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" Adult day care is interactive,
working from independent living
to assisted living, to home care, to
adult day care. You see a physical
improvement in the participants by
being here. ... It is a nice between
[facility] for the elderly. "
-Feinour Director Nicole Miracle
Home Away From Home
WRITTEN BY DAN SMITH
These adults-mostly older-need a boost during the day, but don't
require around-the-clock care. Adult day care fills the bill.
F
or Mallie Elkins, 70, it was a
simple matter. " I just wanted
to get out and have some
fun. Initially, I came [to the
Feinour Adult Care Center at
Friendship] for therapy and they helped
me get involved. "
Nettie Mae Linkenhoker, 92, discovered
InnovAge Adult Day Care after she had an
accident that resulted in a concussion and
broken ribs. " They brought me back to
life, " she says without hesitation.
Carolyn Preston, 72 and Nettie's BFF,
" needed to see people besides at church.
Everything I need is right here, under one
roof. "
Tom Gaines, 77, found the Adult Care
Center of the Roanoke Valley because he
needed to be near family. " It's been one
hospital or another for 24 years, " he says.
" I've been here a few months. My wife
needed the alone time during the day and
the cost is easy to do. I had spent a lot of
money on physical therapy. "
Mike Wade, a senior executive with
Deloitte Touche in Northern Virginia,
has trusted the Feinour Center with his
83-year-old mother's care for eight years,
first in independent living and then in
assisted living, then day care. " We've done
everything but memory care, " he says,
" and I am absolutely delighted with the
results. "
He says his mother " was absolutely
brilliant, " but that memory loss began
to emerge, and he learned " that I am
amazed at what they can do. Without
their tremendous support, she would be
in a memory care facility. ... They found a
way to accommodate her needs and her
personality type. The individual care was
amazing for her. "
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