Providing Options & Opportunity
We all age, but everyone ages differently. Our expert counselors help you choose resources that match your lifestyle so you can make the most of the activities and relationships you love.
In the Spotlight
Senior Information Guide
The A1AA Senior Information Guide is now available in hard copies. Please call the Area 1 Agency on Aging to learn about the site nearest you where you can pick up a hard copy. You may also request for a copy to be sent to you. The number to call is (707) 442-3763.
The heat is on!
High temperatures can be dangerous. Follow the link below for a list of cooling centers:
Grow Your Skills, Boost Your Future
CalGrows helps you grow your career, develop your skills, and provide quality care. CalGrows offers you free career coaching, free training courses, and incentive payments to those who qualify.
Follow the links to find the December events calendar for California Caregiver Resource Centers and other helpful resources
What People Are Saying About Old School:
“I've long felt very uncomfortable when told I didn't look 78, or that my voice on our silver phone sounded so much younger. I like being 78 and that's a good thing! After I found Old School, I began responding, “How should I look at 78?"
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Finding and Hiring In-Home Assistance
A Guidebook for Seniors, Adults with Disabilities, and Their Families
The State of California is designing solutions to ensure that all California residents have access to high quality and affordable internet service, devices, skills training and digital support.
OUR VISION
Area 1 Agency on Aging envisions a community where older people and those with disabilities have access to resources that promote quality of life.
OUR MISSION
Area 1 Agency on Aging provides leadership and services that support and promote healthy aging.
The A1AA office in Eureka is now open to the public. We also continue to provide services remotely, so no need to come to the office if you don’t want to! In office meetings are by appointment only.
For general information, Call 707-442-3763 Monday – Friday 9 AM to 4 PM.
To reach a Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) counselor about Medicare benefits, call 707-444-3000.
To speak to a long term care ombudsman, call 707-269-1330.
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A1AA LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, January 2024
Area 1 Agency on Aging serves people living throughout Humboldt and Del Norte counties on the Ancestral and Traditional homelands of the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, Yurok, Karuk, Hupa, Wiyot, and many rancherias including shared boundaries with the Sovereign Nation of Elk Valley, Resighini, Big Lagoon, Trinidad, Blue Lake, Table Bluff, and the Bear River Band of Rohnerville peoples. These people have lived here since time immemorial and live here still. We acknowledge and mourn the painful history of genocide and the devastation of lands and waters irreversibly altered.
We are grateful for opportunities to partner with these Tribes to create a shared vision that will rebalance our relationship to this place, and we hope that through our work with elders and their families we can learn together and work towards a healthy future that honors elders and the land on which we all depend.
In recognition of this history, A1AA pays the Wiyot honor tax and educates our staff and volunteers about the history of the land and people who continue to live here and care for this land. We seek opportunities to be allies in any work that protects Ancestral and Traditional homelands and provides support to the elders of these communities.