NYConnects: Fulton County
Choices for Long Term CareAbout NY Connects
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Do You Need Help to Stay at Home?
The NY Connects staff will help you determine your long term care needs.
Supported by:
Fulton County Office for Aging,
Andrea Fettinger, Director
19 North William Street
Johnstown, NY 12095
Telephone: (518)736-5650
Links:
- AARP:
http://www.aarp.org - Access America for Seniors:
http://www.seniors.gov - Administration on Aging:
http://www.aginginplace.org - Agency for Health Care Research and Quality:
http://www.ahrq.gov - Aging Well (Food, Nutrition, Medications):
http://www.aging.ny.gov/Health/Nutrition/Index.cfm - Alzheimer's Association:
http://www.alz.org - Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR):
http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers - American Bar Association:
http://www.abanet.org/aging - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
http://www.cdc.gov - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid:
http://www.cms.gov -
Dept. of Health Nursing Homes in NY State:
http://www.health.ny.gov/facilities/nursing/ - Commission on Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities:
http://www.cqcapd.state.ny.us - Eldercare Locator:
http://www.eldercare.gov - EPIC (Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Company):
http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/epic - HICAP:
http://www.aging.ny.gov/HealthBenefits/ - Fulton and Montgomery County Mental Health Association Human
Services Directory:
http://mentalhealthassociation.org/man_services_directory/index.html - Fulton County OFA Caregiver:
http://www.fcofa.org/caregivers.html - Long Term Home Health Care Program Reference Manual:
http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/reference/lthhcp/ - NY Connects:
http://www.nyconnects.org/ - National Council on Aging:
http://www.ncoa.org - New York State Consumer Protection Board:
http://www.dos.ny.gov/consumerprotection/ - New York State Division of Housing and Community
Renewal-Affordable Housing Directory:
http://www.nysher.org - New York State Health Department:
http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/ - New York State Department of Health Long Term Care
Restructuring Initiative Advisory Council (PDF):
http://www.health.ny.gov/facilities/long_term_care/restructuring/
advisory_council/meetings/docs/2007-03-27_minutes.pdf - New York State Medicaid:
http://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid - The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare:
http://www.medicare.gov/ - New York State Nursing Home Profile:
http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/ - NY State Office for the Aging:
http://www.aging.ny.gov - Social Security Administration:
http://www.ssa.gov - U.S. Government:
http://www.usa.gov - U.S. Veterans Affairs:
http://www.va.gov
Hotlines:
- Domestic Violence Hotline - 1-800-942-6906 (24-Hour Number, NYS Hotline)
- Drug and Alcohol Abuse Hotline - 1-800-662-HELP - Fed SA and MHS treatment routing service.
- Drug Abuse Info Line - 1-800-522-5353, NYS Addiction Hotline
- Environmental Conservation Police and Forest Rangers - 1-877-457-5680
- Fulton County Sheriff’s Office Non Emergency - 736-2100
- Identity Theft Prevention - 1-888-567-8688, Consumer Credit Reporting Industry Opt in/Out
- Montgomery/Fulton County Sexual Assault Services - 518-843-4367 (24-Hour Number)
- Mental Health 24 Hour Crises Hotline at St. Mary’s Hospital - 518-842-9111
- National Runaway Switchboard - 1-800-786-2929 (1-800-RUNAWAY)
- New York State Child Abuse and Maltreatment Registry - 1-800-342-3720
- New York State Crime Victims Compensation Board - 518-457-8727; 1-800247-8035
- New York State Department of Motor Vehicles - 486-9786
- New York State Food Stamps Hotline - 1-800-342-3009 press “1” for Food Stamps
- New York State Senior Citizen’s Help Line - 1-800-342-9871
- New York State Office of the Attorney General - 1-800-771-7755
- Poison Control Center - 1-800-222-1222
- Social Security Administration
Gloversville 1-888-528-9446
General Information & Services - (800) 772-1213 - Suicide Prevention Center Confidential Crisis Hotline - 518-689-HOPE (4673)
- National Suicide Hotline - 1-800-273-8255
- Terrorism Information Hotline - 1-866-SAFE-NYS
- US POSTAL SERVICE - 1-800-275-8777
- EMERGENCY NUMBER FOR THE
HEARING IMPAIRED -
N.Y.S. Police Voice - (800) 342-4357