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Senior day care facility shuffle part 2

On April 2nd 2017 I wrote about the closing of one of the Senior day care facilities.

Friday was the last day for the Senior Resource Connection Adult day services facility in Kettering.

Source: Senior day care facility shuts down – Esrati [1]

After surveying the landscape of options, I got mom into the Day Away program at St. Leonard in Centerville. Outstanding staff, facility, and for 2 days a week, my ability to focus 100% on work was restored.

I’d been meaning to write this week that the SRC facility had been taken over by Goodwill Easter Seals and reopened. I learned of this from an employee of SRC. I’d not been contacted by the facility, as a former “client”- nor had I seen anything in the media. But it seemed to me, that just like our tangled mess of local government duplicated services- that we’ve got the same problem in social services, health care, and non-profits.

Today, I got a letter in the mail from CHI Living Communities, the parent of the St. Leonard center. As of Sept 1, 2017, they too will close.

There is a meeting scheduled for families in July where they will explain options.

One thing I do know is that the need for these kinds of facilities is growing, not shrinking, and that if anything, we need more options not less.

Considering much of this is managed through our social services levy and the Area Agency on Aging, I think it would be great to get some kind of community analysis of needs and resources for caring for seniors who are still able to function in their own homes, but benefit from some social interaction as well as caregiver support.

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Stacy Thompson

I agree David. For a short time I sent my father to the Goodwill Easter Seals facility on Koontz Road, but found it to be underwhelming (dark, restrooms in need of remodeling and cleaning, etc)….I felt so strongly about the restrooms I purchased and provided a portable toilet for my father to use while there. Goodwill kept saying they were going to open a new site but there didn’t appear to be a real timeline so I finally just pulled my Dad out. The program on Bigger Rd was wonderful (I’ve volunteered there in the past) but as you noted it closed. MVH had one (closed) and Trotwood had one at Maria Joseph (closed)……I am concerned about the limited number of elder care facilities within the Dayton city limits (I know of only the Kuntz Rd facility and while it may be better today….it was not very inviting a few years ago). I have always been curious why Goodwill Easter Seals didn’t add an elder daycare facility to the beautiful building they built for their offices on Main St. in Dayton? As you have noted, this is a real need in our community and sadly it is not being sufficiently addressed. Our seniors and their caregivers truly deserve better…..