Health Care

Governor Pushes $25 Million Senior Citizen Trust Fund

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

By MICHAEL GERSTEIN
The New Mexican

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham touted a plan today to create a $25 million trust fund for senior services.

The meeting was moved to the hallway outside the Governor’s Office suite after a woman collapsed against the wall inside her office suite and state Human Services Department Secretary David Scrase, a medical doctor, rushed through the crowd to tend to her before she was wheeled away in an office chair.

The woman appeared to be okay.

During the news conference, Lujan Grisham argued to dozens in attendance that senior programs

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‘Prepare To Care’ For Caregivers Of Alzheimer’s Patients

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David Davis 

LARSO News:

‘Prepare to Care’ is an eight-hour course presented by David Davis of the Memory Care Alliance.

The four-week course is for caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients.

It will provide help with: education and understanding about the disease, day to day care management, legal and financial challenges, services like in-home care, residential care, hospice, and creating a long-term plan, for not only the person living with Alzheimer’s but for the caregiver as well.

The class will is 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursdays, starting Feb. 6 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.

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Anti-Abortion Rallies Mark Day Two Of 30-Day Session

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Los Alamos residents at the March for Life rally Wednesday in Santa Fe, from left, Elise Lee, Los Alamos Right to Life Committee members Diane Coane and Pat Grubel and Knights of Columbus Grand Knight Paul Grubel. They were among some 900 people who attended a special Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi prior to the rally. Photo by Kenneth Lee/K of C member

Anti-abortion activists and church leaders gather on the 47th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade Wednesday morning in the Capitol Rotunda in Santa Fe. Courtesy/Los Alamos Right to Life Committee

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Southwestern College Art Therapy Students Host Weekly Grief And Transition Group At Senior Center

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Southwestern College Art Therapy students Lauren Sherwood and Jane McConnell are hosting a weekly grief and transition group. The sessions are 2-4 p.m. Thursdays at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. The group will continue through March 12 and all adults age 50 and up are welcome. The group is a safe place to discuss any type of loss and no art experience is necessary. Direct questions to 505.662.8920. Courtesy photo

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AG Balderas Joins Coalition Of 56 Attorneys General In Calling For Fentanyl To Remain Schedule I Drug

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Attorney General Hector Balderas

From the Office of the Attorney General:

SANTA FE –- Attorney General Hector Balderas today joined a bipartisan coalition of 56 attorneys general from every state, territory, and the District of Columbia in calling for Congress to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs.

Schedule I drugs are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.

“The opioid epidemic has ravaged our communities and torn apart New Mexican families, so public officials must use every tool we can to prevent dangerous Read More