Coachella Valley organization helps low-income seniors secure benefits
Rebecca O Connor
As a geriatric social worker,
Chris O Hanlon encountered many seniors who were missing out on income, health care and housing benefits. Often times, seniors didn’t know these benefits were available or got frustrated with the application process and quit.
When O’Hanlon looked around, he discovered there were no organizations focusing on this issue, so in November 2011, he founded
Senior Advocates of the Desert and began giving seniors the assistance they needed to identify benefits available and manage the paperwork. He also gave them an advocate and someone who would hold agencies accountable for best practices and processing.
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