North Central News October 2017

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Elder care: Many options for an age-old dilemma By Linda Tishler Levinson

For Beverly Morin, being home alone all day was difficult. At 87, the Somers woman needs help preparing meals and other activities of daily living. She lives with her daughter, but needs care during the day while her daughter is at work. Adult day care was the answer for Morin, a client at New England Gold Care in Somers. “It’s so much better than being home alone,” Morin said. She enjoys having breakfast and lunch there and the companionship of being able to spend her day with others. Like Morin and her daughter, many families face the dilemma of finding ways to care for their elderly loved ones while still needing to work. To fill that need, especially as baby

boomers have aged, companies offering elder care services, including home care, adult day care, assisted living and nursing home care, have proliferated. But has the expansion kept pace with need or is the market becoming oversaturated? The possible closure of Blair Manor in Enfield has raised these concerns among some residents in North Central Connecticut. In response to a recommendation by a court-appointed receiver to close the facility, residents turned out at a Sept. 18 Enfield Town Council meeting to express their concerns and urge the council to intervene and support a petition asking the state to keep Blair Manor open.

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