Website for seniors and disabled

 

 

 

Community and Senior Services  3580 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 300                                                                                                         3175 West 6th Street  Los Angeles, CA 90010                                                                                                                  Los Angeles, CA 90020

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

      

 

 

NEWS RELEASE                

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                       CONTACT:  Patricia Senette-Holt

September 2, 2008                                                                                                     Marco Perez 

 

 

ANNOUNCING NEW SENIOR SERVICES WEBSITE, LOS ANGELES NETWORK OF CARE

 

User-friendly website for those seeking services for seniors in Los Angeles County

 

 

Los Angeles County—The County and City of Los Angeles have partnered to create a “user-friendly” website, Los Angeles Network of Care, at: losangeles.networkofcare.org/aging.  This website helps seniors, disabled, and their caregivers to quickly locate services they need.

 

Los Angeles County has a population larger than most states and a senior population aged 60 and older of 1.4 million—placing a huge demand on the Area Agencies on Aging to provide comprehensive and accessible services.  .

 

The website has features that allow consumers or their caregivers to create their own personal information record on-line that can also be used by their care coordinators.  The website has educational information on matters such as diseases, medications and treatments, care management issues, prevention, early intervention, planning, consumer advocacy and protection.

 

            “The website is a collaborative effort that will help seniors as a whole and is a step toward providing seamless senior services in our county,” says Cynthia Banks, Director, Community and Senior Services and the Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging.” 

 

Enhancements to the website will include an increase of the County’s Information and Assistance staff to better meet the service demands. Website data is continuously updated to provide the most up-to-date information on the site.

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            “There are programs and services available through our Area Agencies on Aging and other providers that many Angelinos do not know about,” says Laura Trejo, General Manager, City of Los Angeles Department of Aging.  “We are hopeful that by getting the word out about the new website, more of our services will be utilized,” she added.

 

For more information about the Los Angeles Network of Care website, contact Patricia Senette-Holt, Los Angeles County Community and Senior Services, at (213) 738-2065 and/or Marco Perez, Deputy Director for the City of Los Angeles Area Agency on Aging at (213) 252-4081.  For more information, visit the new website at http://losangeles.networkofcare.org/aging.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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