Information & Assistance

Information and assistance is designed to answer your questions, provide direct services and to make referrals to other agencies. Under the Older American’s Act, the Office for the Aging is designated to act as an advocate for individual seniors in order to protect and preserve their rights. In addition, we advocate for services and programs that affect our county’s residents as a whole.

Every month we provide information about a variety of topics that we feel our community should be aware of. This information is provided by the Free Press and is called Community Connections. (Washington County Office for Aging's Newsletter). Please see the attached information being shared for this month. If you have any questions, please give us a call at 518-746-2420! Follow the link below and look for Community Connections: 

Community Connections

Medicare

Medicare is the federal health insurance program for:

  • People who are 65 or older
  • Certain younger people with disabilities
  • People with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD)

To learn about Medicare click here: medicare.gov

Medicare Articles

  1. Medicare Minutes-Coverage for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment
  2. Medicare Minutes-Coverage for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment-Spanish
  3. Coverage for COVID Test
  4. Coverage for COVID Test-Spanish
  5. Extra-Help-Chart
  6. Medicare and Behavioral Health
  7. Medicare-What's New in 2023
  8. Medicare-What's New in 2023-Spanish
  9. Medicare Enrollment Periods
  10. Medicare Enrollment Periods-Spanish
  11. NY-MSP Expansion Factsheet
  12. MSP and Medicaid Expansion-NY

Office for Aging Information

  1. 2022 Senior Clubs
  2. Older New Yorkers Guide to Resources
  3. Washington County Emergency Planning for Special Needs Form

Outside Resources for Seniors

Click on the images to visit other websites with helpful information for senior citizens.

United States Senate Special Committee on Aging

US Senate Special Committee on Aging Banner Logo link to website

Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging

Department of Health and Human Services Administration On Aging Logo link to website

Medicare.gov

Medicare Website Logo link to website

Social Security Administration

Social Security Administration Logo link to website

Project Hope

Project Hope Logo

New York State Department of Health

New York State Department of Health Website Banner Logo link to website

New York State Energy Research & Development Authority

NYSERDA Logo link to website

The National Council on the Aging Benefits Checkup

The National Council on the Aging Logo link to website

New York State Office for Aging

Aging Logo

NY Connects - Washington County 

NY Connects
Links to external sites are provided as a convenience. Washington County has no control over the format or content of any information found on any external site.