EMERGENCY SERVICES
Ambulance
911 (routine – 775-6809)
Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department
911 (routine – Center 775-1882)
Candlewood Company
911 (routine – Candlewood 775-2440)
Police
911 (routine 775-2575)
Poison Control Center – UCONN Health Center
No charge 1-800-222-1222
INFORMATION (www.211infoline.org)
211
TOWN SERVICES
Senior Center
775-5308; FAX – 740-3868
Meals On Wheels
743-5418
Brookfield Library
775-6241
HEALTH SERVICES
Danbury Hospital
739-7000
Emergency Department
739-7100
Geriatric Health Center , Danbury Hospital
791-5040
Bethel Health Care
830-4180
New Milford Hospital
860-355-2611
Emergency Department
860-355-7222
Main Street Physical Rehabilitation Center , Danbury
262-4230
Danbury Visiting Nurse Association (Home Care)
792-4120
Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut
797-1685
405 Main Street, Danbury, CT 06810
SOCIAL SERVICES
Connecticut Department of Social Services
(860) 424-5277
Elderly Services:
1-800-443-9946
Pamela Giannini, Director Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street , Hartford , CT 06106
E-mail: Pamela.giannini@po.state.ct.us
Connecticut Department of Social Services - Danbury
207-8900
John Souchuns, Social Services Operations Manager
342 Main Street , Danbury , CT 06810-5833
Office of Protection and Advocacy
1-800-842-7303
Brookfield Department of Social Services
775-7312
Melissa Richard, Director and Municipal Agent for the Aging
Town Hall, Room 129
Brookfield , CT 06804
Tax Relief Services:
775-7308
SOCIAL SECURITY
1-800-722-1213
Danbury Office
748-3569
131 West Street , Danbury
Office of Hearing and Appeals
787-7772
157 Church Street , New Haven
Center for Medicare Advocacy
1-800-262-4414
TRANSPORTATION
SweetHART Reservations
748-2511
SweetHART will call/pickups, cancellations, confirmations
830-4399
SweetHART comments/questions
744-4070
Other Resources and Links
Note: The listed links are provided for your convenience. The Commission On Aging is not responsible for the accuracy of the information at these linked web sites. Remember to use the back button on your web browser to return to the Senior Center web site.
PeaPod by Stop and Shop (food delivery) (http://www.peapod.com)
Administration on Aging (http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/)
Provides links to federal, state and programs and sources of assistance
AARP , CT (http://www.aarp.org/states/ct/)
Connecticut ’s own AARP publication and opportunities to advocate
AARP Benefits QuickLink
(http://www.aarp.org/money/lowincomehelp/quicklink/
American Foundation for the Blind Senior Site
(http://www.afb.org/seniorsitehome.asp)
Benefits Checkup (http://www.benefitscheckup.org/)
Designed to help people get all the benefits they deserve
Connecticut Coalition on Aging ( http://www.coalitionagingct.org/)
Connecticut Commission on Aging (http://www.cga.ct.gov/coa/)
Connecticut Bureau of Aging Community & Social Work Services (http://www.ct.gov/agingservices/site/default.asp)
Connecticut Department of Social Services:
(http://www.ct.gov/dss/site/default.asp)
Connecticut Programs for Elders
(http://www.ct.gov/dss/cwp/view.asp?a=2345&Q=304924&dssNav=|)
FirstGov for Seniors (http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Seniors.shtml )
Medicare Nursing Home Compare
(http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/Include/DataSection/Questions/HomeSelect.asp)
National Council on Aging (http://www.ncoa.org/ )
The National Center for Assisted Living (http://www.ncal.org/)
NIH Senior Health (http://nihseniorhealth.gov/)
Featuring health information from the National Institutes for Health
Osher Foundation Public Events in Waterbury Area
(http://waterbury.uconn.edu/osher/events_public.html)
Senior Net, Connecticut (http://www.seniornet.org/php/lclist.php#CT)
SweetHART ( Housatonic Area Regional Transit) (www.hartct.org)
U. S. Department of Health and Human Resources – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(http://www.ahrq.gov/QuestionsAreTheAnswer/)
Note: The listed links are provided for your convenience. The Commission On Aging is not responsible for the accuracy of the information at these linked web sites. Remember to use the back button on your web browser to return to the Senior Center web site.
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