California senior services are readily available – if you know where to look. For most elders and caregivers, the primary place to access resources and get referrals is your local Area Agency on Aging or the Aging and Disability Resource Centers. We have listed those below in addition to other places to access help.
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Area Agencies on Aging: What is an Area Agency on Aging?
- State Map of Planning Service Areas (PSAs) (.pdf)
- PSA #1 – serving Del Norte & Humbolt Counties
- PSA #2 – serving Lassen, Siskiyou, Shasta, Modoc & Trinity Counties
- PSA #3 – serving Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Plumas & Tehama Counties
- PSA #4 – serving Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yuba & Yolo Counties
- PSA #5 – serving Marin County
- PSA #6 – serving San Francisco County
- PSA #7 – serving Contra Costa County
- PSA #8 – serving San Mateo County
- PSA #9 – serving Alameda County
- PSA #10 – serving Santa Clara County
- PSA #11 – serving San Joaquin County
- PSA #12 – serving Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa & Tuolumne Counties
- PSA #13 – serving Santa Cruz & San Benito Counties
- PSA #14 – serving Fresno & Madera Counties
- PSA #15 – serving Kings and Tulare Countie
- PSA #16 – serving Mono & Inyo Counties
- PSA #17 – serving Santa Barbara & San Luis Obispo Counties
- PSA #18 – serving Ventura County
- PSA #19 – serving Los Angeles County
- PSA #20 – serving San Bernadino County
- PSA #21 – serving Riverside County
- PSA #22 – serving Orange County
- PSA #23 – serving San Diego County
- PSA #24 – serving Imperial County
- PSA #25 – serving Los Angeles City
- PSA #26 – serving Lake & Mendocino Counties
- PSA #27 – serving Sonoma County
- PSA #28 – serving Napa & Solona Counties
- PSA #29 – serving El Dorado County
- PSA #30 – serving Stanislaus County
- PSA #31 – serving Merced County
- PSA #32 – serving Monterey County
- PSA #33 – serving Kern County
State Government:
State Associations and Non-Profits:
- AARP of California
- Alzheimer’s Association:
- Association for Adult Day Services
- Center on Aging – UCLA
- California Association of Health Facilities
- Foundation for Independent Living Centers
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- 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.
- Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services – University of California, Berkeley