Senior Citizen Information

 

For further information, call the Senior Info-Line at the Area Agency on Aging, (800) 654-2810 or (616) 983-0177 ext. 735.

 

LOCAL HEALTH CARE 
River Valley Senior Citizens Center(269) 469-4556
Health Care Information 
AdminaStar Federal (Durable Medical Equipment) Medicare(800) 270-2313
Medicare Part B(800) 482-4045
Medicare Fraud(800) 447-8477
Medicare Hotline(800) 633-4227
Medicaid Helpline(800) 642-3195
Nursing Home Information(800) 292-7852
Medicare Medicade Assistance Program (MMAP)(800) 803-7171
Legal and Consumer Information 
Legal Hotline for Seniors(800) 347-5297
Lawyer Referral(800) 968-0738
Auto Repair and Sales Complaints(800) 292-4204
Michigan's Insurance Hotline(800) 777-8005
Nursing Home Ombudsman(800) 782-2918
Special Telephone Needs 
Lucent Technologies Special Needs Center(888) 708-0874
Ameritech (Mich. Bell) Special Needs Center221-7474 (toll-free)
Health and Medical Information 
Alzheimer's and Related Diseases(800) 272-3900
American Cancer Society(800) 227-2345
Cancer Information Service(800) 422-6237
American Council for the Blind(800) 424-8666
American Diabetes Association(800) 232-3472
American Parkinson's Disease(800) 223-2732
American Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc.(800) 638-8255
Arthritis Foundation(800) 283-7800
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc.(800) 942-0149
National Association for Continence(800) 252-3337
Hearing Aid Helpline(800) 521-5247
Medic Alert Foundation(800) 432-5378
National Multiple Sclerosis Society(800) 344-4867
Poison Control(800) 222-1222
National Stroke Association(800) 787-6537