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Adult Protective Services - Big Stone Gap, Guardianship Services, Mountain Empire Older Citizens

Serves indigent adults who have been determined by the courts to be in need of guardianship and conservatorship when there is no one else appropriate or available to serve. Health care decisions, financial decisions, and decisions concerning where a person lives are made based on the individual's wishes and values. The ultimate goal is to maintain the person safely in the most comfortable and least restrictive environment available.

Physical Address

1501 3rd Avenue East, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219

Fax

(276) 523-4208

Fax

(276) 523-4208

Application process

Call for information

Service area

Norton, VA Scott, VA Lee, VA Wise, VA

Agency info

Mountain Empire Older Citizens

MEOC is the area agency on aging and public transit provider for Lee, Wise and Scott Counties and the City of Norton in the southwestern tip of Virginia. MEOC also operates Mountain Empire PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), directs the Southwest Virginia Children's Advocacy Center and Mountain Laurel Cancer Support and Resource Center, and serves as the aging and disability resource center for its service area.