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Community Resources
Programs that create a single, coordinated system of information and access for older adults and people with disabilities who are seeking long term support to minimize confusion, enhance individual choice, and support informed decision-making. ADRC centers serve as a single point of entry to public long term support programs and services. They offer information and counseling regarding available long term support options; assist individuals in determining their eligibility for public long term support programs and benefits including level of care determinations for Medicaid nursing facility and home and community-based service waiver programs; provide short-term case management to stabilize long term supports for individuals and their families in times of immediate need; help people plan for their future long term support needs; and provide information about and referral to other programs and benefits (such as health promotion and disease prevention, transportation services, housing and income support programs) that help people remain in the community.
ServiceLink is a statewide network of locally administered community-based resources for seniors, adults with disabilities and their families. It provides free information, referral, and assistance via local offices in 13 communities and many satellite offices throughout New Hampshire. ServiceLinks answers questions and connects users to the appropriate services that support healthy and independent living.
This is the state agency that offers a variety of social and long term supports to adults 60 years and older and adults 18-59 years with a chronic illness or disability. Some of the services offered include home care, meals on wheels, transportation assistance, long term care-nursing home and community based care, volunteer opportunities, and…