Adult Day Break Centers
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All Day Break Centers Have . .
- professional, quality day care
- licensed and Medicaid certified
- a registered nurse on staff
- professionally certified nurses aides and med-techs on site
- access to Alzheimer's disease support groups, community resources
and other supportive information and access to
SeniorNavigator
- access to transportation through Bay Transit (if needed)
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Benefits to Caregivers
- Respite (a break) from the sometimes
overwhelming responsibility of caring
for your loved one.
- Freedom to continue your pursuit of
outside employment
- Help with the social, emotional and
physical needs of your loved one.
- Guilt-free conscience in relation to
avoiding long-term care placement.
- Time to - rest, shop, socialize, read
and address to your own and your
other family members' medical and
health needs.
- Helps caregivers gain a better under
standing of long-term care and how to
cope with their responsibilities
patiently and calmly.
- Contributes to new relationships
through support groups and peers.
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Benefits to Care Receivers
- Ability to remain living with family-at
home- where they WANT most to be.
- Receive care from trained, enthusiastic
and dedicated center staff.
- Many opportunities for social interaction
with peers who are accepting and non-critical.
- Participation in stimulating and meaningful activities.
- Receive beneficial therapeutic exercise.
- Dignified assistance with activities of daily living.
- Enjoy a USDA approved breakfast, lunch and snack each day
(assistance with meals is provided as needed).
- Periods of rest and relaxation as needed.
- Participation in field trips and visits from the public library,
pet therapy, musical activities, Bible study and more.
- For Eligible Recipients
- Services available to adults age 18 and over with disabilities
requiring supervision and/or assistance with activities of daily
living
- Day services are rendered on a sliding
fee scale basis when funding is available
or are reimbursed through Medicaid (if approved).
- In many cases, day service recipients are often battling
Alzheimer's disease or other form of dementia, Parkinson's
disease and cerebral palsy.
- Younger day service recipients are typically facing limitations
due to strokes, head and/or spinal cord trauma or other
developmental disabilities.
- Some recipients attend short term or intermittent as part of their
personal wellness regimen; others attend for years or on a regular
basis.
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For More Information
- ESSEX COUNTY-TAPPAHANNOCK
- 1415C Tappahannock Boulevard
(building behind Carson Flooring)
Telephone: 804.445.8711
Open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- GLOUCESTER COUNTY
- 15873 Fiddlers Green Road
Telephone: 804.695.9008
Open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY-REEDVILLE
- 454 Main Street
(Bethany United Methodist Church)
Telephone: 804.453.3332
Open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
