PRESS RELEASE June 28, 2013 Gail Sonnesso 252-480-3354
GEM CLUB LUNCHES
l-R Carolyn Self American Red Cross, Stephanie Ryder, Dare County DSS Dorothy Killingsworth Dare County Information Officer, Nancy Kosanovich, Nurse Practitioner and GEM board Member
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THE GEM Club met on Wednesday June 19 and welcomed Dorothy Killingsworth, (Dare County Information Officer) Stephanie Ryder, (SW Dare County DSS) and Carolyn Self, (American Red Cross) we discussed Emergency Readiness especially for families with disabled adults. Carolyn described a new program of the Red Cross. They will send teams to individuals homes after a disaster consisting of a client caseworker, a nurse and whenever possible a mental health professional. Carolyn stated that " Our client caseworkers are volunteers who are trained to work with the clients and help determine what their needs are and how we and other organizations can assist in their recovery."
July 19th the speaker for our GEM club will be Rosalind Pugh from the Albemarle Commission she will give an overview all the services that are provided by the Area Agency on Aging to include: Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, Family Caregiver Support, and Senior Nutrition Program. Some other subjects that Rosalind will address are Project CARE, Community Resource Connections (CRC), budget cuts in the various programs and how we as an agency are planning on moving forward due to these cuts.
August 21 @ 11:30 We are pleased to welcome Eileen McGuinness-Vaillancourt, Director of Programs and Public Policy, Alzheimer's Association Eastern North Carolina Chapter she will share information about the progress of the National Alzheimer's Plan (NAPA) for more information please checkout: http://napa.alz.org/
For more information about our GEM club call Gail Sonnesso, MS, QDCS Executive Director of GEM Day Services at 252-480-3354.
