Resources
**For a Report Card on Facilities and for Facility Evaluation Information click on www.state.nj.us/health/
**New Jersey State Ombudsman
You can call the State Ombudsman to file a complaint against a licensed long term care facility for resident issues such as:
- Violation of resident’s rights and dignity
- Physical, verbal, or mental abuse
- Deprivation of services
- Poor quality of care including inadequate personal hygiene
- Improper transfer or discharge from the facility
- Inappropriate use of chemical or physical restraints
- Financial exploitation
Telephone: 877-582-6995
Email: Publicadvocate.state.nj.us
Website: www.state.nj.us/health/senior/
Write To: Office of the Ombudsman, P.O. Box 852, Trenton, NJ 08625-0852
**Social Security Administration
To schedule an appointment with your local Social Security Office or to request information, call the National Social Security number is 800-772-1213 or visit their website www.ssa.gov (a lot of information can be requested on line but NOT all)
For Medicare D prescription benefits call 800-633-4227
**PAAD (Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged & Disabled)
This is the New Jersey State prescription benefits program
Need to be 65 years old or disabled through Social Security to qualify
Call 800-792-9745
PAAD Income caps are:
Single – $25,743
Married – $31,563
(They look at your TOTAL annual income only NOT assets)
**SSI Medicaid (Supplemental Security Income)
you file through your local Social Security office. It is better to call the National number and schedule an appointment in order to decrease your wait time at the local office.
Need to be 65 or disabled to qualify for this program.
Income and Asset caps for SSI are:
Single – $741.25 per month in income and $2,000 in assets
Married – $1,091.36 per month in income and $3,000 in assets
**NJ Care Medicaid
Need to be 65 or disabled to qualify for this program
Income and Asset cap are:
Single – $958 per month in income and $4,000 in assets
Married – $1,293 per month in income and $6,000 in assets
**Global Options Medicaid (GO Program)
This program became effective January 2009 and it replaced three of the prior Medicaid Waiver programs. GO participants are eligible for all NJ Title XIX Medicaid services and must receive Care Management services and one additional waiver service such as Assisted Living, Respite Care, Home Based Supportive Care, Environmental Accessibility Adaptations, Personal Emergency Response Systems, Home Delivered Meal Service, Caregiver/Participant Training, Social Adult Day Care, Special Medical Equipment & Supplies, Chore Service, Care Management, Transitional Care Management, Transportation, and Attendant Care.
Need to be 65 or disabled and require nursing home level of care to qualify.
Income and Asset cap are:
Single – $2,130 per month in income and $2,000 in assets
(If married they only look at the applicant’s total income but they count joint assets – each spouse would file individually for this program)
**Medicaid Pros, LLC provides services in the following counties.
**Hudson County Board of Social Services
100 Newkirk Street
Jersey City, NJ 07306
201-420-3000 (Ask for the Adult Medicaid Unit)
**Bergen County Board of Social Services
216 Route 17 North
Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
201-368-4200 (Ask for the Adult Medicaid Unit)
**Passaic County Board of Social Services
80 Hamilton Street
Paterson, NJ 07505
973-881-0100 (Ask for the Adult Medicaid Unit)
**Essex County Board of Social Services
18 Rector Street, 5th. Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
(There are four supervisors who take cases alphabetically by name – call any of these four numbers and you will be forwarded to the correct supervisor)
973-645-8376 or 973-645-4322
973-645-4314 or 973-645-4330
**Union County Board of Social Services
(Has two regional offices depending on where you reside)
*Elizabeth Office
342 Westminster Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07206
908-965-2700 (Ask for the Adult Medicaid Unit)
*Plainfield Office
200 W. 2nd. Street
Plainfield, NJ 07060
908-791-7000 (Ask for the Adult Medicaid Unit)
**Middlesex County Board of Social Services
181 Howe Lane
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
732-745-3500 (Ask for the Adult Medicaid Unit)
**Somerset County Board of Social Services
73 East High Street
Somerville, NJ 08876
908-526-8800 (Ask for the Adult Medicaid Unit)
**Morris County Board of Social Services
340 W. Hanover Street
Morris Plains, NJ 07693
973-326-7800 (Ask for the Adult Medicaid Unit)
**Mercer County Board of Social Services
200 Wolverton Street
Trenton, NJ 08650
609-989-4320 (Ask for Adult Medicaid Unit)
**Monmouth County Board of Social Services
3000 Kozloski Road
Freehold Township, NJ 07728
732-431-6000 (Ask for Adult Medicaid Unit)
**Ocean County Board of Social Services
1027 Hooper Avenue
Toms River, NJ 08754 (Ask for Adult Medicaid Unit)
**Burlington County Board of Social Services
795 Woodlane Road
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
609-261-1000 (Ask for Adult Medicaid Unit)
