Case Management & Advocacy

The Healthy Aging Program at Atlantic Health System suggests the following helpful resources to help people navigate their loved ones through eldercare networks of case management services and advocacy resources.

Case Management

Case managers help connect clients with community and state resources and work to develop plans that comprehensively address the health, financial and psychosocial needs of the elderly.

• Catholic Charities – Senior Outreach and Case Management
  973-279-7100
  
  
• Cornerstone Family Programs
  973-538-5260
  
  
• Essex County Division of Senior Services
  973-395-8365
  
  
• Jewish Family Service of Central New Jersey
  For those living in Union County
  908-352-8375
  
  
• Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ
  973-765-9050
  
  
• Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties
  908-725-7799
  
  
• Morris County Department of Aging, Disabilities & Veterans Services
  1-800-564-4656
  
  
• New Bridge Services
  973-839-2520
  
  
• SAGE Eldercare
  908-273-5550
  
  
• Passaic County Department of Senior Services, Disabilities and Veterans’ Affairs
  973-569-4060
  
  
• Somerset County Office on Aging and Disability Services
  1-888-747-1122 or 908-704-6346
  
  
• Sussex County Division of Senior Services
  973-579-0555
  
  
• Union County Division on Aging
  1-888-280-8226
  
  
• Warren County Division on Aging and Disability Services
  908-475-6591

Adult Protective Services

Adult protective services provide assistance to those 18 years of age or older, who are living in the community and are subject to abuse, neglect or exploitation either through another person or self-neglect. Each county offers an adult protective services office which investigates complaints.

• Morris County Department of Aging, Disabilities & Veterans Services
  973-326-7282 (after hours please call 911 or 973-285-2900)
  
  
• New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
  1-800-367-6543
  
  
• Essex County (FOCUS)
  973-596-1146 (after hours please call 911)
  
  
• Passaic County Board of Social Services
  973-881-2616 (after hours please call 973-345-2676)
  
  
• Somerset County Board of Social Services
  908-526-8800
  
  
• Sussex County Division of Senior Services
  973-383-3600
  
  
• Union County (Catholic Community Services) 
  908-497-3902 (after hours please call 911)
  
  
• Warren County Division of Senior Services
  908-475-6591 – After Hours call 911
  
  
• Office of Public Guardian and Elderly Rights
  The Office of the Public Guardian is a New Jersey agency that makes legal, financial and health care decisions for individuals age 60 and older who are incapacitated.
  609-341-5555
  
  
• Office of the Ombudsman for Institutionalized Elderly
  The Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly of New Jersey investigates allegations of abuse and neglect of people age 60 and older who are living in nursing homes, assisted living or other long-term health care facilities. The office investigates, resolves and refers complaints to the appropriate agency.
  1-877-582-6995

Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is a pattern of violence or intimidation by an intimate partner. This may happen when abuse started earlier in life and persists into older age or begins in later life as a result of disability, changing roles, or substance abuse. Older women are more often at risk for abuse late in life, but anyone can be a victim of domestic violence. The Healthy Aging Program at Atlantic Health System suggests the following helpful resources:

• Jersey Battered Women’s Services (JBWS)
  Morristown, NJ area
  973-267-4763
  
  
• New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NJ CASA)
  Lawrenceville, NJ
  1-800-601-7200
  
  
• New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women
  Trenton, NJ
  1-800-572-7233 or 609-584-8107
  
  
• Project REACH of Providence House – Catholic Charities of Trenton
  Project REACH provides assistance to domestic violence victims age 50+, including case management, safety planning, safe-housing and support groups specifically for older adults.
  Whiting, NJ
  732-350-2120
  
  
• Rachel Coalition – Jewish Family Service of MetroWest
  Livingston, NJ: 973-740-1233
  Florham Park, NJ: 973-765-9050