Resources

Download the ElderGuide!

This comprehensive online guide includes thousands of resourced topics such as fuel assistance, health care, housing, etc. Phone numbers and eligibility information is included.

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Connections to services for elders and individuals with disabilities - simplified.

You can speak to a Mass Options specialist, Monday - Friday from 9am to 5pm, by phone toll-free at 1-800-243-4636, or by using the online chat feature in the bottom right of this website.

Note these sites will take you out of the GSSSI site. They will open in a new window in your browser.

• AARP
• Healthy Living Center for Excellence
• Massachusetts Council on Aging Dementia Friendly
• Mass Healthy Aging Collaborative
• World Health Organization

• AgingCare Home Care
• Caregiver
• Family Caregiver Handbook
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• National Alliance for Caregiving

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly food stamps)

• Agawam
• Brimfield
• East Longmeadow
• Hampden
• Holland
• Longmeadow
• Monson
• Palmer
• Springfield Dept. Elder Affairs
• Wales
• West Springfield
• Wilbraham

• AARP
• Access to Prescription Benefits
• Benefits Check Up
• Find Senior Living Near You

• Alzheimer's Association
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Healthfinder
• National Institutes of Health

• Elder Law Answers
• National Fraud Information Center
• National Senior Citizens Law Center

• LGBT Aging Project
• Mass Equality Project
• SAGE
• Social Security Information
• Special Commission on LGBT Aging

• Mass Options - Your Connection to Local Aging and Disability Services
• Executive Office of Elder Affairs
• Massachusetts Aging and Disabilities Information Locator
• Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health Nursing Home Information
• State of Massachusetts Home Page
• Find My Legislator