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The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, September 7, 2016, Page 5A
Alzheimer’s Day Care Center and Service
Special to the Ledger
By David Shivers
With the growing
numbers of aging baby
boomers, cases of
age-related dementia,
including but not limited
to Alzheimer’s Disease,
are being seen more
frequently across the
country.
Dementia is hard on
those who have it, as it
traps its patients inside
themselves, isolating
them from once familiar
people and surroundings,
but it is extremely stress
ful for caregivers as well,
as they witness the loved
one they knew fading
away mentally but still
present physically, and
sometimes suffering the
brunt of a patient’s ir
rational behavior or even
violent outbursts.
Virginia Griffin,
executive director of the
Alzheimer’s Outreach
Center in Albany, spoke
to the Kiwanis Club
of Dougherty County
recently. The center, lo
cated at the intersection
of North Jefferson Street
and Roosevelt Avenue,
offers both on-site day
care and in-home respite
service.
There are different
types of dementia, she
explained; Alzheimer’s
Disease just happens
to be one of the most
prevalent.
“We deal with demen
tia,” she said, but “it’s
not a normal part of
aging.” However, “The
longer we live, the more
likely we are to deal
with it. It’s most com
mon after the age of
65.” After the age of 85,
one out of every four
persons becomes at risk
for it. People in their
40s and 50s have also
been known to develop
early-onset Alzheimer’s
Disease.
Some signs or symp
toms of dementia are
fear, nervousness, sad
ness, anger, depression,
trouble understand
ing visual images and
spatial relationships, and
changes in mood and
personality. Other com
mon indicators include
agitation, confusion, and
suspicion (especially in
the early stages). Al
zheimer’s patients also
sometimes behave in
an inappropriate sexual
manner.
Daycare or in-home
plete the training can
have a “Dementia
Friendly” sticker to place
in their windows show
ing that they have gone
through the approximate
one-hour course.
“We’re seeing more
and more (dementia
cases), especially in the
Alzheimer’s column,”
said Griffin. “I’d like to
see more businesses with
stickers in their win
dows.”
There are required
steps to enrolling some
one in the daycare pro
gram. Griffin explained,
“We’re glad to sit down
with (someone) and
explain it. We welcome
people to come in and
look at our program. We
invite them to bring their
family or their family
member and just kind
of try it out.” Then, “We
do refer them back to
the (Sowega) Council on
Aging and they do the
official screening and
required paperwork. We
try to make sure that
we’re a really good fit for
the person.”
Photo by David Shivers
Alzheimer’s Daycare Center executive director
Virginia Griffin displays a “Dementia Friendly”
sticker that businesses can place in their
windows.
Thank You Southwest Georgia
The Albany
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Thank you, LCES PTO Volunteers, for helping
at the book fair.
respite provide an oppor
tunity for caregivers to
have a break for errands
or other outings. Stress
relief is necessary for
caregivers to maintain
their own mental and
physical health.
The outreach center
also does community
education. A recent ini
tiative called Dementia
Friendly Community fo
cuses on local businesses
to teach employers and
employees how to deal
with customers who may
signs of dementia.
“If you have good ver
bal skills,” said Griffin,
“if you have a culture of
customer services, you
already have much of
what you need to provide
great service to people
with dementia. Kindness,
common sense, avoiding
stress, using good com
munication skills and
smiles go a long way.”
The Alzheimer’s
Outreach Center offers
a free course on dealing
with dementia. “If you’re
interested in training we
can come to your place
or you can come to us,
however you want to do
it,” she added.
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