Support for Frail Elderly and their Caregivers

Thanks to a 10-year partnership with Community Senior Services, Pilgrim Place hosts an Enrichment Center/Adult Day Program three days a week at our Health Services Center.

Unlike the health care model for Adult Day Care, this program does not provide medical oversight of guests or therapeutic intervention, but engages individuals with physical and cognitive limitations in a series of supervised activities, including a noon meal, to provide some well-deserved "time off" for family members/caregivers. Daily activities are planned to cater to personal inter4ests and cognitive skill levels and include many arts and craft projects, musical entertaining, games, puzzles, horticulture, theme parties and field trips to local places of interest. Cost of the program is $60 per day (9:30 am to 3:00 pm).

For more information about the program, contact Community Senior Services at 909.621.9900 and ask for a Caregiver Support representative.

President/CEO William Cunitz acknowledges the value of the Enrichment Center/Adult Day Program. "We are pleased to provide this program as it serve as an important resource for the frail elderly in the wider community, and to their caregivers, while enhancing the quality of life for many of our own Health Services Center residents who benefit from the activities that keep everyone engaged at their own activity level."

Recent market research indicates that the need for all forms of Adult Day Care will continue to grow in coming years as more and more elders who cannot or should not be left alone all day and live with working family members. Such programs are a wonderful resource for families as people live longer and care is getting more complicated. It's also widely known that elders need to get out of the home and interact with others because it increases their quality of life.