Community Resources
EMERGENCY SERVICES
Police, Fire, Ambulance
Dial: 911
Adult Protective Services
844-751-6729
After Hours 692-5744
American Association of Poison Control Centers
800-222-1222 (24/7)
CARES Mental Health Crisis Team
888-868-1649
Domestic Violence Solutions
925-2160 (24/7)
Long Term Care Ombudsman
805-922-1236
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
800-273-8255
www.SuicidePreventionLifeline.org
INFORMATION
2-1-1 to find additional health and human services
Dial: 211
Alzheimer’s Association
1-800-272-3900
Offers a Helpline that is available 24/7 to provide information and referrals about Alzheimer’s disease.
Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP)
805-928-5663
www.CentralCoastSeniors.org/hicap
Provides free, unbiased information and one-on-one counseling regarding Medicare and related products and Long Term Care Insurance. Call for an appointment.
Senior Connection
805-928-2552
Specialized information and referral service for senior citizens and family caregivers. Links with other senior citizens services throughout the country.
Senior Resource Directory
805-925-9554
FREE publication available at many locations such as senior centers, libraries and the Area Agency on Aging office
Medicare Information:
https://www.affordablehealthinsurance.com/medicare-plans/california/#medicare_plans_in_california
ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE
Santa Maria Wisdom Center
805-354-5332
A community-based adult services day program that provides a variety of health and social services as well as planned therapeutic and rehabilitative activities to benefit the needs of adults with physical and/or mental challenges at risk of long-term care placement. Program includes an Alzheimer’s day care resource which serves those with Alzheimer’s and related dementia disorders by providing a safe, structured, stimulating environment meeting the individual’s physical and mental health needs.
CARE MANAGEMENT
CenCal Health
805-685-9525
Social work services for members who have complex medical or behavioral health conditions, high psychosocial risk factors or need assistance navigating through the health care system. Services are free of charge.
Dignity Health Family Caregiver Support Program
805-614-2085
805-332-8590
Provides support and services to caregivers who care for medically fragile adults. Works with caregivers to assess, support, guide, teach, and make linkages to services for both the caregiver and the patient. The focus is to engage caregivers of the families through new programs and services designed to empower and support. Services are offered at no charge.
Partners in Care Foundation Multipurpose Senior Service Program (MSSP)
805-280-4490
www.picf.org
Provides social work services to limited number of Medicare/ Medi-Cal eligible persons who, with these services, will be able to remain at home and not be institutionalized. Services are free of charge.
COUNSELING
Center for Human Understanding & Growth/Optimal
805-925-5470
Provides educational and training opportunities, counseling and psychotherapy to individuals, couples, groups and organizations to help people make changes that can improve their lives and the world around them. Sliding fee based services.
Coast Caregiver Resource Center
888-488-6555 ext. 4
CottageHealth.org/services/rehabilitation/caregiver-services
Provides family caregivers counseling services via face-to-face meetings and telephonically.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Alzheimer’s Association
800-272-3900
Provides community education programs for caregivers and people with early stage Alzheimer’s disease. Provides respite care and consultation. Also makes available a library of books, DVDs, journals, activity kits, pamphlets and assistance with registration for wanderers (Medic Alert Safe Return).
Community Health Center
805-458-4247
Sponsors weekly educational meetings on mental health. Free to attend. Offered in English and Spanish.
Marian Regional Medical Center Family Caregiver Program
805-614-2085
‘Powerful Tools for Family Caregivers’ is a free educational series designed to provide tools needed to take care of the caregiver while taking care of an adult relative or friend. Sixweek class is offered quarterly. Class participants also receive a free copy of The Caregiver Helpbook, developed specifically for the class. Also offers free Atlas of Caregiving Care Map workshops, a visual tool to assess and resolve any caregiver situation.
Caring.com
https://www.caring.com/best-identity-theft-protection/
ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION
Adult Protective Services County Department of Social Services
844-751-6729
Investigates allegations of suspected abuse of elders and dependent adults who reside in the community. Provides resource information and makes referrals to community resources.
