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Sometimes people with problems and those who care for them find help and understanding from special organizations. |
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621 B Street, Marysville, CA 95901,phone 530/742-2896, or
Discovery Shop in Feather Down Shopping Center, Yuba City
530/ 673-3573
Contact Person: Terri Gardiepy
Services Provided:
Dressings, information, transportation, loans of assistive devices ; rehab, kits for ostomates, Reach Recovery Program, support for recovery from mastectomy.
Hours: 9:00 AM. to 4:00 PM., Monday-Friday. Message machine after hours.
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Discovery Shop - 673-3573
for Yuba, Sutter and Colusa counties
1372 Longfellow Avenue Chico, CA 95926
530 / 673-9446
Contact Person: Sue Smith
Services Provided:
Active Partnership Hospital-based wellness program for stroke and heart attack survivors. Provide free literature on diet, cardiovascular disease, host free food festivals, Stroke Club, CPR instruction on individual and group basis. Meets in Chico; serves patients and caregivers.
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Eligibility Requirements: None
Small fee for CPR training.
5477 Feather River Blvd., Marysville, California 95901
530 / 742-6989
Contact Person: Chuck Fitzpatrick, Veterans' Service Officer
Services Provided:
Lends medical and hospital equipment to veterans and their families, widows and orphans. Provides care for homeless veterans. Assists in filling out claim forms, provides transportation to veterans hospitals in Martinez and Sacramento.
Fees or Charges: None
3040 Explorer Dr. Suite 1, Sacramento, CA 95827
916 /368-5599
Contact Person: 6 wk. self-help class, $25.
Director:Joan Stevie Includes books and materials
Services Provided:
Forums, literature, films for loan, physician referrals, support group.
Eligibility Requirements: No restrictions. To apply for services write or telephone office.
Hours: 9a.m. to 4:30p.m. Monday - Friday
822 B. Richland Rd. Suite 1
Yuba City, California 95991
530 / 671-9312
Services Provided:
Makes referrals to member dentists. Helps solve problems that arise. Works with patients to find appropriate care.
822 B. Richland Rd. Suite 1 • P.O. Box 1088, Yuba City,CA 95992
530 / 674-9112
Contact Person: Mickey Vallimont, Office Manager
Services Provided:
Monthly meetings and support group, informed speakers. Blood glucose testing on Tuesday. Lending library, pamphlets & information. Books at cost. Information and referral. Videos.
Eligibility Requirements: None.
Fees or Charges: Donations encouraged. Membership dues $10 per year. Membership not required to attend.
Hours: 9 to 4. Message machine after hours
144 Gibson Ave. Yuba City, CA 95991
530 /673-4098
Contact Person: Office Manager
Services Provided:
Equipment loans - wheelchairs, hospital beds, walkers, commodes, crutches, according to supply on hand. Support groups, information and referral. Financial assistance up to $250 for medications & transportation for low income disabled.
Eligibility Requirements:Doctor's prescription
5713-A Marconi Ave., Carmichael, CA 95608
1-800 / 635-0220 or 916 / 971-0893
Contact Person: Janet Claypool, Executive Director, Laura Nakagawa, Family Consultant
Services Provided:
For family members of brain-impaired adults. Supplies caregivers with information, referral services, family support groups, training, and conferences and workshops. Types of brain-impairments served by this organization are Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's, stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain tumors or other permanent damage. Provides contractual services for legal and financial advice, family counseling, respite care.
Eligibility Requirements:
Caregivers of patients with brain impairment which occurred during adulthood (age 18 and older) and who are not eligible for assistance from other publicly supported programs or similar benefits.
Family members or concerned professionals are eligible for information and referral, family support groups, caregiver training and conferences. Other services are available to caregivers of those who experience brain impairment after age 18, and not receiving other public support. If you think you may qualify call for complete information.
Caregivers are eligible for respite service, legal consultation and counseling services. See page 35 for additional information.
Fees or Charges: None, or minimal - sliding scale.
Hours: 8:30a.m. -4:00 p.m., weekdays.
Service Area: 13 Counties, including Sutter and Yuba.
990 Klamath Lane, Yuba City, CA 95993 Suite 11
530 / 673-5513
Services Provided:
Oxygen, sales and rentals of durable medical equipments.
Eligibility Requirement: Prescription is necessary for billing Medicare & Medi-Cal
Fees or Charges: Medicare assignments accepted on most items.
