Valley AAA 5 Information and Assistance Team

The Valley Area Agency on Aging (VAAA), serving Region 5 in the Flint area, runs an Information and Assistance (I&A) Team that helps families arrange in-home care so an older loved one can remain safely at home. For caregivers weighing how to avoid or delay facility placement, the I&A Team is the free, central place to begin.

I&A specialists assess each caller’s needs and connect them to in-home and long-term-care supports: the MI Choice Medicaid Waiver for fully covered in-home care, personal care and homemaking, nutrition programs, respite, and caregiver support, including dementia-specific programs like the Savvy Caregiver Workshop. VAAA also uses MI Connection to link families to resources across Michigan’s network of sixteen Area Agencies on Aging. Rather than navigating a fragmented system alone, families gain a knowledgeable guide who can match them to the right programs and walk them through enrollment.

This resource matters because the right in-home support can be exactly what keeps a loved one home and a caregiver going, yet the options and how to pay for them are genuinely confusing. A single call can begin assembling a coordinated plan. For families in the Valley region seeking in-home care, the I&A Team is the natural first contact. Reach VAAA at (810) 239-7671 or 1-800-978-6275, email info@valleyaaa.org, or visit 225 E. Fifth Street, Suite 200, Flint.