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Open Hands works to be a catalyst for positive change and a resource for helping our community.
Open Hands offers a variety of programs that offer support to you or your family members during times of difficult life challenges.
Click on a link below for a detailed program description:
Adult Day Services
Home Safety Modifications
Handyman Safety Modifications
Medical Equipment Loan
Emergency Financial Assistance
851 Exchange-Our Resale Store
Individual Development Accounts
Special Care for Your Loved One
Our staff are specially trained to assist you in meeting the challenges of caring at home for loved ones with aging and physical challenges, Alzheimer's or other dementias. Our state of the art facility offers a safe and secure environment, an enclosed outdoor garden courtyard, dining, art room and activity area. We provide social activities, meals, field trips, health related monitoring and consultation services. Our caring staff includes a registered nurse during peak client hours, and we work with each client and caregiver to meet identified needs of the client and provide the famility with information and resources to assist them. Also on staff is an ACE-Certified Personal Trainer who focuses on working with frail elders one to one or in small groups to maintain or increase their strength, flexibility, and balance, all designed to maintain independence with daily living skills and to prevent falls.
Benefits of Adult Day Services
Adult day services allow caregivers peace of mind to continue working outside the home, help with the physical care of a loved one, avoid or delay placing a loved one in institutional care, and give caregivers respite from what can be a "24/7" responsibility. Caregivers receive one to one consultation on outside resources and how to navigate the eldercare system and are supported in the challenges of taking care of an aging loved one at home.
Adult day service participants interact socially with peers, share in stimulating activities, and receive assistance with the activities of daily living with dignity. Their feelings of depression and or isolation decrease, while their self esteem increases and they find or maintain interests in hobbies and activities; some report they sleep better at night.
Click here for frequently asked questions.
Saturday Adult Day Respite Care.
Available Saturdays from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm and funded in part by a grant from the New Mexico Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association the program gives the caregiver the time they need to run errands or take care of themselves. Reservations are taken on a weekly basis as the program size is limited to ten individuals per weekend who must be registered with the Adult Day Services prior to attending. Participants engage in a variety of activities and enjoy lunch while at the program.
Care by Design- For those with dementia and early Alzheimer's.
Adult Day Services are tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients with early Alzheimer’s or other dementias. Care By Design is a program of structured activities that engage the person with Alzheimer’s or dementia in meaningful activities within the context of the Adult Day Services weekday program. It builds on using familiar skills and strengths that the individual still retains to enhance their feelings of self worth, security and meaning through a continued sense of dignity and respect. These activities often include but are not limited to memory games, art activities, word and poetry projects.
Click here for Frequently asked questions.
In February 2007 Open Hands received prestigious recognition from the National Council on Aging for their Home Safety Modification Program.
Let our expert team help make your home a safer place to live. Our program includes safety adaptations to homes, improves overall safety and condition, makes it easier and safer to manage activities of daily living such as bathing and stair climbing.
Home Safety Modifications:
Help people with disabilities retain their independence and continue living at home for as long as possible. Suited to people who have some degree of mobility and do not need intensive medical care, can be a relatively inexpensive alternative to institutional care.
Basic Modifications Can Include:
Ramps
Grab bars
Door widening
Tub Cuts
Hand Rails
Open Hands will provide a free assessment of your needs.
Talk to a consultant: For further information or to set up an appointment call 428-2348 or email ken@openhands.org.
Need other household repairs? Click here to find out about our affordable and reliable Handyman Services at The Job Shop.
Let us make your recovery and rehabilitation a little easier. Open Hands can help you with a temporary loan of medical equipment for up to two-months.. There are no charges for the use of our equipment.
Available medical equipment:
Wheelchairs
Walkers
Transfer benches
Hospital beds
Canes
Talk to a consultant: Call 428-2340 for further information or email Ashley@openhands.org
Open Hands may be able to provide financial support for rent, utilities, mortgage assistance to economically eligible residents of Santa Fe, Taos, and Torrance counties.
Click here for more info.
For further questions call our case manager at: 428-2343 or email: terry@openhands.org
851 Exchange - Our Retail Store
851 Exchange, The Open Hands Community Resale Store, helps provide operating income for the agency’s programs and services, selling furniture, clothing, and household goods, the store serves more than 1400 individuals and families yearly. We have pick-up service for furniture and large items.
Hours: 10 am – 5:45 pm Monday – Saturday;
851 West San Mateo
505-986-1077
Individual Development Accounts (IDA Program)
The Individual Development Account program at Open Hands is designed to lift families out of poverty by providing as much as $4000 to pursue home ownership, additional education or a business start-up. In practice, IDAs are matched savings accounts that provide income eligible individuals with asset incentives for saving money. All program participants must be legal US citizens and are required to complete a free, financial literacy course before opening savings accounts. Upon completion of the class, participants begin the savings process with a $10 deposit into a restricted custodial account. Once an account is established, every $1 of earned income the participant deposits is matched by $4 provided through state and federal funds.
Participants are matched with an Asset Advisor, an entrepreneur or community leader who provides information and periodically helps them solve the challenges that arise while working to buy a home, start a business or go back to school. Asset Advisors have the social capital that is rare among economically limited families; Advisors can link participants to informational resources and network connections to foster community relationships as they move out of poverty. By innovatively uniting Individual Development Accounts with financial literacy training and supportive Asset Advisors, Open Hands is helping families in poverty gain assets that promote a sense of well being, financial stability and long-term change.
Click here for frequently asked questions, eligibility requirements
Click here for the IDA Application.