Your Next Step

Resources

Your Next Step connects older adults in Pierce County with trusted health and wellness resources. Explore the options below to find support that fits your needs, from everyday care to specialized services.

The resources on this page are organized by topic to make it easier to find the right kind of help. You can call any number directly to get more information, schedule services, or ask questions.

Chemical Dependency

  • Al-Anon — 888-425-2666
  • Alcoholics Anonymous — 253-474-8897
  • Good Samaritan Behavioral Health — 253-697-8400
  • Sea Mar (inpatient) — 253-280-9860
  • Tacoma Detox Unit — 253-593-2413

Crisis Lines

  • Family Renewal Shelter — 253-475-9010
  • MultiCare Behavioral Health — 253-697-8400
  • 24 Hr. Crisis Line — 800-576-7764
  • Domestic Violence Helpline — 253-798-4166
  • 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — 9-8-8
  • Sexual Assault Center of Pierce Co. — 253-597-6424
  • Washington Listens — 833-681-0211

Dementia Care/Services

  • Alzheimer’s Association — 206-363-5500
  • Family Caregiver Support Program — 253-798-4600
  • Lutheran Community Services NW — 253-272-8433
  • Alzheimer’s Disease Research — 253-583-2033

Dental Care

  • Bates Dental Clinic — 253-680-7310
  • Bates Denture Clinic — 253-680-7314
  • Community Family Dental Clinic — 253-572-7002
  • Community Lakewood Clinic — 253-589-7188
  • MultiCare Dental Clinic — 253-691-7596
  • Northwest Dental Services — 253-383-3001
  • Pierce College Dental Clinic — 253-964-6694
  • Pierce County ADRC — 253-798-4600
  • Puyallup Tribal Health Authority — 253-593-0232

Disability-Related Services

  • Center for Independence — 253-582-1253
  • Dept of Services for the Blind — 253-597-4417
  • Disabled American Veterans — 253-472-4680
  • Hearing Loss Assoc of Tacoma — 253-851-6183
  • PC2 — 253-564-0707
  • Pierce Aging & Disability Resources — 253-798-4600
  • Pierce Coalition for Dev. Disabilities — 253-564-0707
  • Northwest Access Fund — 206-328-5116
  • Northwest ADA Center — 800-949-4232
  • Tacoma Area Coalition of Individuals with Disabilities V/TDD — 253-565-9000
  • TTY — 253-565-3486
  • WA Talking Book & Braille Library — 206-615-0400
  • WA TBI Resource Coordination — 253-572-0383
  • WA TDD Relay Services — 7-1-1

Eye Care/Vision Services

  • Eye Care America — 877-887-6327
  • Hope Vision Foundation — 833-228-5501

Healthcare Services

  • AIDS Foundation — 253-383-2565
  • Pierce County Health Department — 253-798-6500

Community Health Care

  • Downtown Tacoma — 253-442-8690
  • Eastside Clinic — 253-471-4553
  • Lakewood Clinic — 253-589-7030
  • Parkland Clinic — 253-536-2020
  • Spanaway Clinic — 253-847-2304
  • Women’s Health — 253-597-4163
  • Diabetes Association — 253-272-5134

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

  • Cancer Resource Center — 253-426-6810
  • Diabetes Education — 253-426-6753
  • Doctor Referral — 888-825-3227
  • Heart Healthy Nutrition — 888-825-3227
  • Knee/Joint Pain — 888-825-3227
  • St. Anthony Sleep Disorders Center — 253-853-2999
  • St. Clare Sleep Disorders Center — 253-985-6951
  • Therapy Services — 253-426-4400
  • Good Samaritan Cancer Center — 253-697-4899
  • Interventional Pain Management — 253-397-4110
  • MultiCare Health System — 800-342-9919

MultiCare Outpatient Therapy

  • Gig Harbor Medical — 253-530-8122
  • Good Samaritan — 253-697-7900
  • Puyallup Clinic — 253-697-2340
  • Sumner YMCA Clinic — 253-891-7490
  • Tacoma Clinic — 253-459-6999
  • Diabetes Education — 253-403-1726
  • Pierce County Health Department — 253-798-6500
  • Birth/Death Certificates — 253-649-1500
  • Environmental Health Program — 253-798-6470
  • Puyallup Tribe Elder Care Services (Tribal Only) — 253-680-5482
  • VA Puget Sound Health Care System / American Lake — 253-582-8440

Hearing

  • Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center — 253-475-0782

Home-Delivered Meals

  • All Saints Catholic Church (Puyallup) — 253-848-2000
  • Lutheran Community NW (frozen) — 253-272-8433
  • Catholic Community (frozen) — 253-474-1300

Hospitals

  • Allenmore — 253-459-6633
  • American Lake Veterans — 253-582-8440
  • Auburn Medical — 253-833-7711
  • Good Samaritan — 253-697-4000
  • MultiCare ER Bonney Lake — 253-447-3400
  • MultiCare ER Puyallup — 253-697-8860
  • MultiCare ER Spanaway — 253-459-7770
  • Madigan Army — 253-968-1110
  • St. Anthony — 253-530-2000
  • St. Clare — 253-985-1711
  • St. Elizabeth — 360-802-8800
  • St. Francis — 253-944-8100
  • St Joseph Medical Center — 253-426-4101
  • Tacoma General — 253-403-1000

Insurance/Medicare

  • DSHS Community Services Office — 877-501-2233
  • Insuring Washington — 253-904-8982
  • Medicare — 800-MEDICARE
  • SHIBA Helpline — 253-212-3519; 800-562-6900
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan — 425-919-6286
  • Korean Women’s Association — 253-535-4202
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Mental Health/Suicide Prevention

  • Asian Counseling Services — 253-301-5250
  • Bi-Polar Support Group (TACID) — 253-565-9000
  • Catholic Community Services — 253-383-3697
  • Community Connections — 253-798-4500
  • Crisis Line — 800-576-7764
  • HopeSparks — 253-565-4484
  • Comprehensive Mental Health — 253-396-5000
  • DSHS Mental Health Division — 800-446-0259
  • MultiCare Behavioral Healthcare — 253-697-8400
  • Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare — 253-581-7020
  • Mental Health Ombudsman — 800-531-0508
  • Mobile Outreach Crisis Team — 800-576-7764
  • Sea Mar Behavioral Health Center — Tacoma: 253-396-1634 / Puyallup: 253-864-4770
  • Suicide Prevention Lifeline — 800-273-8255
  • TACID Mental Health Resource — 253-565-9000 x20
  • Therapy Center Pacific Lutheran Univ. — 253-535-8782
  • Washington Warm Line — 877-500-9276
  • Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital — 253-301-5494

Nursing Services

Private Case Management

  • HealthCare Compass — 253-237-1734 — caremanagementcompass.com
    Services: Care Assessments for Adult Family Home, Care Analysis for legal purposes, Care Management, Nurse Delegation Services, Advocacy