GEM Delivers

We understand.

Caregiving for a loved one with dementia or physical disabilities is
challenging; however, it can also be a rewarding and fulfilling experience
if you have the appropriate resources and support.

Caregivers often struggle to find an appropriate balance. Attempting to
juggle caregiving, work, friends, family and other important aspects of
daily life can seem overwhelming at times.

Caregiver support is an integral part of GEM's mission. We are dedicated to
providing training, support and encouragement. We truly understand the ups
and downs of caring for a loved one with memory loss and we look forward to
helping you negotiate this important role.

Educate yourself about the disease & Learn Caregiving techniques

Understand the experience of your loved one

Avoid caregiver burnout by taking advantage of Respite Care

Maintain your own physical and mental health

Discuss the situation with family and friends

Foster communication with a physician

Take care of financial, legal and long term care planning issues

Think positive

Reach out for care and support

"ALZ 101"

Teaches the basics about the disease, medications, types of care and
different kinds of dementia. Plus offers information about legal issues.
Call Gail to schedule a class!

"Caring

Effectively"

Learn to "Care Effectively" for your loved one. This six hour class will
help you to better understand the disease and learn caregiving techniques
that really work. Learn the stages and what supports will be needed. Respite
care for your loved provided.

"Drop in" Respite Care

Available at the GEM Center in Nags Head. $15.00 per hour with a One hour
minimum. Available Tuesday-Friday from 10:30-3:30. Financial assistance and
free transportation may be available call Gail for more info.

Take advantage of our GEM "EXERCISE CLASS" for strength & Flexibility that
promotes confidence and self esteem. taught by Marcia Marshall Fitness
trainer. Cost $15.00 per session.

Caregiver success begins with learning about ALZ

"GEM Delivers

with LOVE and EXPERTISE

Dementia Care, Education & Support"

GEM Respite Services,

http://Www.gemdayservices.org

205 Baltic St. Nags Head, NC 27959

PO BOX 3601 Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948

Phone: 252-480-3354

Fax: 252-480-0359

E-mail: gsonnesso@gmail.com

Barriers And Solutions to Premier Alzheimer's Care

Barriers experienced by caregivers of people with dementia cause
multidimensional stress and a higher risk of caregiver burnout. Our
solution was to identify specific impediments to successful caregiving and
provide targeted services addressing these problems.

We identified eleven circumstances that contribute to caregiver burnout and
stress. A few of them are: denial of the existence of the disease;
confusion about the disease; identifying appropriate supports and knowing
when to add them; and lack of understanding of the progression of the
disease.

GEM Respite Care. provides progressive supports for caregivers beginning
with "ALZ 101" to foster a better understanding of the disease; "Caring
Effectively" a more in-depth dementia specific training and Group Respite
Care designed for people with dementia offering 20 hours a week of caregiver
relief.

Provision of these targeted solutions and services furnishes caregivers with
tools to successful caregiving for their loved ones with dementia, thus
alleviating burnout.

Gail E Sonnesso M.S.
Executive Director
GEM Adult Day Services Inc.
Where group Respite is therapeutic for both our participants, and their
families.
(252) 480-3354
http://www.gemdayservices.org

harmomy cafe DEC 2008

Harmony Café

 

Friday, December 12, 2008

1Rising Waves

&

Reunion

 

7-9 in the Evening

Tickets $5.00

Includes

 wonderful music, 

endless coffee and

delicious desserts!

Also  Tea, soft drinks or Water 

 

Harmony Café

 is

located in Nags Head

At

His Dream Center A tan building on the corner of

E. Baltic and

Memorial Drive

 

Act 1

Welcome

*

ACT 2

Rising Waves

*

Act 3

Reunion

*

Act 4

Angelo

*

Thank you ALL!

From  the

Nags Head

Lions Club

&

the GEM

Family!

