SENIOR SERVICES
A variety of support services are available citywide to address the diverse needs and interests of older adults, from those who are active and healthy, to those residing in long-term care facilities and seniors who are fragile and may be confined to home.
Assisted Living Information
Assisted Living is private pay alternative for people needing assistance with activities of daily living but wishing to live as independently as possible. Residents are not able to live by themselves but do not require constant care either.
Caregiving Assistance
The Chicago Department of Senior Services offers a variety of programs and services for families who are caring for their older loved ones. We know that your goal as an informal caregiver is to help your loved one maintain as much control over their own lives as possible under the circumstances. Our goal is to help you do that.
Flu Shot Clinics
Getting a flu vaccine is more important than ever during this year to protect yourself and the people around you from flu, and to help reduce the strain on healthcare systems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Benefits and Services
Link to www.Benefits CheckUp.org to determine eligibility for more than 70 city, state and federal benefits to which you may be entitled. Programs include:
- Energy Assistance;
- Financial Assistance;
- Housing;
- Transportation and more...
Congregate Dining Program
The Golden Diners Program offers older adults (60 years of age and older) and their spouses of any age, an opportunity to have a healthy, nutritious meal each day while enjoying the company of friends at approximately 50 community sites throughout the City of Chicago.
Department on Aging's Circuit Breaker and Illinois Cares RX
The Illinois Department on Aging's Circuit Breaker program provides grants to senior citizens and persons with disabilities to help them reduce the impact of taxes and prescription medications on their lives.
Home Delivered Meals
The City of Chicago’s Home Delivered Meal (HDM) Program provides nutritious meals to eligible Chicago residents, 60 years of age and older, who are frail and/ or homebound because of illness, incapacitating disability, or are otherwise isolated.
Insurance Counseling for Seniors
Volunteer counselors with the Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) offer free, one-on-one insurance counseling at our Regional Senior Centers.
Legal Assistance
Professional attorneys are available to assist caregivers with various legal issues such as; Power of Attorney, Living Wills, Guardianship and other legal issues that caregivers are often faced with when assisting their older loved ones.
Medicare and Open Enrollment Information
This is the time to make changes to your Medicare health plan and prescription drug coverage to better meet your needs for the following year.
Satellite Senior Centers
For additional Satellite information, call the the Department of Family and Support Services Information and Assessment line at 312.744.4016.
Senior Centers
Senior Centers are a dedicated facility or a community hub designed to serve the needs and interests of older adults, typically those aged 60 and above.
Senior Related Literature
Information is the key element to accessing all programs and services for senior citizens. This service request is used to have brochures and/or literature sent out for senior citizen -related programs and services.
Senior Services Information and Assessment Assistance
Information and Assessment is the key element to accessing all programs and services for senior citizens, a "one stop link" to eldercare service providers in the City of Chicago and throughout the nation.
Senior Services Overview
Senior Services is committed to serving older individuals with limited financial resources, those facing social isolation, and minority persons, in particular those with limited English proficiency.
Senior Well Being Check
This service request is used to identify seniors whose health, safety or general well being are in question. The City will send a team of Human Services specialists to make a assessment of the client's needs.
Small Accessible Repairs for Seniors
The waiting list for the SARFS Program is closed as of December 21, 2022. Individual SARFS Delegate Agencies do not maintain their own waiting list for SARFS; however, they may work on other programs. DOH may reopen the waiting list for 2024.
Important Contacts to Know
AARP
Chicago Information
773-714-9800
www.aarp.org
Circuit Breaker Form 1363
City Clerk of Chicago - (312) 744- 2506
City Stickers
City Clerk of Chicago - (312) 744- 6861
Cook County Elder Justice Center
Cook County Circuit Court - (312) 603- 9233
Food Stamp (Link Program)/Medicaid
IL Dept. of Human Services - (800) 843- 6154
Free Legal Services
CARPLS - (312) 738- 9200
Elder Abuse Hotline
Illinois Department of Aging - (800) 252- 8966
www.state.il.us/aging
Illinois Secretary of State
(312) 793- 1010
Medical ID Program
City Clerk of Chicago - (312) 744- 2506
Medicare - (800) MEDICARE
www.medicare.gov
Meals on Wheels
Chicago Dept. of Aging - (312) 744- 4016
www.cityofchicago.org
www.benefitscheckup.org
Passport Applications / Photos
City Clerk of Chicago - (312) 744- 202
Residential Parking / Guest Passes
City Clerk of Chicago - (312) 744- 5346
Senior Tax Freeze
Cook County Assessor - (312) 603- 7800
Senior Sewer Exemption - Age 65+
Department of Sewers - (312) 747- 8480
Senior Property Tax Exemption - Age 65+
Department of Sewers - (312) 747- 8480
Cook County Assessor
(312) 443- 7550
Social Security Administration
(800) 772- 1213
Senior Property Tax Deferral
(312) 443- 5100
Senior Supporting Information
www.chicago.gov