Loving Home Care First Contact Resources

•  Los Angeles City Department of Health Services 800-228-1019

•  Infoline of Los Angeles 800-339-6993     213-686-0950

•  WISE Senior Services 310-394-9871

•  Social Services & In-Home Supportive Services – L.A 888-944-4477

•  Medicare Hotline 800-633-4227

•  Center for Health Care Rights 800-824-0780

•  Social Security Administration 800-772-1213

•  Medi-Cal Information 800-541-5555

•  Long Term Care Ombudsman Crisis Line 800-231-4024

•  Elder Abuse Hotline 800-992-1660

•  Child Abuse Hotline 800-540-4000

•  Alcoholics Anonymous 323-936-4343

•  AARP 626-585-9500

•  Bet Tzedek (Free Legal Advice Referral) 323-939-0506

•  Legal Aid 800-399-4529

•  Center for Health Care Rights 800-824-0780

•  Access Services 800-827-0829

•  City Ride (Transportation Programs) 808-7433

•  Eldercare Information and Referral 800-662-1998

•  INFO LINE (Free Information and Referrals) 800-339-6993

•  Jewish Family Services of LA 323-937-5930

•  Jewish Family Services / Kosher Meals 323-937-5843

•  Poison Control 800-876-4766

•  Suicide Prevention Hotline 877-727-4747

•  Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America 800-727-8462

•  Alzheimer’s Association Help Line 800-660-1993

•  AMC Cancer Information Center 800-525-3777

•  American Cancer Society 310-670-2650

•  American Council of the Blind 800-424-8666

•  American Diabetes Association 800-232-3472

•  American Dietetic Hotline 800-366-1655

•  American Heart Association 800-242-8721

•  American Kidney Fund, Inc. 800-638-8299

•  American Liver Foundation 800-223-0179

•  American Lung Assoc. of  Los Angeles County 800-586-4872

•  American Paralysis Association 800-225-0292

•  American Parkinson’s Disease Assn 800-223-2732

•  American Mental health Foundation 800-854-7777

•  American Speech and Hearing Assn 800-638-8255

•  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association  800-782-4747

•  Arthritis Foundation      800-283-7800

•  213-954-5750

•  AT&T TDD Hearing Impaired 800-833-3232

•  Pacific Bell TDD Hearing Impaired 800-651-5111

•  Verizon TDD Hearing Impaired 800-922-0204

•  Braillegrams (Western Union) 800-325-6000

•  Cancer Information Service 800-422-6237

•  Captioned Films for the deaf Voice / TDD  800-237-6213

•  Children’s Hospice International 800-242-4453

•  Daimler Chrysler Resource  Center (adaptive equipment)  800-255-9877

•  Drug Abuse Hotline 800-662-4357

•  Epilepsy Foundation of America 800-332-1000

•  Higher Education and Training; for People with Handicaps 800-544-3284

•  Huntington’s Disease Soc. Hotline 800-345-4372

•  Library of Congress  Handicapped Hotline 800-424-8567

•  Lung Line (Asthma and  Respiratory Disorders)  800-222-5864

•  Lupus Foundation 800-558-0121

•  MedicAlert Foundation International 800-825-3785

•  Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Hotline 800-447-8477

•  National Alliance for the Mentally Ill 800-950-6264

•  National AIDS Hotline: 

                           English 800-342-2437

                           Spanish 800-344-7432

                           Deaf 800-243-7889

•  National Center for Stuttering 800-221-2483

•  National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 800-344-4823

•  National Down Syndrome Society 800-221-4602

•  National Easter Seal Society 800-221-6827

•  National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis  800-343-3637 

•  National Headache Foundation 800-843-2256

•  National Head Injury Foundation 800-444-6443

•  National Health Information Center Referral Service 800-336-4797

•  National Hearing Aid Society Hotline 800-521-5247

•  National Information Ctr. for Orphan Drugs & Rare Diseases 800-456-3505

•  National Kidney Foundation 800-747-5527

•  National Rehabilitation Info. Center 800-346-2742

•  National Spinal Cord Injury Assn 800-962-9629

•  National Stroke Association 800-787-6537

•  Organ Tissue Donor 800-243-6667

•  Orton Dyslexia Society 800-222-3123

•  Personal Home Care Products 800-551-5460

•  Edgepark Surgical Diabetic Supply 800-321-0591

•  Continental DME Supplies 818-242-4171

•  Shield Health Care 800-372-6205

•  Protection and Advocacy Inc. (Legal Rights Agency for  Developmentally and Mentally Disabled Persons) 800-776-5746

•  Random House Audio Books 800-733-3000

•  Rape Hotline LA County 310-392-8381

•  Rape Treatment Center 310-319-4000

•  Recorded Books 800-638-1304

•  Recordings for the Blind 800-499-5525

•  Sexually Transmitted Disease Hotline 800-227-8922

•  Simon Foundaion for Continence 800-237-4666

•  Social Security Administration 800-772-1213

•  Spinal Bifida Association 800-621-3141

•  Stroke Association of So. CA 310-575-1699

•  The Living Bank – Organ Donations 800-528-2971

•  Tourette’s Syndrome Association 800-237-0717

•  United Cerebral Palsy 800-872-5827

•  United Ostomy Association 800-826-0826

•  Victims Assistance Program 800-VICTIMS