Adult Day Care Services

Aging in Place

Adult Day Centers provide a coordinated program of professional and compassionate services for adults in a community-based group setting. Services are designed to provide social and some health services for adults who need supervised care in a safe place outside the home during the day. They also afford caregivers respite from the demanding responsibilities of caregiving. Adult day care facilities for the elderly are licensed and inspected by the Department of Aging. Costs for Adult Day Centers range from $60/day to $100+/day on average in the Lehigh Valley. The costs are paid for with private funds or may be partially or fully covered by long-term care insurance, Veterans Assistance, or Medicaid through the county’s Aging Waiver Program.

Adult Day Centers

Organization Medicaid

(PT/OT/ST) Therapy Podiatrist Meals Transportation Exercise Garden Therapy Nursing Staff Community Outings

Crafts/Games/Music Pet Therapy Bathing Beauty/Barber Hours

(AM-PM)

• • • • • • • • • • • • • 6:30-5:30 M-F

Adult Day Services at Westminster Village

2156 Hanover Avenue, Allentown, PA 18109 YourVeryBestDay.org 610-782-8390

• • • • • • • • • • • • • 6:30-5:30 M-F 8:00-2:00 Sat

Devi Adult Day Services

2045 Westgate Drive, Suite 100, Bethlehem, PA 18017 deviadultday.com 610-419-3665

• • • • • • • • • • • • • 6:30-6:00 M-F

SarahCare of the Lehigh Valley

7010 Snowdrift Road, Suite 100m Allentown, PA 18106 sarahcarelv.com 267-644-5635

• • • • • • • • • • 8:00-5:00 M-F 24/7 on-call service

SeniorLIFE

Senior LIFE is an all-inclusive care program, see p. 18 3365 High Point Blvd., Bethlehem, PA 18017 SeniorLifeLehighValley.com 610-954-5433 • • • • • • • •

7:30-5:00 M-F

YWCA Bethlehem Adult Day Center

3893 Adler Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 YWCABethlehem.org 610-867-4660

Angelic Paths Palliative Care Program

• Medical Director

o Nurse Practitioners - Liaisons between family, patient, and Physicians - Can write orders for medications and supplies - Conduct medication reviews - Manage patients’ symptoms - Discuss goals of care with patient and family • Support Team o Chaplains o Social Workers

Our Goals of Hospice:

• To help the patient live as fully and comfortably as possible. • To support the family as the primary care givers. • To enable the patient to stay wherever they call home or if needed, to provide a care alternative. • To provide support and education to bereaved hospice family members and the public. • To educate the public about the hospice philosophy and concept of care. • To contain cost by supplementing — not duplicating existing services.

What is Palliative Care?

• Practice of chronic disease and symptom management • Fully recognized subspecialty of medicine. o Palliative care is NOT the same thing as Hospice. • Palliative care is provided to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life-threatening disease. • Palliative care is an approach to care that addresses the person as a whole, not just their disease.

188 Main Street, Suite 2 Emmaus, PA 18049 Goals of Our Program

• Improve quality of life • Work directly with patient and family to help make medical decisions that best align with the patient’s life goals and philosophy • Symptom management advance care planning assess medical conditions • Psychological support to patients and families advocate for patient’s rights and wishes • Decrease rehospitalizations • Transition the patient to Hospice when appropriate

The Impact of Early Palliative Care Intervention

• 50% less hospital readmissions* • 35% less emergency room visits* • Lung cancer patients shown to have improved quality of life and live 2.7 months longer when receiving palliative care over patients without palliative care.*

*Note: see our website for data sources.