Area Agencies on Aging: What is an Area Agency on Aging?

• Eastern – serving the towns of Ashford, Bozrah, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Lyme, Eastford, Essex, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Haddam, Hampton, Killingly, Killingworth, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Mansfield, Middlefield, Middletown, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Plainfield, Pomfret, Portland, Preston, Putnam, Salem, Scotland, Sprague, Sterling, Stonington, Thompson, Union, Voluntown, Waterford, Westbrook, Willington, Windham and Woodstock
• North Central – serving the towns of Andover, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Glastonbury, Farmington, Enfield, Granby, Hartford, Hartland, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, New Britain, Newington, Plainville, Plymouth, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southington, Stafford, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor and Windsor Locks
• South Central – serving the towns of Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, West Haven and Woodbridge
• South Western – serving the towns of Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport and Wilton
• Western – serving the towns of Barkhamstead, Beacon Falls, Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canaan, Cheshire, Colebrook, Cornwall, Danbury, Goshen, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugutck, New Fairfield, New Hartford, New Milford, Newton, Norfolk, North Canaan, Prospect, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Southbury, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Waterbury, Watertown, Winchester, Wolcott and Woodbury

State Government:

• Aging Services Division State Unit on Aging
• Attorney General’s Office
  
• Commission on Aging
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs
• Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program – established in each state by the Older Americans’ Act to enhance the quality of life, improve care, protect rights, and promote the dignity of residents in a long-term care facility.

State Associations and Non-Profits:

• AARP of Connecticut
• Alzheimer’s Association - Connecticut Chapter
• Center on Aging – University of Connecticut
• Center for Healthy Aging

Legal Services:

• CT Elder Law

Reports and Information:

• Advance Directives (pdf)
• Connecticut State Plan on Aging 2006 – 2009 (pdf)
• Elderly Housing Directory (pdf)
• Long-Term Care Needs Assessment – 2007
• Redefining Retirement Years: Productive Engagement of the Older Workforce – 2007 (pdf)

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