General Information
Being a family caregiver or care partner is no easy feat, but thankfully there are resources in your community to help.
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
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
- 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
- Peninsula Volunteers, Inc., Rosener House Adult Day Services
Family Caregiver Support Services
- Alzheimer’s Association
- American Recall Center
- Coastside Adult Day Health Center
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- Kimochi, Inc.
- Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
- 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)
- Alzheimer’s Association
- SMC Area Agency on Aging
- California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)
- Center for Independence of Individuals with Disabilities
- Cerebral Palsy Guidance
- SMC Commission on Aging
- SMC Commission on Disabilities
- Health Insurance Counseling Advocacy Program (HICAP)
- Home Care Association of America (HCAOA)
- Lawyer Referral Service
- Legal Aid Society
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- Pacific Stroke Association
- Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (PCRC)
- 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