• AARP Safe Driving (55-Alive) available periodically at Citizen's National Bank and other locations in the county. Online course available through AARP Web site for a fee
  http://www.aarp.org/families/driver_safety/
• Rules of the Road-IL Secretary of State Bi-monthly classes at the YMCA Senior Center - 309/837-5733

1718 W. Jackson St., Macomb, IL 61455 309/837-1519

Only professional moving company in McDonough County.

Organize U

812 N. Madison St., Macomb, IL 61455 309/837-3802 or 309/255-1428

Email sue@organizeu2.com

http://www.organizeu2.com

Professional Organizer and Certified Go System Trainer

Provides the following services to seniors and their loved ones at home or in a small group seminar:

• Organizing personal papers or those of your loved one
• Organizing personal space (kitchen, bath, closet, etc.)
• Helping with all the components to moving or downsizing
• Helping those with memory loss or their caregivers organize a home for easier day-to-day living
• Help with paying bills and writing correspondence
• Teaching methods of sorting mail, email and voice mail messages
• Teaching issues and time management techniques

Tri-states Audio Information Service - 309/298-2403
504 University Services Building, Macomb, IL 61455
http://www.tristatesaudio.org/becomealistener.asp
http://www.tristatesaudio.org/becomeavolunteer.asp

Broadcasts 24-hours, 7 days a week. Volunteers read from newspapers, magazines, and occasionally novels. Free to blind, visually impaired, learning disabled, or physically disabled persons. Listeners receive specially pre-tuned radios on-loan.

• Radio Information Service
• Personal Reader Services
• Call RIS (for Community Calendar and WIU Calendar of Events)
• Web Streaming Service (available through password to qualified persons)

Provides free library service for anyone unable to read regular print because of low vision, blindness, or a physical disability. Services include books and magazines on tape as well as playback equipment. Books and magazines are mailed FREE to and from library patrons, wherever they reside. There is no charge, whatsoever, to the patron. In Macomb, contact The Macomb Public Library for further information: (309) 833-2714.

(Tri-states Audio Information Services is Looking for Volunteers to Read Newspapers and Magazines either on tape or live).

Citizens National Bank of Macomb - (309) 837-0606
Customer Service Desk
Main Branch
127 S. Side Square
Macomb, IL 61455
http://www.citizensnational.net/

Senior's Day is an event held in the Main Lobby of Citizens National Bank on the first Thursday of each month (Feb.-Dec.). Co-sponsoring with the Bank are McDonough District Hospital and Heartland Health Care Center. Event gives local health care vendors and easily accessible location in which to present information and services to the community. Open to the public. For dates and further information call Customer Service.

http://www.caregivershome.com

Site provides access to resource for caregivers of victims of Alzheimer's disease. Sign up for a Free weekly E-mail newsletter that is packed with news affecting caregivers and the elderly.

http://www.hhs.gov/aging/index.shtml

http://www.edenalt.com

Rethinking the nursing home culture to encourage initiatives that improve the quality of life for both residents and their families, and staff.

http://www.eldercarelink.com

A free referral service for families in need of local eldercare services, it provides referral services for caregiver help. Within minutes of completing their brief needs survey, you will get a detailed E-mail report listing care providers in your area that match your specific requirements.

http://www.cbrx.il.gov/aging/1caregivers/caregivers-main.htm

Access Illinois Family Caregiver Support and the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren programs

http://www.idph.state.il.us/

Monthly list of the names and locations of nursing homes in Illinois that have violated the Nursing Home Care Act.

http://www.longtermcare.gov

Federal website that spells out senior living alternatives and the various payment options.

http://www.medicare.gov

• Medicare Part D Comparisons
• Medicare Ombudsman

McDonough County Social Services Directory

http://www.socserv.org/

Online interagency directory of the social services in McDonough County Illinois that are members of the Interagency Council. Not updated often and has no links directly to each services' web sites.

McDonough District Hospital Find a Physician

525 E. Grant St., Macomb, IL 61455 - 309/833-4101
http://www.mdh.org

National Council on the Aging

http://www.benefitscheckup.org

National not-for-profit research and education organization with a database to make individuals aware of all of the benefits they or a family member might be eligible to receive.

http://www.pioneernetwork.net

Introduces you to nursing homes with new ways of looking at nursing homes as communities made of residents, families, and staff.

http://www.socialsecurity.gov

Replace a missing Social Security card, change address, or bank depository.

http://www.strengthforcaring.com

Connect and chat with other caregivers at this site.

USDA Rural Develpment Home Repair Grants

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/sfh/brief_repairloan.htm

U.S. National Institute on Health

National Institute on Aging
http://www.nia.nih.gov

This site has a wealth of information for the older adult or a family member. Click on the name of the health condition for everything you need to know about one disease or many other ailments. Publications are usually FREE.

http://www.wiaaa.org/

WIAAA is a not-for-profit organization, dedicated to serving people 60 plus, helping them to remain in their own homes for as long as possible and to remain involved and active in their communities. WIAAA serves the ten-county area of Western Illinois including McDonough County.

Copyright © 2008 by Macomb Area AARP-CEO
Last Updated: 2.29.08