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Guiding Your Way Through Resources A to V

Savvy Senior Sources
The Savvy Senior Sources Guide On-line

Guiding Your Way through Resources A to V for Minnesota Seniors, Boomers,
Their Families, Caregivers, and Advisers

Family Enjoying Life with MN Senior Resources

Savvy Senior Sources leads the premier collaboration of businesses for easily guiding your way through resources A to V for Minnesota seniors, boomers, their family, caregivers and advisers. The trusted advisers are screened and selected with limited members in each category.

The mission of The Savvy Senior Guide on-line:

To be the one place to turn to find resources available throughout the Minnesota Twin Cities Metro area and surrounding counties to help seniors and their loved ones with planning, staying in their home and remaining independent or through the transition of moving.

To provide services from A to V from both for-profit and non-profit who have been screened and selected for their knowledge, experience and reputation in their select fields and who we believe to have the best interests of the senior in mind when providing their services. As well as providing contact information for government officials and agencies.

Note: While those included are screened and selected, Savvy Senior Sources, Beth Paterson, Reverse Mortgages SIDAC and those listed or referenced, or are guests on shows are not affiliated with and does not endorse nor qualify any of the resources, providers, services, products, or links provided here. The contacts and this information are intended for your informational purposes only. You must do your own reference checks and use your own judegement when using these resources. Savvy Senior Sources, Beth Paterson, Reverse Mortgages SIDAC and those listed or referenced are not liable for your selection or choice of services.

INDEX

Mortgages
Moving Services
- De-cluttering and Organizing
- Estate and Moving Sales
- Moving Services
Music Therapy for Seniors
Real Estate Sales
Resources for Assistance
Senior Housing Advisory Services
Technology for Aging in Place
Transportation & Driving Assessment
- Transportation
- Driving Assessment
Travel Assistance

Internet Resources

Adult Day Services

Adult Day Services are centers in the community offering structured activities, meals, and socialization. Usually during weekdays, there is flexibility in choosing form one day up to five days. Some offer health and rehabilitative services such as bathing, physical and occupational therapy and nursing services.

Minnesota Adult Day Services Association
www.madsa.org
763-464-2698

Baywood Home Care www.BaywoodHomeCare.com 763-546-8899	Baywood Home Care offers Care Management provided by our Rns who are experienced in providing and coordinating services that make it possible for our clients to live their highest quality of life, wherever they choose to live. Service is personalized to individual needs but can include advocating for the client’s best interest with physicians and other providers, managing and setting up medications, offering consultations on disease management or long term care options, coordinating Medicare services, home safety assessments & more. Available at no-charge for our clients receiving a regular schedule of our home care services or at an hourly rate for others who prefer care management without home care services.
Elder Care Consultants www.eldercc.us 612-805-5672	ElderCare Consultants has successfully helped hundreds of clients and families navigate through complex medical and social service systems. We specialize in care management for individuals with dementia, mental health or medical issues. Our multi-disciplinary team consists of Licensed Psychologists, Licensed Social Workers, and Registered Nurses. Together, we provide comprehensive geriatric care management and mental health services community-wide. Upon request, our Certified Holistic Nurse can incorporate selective holistic approaches into the customized Care Plan.
RISE for Seniors www.RiseForSeniors.com 651-762-2749

Alzheimer’s Speaks of Senior Lifestyle Trends www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com www.SeniorLifestyleTrends.com 651-777-1437	Alzheimer’s Speaks believes by working together and sharing knowledge we will win the battle against this disease. We invite you to join us. Our Resource Website is for professionals and public alike, to have easy access to a variety of services, tools, concepts and products when dealing with the disease. The Blog assists people in identifying stress triggers for themselves as well as the Alzheimer’s patient, so they can reduce combative behaviors, and create remarkable moments. We also provide presentations; do training, and consulting regarding Alzheimer’s disease.
Prelude At Home www.preludecares.com 651-501-6516
Catholic Charities www.ccspm.org 651-215-2246	The Catholic Charities Caregiver Support Program provides support to caregivers who provide everyday care to an elder who is frail, at least 60, and resides in Hennepin, Ramsey, Carver, or Scott counties.
Family Means www.familymeans.org 651-439-4840	FamilyMeans improves the well-being of people through an array of programs: Caregiver Support provides education, counseling, information/ referral, support groups and volunteer in-home respite to family caregivers of children and adults, including elders with disabilities, frailties or chronic illnesses.
Senior Caregiver Network www.anokacounty.us/caregivers 763-422-6960	The Senior Caregiver Network is a partnership between Anoka County and The Community Parish Nurse Program of Mercy & Unity Hospitals. The Senior Care Network streamlines community access to: in-home respite support, community education, caregiver support groups, caregiver coaching and education, caregiver grief groups, information and resources, health and spiritual connection and our group respite program entitled “The Gathering.”

