, to those that specialize in caring for residents with dementia, to large campuses with multiple levels of licensed care. This site contains a useful “Facts” page.
A resource to find state-licensed eldercare, health, social services, and mental health services and facilities.
This guide offers some basic information on all residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFE) in California. RCFEs (or assisted living facilities) provide a level of care that includes assistance with some activities of daily living, as residents are able to be more independent than those in most nursing homes.
415-929-7912
Located in San Francisco, Menorah Park is a subsidized housing community for seniors aged 62 or older.
www.RGPlaza.org / 415-345-5070
Rhoda Goldman Plaza is an assisted living community in the heart of San Francisco with ties to the Jewish Home and Jewish community.
www.alz.org / 800-272-3900
Provides information on the association, as well as resources for patients, families, caregivers, healthcare professionals, researchers, and the media.
www.alzheimers.org / 800-438-4380
A service of the National Institute on Aging, this site offers information and referral services, news, and research on Alzheimer’s disease.
www.arthritis.org / 800-283-7800
Information on arthritis-related advocacy, programs, services, and research.
Psychosocial support for cancer patients and caregivers is included in this site. It also aims to disseminate information on cancer and to educate healthcare personnel.
www.cancer.gov / 800-4-CANCER (800-422-6237)
Contains cancer-related health information and information about the work being conducted by NCI-supported scientists throughout the country. For the general public and health professionals, it offers consumer-oriented information on a wide range of topics, as well as comprehensive descriptions of research programs.
www.diabetes.org / 800-DIABETES (800-342-2383)
Research, information, and advocacy are provided.
www.caregiver.org / 800-445-8106
FCA’s programs, information, education, services, research, and advocacy support and sustain the important work of families nationwide caring for loved ones with chronic, disabling health conditions.
The website contains valuable health information on a wide range of topics important to older adults and their families, as well as research by NIA researchers and the community of scientists engaged in aging research.
www.apdaparkinson.org / (888) 400-2732
The organization focuses its energies on research, patient support, education, and raising public awareness of the disease.
The National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. sponsors this site, which offers research, patient and caregiver information, as well as information specific to improving the quality of life of persons with Parkinson’s.
BAJHC provides Jewish spiritual care to those living with illness, to those caring for the ill, and to the bereaved through direct service, education and training, as well as information and referral. BAJHC provides chaplaincy and support services to anyone who wants to see a rabbi, regardless of affiliation or financial resources. Refer also to Kol Haneshama and Grief and Growing Camp on this site.
This section of the CalCareNet can help people prepare for the last phase of life by providing information on talking with family members about one’s wishes, using legal documents, suggestions for managing pain, locating hospice programs, and finding other helpful resources.
Provides reviewed resources for life-threatening illness and end-of-life care, and aims to improve the quality of compassionate care for people who are dying through public education and global professional collaboration.
The only non-profit Jewish funeral home in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sinai Memorial Chapel offers traditional funeral or memorial services, burials, and arrangements for advance planning.
The site provides a comprehensive overview of a wide variety of topics, programs and services related to aging. The “Elders and Families” section is designed to assist older persons and their caregivers quickly obtain information and resources on a variety of aging-related topics. The AoA website also provides a good link to a host of Web sites on aging.
Features a full range of services, articles, and resources for elder care.
www.eldercare.gov / 800-677-1116
Consumers can easily link to the information and referral (I&R) services of their state and area agencies on aging. These I&R programs can help you identify appropriate services in the area where you or your family member resides.
www.JewishNfo.org / 415-777-4545 or 877-777-5247 (toll-free)
Free, confidential telephone service that provides up-to-date information and referrals to Jewish life and resources in Northern California, the U.S., and abroad.
Tailored for a non-medical audience, the site delivers the latest research-based information on a wide range of age-related diseases, conditions, issues, features, and news.
www.sinaichapel.org/referrals.htm
Provides links to synagogues and other Jewish Community resources in the San Francisco Bay Area.
www.sfgetcare.org / 415-626-1033
Call this line for information about aging services in the San Francisco area.
www.aging.ca.gov/ / 800-510-2020
Regardless of the county in California in which you live, you can contact this number and be connected with the service provider in your local area.
