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What Are Adult Day Care Centers?
Written on 15 Oct, 2009 at 18:20 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
Adult day care centers offer meals, companionship and activities for adults who are no longer able to function independently or for adults who are isolated and lonely. Find one of the 4,000 adult day care centers nationwide with advice from a... (Continue reading)
Day care services are generally considered to be cost effective
Written on 14 Oct, 2009 at 8:19 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
Scotland County Adult Day Services, formerly Senior’s Pride Adult Day Care/Adult Day Health Center, is a privately owned company established in October 1980 by Vicky Cooper Taylor. Mrs. Taylor established the SPADC/ADH Center in response to a growing need for... (Continue reading)
Adult day care centers a cost-effective alternative to traditional nursing homes
Written on 13 Oct, 2009 at 9:41 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
A cost-effective alternative to traditional nursing homes, adult day care centers are emerging as a popular substitute to perennial nursing systems often synonymous with aging in America. However, funding for state services is in question and the remedial care these... (Continue reading)
Using adult day care can reduce stress for family members
Written on 12 Oct, 2009 at 7:37 in Caregivers | | No Comments
Caring for an elderly family member can be stressful and can pose health threats to caregiver givers. Steven Zarit, professor and head, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State, received a $3 million grant from the National Institute... (Continue reading)
Signs of Aging Parent
Written on 11 Oct, 2009 at 8:32 in Aging | | No Comments
Fireworks in the sky might not be all the sparks that were flying when you took the kids to grandma’s house this Fourth of July weekend. Often the holidays are a time when adult children discover that their parents aren’t... (Continue reading)
The adult day care serves as a social gathering place for adults who need supervision
Written on 9 Oct, 2009 at 7:25 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
The adult day care serves as a social gathering place for adults who need supervision. The Adult Day Care Committee has been working on the project for more than a year, outlining costs and other details. According to a former Torrington... (Continue reading)
Jewish community centers and town recreation programs for active seniors
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 7:48 in Jewish community centers | | No Comments
In addition to offering long-term skilled nursing residential care, short-term rehabilitation services, and an Alzheimer’s special care unit, Daughters of Israel also operates the Herr Adult Medical Day Center, a non-sectarian program designed to promote and maintain each participant’s dignity... (Continue reading)
The program would cover seniors and people with disabilities who qualify for home-care services
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 5:48 in Medicare | | No Comments
Taking care of a sick adult could become less expensive under a plan introduced by Rep. Linda Sanchez. This bill would allow Medicare to pay for adult day care services. The program would cover seniors and people with disabilities who qualify... (Continue reading)
Rock County Adult day program KANDU
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 4:46 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
After Randy Isley was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease last year, the 57-year-old Beloit man became socially isolated. While his family and peers remained active, he no longer could handle the simple tasks of operating the TV’s remote, answering the... (Continue reading)
The Easter Seals Central and Southeast Ohio Adult Service program
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 4:38 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
The Easter Seals Central and Southeast Ohio Adult Service program recently was notified it has achieved excellence status from Easter Seals headquarters Pursuit of the achievement is voluntary and conducted after a center has asked for and been granted the opportunity... (Continue reading)
Serendipity is an adult day care center run by the Salvation Army for people with dementias
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 4:33 in Dementia | | No Comments
Any way you look at it, taking care of a loved one with Alzheimer’s is a tough job but just imagine if that person is your husband. Janet Toenes doesn’t have to imagine it, her husband John was diagnosed with early... (Continue reading)
Adult day service program: Friendship Cottage
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 4:23 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
On Sunday, the staff, participants and their caregivers celebrated the first anniversary of Friendship Cottage, an adult day service program, with an open house at the facility. The program, administered through the Washington-Hancock Community Agency, has grown steadily since it opened... (Continue reading)
“We should be taking care of her and should be here 24 hours a day”
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 4:16 in Alzheimer’s Disease | | No Comments
83-year old Tillie Roberts has always led an active life — playing golf, running a floral business, spending time with family — and that’s what’s made her illness especially hard. “It was very difficult to be in a position to have... (Continue reading)
Medicare covers short nursing home stays and some home health care
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 4:01 in Medicare | | No Comments
Kay Paggi has been the bearer of bad news more times than she cares to remember. The senior-care coordinator has helped hundreds of Dallas families find long-term care for frail parents. Almost always, they think Medicare will pick up most of... (Continue reading)
Eldergarden Adult Day Care
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 3:50 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
A one minute video showing the activities of Eldergarden Adult Day Care in Greeley, Colorado ... (Continue reading)