Katherine Stienessen, CPA www.kstienessen.com www.BBFG.com 952-881-4533
Newman Long Term Care www.NewmanLTC.com 952-888-3777 or 1-800-625-9267	Whether you have already done some research on Long Term Care Insurance (LTCI), or are brand new to the subject, Newman Long Term Care is here to help. We have over 20 years of experience in educating consumers on LTC Insurance. We will help you find the best fit based on health, cost and quality concerns. We are committed to doing what is best for the client. Since 1990 when we began focusing exclusively on LTCI we have grown to become one of the largest Long Term Care Insurance agencies in the US. If you're looking for LTC Insurance expertise, our motto says it all: “Long Term Care Insurance Is All We Do!”®
Safe Harbor Retirement Solutions www.SafeHarborMN.com 763-441-5131	Safe Harbor Financial Solutions is a unique kind of planning firm. We emphasize Safety, Simplicity, and Reasonable Opportunity for Returns. Our clients want security, financial growth and reliable income while knowing that we do not expose their hard-earned money to the daily volatility of publicly traded stocks. We focus on comprehensive, custom-designed financial advice specifically tailored to meet the needs of our clients. Let us be your resource for Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, Investments and Insurance. It is different here at Safe Harbor! Call us today. Advisory Services and Securities offered through ProEquities, Inc. a Registered Investment Advisor and Broker-Dealer, Member FINRA & SIPC. Safe Harbor Retirement Solutions is independent of ProEquities, Inc. All investments involve risk, including the possible loss of principal.
Siebrasse & Associates, LLC www.dsiebrasse.mymedicalquotes.com www.SailingTo Freedom.com 612-724-5195	We are an independent Financial Planning firm with our mission to “Guide Individuals and Businesses to experience “Smooth Sailing Towards your Financial Future” with purpose, grace, and ease. We strive to help individuals with solutions to many common goals such as lifelong predictable incomes, protecting retirement savings from the volatile markets, exploring and obtaining greater returns for your CD’s and preserving your independence in your golden years. Securities offered through Questar Capital Corporation (QCC), Member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory Services offered through Questar Asset Management (QAM), A Registered Investment Advisor. Siebrasse & Associates, LLC is independent of QCC and QAM

Creative Senior Dining www.creativeseniordining.org 651-746-8200	Creative Senior Dining (CSD), a service of Presbyterian Homes & Services, provides home-delivered meals to older adults and gives them choices of what they eat, when they eat and how often they want support visits. CSD serves kosher meals. Available in Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, and Washington Counties. Additionally CSD serves in congregate settings to seniors at 17 sites in Ramsey, Washington, and Hennepin Counties. Meals are served to any older adult without obligation to pay (a donation of $3.00 per meal is suggested) support the program). CSD is committed to offer older adults choice and serve the best possible meal, ensuring that clients are consuming the nutrition they need to remain healthy and independent at home.
Fare for All www.FareForAll.org 763-450-3860; 1-800-582-4291	Fare for All is a cooperative food buying program that buys food in bulk and passes the savings on to participants. Open to everyone , there is no pre-payments or pre-registration. You can purchase groceries with savings up to 50%.
Meals on Wheels 1-800-333-2433	Noon meals delivered to home-bound people. Call for local information.
Store To Door www.StoreToDoor.org 651-642-1892	Store to Door is a nonprofit grocery shopping and delivery service for homebound elderly and disabled people who are unable to shop by themselves. We shop at Cub Foods and deliver directly to the kitchen. With the help of a dedicated staff and over 350 volunteers, we are able to offer our clients access to healthy and nutritious food as well as household products, prescriptions, and even a little friendship.

