Community Resources

River Valley Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging

The River Valley Area Agency on Aging (AAA) is your gateway to community resources. AAA plans and supervises programs and services dedicated to improving the quality of life for older adults.

Administration on Aging
The Administration on Aging (AoA) is the Federal agency responsible for advancing the concerns and interests of older people and their caregivers.

The Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services
The Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services administers a statewide system of services for senior citizens, their families and caregivers. .

Georgia Adult Protective Services
Adult Protective Services (APS) investigates all reports of abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation of disabled adults (18-64) or elder persons (65+) who do not reside in long-term care facilities

GeorgiaCares
GeorgiaCares is a volunteer-based program that provides free, unbiased and factual information and assistance to Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers. GeorgiaCares is the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) and SMP (formerly Senior Medicare Patrol).

Long-Term Care Ombudsman
The Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (Georgia) seeks to improve the quality of life for residents of long-term care facilities (nursing homes, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, personal care homes, and community living arrangements).

Medicaid Georgia
The Medicaid program provides health care for children, pregnant women, and people who are aging, blind and disabled.

Medicare
The Official U. S. Government website for Medicare

Social Security
The official website of the Social Security Administration

Aging Services of Georgia
Aging Services of Georgia is the statewide association that represents the key not-for-profit and other mission-driven organizations dedicated to providing quality housing, health care, and community-based services that people need, when they need them, in the places they call home.

American Association of Retired Persons - Georgia
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their lives.

Georgia Council on Aging
The mission of the Council is to serve in an advisory capacity to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Board of Human Resources, and all other state agencies on aging issues, and to advocate with and on behalf of aging Georgians and their families to improve quality of life

National Council on Aging (NCOA)
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is a nonprofit service and advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, DC. Our mission is to improve the lives of older Americans.

Benefits Checkup
Developed and maintained by The National Council on Aging (NCOA), BenefitsCheckUp is the nation's most comprehensive Web-based service to screen for benefits programs for seniors with limited income and resources