Expert guides about caregiving in New Mexico from Brevy Care.
New Mexico has no single senior-transportation program, so when an older adult stops driving, the real question is which of several separate systems covers the trip.
You can often get paid to care for your spouse in New Mexico, even when most states would tell a husband or wife no.
More than 46,000 New Mexicans are living with Alzheimer's, and 68,000 family members carry the work of caring for them.
New Mexico caregiver programs pay family members, and in the right circumstances a spouse, to provide care at home. Free respite, VA stipends, and tax relief layer on top.
New Mexico is one of the few states where a spouse can be the paid respite care worker, and funded respite in New Mexico can give an exhausted family caregiver a real break without draining savings.
New Mexico is one of the few states where a spouse can be paid to care for a husband or wife, and it runs that pay through Medicaid self-direction.