Synapse www.officialsynapse.com 612-209-9906	As a holistic health care facility, we treat people from the unique point of view we call the triad of health. We address structural, mental, and chemical health using chiropractic, applied kinesiology, neurology, and nutrition. We can help you feel better and stay independent longer. We have helped people with arthritis, osteoporosis, stroke, MS, chronic fatigue, and fibromyalgia. Dr. Spurrill is the author of the book: Formula for Life: How I Beat Muscular Dystrophy.
Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly Counseling 612-721-6215
Wilder Community Services for the Elderly Senior Dental Clinic www.wilder.org 651-290-8666

Adult Home & Companion Care www.adulthelpcare.com 612-708-1079	Adult Help & Companion Care is a flexible home care service. We provide exceptional care for seniors in their own home for anywhere between 4 to 24 hours per day. An AHCC caregiver will assist individuals with: bathing/dressing, preparing meals, laundry, light housekeeping, monitoring, medications and transportation. The diligent and loving nature of AHCC caregivers allows seniors to experience their golden years with dignity and gives family members peace of mind knowing their loved one is receiving the best care possible.
Allied Professionals, Inc. www.alliedprofessionals.com 952-832-5101/561-227-1517
At Home Solutions www.AtHomeSolutionsLLC.com 952-292-5801	At Home Solutions, LLC is a local Home Care agency providing both Companion Services and Home Health Aides. We offer services 2 to 24 hours per day, seven days a week, throughout the Twin Cities for seniors and adults with disabilities as well as adults in transition. Our goal is to maximize safety and independence while assisting people in staying where they want to life: at home. Caregiver services include respite care, homemaking, meal preparation, medication reminders, laundry assistance, incidental transportation, stand-by showering. Home Health Aides can assist with medication management, medication set-ups by Rns, bathing assistance, transfer assistance, skin care, feeding, incontinence needs. Home safety evaluations are available to ensure safety, security and stability.
Baywood Home Care www.BaywoodHomeCare.com 763-546-8899	Baywood Home Care is a local home health care provider that has been serving MN for 11 years. Our personalized in-home care services enable seniors to live at home rather than moving to assisted living or a nursing home. Our caregivers are certified as Home Health Aides or Nursing Assistants. We come to wherever a person calls home to offer companionship, daily living assistance, and home health care that is tailored to each client’s individual needs to make staying home possible. Our clients also have an R.N. Care Manger to supervise their care, offer consultations, coordinate other services, manage medications, etc. Schedules are personalized to individual needs: 3-hours/wake up to 24-hours/day, with live-in caregiver options.
Brightstar Southern Twin Cities Making More Possible (Each office is independently owned and operated) www.BrightStarCare.com 651-234-0044 Cell: 763-639-4000	Home Instead Senior Care offers non-medical assistance to seniors allowing them to remain in their own homes (wherever they call home) for a longer period of time. Our thoroughly screened and trained CAREGivers provide services including companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and incidental transportation. We also assist clients with personal care needs including bathing, dressing, grooming assistance. All CAREGivers have completed Alzheimer’s/Dementia training as well as on-going training. From 2 hours to 24 hours a day, service is simply a call away.
Home Care Solutions www.homecaresolutionsmn.com 952-924-0677 or 763-231-9000
Home Instead Senior Care (Each office is independently owned and operated) www.HomeInstead.com 651-747-8722 Maplewood 651-747-8720 St. Paul 763-792-0041 Coon Rapids 952-929-5695 Edina 763-544-5988 Minneapolis 952-882-9300 Burnsville	Home Instead Senior Care offers non-medical assistance to seniors allowing them to remain in their own homes (wherever they call home) for a longer period of time. Our thoroughly screened and trained CAREGivers provide services including companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and incidental transportation. We also assist clients with personal care needs including bathing, dressing, grooming assistance. All CAREGivers have completed Alzheimer’s/Dementia training as well as on-going training. From 2 hours to 24 hours a day, service is simply a call away.
Interim HealthCare www.interimhealthcare.com 651-917-3634	Interim Healthcare is a Medicare certified home health agency featuring physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and skilled nursing in the comfort of your home. We also offer private pay services from home health aides to nursing (3-hour minimum). Serving the 7-county metro area seven days per week.
Living Live Home Care www.LivingLifeHomeCare.com 612-435-7140

Estate & Elder Law Services, Volunteers of America of Minnesota www.voamn.org 612-676-6300
Houk & Kantke, PLLC www.hk-mnlaw.com 651-633-2516	Houk & Kantke, PLLC offers clients personal service and small firm prices in the ares of Estate Planning, Probate, Guardianship/Conservatorship, and Elder Law. With over 45 years of combined legal experience, Larry Houk and John Kantke take a common sense approach, providing clients with advice they can really use. Whether you are planning ahead or dealing with the unexpected, Larry and John are ready to assist you.
Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis www.LawHelpMN.org www.midmnlegal.org 612-332-1441 Minnesota Disability Law Center 612-332-1441 or 1-800-292-4150
Long/Reher/Hanson, P.A. www.mnelderlaw.com 952-929-0622
Schmitz & Schmidt, P.A. www.elderlaw123.com 651-291-2405
Southern Minnesota Senior Law Project (SMRLS) www.smrls.org 651-224-7301
William M. Hansen Associates, PLLC Mary R. Watson www.whansen.com 763-398-5800

