Seniors

Compassion & Choices is a national nonprofit that helps people plan for end-of-life care and understand their choices. They offer phone and email support, online tools, Spanish resources, physician consultation, advocacy, and public events, including Georgia-specific information about end-of-life laws.

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Marietta Housing Authority is a public housing agency in Marietta that helps low-income households get and keep affordable housing. It runs Housing Choice Vouchers, HUD-VASH vouchers for eligible homeless veterans referred by VA, a Family Self-Sufficiency program for voucher participants, and some affordable apartment communities. Its Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed.

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The Georgia Department of Revenue is the state agency that handles Georgia taxes, tax refunds, tax credits, unclaimed property, alcohol and tobacco rules, and motor vehicle tags and titles. Most help is online or by phone, and some in-person tax and motor vehicle services are available by appointment.

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Briarcliff Oaks, Inc. is a nonprofit senior apartment community in Atlanta. It provides 125 one-bedroom apartments for adults age 62 and older, with HUD-funded rent, resident activities, service coordination, computers, a pantry, and weekly shopping trips.

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Grandma's Hands Outreach helps grandparents who are raising their grandchildren in Metro Atlanta. They offer free support groups, resource help, and training so grandparents can handle school, benefits, online forms, and day-to-day caregiving.

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Christian City is a nonprofit campus in Union City that helps children, youth, families, seniors, and adults with disabilities. It offers senior patio homes, children’s residential care, youth crisis help, foster and adoption support, family stabilization, and newer disability housing and day programming.

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WellMed Charitable Foundation is a nonprofit that supports older adults and family caregivers, mostly through programs in Texas and Florida plus virtual caregiver help. It offers free caregiver coaching, phone and Zoom education sessions, stress support, senior activity centers, online classes, and grants to partner agencies.

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Wellstar Hospice Care provides end-of-life care for patients and support for their families. They help with home hospice, inpatient hospice, respite care, medical equipment and supplies, spiritual and social work support, and grief support after a death.

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Wesley Woods is a senior living organization that runs communities in Atlanta and across Georgia. Its Asbury Harris Epworth Towers location in southwest Atlanta offers affordable apartment housing for older adults who meet HUD and age rules, plus resident activities, wellness programs, and transportation help.

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Maribo Cares is a nonprofit that helps people with cancer during recovery. It connects cancer fighters and survivors with supportive help like house cleaning, cards and gifts, phone check-ins, volunteer visits, pet care support, and referrals when services are available.

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Wesley Woods Senior Living runs Branan Towers, an affordable apartment community for older adults in East Atlanta. It offers HUD-assisted senior housing for people who qualify, plus resident wellness, social, educational, spiritual, and recreational activities.

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The City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation runs city parks, recreation centers, pools, and community programs. Its Office of Recreation offers after-school care, teen leadership, arts enrichment, adaptive recreation, aquatics, and senior activities at centers across Atlanta.

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UCSF Health runs the Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center in San Francisco. It helps people with memory, thinking, dementia, Huntington's disease, and related conditions through specialty clinic visits, research, education, and free caregiver support groups, many held by Zoom or phone.

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Merk Serenity Living LLC provides affordable independent living in Georgia. It offers shared and private rooms with utilities included for seniors, veterans, people who are homeless, and nonviolent ex-offenders.

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Habitat for Humanity DeKalb is a nonprofit that helps people in DeKalb County have safer and more stable homes. It focuses on critical home repairs for seniors and veterans, affordable homeownership, homeownership education, and volunteer-supported fundraising events.

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SWEEAC is a local food center that helps people and families in emergency need with food and other resources. Its website says it no longer offers walk-in help and directs people who need immediate assistance to call United Way 211.

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