The primary goal of the Aging and Disability Services programs is to promote the maximum level of independent living for older adults and persons over 22 with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Services are oriented toward providing the support needed for persons to remain safely in the community and to prevent unnecessary or premature institutional placements.

Customer Service Center - 703-228-1700
This program makes the assessment of, and designs the service plan for, individuals 60 years of age and older who because of their age, frailty, medical condition, or living situation are at risk of institutionalization in a hospital, nursing home, or shelter. Services are initiated to support and stabilize their living situations and to prevent or avoid abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

• The Customer Service Center also plays an important part in preventing or stopping abuse, neglect, or exploitation of individuals who are unable to protect themselves. This responsibility, often called "Adult Protective Services," uses social workers investigate reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation and initiate protective services. To make a report after-hours, call the State Hotline at 1-888-832-3858.

Arlington Agency on Aging - 703-228-1700
The goal of the Agency on Aging is to promote the maximum level of independence of persons 60 years of age and older by providing a range of varied services. The Agency is one of a national network of over 670 Area Agencies on Aging established by the federal Older Americans Act to ensure that older people live as an integral part of society in dignity and with access to programs and services that meet their needs and preferences. The Personal Advocate Service enables older persons to gain access to the services they need with assistance from volunteer advocates who are recruited and trained to provide this assistance. You can find out more information at our web site.

Social Services for Seniors and Adults With Disabilities - 703-228-1700
The program goal is to prevent premature institutionalization of persons who are frail, older, or have disabilities. An array of services is provided to enable persons to remain safely in their home as long as possible. When staying at home is no longer feasible, social workers assist in finding the least restrictive setting that will meet the client's needs.

Senior Adult Mental Health Services - 703-228-1700
The primary goal of the program is to promote or enhance independent living of persons 60 years of age and older through the stabilization of their mental illness or emotional disturbance. The program uses a multi-disciplinary approach to psychiatric treatment and includes comprehensive assessments, medication services, psychotherapy, case coordination, outreach, and consultation. Home-based services are available.

REGIONAL OLDER ADULTS FACILITIES MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TEAM
Telephone: 703-449-6306
TTY:           703-968-4050
RAFT is a team of three mental health therapists, a nurse practitioner, a psychiatrist, and a psychologist providing mental health treatment at one assisted living facility and one nursing home facility, for the Northern Virginia Region.  RAFT conducts onsite training to facility staff and provides after hours consultation to facilities.  RAFT serves Northern Virginia individuals with mental illness, age 65 and over, who are ready for discharge from a state psychiatric hospital and provides geriatric mental health services needed to maintain stability in the community, and prevent a return to the state hospital.  RAFT also allows Northern Virginia elders with severe mental illness to be diverted from a state hospitalization stay, by being placed at one of the RAFT sites.

Volunteer Guardianship Program - 703-228-1700
Volunteers serve as court appointed guardians, conservators, representative payees and bill payers for adults who are limited in their inability to manage their personal and financial affairs and who have no one else to help. 

Personal Advocate Program - 703-228-1700
Volunteers assist Arlington residents 60 and older (and their families or other caregivers) in identifying and accessing community resources, making sense of medical bills and Medicare/Medicaid statements or long term care insurance policies, or finding options that help meet unforeseen needs that arise. 

Nursing Case Management - 703-228-1700
The Nursing Case Management unit supports and empowers individuals and families to achieve and maintain an optimal level of health and well being in the community through home visits to older adults who have disabilities or who have multiple chronic illnesses, and live in their own homes. The program impacts the community at large by maximizing knowledge of health care issues. Services are designed to prevent unnecessary emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and premature institutional placement. Physician's referral is required.

Visit Nursing Case Management for more information.

Financial Assistance

• Housing Grants (Rent Relief) - 703-228-1350
  This locally funded program assists eligible low-income households comprised of seniors or persons with disabilities, or working families with minor children, with their rental costs to maintain them in the community and prevent homelessness.
• Real Estate Tax Relief  - 703-228-1350
  Eligible older adults and homeowners with disabilities may be deferred or exempted from paying real estate taxes. Download and print the application.
• Food Stamps/Medicaid/TANF - 703-228-1350
• Homeowner Grants - 703-228-1350

Madison Adult Day Health Care Center at Walter Reed Community Center - 703-228-5340
This program seeks to enable impaired senior adults to maintain their maximum level of independence and to remain in the community as long as possible by providing a day health program in a protected environment. Services offered include health care monitoring, nursing care and support, personal care, therapeutic recreation, special therapies, nutritional guidance, lunch, snacks, and support for family breakfast and caregivers. Learn more>>

Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services - 703-228-1700
The goal of the program is to promote maximum independence of eligible Arlington County residents with intellectual or developmental disabilities, and to assist them and their families in accessing and maintaining appropriate services which will enable them to participate and remain safely in the community. Among the services are assistance to eligible persons in finding suitable residential and vocational placements.

Office For Persons With Physical Disabilities - 703-228-7096 Voice/TTY
The goal of the Office is to promote maximum independence for persons with disabilities by providing technical assistance for the removal of barriers, thereby enabling persons to have access to County programs, services, and facilities. The Office has the lead responsibility of ensuring that the County government complies with Federal and State disability mandates including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Senior Centers With Meals
The following senior centers provide half-day programs that offer physical and mental stimulation for older adults in need of a supportive environment, but not a protected health setting. Activities include specially designed exercises, group discussions, counseling services, health education and screening, and recreation programs. These two centers provide a hot, noontime meal that meets one-third of the daily nutritional requirement.

• Walter Reed Senior Center
  Walter Reed Center Drive
  228-5726
• Langston Brown Senior Center
  5722 Lee Highway
  228-4839
• Arlington Mill Senior Center at Fairlington Center
  3308 S. Stafford St.
  703-228-6588

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