e-mail: RA-AI-Publications@pa.gov

• Elder Abuse: Recognize the Signs 
  A guide on how to recognize the signs of elder abuse and how to report it. 
• Are you Being Threatened or Abused in Your Own Home?
  How to get help if you think you are a victim of abuse.

• Healthy Living Never Goes out of Style - PrimeTime Health
  A brochure describing a variety of ways to keep older people healthy.

Legal

• Understanding Advance Directives for Health Care
  A guide to understanding advance directives/living wills.  Includes a form to fill out your living will.

Long-Term Living

• A Caregiver's Guide to Selecting an Adult Day Services Center 
  An 11-page guide to help persons in need of adult day services.
• Pennsylvania Caregiver Support Program
  Describes the financial assistance and other benefits and services available through the Family Caregiver Support Program. 
• A Helping Hand - Personal Care Home Edition
  A guide that helps new residents adjust to their home.
• A Helping Hand - Nursing Facility Edition
  A guide that helps new residents adjust to their home.
• Know Your Rights as a Personal Care Home Resident
  General information regarding the residents rights under personal care home licensure regulations. 
• Know Your Rights as a Nursing Home Resident
  This booklet explains the rights all nursing home residents have under the law. 
• Pennsylvania's Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
  Outlines the volunteer ombudsman program and its benefits.
• A Shopper's Guide to Long Term Care Insurance, published by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is not available in electronic format.  To obtain a copy, please call the Long-Term Care Helpline toll free at 1-866-286-3636 or the Department of Aging at 717-783-1550 or email the Department of Aging at aging@pa.gov.  
• Long-Term Living Helpline
• Pennsylvania's Empowered Expert Residents (PEER) Program  Explains the PEER Program and it's benefits.

Medicare

• APPRISE- State Health Insurance Assistance Program. Where to find answers to your health insurance questions.
• "MOM" Medicare Overcharge Measure
  Answers to your questions about the "MOM" Law.

• To access the online application for PACE/PACENET, please click here