Pennsylvania senior services are readily available – if you know where to look. For most elders and caregivers, the primary place to access resources and get referrals is your local Area Agency on Aging or the Aging and Disability Resource Centers. We have listed those below in addition to other places to access help.
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Area Agencies on Aging: What is an Area Agency on Aging?
Region 1
- Chester County – Department of Aging Services
- Montgomery County – Office on Aging and Adult Services
- Bucks County – Area Agency on Aging
- Delaware County – Services of the Aging
- Philadelphia Corporation for Aging
Region 2
- Leigh County – Office of Aging and Adult Services
- Northampton County – Area Agency on Aging
- Pike County – Area Agency on Aging
- Luzerne & Wyoming Counties – Bureau for Aging
- Lackawanna County – Area Agency on Aging
- Carbon County – Area Agency on Aging
- Monroe County – Area Agency on Aging
- Wayne County – Area Agency on Aging
Region 3
- Dauphin County – Area Agency on Aging
- Lebanon County – Area Agency on Aging
- York County – Area Agency on Aging
- Lancaster County – Area Agency on Aging
- Berks County – Area Agency on Aging
- Schuylkill County – Office of Senior Services
Region 4
- Centre County – Office of Aging
- Lycoming & Clinton Counties – Bi-County Office of Aging
- Columbia & Montour Counties – Area Agency on Aging
- Northumberland County – Area Agency on Aging
- Union & Snyder Counties – Agency on Aging, Inc.
- Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, and Tioga Counties – Area Agency on Aging
Region 5
- Blair County – Blair Senior Services, Inc.
- Huntington, Bedford, and Fulton Counties – Area Agency on Aging
- Mifflin and Juniata Counties – Area Agency on Aging
- Franklin County – Area Agency on Aging
- Adams County – Office for the Aging
- Cumberland County – Office of Aging
- Perry County – Office for the Aging
Region 6
- Cameron, Elk, and McKean Counties – Office of Human Services
- Indiana County – Aging Services, Inc.
- Cambria County – Area Agency on Aging
- Clearfield County – Area Agency on Aging
- Jefferson County – Area Agency on Aging
- Armstrong County – Area Agency on Aging
- Clarion County – Area Agency on Aging
- Potter County – Area Agency on Aging
Region 7
- Beaver County – Office on Aging
- Allegheny County – Department of Aging
- Westmoreland County – Area Agency on Aging
- Fayette, Greene, and Washington Counties – Southwestern PA Area Agency on Aging
- Somerset County – Area Agency on Aging
Region 8
- Erie County – Greater Erie Community Action Committee
- Crawford County – Active Aging, Inc.
- Warren and Forest Counties – Experience, Inc.
- Venango County – Area Agency on Aging
- Lawrence County – Challenges: Options in Aging
- Mercer County – Area Agency on Aging
- Butler County – Area Agency on Aging
State Government:
- Attorney General’s Office
- Department of Aging
- Long-Term Care Ombudsman – established to enhance the quality of life, improve care, protect rights, and promote the dignity of residents in a long-term care facility.
- Medical Assistance (Medicaid) Office
State Agencies and Non-Profits:
- AARP of Pennsylvania
- Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Pennsylvania Chapter
- Center for Healthy Aging – Penn State University
- Pennsylvania Association of Area Agencies on Aging – representing the collective interests and strengthening the professional role of AAAs within the Aging Network
Legal Services:
- Community Legal Services of Philadelphia – legal assistance to low-income Philadelphians
- Legal Aid of Southeastern PA – serving low-income people in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties
- MidPenn Legal Services – providing legal services to low-income residents in Central Pennsylvania
- Neighborhood Legal Services Association – providing legal assistance to the poor in the Pittsburgh area
- NorthPenn Legal Services – helping low-income people throughout 20 counties in Northeast Pennsylvania
- North Western Legal Service – providing free legal representation to low-income people with civil legal problems in northwestern Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network – provides leadership, funding and support to improve the availability of civil legal aid for low-income people
- Pennsylvania Health Law Project – provides free legal services to lower-income consumers, seniors, and persons with disabilities who are having trouble accessing publicly funded healthcare coverage or services
- Philadelphia Legal Assistance – provides free civil legal services to Philadelphia’s low-income community