Support organizations for persons with various conditions.

Regional 

Services for people experiencing sight loss in Riverside County. Blindness Support Services

California Council on Problem Gambling

 

California Mobilehome Resource and Action Assoc.

 

Cathedral City Senior Center 


Services for people with Disabilities in Riverside County.  Community Access Center

Compulsive Gambling Institute Nonprofit exists to assist compulsive gamblers and their families.

Desert Samaritans for the Elderly  Not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving the elderly throughout the Coachella Valley.

ElderSafety.org  Resources for safe, independent living, and the prevention of injuries in the older adult population.

Affordable solution for individuals or couples who prefer to continue to live in their homes, with a little assistance. Sensible Senior Homecare Agency

Data base of Riverside County Agencies providing a variety of services, which can be searched by agency name or "keyword".  Inform Riverside County

Inland Caregiver Resource Center  Offers a variety of supportive services to help families and communities master the challenges of caregiving.

HELPline Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention

A non-profit that provides vocational, sober living support and educational programs for individuals with chronic mental illness or individuals with both mental illness and addictions, many of whom are homeless.  Jefferson Transitional Programs

Jewish Family Service of the Desert   Services include help for seniors, counseling and support groups.

Palm Desert activities, classes, seminars, programs and special events to allow seniors to remain independent and healthy.   Joslyn Senior Center

Mizell Senior Center - Palm Springs

Network of Care  Resources and links to senior, disabled, mental health and child services, arranged by participating California counties.

Ombudsman Program  Utilizes trained volunteers, investigates to resolve complaints and reports of abuse of residents in long term care facilities, (skilled nursing, board and care homes, nursing homes) in Riverside County. Also provides information and referral regarding long term care facilities and residents rights.  Emergency state wide hotline, 24 hours (800) 231-4024.  In Riverside County, toll free number is (800) 464-1123 [does not have local website].

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic Membership entitles members to unlimited access to library of more than 98,000 audio books in specialized formats in a broad variety of subjects, from literature and history to math and the sciences, at all academic levels, from kindergarten through post-graduate and professional.

The gateway to senior services in Riverside County.  Riverside County Office on Aging 

Sensible Senior Homecare Agency  In-home support services that allow the elderly to remain safe and comfortable at home with the highest possible level of independence.  Non-medical individualized care includes services tailored to  the needs and wants of customers.

Stroke Recovery Center  Located in Palm Springs, free Stroke Recovery Center services include physical, speech, occupational and recreation therapy, socialization with other stroke survivors, support groups and respite for caregivers.

National organizations include the following:

ALS Assoc.

Alzheimer's Association 

Alzheimer's Educ. & Referral

American Association of People with Disabilities

American Council of the Blind 

American Diabetes Assoc.

American Foundation for the Blind 

American Heart Association

American Liver Foundation 

American Lung Assoc.

American Medical Assoc.

American Psychiatric Assoc.

Arthritis Foundation

Cancer Society: Services

Disability Research

Down Syndrome Society

Easter Seal Society 

Family Caregiver Alliance 

Read on-line articles on grandparenting. Foundation for Grandparenting

Guillain-Barre Syndrome Foundation 

Interstitial Cystitis Assoc. 

League for the Hard of Hearing

Leukemia Society of America 

Lupus Foundation

Lymphedema Network 

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation 

National Aging Information Center

National Family Caregivers Association

National Foundation of the Blind

National Indian Council on Aging

National Kidney Foundation 

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Neurofibromatosis Foundation 

Osteoporosis Foundation

Psoriasis Foundation

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic Membership entitles members to unlimited access to library of more than 98,000 audio books in specialized formats in a broad variety of subjects, from literature and history to math and the sciences, at all academic levels, from kindergarten through post-graduate and professional.

Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation

Self Help for Hard of Hearing People

Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation

Skin Cancer Foundation

Spinal Cord Injury Assoc.

Stroke Association 

The Brain Injury Association

 

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