COMMUNITY ELDER INFORMATION SPECIALISTS

Community Elder Information Specialists assist with questions and concerns about programs and services for seniors. They help seniors and their families enter the state’s long term care system. Information Specialists are available in these communities.

Central Falls YMCA Center	728-7300
Cranston Senior Services	461-1000, X6255
Coventry Senior Center.	822-9474
East Providence Senior Center	435-7800, X218
Lincoln Senior Center	724-2000
Newport: Child & Family Services	848-4185
North Providence: Salvatore Mancini Center	231-0742
Pawtucket: Leon Mathieu Center	728-7582
Portsmouth Senior Center	683-7943
Providence: DaVinci Center.	272-7474
Diocese of Prov./Respite Services	421-7833, X4
Jewish Seniors Agency	621-5374
St. Martin dePorres Center	274-6783
SEDC.	274-8811
Urban League	351-5000, X142
Westminster Senior Center	274-6900
South Kingstown: The Center	789-0268
Warwick: Pilgrim Senior Center	468-4500
Westerly Senior Citizens Center	596-2404
West Warwick Senior Center	822-4450
Woonsocket Senior Center	766-3734

CUSTOMER INFORMATION REFERRAL AND ASSISTANCE CENTER

Since the Department of Elderly Affairs (DEA) became a cabinet-level agency in 1977, information and referral has been an integral part of the programs and services the Department offers to help seniors, families, and caregivers assure the independence and dignity of elders. Recently renamed as the Customer Information Referral & Assistance Center, this unit has Customer Information Specialists who are trained to answer questions, provide information and referral, and offer counsel regarding the issues of growing older in Rhode Island.

Customer Information Specialists help seniors understand and deal with issues such as heating and pharmacy assistance, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, transportation, food stamps, and many other prorgams and services. Each year, Customer Information Referral & Assistance Center staff answers more than 20,000 consumer inquiries. For information, call 462-4000 (Voice/TTY).