The Aging and Long-Term Services Department (ALTSD) is pleased to announce that the deadline for submitting Capital Outlay Applications has been extended to February 27, 2026. For application materials, training sessions, and other helpful resources, visit Capital Outlay

Learning about Alzheimer’s and Dementia and the many resources available to assist is an important part of managing dementia. Explore local and national resources to help support your journey.

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Trainings and Resources

Unless otherwise noted all trainings are free.

Alison – Empower Yourself

Prices vary – numerous are free
Variety of dementia courses, beginning, intermediate and advanced levels

https://alison.com/courses?query=dementia


Alzheimer’s Association

Variety of courses for people living with dementia, caregivers and about dementia

Dementia Care Education Resources | Alzheimer’s Association


Family Caregiver Center of New Mexico

Evidence based program to provide self-care tools for people providing care to family and friends

Powerful Tools for Caregivers — Family Caregiver Center of New Mexico


Memory Care Alliance

Prepare to Care – Check website for dates & locations

One day course on all aspects of providing care to a person living with dementia

Dementia Friends – for organizations/businesses to help build a dementia friendly community- Call for more details

Home | Memory Care Alliance | Santa Fe, New Mexico


New Mexico Caregiver Coalition

Respite Caregiver Training

Course on how to provide respite care; upon receiving certificate NMCC will provide free background check

Respite Caregiver Training 

https://www.nmdcc.org/what-we-do/caregiver-certification/


Parkinson’s Foundation

1-800-473-4636

Courses on cognition and care partnership

https://www.parkinson.org/resources-support/online-education/courses


UCLA Caregiver Videos

Fifteen dementia specific topics

Subtitles for some videos in: French, Vietnamese, Korean, Hungarian, Macedonian

https://www.uclahealth.org/medical-services/geriatrics/dementia/caregiver-education/caregiver-training-videos

Alzheimer’s.gov

Find information and resources on ADRD, part of National Institute on Aging (NIA)

https://www.alzheimers.gov/


Alzheimer’s Association

24-hour helpline

1-800-272-3900

New Mexico Chapter | Alzheimer’s Association


Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

Social Work Helpline

7am- 7pm MST weekdays

7am-3pm MST weekends

https://alzfdn.org/contact-social-worker/


AARP

https://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/dementia-caregiving-guide/


ARCH National Respite Network

1- 703- 256- 2084

https://archrespite.org/


Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

Helpline 1-855-507-7222

Mon -Fri 7 am -3pm

https://www.theaftd.org/


BrightFocus Foundation

Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Information

1 800- 437-2423

https://www.brightfocus.org/alzheimers/


Creutzfeld- Jakob Disease Foundation

1-500-659-1991 Helpline


Hilarity for Charity

Caregivers support, youth movement/scholarship and respite grants and more

Understanding Alzheimer’s: Bringing Light to the Disease


Huntington’s Disease Society of America

800-345-4372

https://hdsa.org/


Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance

224-715-4673

https://www.latinoalzheimersalliance.org/care-caregiver-programs


Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center

Live Helpline

Monday – Sunday 6 am – 6pm

1-833-523- 5463

https://lewybodyresourcecenter.org/


Lorenzo’s House

Younger- onset dementias, young caregivers

https://lorenzoshouse.org/


National Council of Dementia Minds

Groups for people living with dementia

https://dementiaminds.org/about/


Parkinson’s Foundation

1-800-473-4636

https://www.parkinson.org/


National Down Syndrome Society

Alzheimer’s Disease & Down Syndrome | National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)


National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/traumatic-brain-injury-tbi

Please contact the Office of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care at  OADC@altsd.nm.gov if you would like to add, change or remove your information on any of our webpages.