 

Cafe Schedule

2008– 2009 

For Info call 252.480.3354

Friday 

December 12th

“Rising Waves” 

 “Reunion”

“Angelo”

 

Friday 

Jan 13th

“Kim Kalman”

“Angelo”

 

Friday

February 13

“Just Playn

Dixieland”

“Angelo”

 

Friday

March 13

“Music makers of the OBX”

“Angelo”

___________________

 

We thank our

Sponsors

* 

Southern Bean

*

Gallop

Funeral Services

*

His Dream Center 

About GEM…

We are a community based non-profit 501 (c) 3 corporation providing care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and dedicated to providing quality care for our families and participants.

We meet

Tuesday –Friday from

 10:30—3:30 here at His Dream Center.

 

We also offer education and support for caregivers, both family and professional!

For more information call Gail at 480-3354

About the Nags Head Lions Club…

The Lions Motto is “WE SERVE” and our Clubs projects reflect this,

we provide a Christmas Party for the students with disabilities in our local schools.

We mentor the Dare Association of the Blind by providing a party each month

We provide glasses and adaptive equipment to families.

For more information call Angelo at 202-1190

 

 

 

 

 

“OBX Christmas ”

Friday

Dec. 12th

Candle Light Reflections 11/13/2008 6:00 pm

Teen Court	Hand out programs Direct people to church sanctuary Pass out candles
6pm	Rev. Wilson Introduces Warren Judge Chairman of Dare Commissioners
6:10 pm	Gail Welcome  & Poem
6:20	Rev Wilson welcome & comments
6:25	Angelo "Sleepwalking" an original song by Gary Shiebler
6:30	Kaye White poem
Scott Hopkin	Introduction of the Senior Chorus
6:35	Senior chorus 1.      Festival Gloria 2.     Music of Life 3.     Alleluia, Praise God 4.     Snow begins to fall 5.     One Candle  17 minutes
7pm  Candle lighting	Saying the names of people we love with Alzheimer's disease
7:10	Nick & friends
7:20	Benediction Rev Wilson
7:25	Angelo "You Raise me Up"
Refreshments	All Saints Church Hospitality Committee Teen Court assists

 

Seabreeze Florist- 261-1936

             

                               

 

 

Gail E Sonnesso M.S.

Executive Director

GEM Adult Day Services Inc.

Where group Respite is therapeutic for both our participants, and their families.

(252) 480-3354

http://www.gemdayservices.org

 

press release Harmony Café

Harmony Café

Friday November 14^th 7-9pm

His Dream Center in nags Head Corner of Baltic and Memorial

Featuring Rick Agular & Angelo Sonnesso

Cost $5.00 includes Music, endless Coffee or tea and desserts

 

A Coffee House sponsored by GEM Group Respite Services, Inc and the Nags Head Lions Club Continues their monthly Open Mic Night series Friday November 14^th at 7pm at His Dream Center, 205 Baltic St in Nags Head.

 

Enjoy the lively guitar music of Rick Agular and lyrical tenor voice and fluid keyboard style of Angelo Sonnesso.  We welcome musicians who would like to perform for us and we offer a sound system for your performance.

This coffee house will be held on the 2nd Friday of the month. Those interested in signing up for the open Mic may call Angelo at 202-1190 to reserve a time slot for the evening. Walk-ins are welcome.

Proceeds from the coffee house will support the Nags Head Lions Club in their projects providing services for children and adults with visual problems and GEM's programs supporting Dare County citizens with dementia and their care givers.

For more information about the GEM's Harmony Café call Gail Sonnesso at 252-480-3354.

angelo@Angelomusic.com –Nags Head Lions Club

gsonnesso@gmail.com – GEM Adult Day Services, Inc 

 

GEM Adult Day Services, Inc is a group respite program for people with memory loss. "GEM Delivers with Love and Expertise dementia care education and support"

Angelo Sonnesso M.A. M.S.
Social Worker for the Blind

Harmony Café

Harmony Café

Eat out & join us for Great Music, Dessert and Coffee only… $5.00

10 10 Magic mike

11 14 Rick Agular

12 12 Rising Wave?
UU Church
Angelo
1 8 Kim Kalman

2 13 Just Playn Dixieland

A Coffee House sponsored by GEM Adult Day Services, Inc and the Nags Head
Lions Club Continues their monthly Open Mic Night series Friday October 10,
at 7pm at His Dream Center, 205 Baltic St in Nags Head.

