General Information
Being a family caregiver or care partner is no easy feat, but thankfully there are resources in your community to help. For general information and resources about providing care at home, please check out the following information.
General Information and Assistance
- TIES 24-hour response
- California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)
- Healthy Aging Response Team (HART)
- Peninsula Family Service
- Self-Help for the Elderly
- Senior Coastsiders
Emergency / Crisis Services
Emergency calls for ambulance, fire, highway patrol or police services – Call 911
- Adult Protective Services
- Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA)
- San Mateo County- Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
- StarVista- Crisis intervention and suicide prevention
Adult Day Care (Social)
- Peninsula Volunteers, Inc., Rosener House Adult Day Services
- Catholic Charities San Carlos Adult Day Services
- South San Francisco Adult Day Care Center
Adult Day Health Care (Medical)
Aging and Adult Services
A Division of San Mateo County Health System
Call 1-800-675-TIES (8437) for information on the following:
- Adult Protective Services
- In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
- Linkages
- Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP)
- Public Administrator
- Public Guardian/Conservatorship Program
Other Aging and Adult Services Resources
Dementia Care
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Catholic Charities CYO, San Carlos Adult Day Services
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- Mills-Peninsula Senior Focus, Alzheimer’s Day Care Resource Center
- Peninsula Volunteers, Inc., Rosener House Adult Day Services
Family Caregiver Support Services
- Alzheimer’s Association
- American Recall Center
- Coastside Adult Day Health Center
- Edgewood Center for Children and Families
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- Kimochi, Inc.
- Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
- Mills-Peninsula Health Services- Senior Focus
- Neurological Support Network
Financial Assistance, Government Programs, Insurance
- Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM)
- Health Insurance Counseling Advocacy Program (HICAP)
- Medicare
- Social Security / Medicare Eligibility / SSI
- TIES
- Veterans Services, Division of San Mateo County Human Services Agency 650-802-6598
Information and Referral, Assistance, Advocacy
- 211 HELPLINK
- TIES (connects people to needed support)
- Alcohol and Drug Helpline
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Area Agency on Aging
- California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)
- Center for Independence of Individuals with Disabilities
- Cerebral Palsy Guidance
- Commission on Aging
- Commission on Disabilities
- ConsumerSafety.org
- Drug Center
- Fall Prevention Task Force
- Health Insurance Counseling Advocacy Program (HICAP)
- Home Care Association of America (HCAOA)
- Lawyer Referral Service
- Legal Aid Society
- Mesothelioma Guide
- Mills-Peninsula Senior Focus
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- Network of Care
- Pacific Stroke Association
- Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (PCRC)
- Recall Report
- San Mateo County Dental Society
- San Mateo County Medical Association
Legal Assistance
- California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- Lawyer Referral Service
- Legal Aid Society
- Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (PCRC)
- Public Guardian/Conservatorship Program