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The AdvocacyDenver Immigrant Resource Guide serves people with disabilities and their families who are looking for opportunities and services in Colorado. You may hold any Immigration status (or no status) to use this guide effectively. The guide helps you identify the important resources you qualify for based on your status. Just search by your area of interest and your status. Your searches are completely confidential; they are not recorded. We hope the guide helps you and your family access resources you need for independence, inclusion and participation in your community. When Coloradans with disabilities succeed, Colorado succeeds!

Colorado Bar Association

Colorado Senor Law Handbook 2024 Edition can be found and downloaded using the button linked to the website.

Colorado Judicial Branch - Conservatorship for Adults

Use the forms and instructions in this section to learn how to become the conservator for an adult, how to transfer a conservatorship case from Colorado to another state, how to transfer a conservatorship case to Colorado from another state, and how to register out-of-state conservatorship paperwork in Colorado.

Department of Public Health and Environment

Advance care planning is a process that allows people to make decisions about their future medical care. It provides direction when a person is unable to talk about their own health care choices. Advance care planning includes advance directive documents as well as on-going conversations with loved-ones and decision-makers.

Five Wishes

Five Wishes is written in everyday language, making it easy to understand and complete, while covering personal, spiritual, medical and legal wishes all in one document. It allows families and caregivers to know exactly what you want, and it’s also legal in nearly every state. The Five Wishes Program for Healthcare offers a robust suite of tools and resources providing a solid foundation for meaningful communication.

UC Health - Advance Directive and Living Will Planning

Also known as a living will, an advance directive is a legal document that lets your healthcare team know your preferences for the medical care you would want to receive in the future. This is different from a financial will that typically names someone to manage your estate or provides for the transfer of your property at death. You do not need a lawyer to complete your advance directive – all that is required for it to be legal is your signature and the signatures of two witnesses.

The Conversation Project

The Conversation Project is a public engagement initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Our goal is both simple and transformative: to help everyone talk about their wishes for care through the end of life, so those wishes can be understood and respected.

Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council

Council funding is, at times, used to develop publications that serve as resources for persons living with a developmental disability, their family members, and support teams and that support the accomplishment of the goals and objectives of the Five Year Plan they were funded under. In addition, the Council provides grants for educational activities of community partners.

Think + Change - Supported Decision Making Podcast

Choices are individual and an implied human right for all citizens — yet many people with disabilities are often not able to fully experience a self-directed life. This series considers supported decision-making, the dignity of risk, guardianship, and additional options for protection without interfering with a person’s autonomy. This 5-part vodcast (video) and podcast (audio) series provide an overview of what to expect from the Self-Determination series, what Supported Decision Making means; the continuum of supports from least to most restrictive, what you need to know about Guardianship, and why the dignity of risk matters.

AdvocacyDenver

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Colorado Bar Association

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Colorado Judicial Branch - Conservatorship for Adults

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Department of Public Health and Environment

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Five Wishes

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UC Health - Advance Directive and Living Will Planning

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The Conversation Project

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Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council

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Think + Change - Supported Decision Making Podcast

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Decision Making Supports

AdvocacyDenver

Colorado Bar Association

Colorado Judicial Branch - Conservatorship for Adults

Department of Public Health and Environment

Five Wishes

UC Health - Advance Directive and Living Will Planning

The Conversation Project

Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council

Think + Change - Supported Decision Making Podcast

Accessibility on Developmental Pathways