Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of Elders

Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of Elders CARIE's mission is to promote the well-being, rights, and autonomy of older adults through advocacy, education, and action.

At CARIE we believe that advocacy starts as a partnership between the advocate and the client based on mutual respect and transparency. Within this partnership, our advocates collaborate with clients to understand their concerns and arrive at solutions that support their values and agency. Our individual assistance and advocacy brings us into partnership with thousands of elders and caregivers thr

oughout Pennsylvania and beyond, making us aware of the gaps and barriers within older adult programs and services. Our work with individuals informs CARIE’s systems-level policy advocacy and our education and outreach to the public, including older adults, caregivers, and professionals. CARIE’s work has been recognized with numerous awards including the Governor’s Silver and Gold Award for Enhancing the Image of Older Persons, a Citizens Bank/NBC 10 “Community Champion” award, the first of these quarterly awards to be approved unanimously, and two Glaxo SmithKline Community Health Impact Awards. CARIE’s long term care abuse prevention training curriculum, Competence With Compassion™, has been honored by the American Society on Aging and the Brookdale Center on Aging with a Best Practices award and by the American Public Health Association’s Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence in Program Innovation. Public Comment Policy

CARIE participates in social media to inform individuals and organizations about issues and policies affecting the lives of older adults and their family member and caregivers, and to motivate engagement and action on these issues. Disclaimer
Although we welcome and encourage respectful and thoughtful comments to our posts, posted comments and images do not necessarily represent the views of CARIE. Our goal is to create a platform where all people feel welcome to access information and comment on issues. To meet this goal, we reserve the right to curate comments. Namely, a comment will be deleted if it contains:
• Hate speech,
• Profanity, obscenity or vulgarity,
• Nudity in profile pictures,
• Defamation of a person or people,
• Name calling and/or personal attacks,
• Comments that may be libelous in nature
• Comments that are off topic
• Comments whose main purpose are to sell a product,
• Comments that infringe on copyrights,
• Spam comments, such as the same comment posted repeatedly on a profile,
• Other comments that the CARIE Social Media team deems inappropriate. All links posted as comments on CARIE posts will be reviewed and may be deleted. Repeated violations of CARIE’s comment policy may cause the author to be blocked from CARIE’s social media profiles. We understand that social media is a 24/7 medium; however, our moderation capabilities are not. We may not see every inappropriate comment right away, and we are trusting in the maturity of our community to ignore personal attacks and negative speech or respond politely. Please contact us .org if you have any questions.

11/14/2025
For nearly 50 years CARIE has advocated on behalf of older adults and administered many programs and services across the...
11/14/2025

For nearly 50 years CARIE has advocated on behalf of older adults and administered many programs and services across the city, Commonwealth and country to provide direct assistance to vulnerable older adults and their caregivers. Our work to empower residents of long-term care facilities, address complex questions on aging services and resources through our CARIE LINE, educate consumers about their health insurance options, and advocacy to improve the system to better serve vulnerable older adults, comes at a significant cost.

Recently, a confluence of circumstances including rising costs and reduced government funding along with decreased philanthropic support for organizations serving older adults has made the funding gap too large to overcome.

Thus, it is with deep regret that we announce that CARIE’s last day of service to older adults will be on Wednesday, November 26th. We sincerely thank all those that have supported CARIE over the past almost 50 years and particularly want to thank the staff and volunteers who made an impact to better the lives of older Americans.

CARIE Board of Directors

Watch out for Medicare scams this Open Enrollment season! Protect yourself and your loved ones, report fraud to SMP at 1...
11/06/2025

Watch out for Medicare scams this Open Enrollment season!

Protect yourself and your loved ones, report fraud to SMP at 1-800-356-3606 or www.carie.org

Our Summer 2025 Impact Report is here! Dive into the highlights and see the difference we’re making in communities acros...
11/04/2025

Our Summer 2025 Impact Report is here! Dive into the highlights and see the difference we’re making in communities across Pennsylvania.�

View this report, and all our past reports, at: https://www.carie.org/pasmpimpactreports/

Beware of Urinary Catheter Scams!Many Pennsylvanians are being billed thousands for catheters they never needed.Check yo...
10/31/2025

Beware of Urinary Catheter Scams!

Many Pennsylvanians are being billed thousands for catheters they never needed.

Check your Medicare Summary Notices for suspicious charges.

Report anything unusual to PA-SMP at 1-800-356-3606 or visit

CARIE Welcomes Brian Gralnick as its New Executive Director Dear Friends, On behalf of CARIE’s Board of Directors and staff, I am extremely pleased to

Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians — including 500,000 Philadelphia residents —won’t receive SNAP benefits in November if t...
10/21/2025

Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians — including 500,000 Philadelphia residents —won’t receive SNAP benefits in November if the federal government shutdown continues.

In this article, Brian Gralnick, CARIE's Executive Director, discusses the dire effect this will have on food security in the region -- "Consequences will be devastating. Without federal government dollars, ending or even addressing hunger in the region will be as successful as draining the Delaware River using Eagles helmets."

Most SNAP households have elderly people, children, or individuals with disabilities.

10/14/2025

CARIE's Transportation Advocate, Helena Gallant and Brian Gralnick, our Executive Director reflect on . Accessible, public transportation is vital for not only for older adults in Philadelphia, but for our whole region.

Check out CARIE’s PA Senior Medicare Patrol Program Director, Dan Milloy, discuss Medicare Fraud, Open Enrollment and C...
10/09/2025

Check out CARIE’s PA Senior Medicare Patrol Program Director, Dan Milloy, discuss Medicare Fraud, Open Enrollment and CARIE’s work as Pennsylvania’s SMP!

Local, Live & News Breaking! You hear talk from community stakeholders, lawmakers, deal brokers, along with the most local news for the Tri-State on 103.7FM. First News (6a-9am) starts the day, and

Today, October 9th is . We have challenges to overcome and bias against people of other ages gets in the way of solutio...
10/09/2025

Today, October 9th is . We have challenges to overcome and bias against people of other ages gets in the way of solutions. Explore resources and learn more about how you can take action here: https://asaging.org/ageism-awareness Let's !! American Society on Aging

October is Resident Rights Month and 2025'S theme is, Stand With Me! The Philadelphia Ombudsman at CARIE were joined by ...
10/06/2025

October is Resident Rights Month and 2025'S theme is, Stand With Me! The Philadelphia Ombudsman at CARIE were joined by long-term care residents at our annual resident council workshop to celebrate their voices, their choices, and their right to live with dignity!

It’s Day 5 of 2025! This week we are featuring responses to the prompt of, “What does it mean to you to have a week wi...
10/03/2025

It’s Day 5 of 2025! This week we are featuring responses to the prompt of, “What does it mean to you to have a week without driving?”

For Day 5, we have responses from Kelsey, CARIE's Director of HR & Administration and from Millie, CARIE's Montgomery County Long Term Care Ombudsman Manager!

What does a week without driving look like for you?


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