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Assisted Living info & listings
www.caring.com/senior-living/assisted-living/

Home and Community Based Waiver
Available through Medicaid. ADRC does assessment: need help with transferring, walking, bathing, dressing, toileting, and feeding (need 3 of these to qualify). Medicaid doesn’t pay for cleaning, cooking, shopping, transportation to appointments.

Care Transitions Program
Transferring from care facilities back home. Provide input, help to get resources they need and get Institutional Care waiver.

Long-Term Care Ombudsmen
Assigned to every facility to work with residents when problems come up.
866-451-2901

Senior Citizens Law Office
Free legal advice and representation where needed.
505-265-2300
www.sclonm.org

State Bar of New Mexico – LREP Program
Legal resources for the elderly provides free help-line for New Mexico residents 55 and older.
800-876-6657
www.sbnm.org

End of Life Options New Mexico
Accurate information and support for all End-Of-Life options, including Medical Aid In Dying (MAID).
505-393-1321
www.endoflifeoptionsnm.org

Estate Planning
Search the Jemez Springs Public Library catalog for “estate planning” for books and forms.
Recommended advanced directives book: “The 5 Wishes”
fivewishes.org/shop/order/product/five-wishes-advance-directive