AARP Services include: Driver Safety, Grandparent Information Center, Grief and Loss, Tax Aide Program and Insurance

Driver Safety Program

Cars have changed. So have traffic rules, driving conditions, and the roads we drive on every day. Brush up on your driving skills to stay safe!  Call 888-687-2277 for information about driver safety program in our area.

Follow the prompts and be ready to give your 5-digit postal zip code. A local volunteer will call you back within 3-5 business days to help you locate the course nearest you.  Or, visit the Web site for more information and resources, including safety tips, advice on when to curtail or stop driving, and the latest vehicle safety features.

Caregiving Resource Center

Connect with other caregivers, get information on developing a care plan and a care team, find care providers and connect with community resources.  Click here to visit AARP's Caregiving Resource Center.

Grandparents Information Center

AARP's Friends and Family Web site is full of information grandparents will be interested in - whether they are their grandchild's full-time caregiver or a part-time babysitter.

• GrandFacts: National and state fact sheets listing services, programs, benefits, laws and policies for grandparents raising children.

• GrandFamilies Guide: Information, tips and tools for grandparents raising grandchildren.

• AARP Foundation GrandCare Support Locator: The GrandCare Support Locator is a service of the AARP Foundation. It connects grandparents with national, state and local groups, programs, resources and services that support grandparents or other relative caregivers as well as grandparents facing visitation issues.

• Join an online support group for grandparents raising grandchildren.

AARP Ohio

http://www.aarp.org/states/oh/
866-389-5653
ohaarp@aarp.org

Other helpful resources:

Grief and Loss: tips, resources and advice on how to cope during this difficult part of life.

Tax Aide Program:  the nation's largest free, volunteer-run tax preparation and assistance service.

Insurance: Information and resources on topics from long-term care insurance to health insurance and Medicare.

Internet safety: Information and resources on internet safety

This website provides tools and resources to help individuals and families plan for (and talk about) end of life care.  State-specific resources and forms are available.

Begin the Conversation, an advance care planning program created to encourage the use of advance care directives, was created in 2009 by Wilmington, North Carolina-based Lower Cape Fear Hospice. To help everyone prepare for the unexpected, the goal is to encourage everyone to complete advance care directives with a focus on the value of conversations in advance care planning.

Check List for Final Details

• Death Notices and Obituaries (call your local newspaper, or the funeral home may make the arrangements);
• Check safety deposit box;
• Locate all important papers: Bank records, bills, birth certificate, credit cards, insurance records, mortgage and loan papers, marriage certificate, military papers, pension papers, savings bonds, Social Security and tax records, stocks, mutual funds, vehicle titles and registrations;
• Order a dozen copies of the death certificate. You will need a number of copies for various reasons, including working with your spouse`s creditors.
• Order a copy of the deceased`s credit report as well as your own. In many cases, the information will be the same, but there may be accounts on the deceased`s report of which you weren`t aware. Click here for information on ordering credit reports.
• Notify the three major credit reporting agencies of your spouse`s death.
• Notify creditors of the death.
• Notify employer of the death (may have wages, vacation, or 401k due to the deceased).
• Cancel medical insurance.
• Cancel or modify status of all credit cards.
• Cancel subscriptions and memberships.
• Remove the deceased`s name from mailing lists. Call 888-567-8688 to have the deceased`s credit file blocked from screening for pre-approved mailing lists.

• To have names removed from existing mailing lists write to:

                     Mail Preference Service Direct Marketing Association 
                     P.O. Box 9008
                     Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008

• To have names removed from existing telemarketing lists write to:

                  Telephone Preference Service Direct Marketing Association 
                  PO Box 9014 
                  Farmingdale, NY 11735-9014

You should be aware that:

• If there will be a probate proceeding (which may or may not be required, depending on state law and the amount of assets), then the executor of the estate should get in touch with creditors.
• If there will not be a probate proceeding, then survivors should be in touch with creditors to notify them of the death. Most will request a copy of the death certificate, which you should already have on hand.

LeadingAge Ohio is a nonprofit organization that represents approximately 400 long-term care organizations and hospices, as well as those providing ancillary health care and housing services, in more than 150 Ohio towns and cities.

LeadingAge Ohio, reflecting the role of the association and its members in providing quality housing and health care services for Ohio’s older and disabled population.
 

This website provides access to helpful information and forms to help individuals and families in planning for their healthcare needs and wishes. 

Mission
National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) exists to inspire, educate and empower the public and providers about the importance of advance care planning. NHDD is an initiative to encourage patients to express their wishes regarding healthcare and for providers and facilities to respect those wishes, whatever they may be.

Overview
NHDD exists as a 50-state annual initiative to provide clear, concise, and consistent information on healthcare decision-making to both the public and providers/facilities through the widespread availability and dissemination of simple, free, and uniform tools (not just forms) to guide the process. NHDD entails 50 independent, but coordinated, state and local events (necessitated by the difference in state laws and dynamics) supported by a national media and public education campaign.

In all respects, NHDD is inclusive and brings a variety of players in the larger healthcare/legal/religious community together to work on a common project, to the benefit of patients, families, and providers. NHDD is not prescriptive; it allows for and fosters creativity.

A key goal of NHDD is to demystify healthcare decision-making and make the topic of advance care planning inescapable. On NHDD, no one in the U.S. should be able to open a paper, watch TV, view the internet, see a physician or lawyer, or go to a healthcare facility without being confronted with the topic of advance care planning. Among other things, NHDD helps people understand that advance healthcare decision-making includes much more than living wills; it is a process that should focus first on conversation and choosing an agent.

Vision
Across the country, every healthcare facility will participate as the flagship venues for the public engagement. Other participating organizations/facilities that have their own physical spaces will engage in activities as well. Those organizations that lack physical spaces will work in conjunction with others or at non-healthcare venues (libraries, grocery stores, drug stores, etc.) to support the initiative. A variety of churches, synagogues, and mosques around the country will also support the effort by highlighting the importance of advance care planning with their congregations.

The Conversation Project is dedicated to helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care.  The website includes personal stories and a Starter Kit to help individual and families get their thoughts together and then have a conversation about their wishes for end of life care.