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This week, Rayna Neises, your host, interviews KC Schumacher. Since before she graduated high school, KC has been working in the social services field. She is drawn to helping others and is passionate about caring for adults and supporting family caregivers through her current position at the adult day services at Catholic Charities. She provides the following insights on this important work and this option for caregivers and families:
- Adult day programs cost much less than other alternatives.
- Day services are an option for a loved one to do something during the day so the caregiver can work or just have respite time.
- Adding the option of day services builds the caregiving team with trained staff who can provide another set of eyes to notice health changes.
- The caregiver/loved one relationship is improved with time apart.
- Since the loved one is active during the day, he/she will be more tired and potentially sleep better allowing everyone to get better rest.
- Activities offered:
- memory exercises and trivia
- physical exercise or range of motion (chair yoga)
- arts and crafts
- board games
- bingo
- socializing
- outing to shop, eat or visit children in a daycare
- Find a program:
- In Kansas – Dial 2 – 1 – 1
- Other – Google search adult daycare with your zip code
