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PART II — WITH the coming of the century, turning from the 1800’s to the 1900’s, citizens were as excited then as we were in 2000, a hundred years later—and they didn’t have computers to worry about.

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Aging, State Info and Referral
1-800-252-8966
Northwestern Illinois
1-815-226-4901
Western Illinois (Rock Island)
1-800-322-1051

Alcoholics Anonymous
1-800-711-6375

Alzheimer’s Association
Dubuque Branch Office
1-800-738-8071
Carroll & Jo Davies Counties in Illinois
1-563-589-0030

Alzheimer’s Disease Center
1-217-782-8249
Education and Referral Center
1-800-438-4380

Alzheimer’s Disease Information
1-800-272-3900

American Cancer Society
1-800-227-2345

American Diabetes Association
1-800-232-3472
Northern Illinois 1-800-342-2383

American Heart Association, Chicago Office 1-312-346-4675
Rockford 1-815-397-6112
American Liver Foundation
1-800-586-4872

American Lung Association
1-800-586-4872

Arthritis Foundation 1
-800-735-0096
Greater Chicago Chapter
1-312-616-3470
Central Illinois 1-309-682-6600

Attorney General 1-800-243-5377
Consumer Fraud Unit
1-800-386-5438

Better Business Bureau
Bettendorf, Iowa 1-319-355-6368
Rockford 1-815-963-2222

Blue Cross Service
State Area (7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday - Friday) 1-800-624-1723

Cancer Information 1-800-422-6237
Cancer Wellness Center
1-847-509-9595

Chicago Hearing Society
1-773-248-9121
(TDD) 1-800-526-0844

Circuit Breaker Information
1-800-624-2459

Consumer Heath Insurance Assistance 1-877-527-9431

Depression Awareness
1-800-421-4211

Diabetes Telephone Library
1-800-847-7226

Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services
1-312-814-2934

Displaced Homemakers Project
1-217-875-7200

Elder Abuse (Report to State)
1-800-252-8966
Elder Care Locator, Nationwide Link
1-800-677-1116

Energy Assistance and Weatherization
1-800-252-8643

Eyecare Helpline
1-800-222-3937

FDA: Food, Health, Nutrition Hotline
1-888-723-3366

Hearing Aids: Consumer Protection Program
1-800-545-2200

 

 

Hospice Information
1-800-658-8898

Illinois Adult Learning Hotline
1-800-321-9511

Senior Health Insurance Program
1-800-548-9034

Illinois Home Care Council
1-312-335-9922

Internal Revenue Service
Taxpayer Service 1-800-829-1040
Forms
1-800-829-3676

Lupus Foundation of America
1-800-642-6930
Illinois Chapter 1-708-445-7071

Medicare Beneficiary Hotline (Peer Review Organization)
Patients’ rights, quality care
1-800-647-8089
Medicare Claims Part A
1-312-938-6266
Home Health and Hospice Claims
1-803-788-4660
Medicare Claims Part B
1-800-642-6930
Medicare Equipment Claims
1-800-270-2313
Medicare Hotline for Hearing & Speech Impaired
1-800-820-1202
Medicare, Medicaid Fraud and Waste Hotline
1-800-447-8477
Medicare: Second Opinion Surgery
1-800-633-4227

Military Retiree Support Office
1-847-266-2475

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
1-800-541-5454
Illinois Chapter
1-800-888-6208

National Council for Reliable Health Information
1-816-228-4595

National Foundation for Depressive Illness
1-800-248-4344

National Health Information Center
1-800-336-4797

National Institute on Aging
1-800-222-2225

National Kidney Foundation
1-312-663-3103

National Mental Health Association
1-800-969-6642

National Stroke Association
1-303-649-9299

Nursing Home Info and Abuse Report
1-800-252-4343

Operation ABLE (job placement for older people)
1-312-782-3335

Organ Donor Hotline
1-800-545-4438

Osteoporosis Foundation
1-800-223-9994

Parkinson’s Disease Information (national)
1-800-223-2732
State Info and Referral
1-847-657-5787

Secretary of State Seniors’ Hotline
1-800-252-2904

Ship Insurance Counseling
1-800-548-9034

Social Security
1-800-772-1213

U.S. Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs Info
1-800-827-1000

U.S. Treasury Bond Rate Info
1-800-487-2663

Y-ME Breast Cancer Support Program (24-Hour)
1-800-221-2141

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