Thousands of older Americans are in adult day services that provide safe, stimulating places for those who have physical or cognitive disabilities and also give respite to their caregiver.
VNA Caring Center Director Angela Loeper, left, sings an oldies tune with client Marilyn Vargo of Milton, Pa., during at the center in Shamokin, Pa., on Thursday, May 9, 2024. The facility is the only adult day services program for cognitively impaired seniors in the Susquehanna Valley. – Sally White helps her husband of 46 years get dressed, fed and on the bus for the short ride from their home to Third Age Adult Day Center four mornings a week.
After raising four children and retiring from their teaching jobs, the Whites each began studying for the ministry. During their studies, Rodger White suffered a brain bleed in 2013 and memory problems he’d been having for several years began to escalate. Sally White said his memory loss has stolen from her the intellectually sharp, active man she knew and the life they had planned as they grew old together.
Sally White said she struggles to afford the roughly $2,200 a month for her husband to attend the program since the couple doesn’t qualify for Medicaid. Because of his health decline, she’s been solely responsible for handling all the bills and the stress they bring. “Many families want services in their home, want to take care of family members on their own or still equate it to a child-care setting,” she said.
Another major hurdle to expanding access to adult day services, Zagorski said, is the lack of public awareness and research about the benefits of the service, which he said helps reduce depression, loneliness and isolation. MemoryLane Care Services in Toledo, Ohio, serves about 34 people a day, despite having capacity for 50. Attendance has fallen since the center reopened after being closed for nine months during the COVID-19 pandemic, director Salli Bollin said.
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