Health Care Information Seniors Want and Need
The SHINE (Serving the Health Information Needs of Elders) program provides free, unbiased, and confidential health insurance information, counseling and assistance to Massachusetts residents with Medicare.
Information is disseminated by trained and certified volunteer SHINE counselors who help individuals make informed choices, while providing information on enrollment in new Medicare benefits. Specifically, the program helps beneficiaries in selecting and enrolling in Medicare A & B, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, Medigap, Mass Health, and other programs that help pay for health care costs for people with limited income and resources.
Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Period ended December 7, 2012 for the 2013 year. Visit the Elder Services Department page or see the calendar on the right of free SHINE Medicare Open Enrollment Presentation and Counseling sessions happening throughout Boston!
Learn More
Visit the Elder Services Department page.
To schedule a SHINE consultation or learn more about the informational services this program offers, contact:
SHINE Hotline
Phone: 617-348-6226
latanya.arnold@bostonabcd.org
Where to Find It
ABCD’s Shine Counselors are available to meet one-on-one in Boston neighborhoods at locations throughout the city. Check out the SHINE schedule below to find out when SHINE Counselors will be in your neighborhood.
Appointments are available through reservation on a first call-first served basis by calling the Boston SHINE hotline at (617) 348-6226.
Neighborhood
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Day
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Time
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Location
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Address
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Allston
|
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McNamara House Residents Only**
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Brighton
|
Wednesday
|
9am - 4pm**
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Veronica B. Smith Senior Center
Call: 617.635.6120
|
20 Chestnut
Hill Ave.
|
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Boston City Hall
|
Monday-Friday
|
9am - 5pm**
|
Elderly Commission
Call Tammy:
617.635.4366
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Government Center
|
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Charlestown
|
Thursday
|
10am - 1pm**
|
Mishawum Park Community Center
|
95 Dunstable St.
|
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Chinatown/
Downtown
|
Monday – Friday
|
9am - 5pm**
|
ABCD Elder Services
|
2 Boylston St. 2nd Fl., #208
|
|
Wednesdays |
10am-6pm** |
|
Dorchester
|
Monday
|
1pm - 4pm**
|
Kit Clark
Senior Services
|
1500 Dorchester Ave.
|
|
East Boston
|
Monday
|
1pm - 4pm**
|
ABCD East Boston APAC
|
21 Meridian St.
|
|
Fenway
|
Monday-Friday
|
9am - 5pm**
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Fenway Community Health Center
Call Terri:
617.927.6370
|
1340 Boylston St.
|
|
Wednesday |
10am-7pm |
|
Mattapan
|
Monday
|
9am - 1pm
|
ABCD Mattapan FSC
|
535 River St.
|
|
North End
|
Wednesday
|
10am - 2pm**
|
ABCD North End NSC
|
1 Michelangelo St.
|
|
Roslindale
|
Tuesday
|
9am - 1pm**
|
Roslindale Community Center
|
6 Cummins
Highway
|
|
South End/
Dorchester
|
Monday
|
12 - 5pm
|
Mayor's Health Line
Call Angelo:
617.534.5050
|
1010 Mass. Ave.
|
|
Wednesday, Thursday |
9am - 5pm |
|
West Roxbury
|
Friday
|
9am - 1pm**
|
West Roxbury
Comm. Ctr.
|
1716 Centre St.
|
|
MGH Senior
HealthWISE
|
By Appointment
|
Call Karen Hicks: 617.643.6304
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Amy Lowell House, Beacon House, & Blackstone Building Residents Only
|
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**By Appointment Only
Call 617.348.6226 unless stated otherwise. Schedule is subject to change after Dec. 7, 2012.