Additional Resources
Many organizations are extending their services and availability to help provide resources and activities to those who need them.
City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Public Library
Consider signing up for or revisiting the Los Angeles Public Library to explore their online media and learning tools. With the E-Card online registration, one can gain access to movies, audio books, music, podcasts, and more!
City of Los Angeles Department of Aging
City of Los Angeles Department on Disability
https://disability.lacity.org/
Food
Findhelp.org
Findhelp.org is an online service that allows you to search a location to see a variety of resources available in your area. It is designed to help you find food assistance, help paying bills, and other free or reduced-cost programs.
Meals on Wheels
Meals are delivered to prevent senior hunger and isolation. Contact (213) 484-7775 between 8 AM and 4 PM or email ifyouneedmeals@stvincentmow.org.
Project Angel Food
Meals are delivered to each client one day per week, Monday through Friday. Contact (323) 845 -1800 or email info@angelfood.org.
Urban Partners LA
Provides food delivery for at-risk seniors. Call (213) 401-1191 or email urbanpartnersla@gmail.com.
Jewish Family Services (JFS)
JFS offers a home-delivered meal program for home-bound seniors and adults with disabilities. Meals, which are prepared at the JFS Hirsh Kosher Kitchen, are microwaveable and easy to prepare. Special services are available for Holocaust survivors. For the Senior Nutrition Program, contact Erwin Estrada at 323-937-5852.
Feeding America
Runs a food bank network. Find your local food bank here.
Serving Seniors
Provides meals to low-income seniors.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
This is a federally-funded program you may access by calling the State Hotline at 877-847-FOOD (3663). SNAP helps California seniors 60+ buy healthy food at the grocery store. You can get help from SNAP if you have limited income and resources or high medical and living expenses.
Groceries / Medications
WebMD Guidance
Online and Mail-Order Medicine: How to Buy Safely
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
Find an accredited digital pharmacy online.
Shopping Helpers LA
The program pairs a college-aged volunteer with a senior or someone who is immunocompromised to take care of their grocery shopping needs — at no charge. Call 323-628-7071 or email shoppinghelpersla@gmail.com to request help.
Southeast Asian Community Alliance (SEACA)
SEACA is providing care packages to low-income seniors in the Chinatown area. For more information email info@seaca-la.org or call 213-628-8667.
Meal Delivery Using Smart Phone Apps
There are a variety of organizations that run smartphone apps to order meals from restaurants that you choose at a cost:
Resy – City Guides to Takeout and Delivery Options
Medication Delivery Using Smart Phone Apps
CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens for home delivery of prescription medication.
Transportation Services
24/7 service that allows seniors to use services like Lyft and Uber without a smartphone.
Access Services
Delivers riders “curb-to-curb” service, and some service beyond the curb (non-medical). Requires application. Call: 1-800-883-1295
LyftUp
Lyft is providing grocery delivery free of charge in some communities.
CityRide
Cityride is a transportation assistance program for individuals age 65 or older and qualified persons with disabilities residing in the City of Los Angeles and select areas of Los Angeles County.
LyftWav (Wheelchair-accessible vehicle)
Passengers may request a vehicle that is specially outfitted to accommodate wheelchairs.
In-Home Care
Comfort Keepers
Caregivers are specially trained to provide care, pick up prescriptions, grocery shop, and provide companionship and personal care.
Alzheimer’s Los Angeles
Alzheimer’s Los Angeles Provides free care and support in Los Angeles County & the Inland Empire.
Home Instead
Home Instead Senior Care offers many different types of in-home senior care that can be individualized to meet the needs of family members, for a fee. Call 323-285-9988
Dynamic Nursing, Inc.
Dynamic Nursing, Inc. has provided nursing and in-home care services for seniors for more than 30 years from their Sherman Oaks office. Call 888-436-8773 today!
Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline (800-272-3900) is available around the clock, 365 days a year. Through this free service, specialists and master’s-level clinicians offer confidential support and information to people living with the disease, caregivers, families, and the public.
Visiting Angels
Locally-owned and operated senior home care agency provides at-home care services for a fee. Professional caregivers make it possible for seniors and the disabled to continue living safely at home. Compassionate care includes private duty care, companion care, Alzheimers care, Palliative care, and other senior home care services.
Right at Home
Right at Home’s trained caregivers provide in-home care for a fee for seniors and disabled adults who need some assistance to maintain their independence. It is an in-home care company that operates through independently owned and operated home care franchisees.
Mental Health Care
Friendship Line (Institute of Aging)
24-hour toll-free crisis line for people who are aged 60+ (or adults with disabilities). They can also make ongoing outreach calls to lonely older adults. Call 800-971-0016.
GENESIS
Program offered through LA County Department of Mental Health (LADMH) that offers specialized services to meet the mental health needs of older adults (60+). Services can be provided in home or in the community. Call 213-351-7284.
I Did Something Good Today Foundation
The I Did Something Good Today Foundation Presents GoldenTALK, a senior chat and crisis line for adults aged 60+. The chat line helps older people facing social isolation through warm conversations and providing referrals in case of crisis. Concerned family members may also request wellness calls to their beloved older adults. The GoldenTALK chat line phone number is 888-604-6533 (888-60-Golden). This is a volunteer-based organization also in need of more volunteers who speak multiple languages. Call (888) 60-GOLDEN – (888) 604-6533 or go to http://www.ididsomethinggoodtoday.org.
Five Acres Deaf Services
Five Acres provides mental health services tailored to the culture and language of Deaf children and adults (ages 0–65+) who reside within Los Angeles County.
Jewish Family Services (JFS)
Provides in-home and community-based mental health services including psychotherapy, medication prescription/monitoring, and case management for adults aged 18+. Individuals with MediCal, Medicare/MediCal, and low income with no insurance are eligible. Services are nonsectarian and available in English, Spanish, Russian, Farsi, and Hebrew. For more information or to make a referral, please call 818-432-5025.
JFS LIFE@Home
This is a program that connects Holocaust Survivors, who are most at risk for isolation and loneliness, to life-improving services, the community, and each other.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Provides 24/7 free and confidential support for people in distress. Call 800-273-8255.
Laughter on Call
Laughter on Call brings laughter to Alzheimer’s patients, their families, and caregivers. Email info@ laughteroncall.com.
LA Warmline
Confidential overnight telephone support service for loneliness, confusion, substance abuse complications, and other mental health concerns. Call 855-952-9276.
Interpersonal Violence
Peace Over Violence’s Deaf, Disabled & Elder Services
Peace Over Violence’s Deaf, Disabled & Elder (DDE) Services Program is committed to extending accessible services for victims of sexual and domestic violence who are deaf, hard of hearing, have a disability and/or elder individuals. We have expanded our Deaf Services program to include victims of crimes such as robbery, false imprisonment, vehicular assault, caregiver and/or hospital abuse, aggravated assault, and stalking.