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Care Options and Resources

This section provides information, resources and contact information for people who need care – whether at home, in the community or in a nursing home. Most of the information in this section is aimed at helping you stay independent at home.

Health and Safety

As we age, there are things we can do for ourselves and our loved-ones to to protect our health and safety. Whether it’s finding a new physician or preparing for a disaster, resources in this section can help.

Housing

Whether you need help with a home repair, rental or utility assistance, or finding a home to suit your particular health needs, COA’s housing resources and information can help.

Work, Education and Leisure

Learn something, have some fun! Resources in this section will help you find the information you need, whether you want to take a class, find a park, find a job, volunteer, or travel the world.


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Multiple Sclerosis (MS)


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Chronic Disease Fund/Good Days
6900 N. Dallas Parkway
Plano 75024

Description:

Also know as Good Days, Good Days exists to pay the prohibitively costly insurance co-pays of life-extending and life-saving treatments for people otherwise unable to afford those treatments. Further, to offer patients and families additional financial help, emotional support, and guidance to the best available information and support for each specific disease state.
A program for people with certain chronic diseases. Helps with the cost of specific drugs. Chronic Disease Fund currently supports patients with more than a dozen different diseases, including many types of cancer (breast, colorectal, lung cancer, and multiple myeloma), multiple sclerosis, asthma, and macular degeneration, to name a few.


Multiple Sclerosis Society Ohio Valley (national
4440 Lake Forest Dr. Ssuite 236
Cincinnati Ohio 45242

Description:

The National MS Society is working toward a world free of MS. They mobilize people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS. Visit their website to learn more about their services and resources.

 

The National MS Society helps each person affected by MS in our area address the challenges of living with MS. We help by raising funds for cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education and providing programs and services that empower people with MS and their families to move their lives forward.

Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to achieving a world free of MS. Through our chapter’s support services and educational programs for people living with MS and their families and friends, we help connect people in our local communities who want to do something about MS now.

  • We offer many programs — including professional counseling and peer facilitated support groups, educational programs and seminars, referrals to neurologists and healthcare professionals, national teleconferences and internet programs, services for the homebound, and social and recreational programs to assist people with MS and their families in leading productive and fulfilling lives.
  • Our community support helps to fund our local programs and accelerate worldwide research projects to ensure no opportunity is wasted. Generosity can come from anywhere. We are thankful to our members and their friends, corporate partners and the general public who help us raise the money to move us closer to a world free of MS.


National MS Society Ohio Valley Chapter

Description:

The Ohio Valley Chapter provides a wealth of programs, fund-raisers, activities, and services for 27 counties in Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky for people who have multiple sclerosis, their families, and friends. The Ohio Valley Chapter`s goal is to develop programs and services that provide knowledge, health, and independence. The Ohio Valley Chapter`s objective is always to empower the person with MS to lead a productive and fulfilling life.


National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society Ohio Valley
4440 Cornell Rd.
Cincinnati Ohio 45241

Description:

Through the fifty-state network of chapters, assistance is provided to over a million people annually. Chapters encourage personal empowerment with employment counseling, family programs, volunteer opportunities, and advocacy issues.

National Offices

 

New York
733 Third Ave.
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
Washington D.C.
1100 New York Ave.,N.W.
Suite 660
Washington, DC 20005
Denver
900 South Broadway
Suite 200
Denver, CO 80209

 

 

 


National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
55 Kenosia Avenue
Danbury CT 06810

Description:

Helps people obtain prescriptions they could not otherwise afford or that are not yet on the market. Provides prescriptions on a sliding scale fee, based on income. Over 1,100 rare diseases are listed on NORD`s website, including: AIDS, Alzheimer`s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and Parkinson`s Disease.


Paralyzed Veterans of America Buckeye Chapter
2775 Bishop Rd., Suite B
Willoughby Hills 44092

Description:

The Paralyzed Veterans of America, Buckeye Chapter strives to improve the quality of life of honorably discharged veterans who have spinal cord injury, dysfunction or illness including but not limited to multiple sclerosis and ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) through advocacy, medical research, sports and recreation, education and communication.

Office hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Monday – Friday)