Long Term Care Ombudsman Service
805-922-1236
www.fsacares.org
Investigates allegations of suspected abuse of residents of long term care facilities, such as assisted living and skilled nursing.
Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office
805-346-7540
www.countyofsb.org/da
Specialized services to prosecute crimes committed against vulnerable victims, including elders. Do you receive SSI? Recipients may be eligible for CALFRESH Food Benefits. Receiving CalFresh does not change the SSI benefits. Call the County Department of Social Services to get information and apply at 805-346-7135.
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara
805-928-1707
www.fsacares.org
Offers free counseling – individual, family – and group support for seniors and family caregivers. Also offers counseling and support group services for those who care for an elderly or disabled family members.
Friendship Line
800-971-0016
A toll free 24/7 service that listens and refers as appropriate. Program includes a ‘Warm Line’ which calls out to lonely or depressed older adults and a ‘Check In’ for older adults living alone or concerned about their safety.
The Holman Group
800-321-2843
Managed mental health care for Medi-Cal recipients.
Elements Counseling Group
805-349-2255
Individual, couples and youth therapy. Sliding Scale.
END OF LIFE
Central Coast Home Health & Hospice
805-543-2244
www.centralcoasthomehealth.com
Provides compassionate and quality end of life care. Mission is to provide quality medical, social, and spiritual care to individuals making their end of life transitions as well as support to their family and friends. Services provided while honoring each person’s quality of life, freedom and individuality.
Dignity Home Health and Hospice
805-739-3830
800-549-9609
Medical care, symptom and pain management, and emotional and spiritual support tailored to the patient’s needs. Primary goal is to fulfill patient’s wishes and to support their families and caregivers. Hospice can help the patient maintain the highest quality of life possible. Includes bereavement services for a full year after a loss.
Wilshire Hospice
805-782-8608
Provides patients and their families with comprehensive, compassionate care that relieves undue suffering and pain from the moment of their diagnosis.
EQUIPMENT
Braille Institute
805-682-6222
www.brailleinstitute.org/santabarbara
Provides free visual consultations for magnification and special lighting as well as low vision aids at cost.
CA Telephone Access Program
800-806-1191
Special telephones and telephone devices are available for dead and deafened, vision, speech, cognitive, and motionmobility impaired persons.
Elks Lodge, Loan Closet
805-922-1538
Maintains a variety of equipment items that can be loaned to members.
Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC)
805-925-0015
www.ilrc-trico.org
ILRC’s Assistive Technology Program provides information and referral to assistive technology resources.
Vial of Life program
805-925-9554
Provides a medical information card in a container that is placed on the front of the home’s refrigerator for emergency responders to locate.
FOOD & NUTRITION
Blue Plate Special Dinner delivery
805-354-5320
www.LifeStepsFoundation.org
A dinner with dessert is delivered throughout the Santa Maria Valley Monday- Friday. Cost is $5.50 per meal.
CalFresh/Food Stamps, DSS
805-346-7135
CalFresh Food helps people with low-income buy the nutritious food needed for good health. Recipients can buy food at any grocery store or farmers market that accepts EBT.
Central Coast Rescue Mission
805-614-0220
www.centralcoastrescuemission.org
Offers a variety of programs for those in need. This includes a hot meal and a food pantry.
Brown Bag Program, Food Bank of Santa Barbara County
805-937-3422
Provides free groceries to low income seniors (aged 62+) twice a month at several locales.
Martha’s Meals, St. Peters Church
805-922-3575
stpeter.ladiocese.org
A free sack lunch is available to pick up between 3-4:40 p.m. every weekday. Also has a free food pantry that is open Thursdays 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Santa Maria Meals on Wheels
805-938-1200
Meals are delivered to homebound five days a week. Sliding scale fee. Medical diets can be accommodated.
HEALTH SERVICES
County Department of Behavorial Wellness
805-934-6380
www.countyofsb.org/behavorial-wellness/adult-home.sbc
Serves adults who are Medi-Cal beneficiaries with severe mental illness and/or substance abuse disorders. Clinic located in Santa Maria. 24/7 Access Line is 1-888-868-1649.
Community Health Centers
805-938-9200
www.communityhealthcenters.org/santamaria
Provides primary health care to underserved and low income residents. Also has specialty clinics.
County Health Clinic
805-346-7230
VA Outpatient Clinic
805-354-6000
Outpatient clinic provides medical and/or mental health services for veterans.
HOME CARE SERVICES
Community Partners in Caring
805-925-8000
Provides volunteer support services that allow seniors to live independently while maintaining dignity, respect and quality of life.
In Home Supportive Services
805-346-8303
Provides household help and personal care to enable low income elderly or disabled persons to remain safely in their own homes. Eligible with SSI/Medi-Cal only.
LifeSteps Foundation, Senior Home Care
805-549-0150 ext. 2
Provide homemaking and personal care services in Santa Maria Valley for persons aged 60 and older who are not eligible for In Home Supportive Services. Donations are requested.
VA Aid & Attendance
805-346-7160
Provides benefits that reduce cost of care for veterans and surviving spouses who require assistance. Can be used for in home care, board and care, assisted living, community and private pay nursing homes. Must meet qualifications.
HOME HEALTH SERVICES
Home health care is a wide range of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury. Home health care is usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF). Examples of skilled home health services include: wound care for pressure sores or a surgical wound; patient and caregiver education; intravenous or nutrition therapy; injections; and monitoring serious illness and unstable health status. The goal of home health care is to treat an illness or injury. Agencies providing Medicare Home Health services include:
Coast Home Health
805-543-2244
Dignity Health Home Health
805-739-3830
Kindred At Home Health
805-544-4402
Guardian Angel Home Care
805-544-4001
Superior Home Health
805-742-4514
Wilshire Home Health
805-782-8600
HOME REPAIR AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE
Communify
800-655-0617
Provides one-time utility assistance and home weatherization to qualified low-income persons, owners and renters. Also provides home repair to low income persons. Senior Home Repair
Our Senior Home Repair program provides free repairs designed to assist Santa Barbara County seniors with maintaining independence. Our installations focus on health and safety, as well as slip and fall prevention. We provide senior referral services to our community partners to assist our clients with continued quality of life within their homes.
Types of Services: Grab bar installation, Exterior/Interior handrail, CO alarm/smoke detector installation, Heater safety testing, Slip and fall prevention.
HUMAN SERVICES
American Red Cross
805-987-1514
805-687-1331
www.redcross.org
Seeks to help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to natural and human-caused disasters through the immediate mobilization of people and resources and the provision of community, workplace, and school-based training. Also provides first aid training.
Catholic Charities
805-922-2059
Provides help to individuals and families in need. Has a food pantry, provides emergency financial assistance, medical treatment referrals, case management, thrift store client vouchers, and pet services.
Good Samaritan Shelter
805-347-3338 ext.101
www.goodsamshelter.org
Provides services to meet the needs of the community, including emergency shelter for adults and families, permanent housing with supportive services, social model residential detoxification, outpatient drug and alcohol treatment, mental health services, residential perinatal treatment, children’s after school programming, and clean and sober living homes.
Salvation Army
805-349-2421
www.salvationarmyusa.org
Provides short and long term assistance to address the community needs. This includes meal assistance, bill pay assistance and case management.
LEGAL
Lawyer Referral Service
805-569-9400
Provides referrals to attorneys who have signed up to be on their panel.
Legal Aid Foundation
805-922-9909
Provides legal services in civil cases, with emphasis on Social Security, landlord/tenant and family law.
CA Rural Legal Assistance
805-922-4563
Provides legal representation to low income people in civil matters (housing, education, labor,and health) and for persons terminated from welfare, unemployment and Social Security.
Legal Resource Center Law Library, Santa Maria
805-349-1289
SantaMaria Local self-help legal resource center which is staffed by a California licensed attorney. Assistance is offered in the completion of legal and court documents for various civil matters and infractions, and in properly presenting a case in court.
LONG TERM CARE FACILITY PLACEMENT
Long Term Care Ombudsman
805-922-1236
Provides information about long term care facilities.
CA Community Care Licensing
805-562-0400
Licenses and inspects residential care facilities for the elderly and investigates complaints.
California Department of Public Health
805-604-2926
Licenses and inspects skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, hospitals, hospices and most types of nursing facilities. What is Respite Care? Respite care is temporary care of a dependent elderly, ill or handicapped person, providing relief for the usual caregiver.
RESPITE CARE
Alzheimer’s Association
805-892-4259
Provides grants to families of Alzheimer’s and dementia patients for the purchase of respite care.
Coast Caregiver Resource Center
888-488-6555 ext. 4
www.coastcrc.org
Provides respite care for family caregivers of persons who have at least two deficiencies in activities of daily living. Respite care is limited. Provided free of charge through a grant from the Area Agency on Aging; donations are welcome.
LifeSteps Foundation Wisdom Center
805-354-5332
Provides adult day health care services which can provide respite for the caregiver.
Dignity Health Volunteer Respite
805-614-2085
Volunteers provide respite care through the Family Caregiver Support program at Marian Regional Medical Center.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Alzheimer’s Association
805-636-6432
Provides regularly scheduled family support groups at the following two locations:
Alzheimer’s Family Support Groups at Merrill Gardens
805-310-4102
Coast Caregiver Resource Center
888-488-6555 ext. 4 or 805-569-8950
www.Cottage Health.org/services/rehabilitation/caregiver-service
Family Caregiver Support Group Sponsored by Marian Regional Medical Center
805-614-2085
Meets twice monthly in Santa Maria.
Huntington’s Disease Caregiver Support Group
888-488-6555
www.Cottage Health.org/services/rehabilitation/caregiver-service
Provides information, support and a social network for those living with Huntington’s and their family and friends. Held at Bethel Lutheran Church. Call for meeting times.
Mission Hope Cancer Center Support Group
805-346-3402 or 805-219-HOPE
www.MissionHopeCancerCenter.com
Offers many support groups and education programs to the community free of charge. Focus on providing for the long term needs of patients completing curative treatment. General family caregiver support group meets monthly. Call for dates, times and locations.
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara
805-928-1707
www.fsacares.org
Provides support group for Spanish speaking family caregivers.
TRANSPORTATION
American Cancer Society
800-227-2345
Road to Recovery program provides transportation to and from treatment for people with cancer who do not have a ride or are unable to drive themselves.
CenCal Health
1-877-814-1861
Brokers transportation for eligible Medi-Cal and CenCal recipients. Non-emergency transportation and non-medical transportation is available.
Community Partners in Caring
805-925-8000
Volunteers drive clients to medical, social or service appointments by picking them up from where they live, escort them into the appointment location, and return them home.
Guadalupe Transit
805-922-8476
Guadalupe Flyer offers transit services between Guadalupe and Santa Maria.
Santa Maria Area Transit (SMAT)
805-928-5624
Public transport services within the City of Santa Maria and in Orcutt. Offers curb-to-curb transportation service for individuals with disabilities. Schedule available on line and in print.
SMOOTH, Inc. Senior Dial-A-Ride
805-922-0146 or 805-922-8476
Provides origin-to-destination transportation for seniors (60 years and over) in Santa Maria and Orcutt. Wheelchair accessible vans are available for shopping, beauty, social and medical appointments. Monday through Friday 9:00am4:00pm. $2 per trip/ $4 round trip.
VETERAN SERVICES
Veterans Services Office, County of Santa Barbara
805-346-7160
Information about benefits and services available and assists in application process.
Caregiver Support Line
855-260-3274
Provides supportive counseling, education on topics related to caregiving and help to connect caregivers to local supports and services.