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Caring Hearts Senior Housing Advisors

Caring Hearts Senior Housing Advisors, a free local referral and placement service. Helping our New Mexico seniors find the appropriate independent living, assisted living or memory care options since 2012. Call Barrie Benson, CSA, Certified Senior Advisor at 505-259-9225.

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Parkinson’s Foundation

Access a variety of resources from the Parkinson’s Foundation.

PD Health @ Home | Parkinson’s Foundation

  • Access at-home resources year-round through weekly online events designed for you.

PD Library | Parkinson’s Foundation

  • Explore our books, podcast episodes, fact sheets, videos, and more — all available in our PD Library.

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What is Long-Term Care and Who Needs It?

WellMed Charitable Foundation

We’re a non-profit organization that supports older adults and their caregivers with a special emphasis on wellness and prevention.

The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute

The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute works to improve the lives of people who need home or residential care–by improving the lives of the workers who provide that care.

The National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals

The vision of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) is a world with a highly qualified and professional direct support workforce that partners with, supports, and empowers people with disabilities to lead a life of their choosing. NADSP works to elevate the status of direct support professionals by improving practice standards, promoting system reform, and advancing their knowledge, skills and values, through certification, credentialing, training, professional development, and accreditation services.

The National Alliance for Caregiving

The National Alliance for Caregiving is a non-profit coalition of national organizations who share a vision of a society that values, supports and empowers family caregivers to thrive at home, work and life. Its mission is to build partnerships in research, advocacy, and innovation to make life better for family caregivers. The Alliance conducts research, does policy analysis, develops national best-practice programs, and works to increase public awareness of family caregiving issues. Recognizing that family caregivers provide important societal and financial contributions toward maintaining the well-being of those they care for, the Alliance supports a network of more than 80 state and local caregiving coalitions through its advocacy collaborative and engages researchers committed to caregiving through its research collaborative. NAC is a founding member of the International Alliance of Carer Organizations (IACO).

New Mexico Community Health Worker Association

New Mexico is home to a rapidly growing number of senior citizens, with adults over 65 making up an estimated 17 percent of the population. Families looking for assisted living in New Mexico (NM) have a wide array of communities to choose from. Assisted living communities in New Mexico were formally referred to as adult residential care facilities by the state. As of 2018, the correct technical term for these communities within the state was assisted living facilities (ALFs). Learn More

Caregiver Support & Information

Caregiver.com – about for and by caregivers

Caring.com – a leading online destination for caregivers seeking information and support as they care for aging parents, spouses, and other loved ones. They offer thousands of original articles, helpful tools, advice from more than 50 leading experts, a community of caregivers, and a comprehensive directory of caregiving services.

Disability Grants for Home Improvements & Repairs

Over 60 million Americans are living with a disability that affects their everyday activities. Adapting a home to accommodate someone with a disability is often a costly endeavor. However, you may qualify for grants that reduce your out-of-pocket expenses.

Many grants are available for people with disabilities at the federal and state level. There are also private entities that provide home improvement grants for people with disabilities. This article outlines the various home improvement grants available to people with disabilities.

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