Community resources for older adults and their families in Valley

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Elvis Presley is mounting the code for the time astatine OASIS Adult Day Program successful northeast Fresno.

It didn't instrumentality agelong for the guys and gals to get connected their feet to determination and groove.

Listening to euphony and dancing is conscionable 1 of respective activities astatine OASIS -- a time programme for those with representation loss.

"Memory nonaccomplishment is isolating arsenic you commencement to recognize you're not navigating beingness however you utilized to," says Program Manager Meghan Velasquez. "You commencement to consciousness your independency dilatory being stripped distant from you and you withdraw. You'll look retired the window, you ticker TV longer, you're not arsenic engaged astatine home. Having a spot similar Oasis, they tin come, they tin engage."

OASIS has been invaluable to Vicki Anderson, who is simply a caregiver to her husband, Bob.

Anderson says she was hesitant astatine archetypal but with her inactive moving full-time, Oasis was successful the champion involvement for her and her husband.

"He wasn't depressed anymore," she said. "He enjoyed going. He calls it his work, and helium worked six days a week successful the car concern forever. It gave him purpose, determination to spell and socialization."

The time programme is 1 of respective resources offered by Valley Caregiver Resource Center.

Michelle DiBuduo is the enforcement manager and says it's important to besides supply enactment to the older adult's household caregiver, which is wherefore the enactment has a enactment program.

"We're capable to springiness them respite, wherever we tin wage for idiosyncratic to spell successful and springiness them a break, babelike connected backing and it depends however overmuch we tin springiness there," she said. "We besides person ineligible consultations, nonrecreational counseling. We person astir 50 classes a year, specified arsenic the connection of dementia."

The State of California hopes to span the spread betwixt older adults, families, caregivers and enactment networks.

With much than 8 cardinal Californians 60 years oregon older, the Department of Aging Director says present is the clip for loved ones to commencement talking astir the aging process and uncovering resources to help.

"When we tin commencement having those conversations aboriginal and sharing that accusation much widely, with household and friends, earlier it's needed, it's great," says Susan DeMarois, Director of CA Department of Aging.

The section present has a resource usher online with a assortment of accusation connected topics specified arsenic nutrition, lodging options and elder abuse.

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