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About SCAN
About SCAN

SCAN's Directory of Community Health Organizations

Below is contact information of Health Organizations you can access to learn more about disease management and general health issues, many of which are located in our Southern California communities.

General Aging

OrganizationWeb SitePhone Number
AGS Foundation for Health in Agingwww.healthinaging.org212-308-1414
American Association of Retired Personswww.aarp.org888-687-2277
American Geriatrics Societywww.americangeriatrics.org212-755-6810
American Medical Directors Associationwww.amda.com(800) 8762632
American Society of Consultant Pharmacistswww.ascp.com(800) 355-2727
Assisted Living Federation of Americawww.alfa.org(703) 691-8100
CDC National Prevention Information Networkwww.cdcnpin.org(800) 458-5231
Children of Aging Parentswww.caps4caregivers.org(800) 227-7294
County of Orange – Office of Agingwww.officeonaging.ocgov.com800-510-2020
Department of Aging-City of Los Angelesaging.lacity.org/(213) 482-7252
Family Caregiver Alliancewww.caregiver.org800-4445-8106
It’s An Age Thingitsanagething.org
Medicarewww.medicare.gov(800) MEDICARE
National Adult Day Services Associationwww.nadsa.org(800) 558-5301
National Council on the Agingwww.ncoa.org202-479-1200
National Family Caregivers Associationwww.nfcacares.org800 896 3650
National Institute on Agingwww.nia.nih.gov301-496-1752
Publications on National Institute of Agingwww.niapublications.org(800) 222-2225
Riverside County Office on Agingwww.rcaging.org800-510-2020
Veteran’s Information Health Benefitswww.va.gov800-827-1000

End-of-Life

OrganizationWeb SitePhone Number
Last Actswww.rwjf.org/en/research-publications/find-rwjf-research/2011/04/the-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-retrospective-series/improving-care-at-the-end-of-life.html(877) 843-RWJF (7953)
National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization For Hospice Referralwww.nhpco.org(800) 658-8898

Specific Health Problems

OrganizationWeb SitePhone Number
Alzheimer’s Associationwww.alz.org(800) 272-3900
Alzheimer’s Disease Education & Referral Centerwww.alzheimers.org(800) 438-4380
American Academy of Ophthalmologywww.aao.org415.561.8500
American Association of Geriatric Psychiatrywww.aagponline.org(301) 654-7850
American Cancer Society, Inc.www.cancer.org(800) ACS-2345
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologistswww.acog.com(800) 673-8444
American Diabetes Associationwww.diabetes.org(800) DIABETES
American Foundation for the Blindwww.afb.org800-AFB-LINE
American Heart Associationwww.americanheart.org(800) AHA-USA1
American Lung Associationwww.lungusa.org(800) LUNG-USA
American Urological Associationwww.auanet.org866-RING AUA
Arthritis Foundationwww.arthritis.org800-283-7800
Better Hearing Institutewww.betterhearing.org800-EARWELL
Lighthouse Internationalwww.lighthouse.org800-829-0500
Meals On Wheels Association of Americawww.projectmeal.org703-548-5558
National Association for Continencewww.nafc.org(800) BLADDER
National Diabetes Information Clearinghousewww.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/ndic.htm(800) 860-8747
National Digestive Disease Clearinghousewww.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/nddic.htm(800) 891-5389
National Eye Institutewww.nei.nih.gov301-496-5248
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institutewww.nhlbi.nih.gov301-592-8573
National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseaseswww.niams.nih.gov(877) 22-NIAMS
National Institute of Mental Healthwww.nimh.nih.gov800-421-4211
National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Strokewww.ninds.nih.gov(800) 352-9424
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorderswww.nidcd.nih.gov(800) 241-1044
National Osteoporosis Foundationwww.nof.org(202) 223.2226
National Parkinson Foundationwww.parkinson.org(800) 327-4545
National Psoriasis Foundationwww.psoriasis.org800.723.9166
Self Help for Hard Hearing Peoplewww.shhh.org301-657-2248
Sexuality Information & Education Council of the USwww.siecus.org212-819-9770
The Simon Foundation for Continencewww.simonfoundation.org800-23-SIMON
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundationww5.komen.org/877-465-6636