Title III B, D & E

Title III B, D & E consist of supportive service. This program maintains the senior center activities and those supportive services provided at the Senior Citzens Center and In-Home supportive services. The programs provide Chore, Escort, Homemaker, Information and Assistance, Outreach, Respite, Transportation, Adult Education, Recreation, Advocacy and Coalition Building and Health Promotion.

Eligibility Requirements:

Title III B, D & E services are available to all persons age 60 years and older in the
Kentucky River Area Development District.

Program Director e-mail: Peggy Roll
Program Administrator e-mail: Stacie Noble

Title III C1 & C2 Nutrition Program

A service funded under Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965 as amended and the Kentucky Homecare Program. These funds are to provide meals and other Nutritional Service. The Kentucky River Area Development District has 15 nutritional sites where a hot lunch is prepared (5) five days a week. Meals are prepared for participants in a congregate setting at the sites. Meals are also provided through home delivery routes to individuals who are homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation.
Key Benefits are:

• Socialization
• Nutritional education
• Homebound senior citizens provided nutritional meals at home

Program Director e-mail: Peggy Roll
Program Administrator e-mail: Stacie Noble

The Senior Community Service Employment Program

The Senior Community Service Employment Program provides subsidized training and employment opportunities for elderly low income individuals.

• Local public and private non-profit organizations benefit from the program by obtaining the subsidized services of senior community service enrollees. The dual purpose of the program is to provide useful community service assignments for the enrollees while promoting training and education for transition to unsubsidized employment.
• Employer-Host Agencies benefit from the dependability , maturity and life experiences of older workers.

    Host Agencies:

• Breathitt County Senior Citizens Program
• Letcher County Fiscal Court-Senior Citizens Program
• Letcher County Board of Education
• Perry County Fiscal Court
• Perry County Senior Citizens Program
• Perry County-One Stop-JobSite
• LKLP Community Action Council Nutrition Program
• Breathitt County Senior Citizens Program
• Middle Kentucky River Area Development Council Nutrition Program
• City of Jenkins
• East Kentucky Veterans Center
• Neon City Hall
• Knott County Fiscal Court
• Pikeville Public Library
• Elkhorn City Public Library
• Leslie County Fiscal Court
• Leslie County Public Library
• Jackson Independent Schools
• Allen Elementary School
• Arlie Boggs Elementary School
• Campbell’s Branch Community Center
• Letcher County Library
• Blackey Public Library
• Lillian Webb Public Library
• Harry M. Caudill Memorial Library

Program Director e-mail: Peggy Roll
Program Coordinator e-mail: Stacie Noble
Program Coordinator e-mail: Sherry Burchell

The Family Caregiver Program

The Family Caregivers Program provides seven basic services for family caregivers and is funded in part under a contract with the Kentucky cabinet for Health Services with funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

• Information of available services for caregivers
• Assistance
• Individual counseling and training in decision making and problem solving related to care giving
• Support Groups
• Training
• Respite care to give temporary relief from care giving responsibilities
• Supplemental services on a limited basis

All individuals that are the primary caregivers of someone 60 years or older or anyone 60 years or older that is the primary caregiver of a child 18 years or younger.

Goal

It is the goal of the Family Caregiver Program to provide support to family caregivers that will allow them to keep performing their role as long as they are able to and or wish to do so.

Training Opportunities

Certified Caregiver Training is offered to individuals interested in learning the proper method of caring for individuals requiring care.

Web Resources

• CFC Online
• American Association Geratric Psychiatry
• American Association for Retired Persons
• Benefits Check Up
• Caregiver Survival Resources
• National Family Caregivers Association
• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Association
• American Parkinson's Disease Association

Program Administrator e-mail: Stacie Noble
Program Supervisor e-mail: Sara Brandenburg

Preventative Health

To promote a healthy living style for our aging population.

Key Benefits:

• Risk Assessment: Health, Medication, Nutrition and Injury Control Information, Counseling and Education
• Health Promotion: Exercise, Self-Help, Stress Management, Weight Loss, Medication Management, Screening and Education

Service Sites

• Breathitt County Senior Citizens Center
• Knott County Hhuman Servcies Building
• Lee County Senior Citizens Center
• Leslie County Tim Lee Center
• Cutshin Community Center
• Blackey Senior Citizens Center
• Boonefork Senior Citizens Center
• Ermine Senior Citizens Center
• Jenkins Senior Citizens Center
• Kings Creek Senior Citizens Center
• Ovenfork Senior Citizens Center
• Owsley Senior Citizens Center
• Hazard/Perry County Senior Citizens Center
• Wolfe County Senior Citizens Center

Program Director e-mail: Peggy Roll
Program Administrator e-mail: Stacie Noble

Homecare

The Kentucky River Area Agency on Aging provides assistance to Individuals age 60 and older whose functional limitations prevent them from assuming proper care of themselves.

About This Program:

The Kentucky River Area Agency on Aging administers funds under the Kentucky Cabinet for Human Resources Homecare Program to provide the following Services:

• Assessment
• Chore
• Escort
• Home Repair
• Respite
• Homemaker and Home Management
• Homemaker/Personal Care
• Home Delivered Meals

Eligibility Requirements:

Individuals that are age 60 and older whose functional limitations and lack of adequate informal supports create a danger of institutional placement.

Program Director e-mail: Peggy Roll
Program Administrator e-mail: Stacie Noble

Elder Abuse

If you know an elderly person who is being mistreated, neglected, or harmed in any way, please call your Local Long Term Care Ombudsman at 1-800-928-5723.  Elderly in Kentucky deserve honor and respect not abuse. 

Definition of Elder Abuse

Counties Served in our Program:
Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Owsley, Perry and Wolfe

Web Resources

• Kentucky River Council Against Maltreatment of the Elderly (CAME)
• Elder Abuse Awareness
• Elder Care Locator
• Elderhostel
• AARP
• Administration on Aging
• ElderWeb

Program Director e-mail: Peggy Roll

Long Term Care Ombudsman Program

This program receives and investigates complaints and possible problems that trouble nursing home residents.

About this Program

The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is a program funded under Title III of the Older Americans Act. The program receives and investigates complaints and possible problems that trouble nursing home residents, The issues are either resolved by the local Ombudsman or referred to the proper authorities. The Ombudsman program is concerned with issues dealing with resident care, resident rights, physical services and questions or problems with Medicaid or Medicare. The local Ombudsman are trained to develop support for nursing home residents.

Eligibility

Those who are eligible to use the program are any Kentucky Nursing Home resident, family member or friend of someone in a Long Term Care Facility, nursing home administrator, personal care home or an employee with a concern about a resident.

Program Administrator e-mail: Argene Jones