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Senior Centers
Mission: To be a link to resources for older adults and their families and a place for the community to gather, grow and contribute.
Mission: To enhance the lives of seniors living in Gladstone through services, programs, and activities.
Information and Referal
Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC)
Get connected to local information and services for seniors and people with disabilities. To view a 20-minute video walk-through about the ADRC click here.
211info connects people with health and social service organizations. At our heart is our core Community Information Center, supported by the Resource Database team. We’ve expanded to include enhanced information & referral and assistance programs that target specific services.
Clackamas County Community Resource Guide
Health
Hearing Loss Association of America Guide
What you should know about hearing aids and over-the-counter hearing aids
The yearly period in the fall is when people can enroll in a health insurance plan for the next calendar year. You’re eligible if you have certain life events, like getting married, having a baby, or losing other health coverage.
An independent state agency that serves long-term care facility residents through complaint investigation, resolution, and advocacy for improvement in resident care.
EyeCare America Resource Guide
Nursing home abuse - What is nursing home abuse?
Nursing home abuse is common in the United States. Older adults get hurt, are neglected, and even die in the same facilities where they should be receiving proper care.
According to the federal government, “nursing home abuse means the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinements, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish.” Nursing home abuse involves harm or injury done to an older adult intended to cause pain, suffering, or impairment.
Free 24/7 helpline: (800) 242-3900
An all incluseive Imagine a program that provides older adults with all their medical care, medications, and equipment and combines this with a network of support from social workers, therapists, and in-home caregivers. This program exists and it’s called PACE, a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. PACE is both an insurance and a provider. Care can be at a Providence ElderPlace PACE health and social center, or at home when needed.
Transportation
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), you may be eligible for LIFT service if you have a disability or disabling health condition and your disability or health condition prevents you from independently using TriMet buses and MAX Light Rail. Door-to-door transportation for people who are unable to ride a regular bus
GoGoGrandparet allows older adults to utilize on-demand transportation companies like Lyft and Uber while keeping family and loved ones notified.
Clackamas County Social Services
Transportation is available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To schedule a ride, contact Transportation Reaching People dispatch: 503-655-8208, Office hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
Food Resources
Food Resources In Clackamas County
Providing pet food ensures that the bond between people and their pet companions is unbroken. Our programs include:
Crime
Coordinated by the Clackamas County District Attorney’s office.
Other Resources
Clackamas County Resolution Services
A county-wide approach to minimize the impact of natural and human-caused incidents. We identify hazards, develop emergency and mitigation plans, coordinate response activities and train incident personnel. We also work with cities and regional partners to promote emergency preparedness and improve incident response.
American Red Cross, Free Smoke Alarm Installation and Fire Safety Education
The Red Cross and its partners offer free smoke alarm installations and home fire safety education for residents of Oregon and SW Washington.
Any aging adult who is experiencing loneliness, isolation, depression or anxiety can benefit from a confidential phone call with our Senior Loneliness specialists. Sometimes knowing there is someone who cares and wants to listen can be of great help.
Our free helpline is available from 5:30am-11:30pm every day
Oregon Telephone Assistance Programs
Barking Dog Resolution Program
Whether it is your dog or your neighbor's, it is unlawful for a dog owner to allow a dog to cause continuous annoyance by making prolonged sounds that can be heard by neighbors.
The Barking Resolution Program helps solve barking conflicts through mediation and agreement. Our goal is to resolve the issue as quickly and amicably as possible with both the complainant and the dog owner.
This website provides comprehensive details on grants for veterans. These grants are given away for free, and they could help low-income veterans with bills, mortgages, rent, housing, college, and medications. Please note that grants are only given to veterans who can prove financial difficulties. Apply for multiple grants to ensure your needs are met.
freegrantsforveterans.org offers information on the following :
(1) grants for rent (2) housing assistance (3) help with bills (4) education grants (5) medical bills grants (6) business grants
Offers free postal delivery and return of library materials to your home. Books, audiobooks, movies, magazines, and music CDs are all available. Must reside in Clackamas County and hold a Clackamas County library card. For more information call 503-650-3187.
One easy way to save trees and energy is by getting off mailing lists and preventing unsolicited mail from coming to you. Here’s a step-by-step guide for reducing unwanted mail:
The main consumer credit reporting agencies, TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax, maintain mailing lists that are often used by credit card and insurance companies to send out junk mail. The good news is that you can call a single number to get your name and address removed from the mailing lists circulated by all three agencies (as well as that of a fourth company, Innovis).
1-888-5-OPTOUT (1-888-567-8688)
The number—which connects you to a recorded message—works 24 hours a day. When you use the website or number, you will be prompted to give your full name, address, telephone number, and social security number. (People often ask about the necessity of giving their social security number. The credit bureaus already have access to these numbers and claim that they ask for them here to confirm the requests). You may select to have your name removed for five years (can be done online or via phone), or to have your name removed permanently which requires following up by sending in a printed form.
Any time you order a product by mail, enter a contest, subscribe to a magazine, send in a warranty card, or otherwise give your name and address to a company or organization, you may be placed on a mailing list. The company or organization may then rent, sell, or trade the list with your name on it. To limit your exposure, write "Please do not rent or sell my name" or "No mailing lists" next to your name. (Also consider not sending in the warranty card for a new product--it's usually not required.)
If you receive unwanted catalogs or other mail from specific sources, call the (often toll-free) customer service number of the organization or business. Request that your name be removed from their mailing list. Other options are to make your request via e-mail from the company's website, or via letter or postcard. Since the mailing label will help the company identify how you are listed in its files, have the label handy when you call, or tape it to the postcard if you make a written request. Sign and date your request.
There are several online services you can use to remove your name from catalog and credit card lists and other databases: