Guardian Angels Foundation

Guardian Angels Foundation has taken the lead in guardianship education by:

a. Presenting continuing education seminars for care providers, complete with PowerPoint presentations and instructional handouts. We also presented seminars for attorneys and sold DVDs for CLE credit. We are currently revising these programs into a “webinar” format. Response to our seminars/workshops has been overwhelmingly favorable (see our website).

b. Providing in-service training on working with incapacitated adults and their decision-makers for providers of services for disabled and elderly persons. Our 2011 projects include creating a DVD of this training.

c. Offering free two-hour workshops for guardians. Our projects for 2011 will include offering these workshops in Spanish.

d. Presenting seminars at the New Mexico Conference on Aging, the Southwest Conference on Disabilities, at Senior Centers and other community organization meetings.

e. Creating a Manual about the duties and responsibilities of guardians, as well as useful resources. Our 2010 projects include expanding the Manual by adding a “pro se packet” of fill-in-the-blank forms to be used by low-income families to initiate a guardianship proceeding. Our 2011 projects include translating the Manual into Spanish and holding "pro se clinics" for families.

f. Creating a website, including information, resources, and our Manual. A video of our family guardian workshop will be added to our website in 2011.