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Popular Help Pages: Facility Questionnaire - A Printable (.pdf) of Important Questions To Ask Facilities What Is A Long-Term Care Ombudsman? How To Open An Assisted Living Facility List Your Facility: Any licensed assisted living facility may post their information on our site! Virginia Assisted Living Association: "VALA is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to providing advocacy, communication, education, and resources to the assisted living industry in Virginia." Website Organizations: The following organizations can provide listings of accredited housing and assisted living facilities for seniors: American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging Phone: 202-783-2242 or Assisted Living Federation of America Phone: 703.894.1805 Elder Abuse: You can usually find your local Elder Abuse program under the Human Services section of your phone book, or you can report suspected abuse by calling 800-677-1116 AARP: American Association of Retired Persons Phone: 1-800-424-3410 VA Help: To see if you are eligible for V.A. help, go to V.A. Web site Questions About Medicare? Questions about Medicare? Questions About Medicaid? Medicaid information is usually listed under the Human Services section of your local phone book Assisted Living Tidbits Living in a small town like Gordonsville, there may not be many choices for assisted living or long-term care, which, if that is where you want to be in your retirement years, may take some of the confusion out of the process of finding an assisted living facility. Still, it can be a daunting process, filled with paperwork, insurance questions, contracts, questions about care...and the list goes on. If you are looking for care in a bigger city - the confusion can be more pronounced, since you may literally have dozens of choices of care homes and facilities, with vastly differing price ranges, services and amenities. We wrote a page (below) about the confusion that surrounds assisted living, mostly to let our readers know that they certainly are not alone - and that there are ways to get your questions answered. Great question asked by our site visitors about The Village at Gordon House: My son is 48 years old and will require permanent assisted living care. He receives social security disability of $1058.00 a month. He also will be on Medicaid. A state grant will make up for any discrepancy in funds. Can you take such a resident? All information on this website is deemed reliable but not guaranteed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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