Home & Community-Based Care

This website lists contact information for Independent Living Centers (ILCs) in your community. ILCs are private, nonprofit, community-based, nonresidential, cross-disability and consumer-controlled organizations that seek to maximize their consumers' independence. ILCs provide social services, peer counseling and advocacy for individuals with physical or mental disabilities of all ages. A large portion of an ILC's staff have disabilities themselves and serve as role models for the ILC's consumers. For more information, go to U.S. Department of Education website.

Use this website to find local Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs). ASAPs are private, non-profit agencies, funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which promote the independence and well-being of older individuals, their families, and caregivers. ASAPs provide the following services: information and referral; interdisciplinary case management; intake, assessment, development and implementation of long term care support service plans; nutrition services; monitoring of service plans; and reassessment of needs; and Protective Services, which investigates cases of abuse or neglect of elders age 60 plus.

MassResources.org offers additional information about Home and Community-Based Care.