Living Spirit Therapy Services, LLC www.LivingSpiritTherapy.com 612-208-0156
Musical Reflections www.MusicalReflections.com www.WomanAsHealers.com 952-829-1919

Governor Mark Dayton Office of the Governor 651-201-3400 1-800-657-3717
Office of Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson www.ag.state.mn.us 651-296-3353; 1-800-657-3787 TTY: 651-297-7206; TTY: 1-800-366-4812
Minnesota Department of Commerce (for banking and securities) 651-296-4026
Minnesota State Legislature www.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota Better Business Bureau 651-699-1111 or 1-800-955-5100
Do-Not-Call List Registration www.donotcall.gov 1-888-382-1222 (TTY 1-866-290-4236)
Free Credit Reports www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp 1-877-322-8228 Information on credit reports from the Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov/credit
Charities Review Council 651-224-7030 or 1-800-733-4483
National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse www.preventelderabuse.org 202-682-4140
Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. www.shhh.org 301-657-2248
Property Tax Deferral www.taxes.state.mn.us	Defers property taxes for homeowners 65 and over who have owned their home for 15+ years
Property Tax Reduction for the Blind 651-642-0856	Visually impaired and physicall challenged may have homestead taxes at a lower rate
Rebuilding Together www.rebuildingtogether.org 1-800-4-Rehab-9	Assistance for home repair/modifications
Energy Assistance Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (liheap) Clearing House www.liheap.ncat.org/profiles/energyhelp.htm www.state.mn.us 1-800-657-3805	Various programs providing funds for emergency crisis assistance for people who may otherwise be without heat. May make referrals for furnace repairs, replacement and weatherization services.
Telephone Assistance Plan (TAP) Call your local phone company	Qualified seniors receive a discount on their monthly telephone bill.
Benefits Checkup/A service of the National Council on the Aging www.benefitscheckup.org	Helps connect to government programs for prescription drugs, healthcare, utilities, and other needs.
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency www.mhfa.state.mn.us 612-296-7608 or 1-800-657-3769	Provides funding for a variety of housing needs.
Disabled American Veterans www.dav.org www.davmn.org 651-291-1212
Veterans Linkage Line www.Minnesotaveteran.org 1-888-546-5838

Anoka County Traveler 763-422-7075	Offers transportation services for Anoka, Blaine, and Coon Rapids.
DARTS www.darts1.org 651-455-1339	DARTS provides door-through-door rides for Dakota County seniors, adults with disabilities, and other residents using professional, courteous, and trained drivers in specially equipped vehicles within the Dakota County service area.
H.S.I. www.hsicares.org 651-275-4300	Offers transportation services for Washington County.
Lionmoile 651-653-3122	White Bear Lake shared-ride public transportation system for trips of any purpose.
Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly www.littlebrothersmn.org 612-721-6215	LBFE offers transportation to appointments, grocery store, and errands with a salaried driver and their van and wheelchair-accessible bus. LBFE staff and volunteers help take elders on errands and to appointments. Additionally, on-call volunteers help with transportation to social events and gatherings.
Luthern Social Services www.lssmn.org/olderadult 1-888-24-0012	Lutheran Social Services offers transportation to medical appointments and other errands to homebound older adults.
Metro Mobility www.metrocouncil.org 651-602-1111	Transportation services for Mineapolis and St. Paul and surrounding suburbs.
Scott County Transit 952-496-8341	Transportation services for Scott County.
Transit Link www.metrocouncil.org/ transportation/TransitLink/ index.htm 651-602-5465	Transit Link, a service of the Metropolitan Council, is the Dial-a-ride transit service in the Twin Cities region. Transit Link provides curb-to-curb transportation via a minibus or van service for the general public where regular route transit service is not available. The service is available to the general public based on availability - advance reservations are required. Service is available in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington. Fares are based on distance traveled.
Volunteers of America www.voamn.org 612- 32-9544	The VOA ElderRide program helps seniors age 60 and older in the City of Minneapolis remain independent and active by providing transportation to medical appointments, grocery shopping, senior dinging, senior center activities, recreation and other destinations within the Minneapolis city limits.