Compete for the "Peoples Choice Award" the winner receives a tee shirt.

Coffee, supplied by Southern Bean owner Eric Gardner, and delicious
homemade treats (supplied by Lions Club and GEM members) will be available
for a $5 donation.
This coffee house will be held on the 2nd Friday of the month. Those
interested in signing up for the open Mic may call Angelo at 202-1190 to
reserve a time slot for the evening. Walk-ins are welcome.
Proceeds from the coffee house will support the Nags Head Lions Club in
their projects providing services for children and adults with visual
problems and GEM's programs supporting Dare County citizens with dementia
and their care givers.
For more information about the GEM's Harmony Café call Gail Sonnesso at
252-480-3354.
angelo@Angelomusic.com –Nags Head Lions Club
gsonnesso@gmail.com – GEM Adult Day Services, Inc

GEM Adult Day Services, Inc is a group respite program for people with
memory loss. "GEM Delivers with Love and Expertise dementia care education
and support"

Accessible Devices The Conversion To Digital Television And TheBlind and Hard of Hearing User

The Conversion To Digital Television And The Blind and Hard of Hearing
User
The following article is worth reading as it provides information and
resources useful in making the conversion to digital television by those
of us with disability issues. The WGBH - Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family
National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) has published a new Outreach
and Policy Paper, Digital Television and Video Description: Service
Continues, Consumer and Industry Efforts Required Most consumers are
just now becoming aware of the mandated transition from analog to
digital broadcasting scheduled for February of 2009 and how it will
affect the TV viewing that they rely on daily. Blind or deaf consumers
who purchase digital TV sets, and subscribe to cable, satellite or
fiber-optic TV services have expressed frustration with set-up,
reception and incompatibility problems regarding access services
(captioning and video description) , few of which are understood or even
documented by manufacturers and retailers. In addition, people who want
to continue receiving free over-the-air broadcasts using their analog
sets and an antenna must purchase a set-top converter box to do so - and
figure out how to make captions and descriptions work for them. NCAM
previously published an overview of problems confronting deaf or
hard-of-hearing people trying to access captions via DTV or through a
converter box. The "DTVCC" paper can be found on NCAM's Web site listed
below. This new paper focuses on challenges facing blind or low vision
viewers who rely on video description to enjoy and fully understand
television programming. Topics covered include:
- Set-top Converter Boxes
- Accessible Menus
- Tips for Finding Video Description in DTV
- Troubleshooting
- and a Technical Note about PSIP (or Program and System Information
Protocol) This paper, along with much more information about the DTV
conversion from a variety of resources, can be found at NCAM's DTV
Access site, http://dtvaccess.org or http://ncam.wgbh.org/dtv We want to
hear from you... NCAM has established a one-way e-mail address,
dtvaccess@wgbh.org , as an aggregator of complaints and problems related
to the DTV rollout. If you send a report about a DTV access problem to
this address, you will receive an automatic response that says that your
report has been received and that we are gathering information but
cannot respond to your inquiry, and that we will pass along common
issues to relevant parties. About NCAM and WGBH The WGBH - Carl and Ruth
Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media is a research,
development and advocacy entity that works to make existing and emerging
technologies accessible to all audiences. NCAM is part of the Media
Access Group at WGBH, which also includes The Caption Center (est.
1972), and Descriptive Video
Service(r) (est. 1990). For more information, visit
http://access.wgbh.org . WGBH Boston is America's preeminent public
broadcasting producer, the source of fully one-third of PBS's prime-time
lineup, along with some of public television's best-known lifestyle
shows and children's programs and many public radio favorites. For more
information, visit the WGBH Web site, http://wgbh.org . Mary Watkins
Director of Communications and Outreach Media Access Group at WGBH
mary_watkins@wgbh.org http://access.wgbh.org One Guest Street Boston, MA
02135 617 300-3700 v/fax 617 300-2489 TTY WGBH Boston informs, inspires,
and entertains