Senior Support Coalition
                                       www.seniorsupportcoalition.net

                                                                                   There's No Place Like Home...

The Senior Support Coalition is a voluntary organization of community based, in-home, long term care associations, seniors, caregivers, and consumer advocates working toward a pair of common and important goals.

Preserving the dignity of Pennsylvania's older residents by providing them with choices as to where they age and ensuring that they have the necessary supports to remain within their own homes in their community.

Relieving the Pennsylvania taxpayer of senior care costs by preserving the use of Lottery monies for home based community and in-home care services.  The Lottery legislation was intially enacted in 1972 for the express purpose of helping seniors to stay in their own homes for as long as possible.  The Senior Support Coalition believes that pupose should be maintained and urges the Administration and the Legislature to stop shifting funds from the Lottery revenues to institutional care and other general fund expenses.

"There's no place like home" is a slogan seniors take very seriously.  In survey after survey they repeatedly say that they would rather receive help in their own homes from their family and community services than be relocated to a long term care facility.

The Pennsylvania Senior Support Coalition is dedicated to fulfilling the request of our seniors by providing community and in-home services necessary to permit seniors to remain in their own home for as long as possible.  See below for a list of member organizations:

AARP                                                               Alzheimer's Association of PA
Ray Landis                                                           Michelle Seitzer
Advocacy Representative                                       Public Policy Coordinator
AARP                                                                  Alzheimer's Association
30 N. Third Street, Suite 750                                  3544 N. Progress Avenue, Suite 205
Harrisburg, PA  17101                                           Harrisburg, PA  17110
Phone:  (717) 237-6482                                        Phone:  (717) 651-5020, ext. 124   
             1-866-389-5654                                                     1-800-272-3900
Fax:      (717) 236-4078                                        Fax:      (717) 651-5066
Website:  www.aarp.org                                    Website:  www.alz.org
Email:     rlandis@aarp.org                                Email:      Michelle.Seitzer@alz.org

Center for Advocacy for the Rights          PA Adult Day Services Association
and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE)        Patricia A. Shull, RN 
Diane A. Menio                                                     President
Executive Director                                                 525 South 29th Street     
Center for Advocacy for the RIghts                     Harrisburg, PA  17104
and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE)                    Phone:  (610) 363-8044
100 S. Broad Street                                                            1-877-897-2372
1500 Land Title Building                                                       Website:  www.padsa.org
Philadelphia, PA  19110                                                       Email:        pshull@acofcc.org
Phone:  (215) 545-5728
               1-800-356-3606                                                      PA Association for Senior Centers  
Fax:       (215) 545-5372                                                        Senator Roy C. Afflerbach, Ret.
Website:  www.carie.org                                                    The Afflerbach Group, LLC  
Email:       menio@carie.org                                                1449-51 W. Chew Street
                                                                                                   Allentown, PA  18102-3658
PA Association of Area                               Phone:  (610) 351-7514
Agencies on Aging                                                   Fax:          (717) 754-0205
Crystal Lowe                                                                          Website: www.paseniorcenters.org
Executive Director                                                                   Email:       roy@theafflerbachgroup.com
PA Association of Area Agencies on
Aging                                                                                         PA Homecare Association
525 South 29th Street                                                            Vicki Hoak     
Harrisburg, PA  17104                                                           Executive Director
Phone:  (717) 541-4214                                                        Pennsylvania Homecare Association
Fax:       (717) 541-4217                                                        20 Erford Road, Suite 115
Website:  www.p4a.org                                                       Lemoyne, PA  17043
Email:       crystal@p4a.org                                                 Phone:  (717) 975-9448, ext. 28
                                                                                                                  1-800-382-1211, ext. 28
                                                                                                   Fax:       (717) 975-9456
                                                                                                   Website:  www.pahomecare.org
                                                                                                   Email:       vhoak@pahomecare.org