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VIA! Health Fitness And Enrichment Center
Volunteer Opportunities 1717 Dauphin St, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, 36604Today~s mature adults are living longer and focusing on meaningful, healthy and active lifestyles rich with recreation, socialization and continuing education. Via provides healthy living opportunities, activities and resources that encourage all adults in the Mobile Community to live life to the fullest.The Via Health, Fitness and Enrichment Center is located on the Arlene F. Mitchell Campus at 1717 Dauphin Street. The Via Center offers recreational programs, continuing education and training, and a premier gymnasium and fitness center.Via Services, located within the Center, provides adult day care, emergency food assistance, home care, transportation, information and referral, and outreach programs to local housing sites.Thank you for visiting our website. For more information, please call us at 251.478.3311, e-mail us at info@viamobile.org or stop by the Welcome Center desk for a tour of our facility.
VIA! Health Fitness And Enrichment Center
Senior Centers 1717 Dauphin St, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, 36604Today~s mature adults are living longer and focusing on meaningful, healthy and active lifestyles rich with recreation, socialization and continuing education. Via provides healthy living opportunities, activities and resources that encourage all adults in the Mobile Community to live life to the fullest.The Via Health, Fitness and Enrichment Center is located on the Arlene F. Mitchell Campus at 1717 Dauphin Street. The Via Center offers recreational programs, continuing education and training, and a premier gymnasium and fitness center.Via Services, located within the Center, provides adult day care, emergency food assistance, home care, transportation, information and referral, and outreach programs to local housing sites.Thank you for visiting our website. For more information, please call us at 251.478.3311, e-mail us at info@viamobile.org or stop by the Welcome Center desk for a tour of our facility.
Grandfriends
Adult Day Services 1717 Dauphin St, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, 36604GrandFriends Adult Day Program is a community service program of Via Health, Fitness and Enrichment Center. This program is designed to offer caregivers an affordable opportunity for respite while providing supervised activities within a safe, healthy and comfortable environment.For two decades, the Via Center has provided daycare for our Seniors. GrandFriends offers structured activities - in a safe and comfortable environment - for those with dementia or special physical needs. Socialization, enrichment and recreation activities focus on maintaining independence, dignity and quality of life. Breakfast, a hot lunch and an afternoon snack are provided, and the program is available 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (excluding holidays).The loving staff consists of a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), certified care providers and trained companions and volunteers. Staff is dedicated to providing care-givers much needed respite, as friends and family are able to continue daily routines knowing their loved one is well cared for."Not being able to stay by herself, my mom attends the program full-time while I~m at work. Knowing she~s in a safe environment gives me such a sense of security. There are not enough kind words for the place, the people, the security, the meals... everything!" -- Caregiver J. Daughdrill$50 per day: two or more days per week$55 per day: one day per week
VIA! Health Fitness And Enrichment Center
Transportation 1717 Dauphin St, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, 36604Today~s mature adults are living longer and focusing on meaningful, healthy and active lifestyles rich with recreation, socialization and continuing education. Via provides healthy living opportunities, activities and resources that encourage all adults in the Mobile Community to live life to the fullest.The Via Health, Fitness and Enrichment Center is located on the Arlene F. Mitchell Campus at 1717 Dauphin Street. The Via Center offers recreational programs, continuing education and training, and a premier gymnasium and fitness center.Via Services, located within the Center, provides adult day care, emergency food assistance, home care, transportation, information and referral, and outreach programs to local housing sites.Thank you for visiting our website. For more information, please call us at 251.478.3311, e-mail us at info@viamobile.org or stop by the Welcome Center desk for a tour of our facility.
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Are You One in Four of the Baby Boomer Caregivers?
If you are a Caregiver, you are one of the 1.8 million Caregivers in Alabama. One in four Baby Boomers (ages 57-75) are caregivers, providing regular assistance to friends or family who have a disability or health problem. The burden of caring for a loved one can be time-consuming, expensive and can cause Caregivers to become depressed and feel guilty about their decisions. Caring for the Caregiver is Relatively NewUntil the late 70s, Caregivers were an unseen, unheard and unrecognized part of the healthcare team. These families and friends were caring primarily at home - for loved ones with cognitive disorders like Alzheimers disease, strokes and other age-related diseases. The first national caregiving organization was founded in 1977 the National Caregiving Alliance to raise awareness. This was followed by a 2016 reauthorization of the Older American Act of 1965 to assist Caregivers, the RAISE Family Caregivers Act of 2018 and the National Family Caregivers Support Act in 2000. Recently, the national CARES Act (Coronavirus legislation) also includes caregiving support provisions. I Cant Take Care of You, If I Dont Take Care of MeBoth the Caregivers and the cared for can experience similar emotions. As days, weeks and months continue with mounting responsibilities, Caregivers can become overwhelmed physically, emotionally, spiritually and develop significant health problems. They worry their compassion is faltering (compassion fatigue) and experience guilt (Caregiver Guilt Syndrome) they are not doing enough for their loved one. Caregiver assessments reports that 20% of family caregivers suffer from depression, twice the rate of the general population. Meanwhile, those in their charge also can experience anxiety, frustration and depression. Options for Caregivers and Their ChargesAs many Caregivers need to work or be away from home for most of the day, AARP recommends adult daycare as a more affordable option (ranging from $50 - $70 per day) for Caregivers respite. When older loved ones are unable to structure ones activities, feel isolated and lonely, have difficulty starting and focusing on activities and no longer seem safe on their own, adult daycare provides watchful care and socialization. An adult daycare is typically a non-residential facility that supports the health, nutritional, social and daily living needs of older adults.Caregiver support is built into the program, with counselling and other support services. Caregivers are provided daily respite to continue to live their own lives, work and take care of other family members and obligations. Other options for Caregiving respite include home health care, assisted living facilities and nursing homes. The best advice is to know your healthcare plan and options: Medicare now offers long-term home and community-based services, like adult day care, in-home personal care assistance, and respite care in certain conditions; Medicaid can pay 100% of nursing home care costs if you meet eligibility requirements; and private health insurance companies typically offer some respite care assistance. Local resources for Caregivers can be found on the Area Agency on Aging website listed under programs: Alabama Cares Caregiver Program. Article courtesy of the Via Health, Fitness and Enrichment Center Community Outreach Division. The Via Center provides health, fitness and enrichment programs for older adults and Community Outreach services to Seniors and their families. For information onthe Via Center GrandFriends Adult Day Services program, contact 251.478.3311.