777 Ainsley Avenue, Suite 2Yuba City, CA 95991
530/ 674-2450
For other Counties 1/800-622-2200
Contact Person: Darla Adams
Services Provided:
HICAP trained persons in this area will help seniors and others with Medicare denials and Co-insurance. Darla Adams will provide information and counseling of Medicare Supplements and long term care insurance; health maintenance organizations. Call her at the Senior Center.
Eligibility Requirements: None.
Fees or Charges: None.
438 Colusa Avenue, Suite 1, Yuba City, CA 95991
530/671-4530
Services Provided:
Orthopedic supports, orthopedic shoes, artificial limbs. Custom orthopedic aids to meet special needs. Mastectomy supplies and clothing, various other services.
Fees or Charges: Accept assignment for Medicare, MediCal and insurance billing with prescription.
477 Ainsley Avenue, Yuba City, CA 95991
530/674-1234
Contact Person: Dean Hallenbeck
Services Provided: Durable medical equipment. Specialize in electrical equipment-scooters, wheelchairs, beds. Bath equipment and other supplies.
Fees or Charges: Accept MediCare, MediCal
144 Gibson Avenue, Yuba City, CA 95991
530 673-4098
Contact Person: Call Easter Seals M-F 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. for hours.
Services Provided:
Swimming pool for all ages groups with physical or mental disabilities, including non-handicapped elderly persons. Pool is a maximum depth of four feet with wheelchair ramps, railing, ext. Courses include senior water aerobics, stroke rehabilitation and recreational swimming. Arthritis Class.
Fees or Charges: $0-$35 Depending on income.
867 C Richland Road, Yuba City, CA 95991
voice phone, 530/671-0811
TTY 671-2236, relay 1-800-735-2922
Services Provided:
Peer counseling, advocacy, independent living skills, assistive hearing devices. Support groups in Sacramento for hard-of-hearing and late-deafened adults. Also have Information and Referral and sign language classes
Eligibility Requirements: None.
Fees or Charges:None Funded by CA. Department of Social Services.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 AM to 4:30 PM, closed on legal holidays.
NOTE: At time of printing the Sacramento Office was in process of moving. Their phone number was not ready. Call Information Operator for Sacramento number.
86 Clavela Avenue, Sacramento, California 95828
916 / 682-7655
Contact Person: Georgia M. Hehr, R.N.
Services Provided:
Matches up people with their shoe opposites so they can share the shoes and the cost of the shoes. About half of the clients wear two shoes of different sizes, and the other half need only one shoe. Offers many single, unused shoes, free of charge, except for $5 postage and handling. Has over 50,000 new single shoes to choose from 2,500 pairs of mismates - same shoe, two different sizes. Client indicates general style of shoe he is interested in, and will receive a picture of what is on hand in their size and width. Be sure to include both size and width when you send in your registration papers.
Fees or Charges:
Registration fee, $3. Donation requested, $5.00 per shoe or boot, which may be waived for clients with financial difficulties. All clients must prepay the postage, of $2.50 per shoe item. Please bring this service to the attention of others -- anyone who needs only one shoe or has special foot problems would benefit from knowing about One Shoe Crew. Also gives advice on adaptive clothing and shoe information.
702 Fourth Street, Marysville, California 95901
530 / 743-5500
Contact Person: Mary Cole
Services Provided:
Adaptive equipment, wheelchairs, beds, walkers, oxygen, bathroom safety equipment, post-mastectomy supplies - rentals, purchases. Free delivery for durable medical equipment. and oxygen.
Eligibility Requirements:
Prescription is necessary for some items.
Sierra Health Care, 702 4th Street, Marysville, CA 95901
530 / 743-5500
Services Provided:
Inactivity timer to alert emergency services. A necklace or bracelet with a button to call for help. Special phone unit is provided.
Eligibility: The subscriber must live alone, have a lucid mind, be in precarious health, but not requiring institutional care.
Fees or Charges: Connection fee: $25.00. Rental: $35.00 per month.
2750 24th Street
Sacramento, CA 95818-3299
916 / 452-8273
Services Provided:
Has low-vision clinic for people whose vision has become a serious disability. Services include training for mobility as well as making use of residual sight. Counseling services available for the visually impaired and their families. Products store has 500 items to make life easier and more enjoyable for blind and visually impaired. Daily living skills instruction.
Eligibility Requirements: None. Funded by the Society forthe Blind and United Way.
Fees or Charges: Sliding fee scale available. No person denied services due to inability to pay.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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