Resource Guide: When Private-Pay Senior Living Isn’t An Option
Updated: 5 days ago
Not every family has the financial resources for private-pay senior living, but every family deserves guidance, compassion, and hope.
While we may not have every solution, we will always do our best to point families toward resources, support, and a safer tomorrow. Scroll below for local and nationwide resources to help you find the assistance you may be needing!
Nationwide Resources:
211 / United Way
What they can help with:
Emergency housing/shelter
Food
Utility assistance
Transportation
Local social services
St. Vincent de Paul Society
What they can help with:
Local charitable assistance
Rent, utilities, food and emergency needs
Catholic Charities
What they can help with:
Emergency assistance
Housing services
Food
*Varies by diocese
The Salvation Army
What they can help with:
Emergency shelters
Food
Rent
Utility assistance where available
HUD Housing Counseling
What they can help with:
Affordable housing information
Rental assistance referrals
Housing counseling
Eldercare Locator
What they can help with:
Connecting older adults & caregivers to local Area Agencies on Aging
BenefitsCheckUp
What they can help with:
Screens older adults for assistance with food, health care, utilities and other benefits
FindHelp
What they can help with:
Provides a searchable database of free and reduced-cost services by ZIP code
Meals on Wheels
What they can help with:
Nutrition and meal-delivery programs for qualifying older adults
VA Homeless Veterans Hotline
What they can help with:
Housing assistance for veterans experiencing homelessness or at risk
Northwest Ohio Shelters and Charitable Partners:
St. Paul’s Community Center
What they can help with:
Adult shelter
Meals
Basic needs
Housing navigation
Cherry Street Mission Ministries
What they can help with:
Emergency shelter
Recovery support for adults
Leading Families Home
What they can help with:
Emergency family shelter
Transitional housing
Housing support
Toledo Gospel Rescue Mission
What they can help with:
Faith-based emergency shelter
Supportive services
Toledo Lucas County Homelessness Board
What they can help with:
Coordinating homelessness services
Housing programs
Helping Hands of St. Louis
What they can help with:
Meals & food pantry
Clothing
Essential-needs assistance
Pathway, Inc.
What they can help with:
Utility assistance
Housing stabilization
Case management
Wood County Committee on Aging
What they can help with:
Meals
Transportation
Social-service support
*For Wood County older adults
Legal Aid of Western Ohio
What they can help with:
Eligible housing
Benefits & other civil legal issues
Northwest Ohio Affordable and Subsidized Senior Housing:
Louisiana House
Income-based housing for eligible seniors and individuals with disabilities
Lucas Metropolitan Housing
Public housing, Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) and income-based housing opportunities.
Medicaid and Senior Care Support:
Ohio Assisted Living Waiver
May pay for covered assisted living services for qualifying Medicaid recipients in participating facilities
PASSPORT
Medicaid-funded home and community-based services for eligible older Ohioans who need a nursing-facility level of care
Nursing Facility Medicaid
May cover eligible nursing-home care for individuals who meet financial and clinical criteria
Medicare Savings Programs
May help qualifying individuals with Medicare premiums and certain cost-sharing
SNAP / HEAP / PIPP
Food assistance and utility affordability programs that may help seniors remain housed
Adult Protective Services
Investigates reports involving abuse, neglect or exploitation of vulnerable older adults
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