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Last Modified 07/22/04
Northwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging
is pleased to be able to offer all these publications to you for free!
| Explore Your Options | Booklet providing information on a wide array of quality, cost-effective and affordable long-term care choices, for NorthWest Kansas. |
| A Guide for Alzheimer's and Related Disorders | A book that covers such areas as communication, managing activities of daily living, coping with difficult behavior, legal and financial affairs, finding help in the community, selecting a nursing home and medications. |
| A Mental Health Guide for Older Kansans & their families | A 96 page book describing the facts & Myths about mental health and aging. KDOA has partnered with the Kansas Mental Health & Aging Coalition and Kansas State University to publish this resource guide. |
| Caregiver's Guide | This guide offers a range of suggestions to make caregiving easier and more successful. |
| Guide to Choosing a Nursing Facility | A booklet that gives an overview of things to consider when selecting a nursing home. |
| Home & Community Based Services | A brochure describing HCBS and home care services. |
| Resource Guide For Seniors | An easy to read book that covers such areas as Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, retirement, guardianship, living wills, SSI, home services, tax relief and more. |
| Long Term Care Insurance Shopper's Guide | Book that explains who needs long term care, types of policies and a comparison of companies currently approved to sell long term care in Kansas. |
| Medicare Supplement Insurance Shopper's Guide | A book that describes Medicare and Supplemental Insurance policies and choices. It includes a guide to help you comparison shop for coverage to supplement your Medicare benefits. |
| Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas (SHICK) | A brochure that describes the program and gives telephone numbers of agencies which provide the insurance counseling service. |
| Nursing Facility Service/Supplies for Medicaid Customers | A brochure about covered and non-covered services and supplies. |
| Questions and Answers on Spousal Impoverishment (Division of Assets) | A brochure that answers questions on the federal law allowing spouses of nursing home residents to divide income and resources under the Medicaid program. |
| Client Assessment, Referral and Evaluation (C.A.R.E.) | A brochure that explains the pre-admission screening program for nursing home placement as well as cost effective and affordable long term care choices. |
| Benefits for Senior Citizens | A 16-page booklet that briefly describes many public benefits and services, eligibility guidelines, and where to apply. |
| Medicare and You Handbook 2009 | A booklet by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that provides information on Medicare and Supplemental insurance. This on line resource also has many research tools and publications related to Medicare coverage. |
NWKAAA Publications |
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| Caregiver Brochure | |
| Northwest Kansas Area Agency On Aging, Inc | A description of the Northwest Kansas Area Agency On Aging listing it's mission, a brief history of the agency and its funding. |
| Homestead Nutrition Project | A brochure that briefly explains the program as well as the two kinds of meals offered. |
| Senior Care Act (A Kansas Program) | A brochure that describes in-home services available on a sliding scale fee scale to those who meet the financial and physical guidelines |
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES |
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| STEPS | Seniors Together Enjoy Physical Success |
| Freedom of Information | Request for public records |
| Your guide to Kansas Food resources | English Spanish |
| How to select a special care unit | A consumer's guide to special Care units for persons with dementia. |
| HCBS for Frail Elderly | Your rights & responsibilities when you choose to self-direct your care. |