Counties served by Area IV Agency on Aging

• Broadwater County
• Gallatin County
• Jefferson County
• Lewis and Clark County
• Meagher County
• Park County

Services

• Livingston Senior Resource Guide
• Senior Resource Guide
• Gallatin County Senior Source

  This is a resource guide for senior services in Gallatin County.

• Advance Healthcare Directives Registry

  This site provides information and forms for a statewide advance health care directive registry.

• Adult Protective Services

  APS investigates allegations of elder abuse and represents the victim to ensure their safety and well-being. Contact an APS worker in the appropriate county if there is suspected physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, or exploitation, neglect or abandonment of a dependent adult.

• County Offices of Public Assistance

  County OPAs provide information and assistance for medical and financial needs of low income individuals.

• Elderly Homeowner/Renter Credit

  All Montana Department of Revenue forms can be found here. The 2EC form is for the elderly homeowner/renter credit which reimburses part to all of your property tax and can be filed for 5 years previous. Collect one form for any of the previous 5 years that you would be eligible.

• Helena Area Transit System

  HATS operates Monday through Friday excluding weekends and holidays, and offers a checkpoint bus, a trolley bus, an East Valley bus, and a Curb-to-Curb bus.

• Legal Guide to Long Term Care Planning
• Legal Information
• Medicare Nursing Home Comparison

  This site makes comparisons based on a compilation of survey results for nursing homes throughout the US.

• Ombudsman Program throughout Montana

  Ombudsmen make regular visits to nursing homes and assisted living homes to advocate for good care and living conditions.

• A List of Montana Ombudsmen
• Reverse Annuity Mortgage Program

  RAM is a choice listed on the left side of the page under “Programs/Boards”. There are forms in Adobe for applying for RAM, and also a list of RAM counselors in Montana to call.

• USDA Rural Development Rural Housing Service – Montana Offices

  This program provides assistance for home ownership, home maintenance and rehabilitation, and rental assistance for low-income citizens in rural areas. In Montana, all areas are considered rural except those areas within the city limits of Billings, Butte, Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell and Missoula.

Insurance and Prescription Program

• Montana State Auditor

  The Montana State Auditor’s Office is a watchdog of the insurance and securities industries for the citizens of Montana.

• Advocates in Medicare Savings

  Through Advocates in Medicare Savings (AIM$), senior volunteers help fellow seniors become pro-active consumers identifying potential mistakes, abuse or fraud in medical billing. Call the Agency on Aging for a referral to a SHIP counselor or an AIM$ volunteer in your community – 457-7368 or 1-800-551-3191.

• Big Sky Rx Program

  For information and an application for the Big Sky Rx Program which provides assistance to pay for Medicare Part D

• Medicare Prescription Plans

  You can research the best prescription insurance options for yourself and sign up on line at www.medicare.gov during the open enrollment period each year.

• Partnership for Prescription Assistance Montana

  PPARxMT connects qualified, low-income people with discount prescription drugs, direct from the pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Montana State Government Links

• Official Montana Website
• Department of Public Health and Human Services, Senior and Long Term Care Bureau

  This site has an explanation of all aging services offered at the state level and services that are contracted to the Agencies on Aging in Montana.

• Department of Revenue

  This site contains information on property tax relief for low income and seniors.

Statewide Organziations for Service Providers adn Caregiver Information.

• Alzheimer's Association, Montana Chapter
• Montana Gerontology Society

  MGS promotes professional development in the field of aging through education, recognition and communication.

• Montana Geriatric Education Center

  This site offers programs for health care professionals and students to upgrade skills in geriatrics and provide the latest information in health care delivery for the elderly.

• Montana Healthcare Association

  MHCA provides leadership and empowerment within the long term care continuum through education, advocacy, information and support to members.

• MHA

  MHA is an Association of Montana Health Care Providers and is the principal advocate for the interests of members in their efforts to improve the health status of communities they serve. MHA members provide the full spectrum of health care services, including hospital inpatient and outpatient, long-term care, home health, hospice, physician, assisted living, senior housing and insurance services.

National Links

• AARP

  AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people over 50.

• Caregiver Information
• Eldercare Locator

  This site will put you in touch with a local aging agency.

• Medicare

  For all Medicare questions

• National Association of Agencies on Aging

  This is the umbrella organization for the 655 area agencies on aging (AAAs) and more than 230 Title VI Native American aging programs in the U.S. Through its presence in Washington, D.C., n4a advocates on behalf of the local aging agencies to ensure that needed resources and support services are available to older Americans.

• Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care

  Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care is dedicated to long-term changes to improve health care for dying people and their families.

• Social Security Administration

  SSA gives information about and an application for, Supplemental Security Income for elderly and disabled.

• US Administration on Aging

  This site is full of interesting information and facts about America’s seniors.

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