Resources

AARP provides information and resources; engages in legislative, regulatory and legal advocacy.

The Alzheimer's Association provides:

• free and confidential information and referral about Alzheimer's disease and related memory disorders 24 hours a day.
  
• care consultation and care giving strategies to help navigate through the difficult decisions
  
• support groups in many communities throughout South Dakota, facilitated by trained individuals
  
• safety services information including MedicAlert + Safe Return
  
• educational materials and programs for caregivers
  
• professional education and training for care providers also provided.

Day Services for adults who have had a permanent or temporary decline in health status and would benefit from socialization. Day Break provides therapeutic activities, assistance with activities of daily living, and dementia care.

Congregate dining in several communities, Meals on Wheels available for breakfast and lunch as well as frozen meals for weekend/holiday use. Email Priscilla Nikolas for more nutrition information.

These volunteers provide services to frail older adults such as help with chores, repairs and transportation.

This program is set up to protect and locate older adults who may be confused and become lost. Law enforcement agencies are used to rapidly locate and return wandering people who wear a selected tracking device.

In addition to recreation, leisure and fitness programs, help is available for tax preparation, legal assistance, paratransit tickets. Computer classes are available.

Proper nutrition is important at all ages of life, but as we age, it is even more important but various factors may impact our ability to do so.
 
View the food guide pyramid designed for older Americans and for general nutrition tips, guidelines and further resources, click here.

Trained, volunteer counselors provide information on topics such as Medicare Beneficiaries on Medicare Part A, Part B, Part C, HMOs, Prescription Drug Coverage, Long Term Care Insurance.

Services include Adult Protection Services, Ombudsman (nursing care facility resident advocacy), assessment, information and referral, in-home services (homemaker, nursing, medical equipment and supplies, medication management devices, emergency response system, respite). Click here to email for more information.

HELP!Line is a 24 hour community crisis, information and listening/support telephone line. It maintains a comprehensive listing of social service, non-profit, and governmental programs to which referrals can be made.

Senior Companions provide friendship, respite care to family caregivers, and assistance with grocery shopping and other light daily tasks necessary to maintain independence.

Transportation provided at low cost within Sioux Falls city limits provided to people who meet certain ADA requirements.

Provides low vision services and devices, adjustment to blindness counseling, skills of blindness training and independence living skills training for individuals with vision loss.

Your healthcare provider can provide you with information about preventive care that can help you maintain your health and functional independence for as long as possible. A number of preventive services have been shown to be effective in older persons and are widely endorsed. Click on Prevention on this website for recommendations endorsed by the American Geriatric Society.