REED CITY: Proper care and engaging activities for seniors are components of many communities, and a Reed City senior care center aims to give seniors in the domain the greatest possible access to pleasurable living.
Papa’s Place opened in 2018 under the ownership of Nicole Haney and has since strived to be as adaptable as possible for its elders.
Haney was encouraged to create a daycare center for patients with memory disorders after her own delight of being worried about her grandfather, Sam Avery, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, a condition that can change her personality from extroverted to depressed, and could require watch care.
“I started it after my grandfather, who went through Dad, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and it was getting worse pretty quickly,” Haney said. “My grandmother was hesitant to allow other people into the house. So I started setting up this core program to give it a break.
She said her work in healthcare has helped the company’s goals.
“It seems like I’ve always been in the fitness box, but at the time I applied for a network intellectual fitness firm and researched adult foster homes and came up with the concept of a day program,” she said. he just took the concept and used it, and adapted it to express it to other people with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia bureaucracy. “
The center, at 121 West Upton Ave. in Reed City, is approximately 1,500 square feet and is the former thrift store.
Papa’s Place also provides home care as an assisted living facility with the daycare program.
There is no minimum age requirement for Papa’s Place, and visitors are not denied due to an express medical condition.
Haney said the adaptability of the daycare program is one facet of the business.
“What I like about the day program is that it’s a structured environment and we can focus on its capabilities,” Haney said. “We adapt everything we do to what they need to do, and they are in a framework that is structured especially for them.
“The world we live in is no longer suitable for older people, so there is a lot of overstimulation in older people when they even faint to eat. Now, they are expected to place orders on a portable tablet and pay through a tablet. Many of the things older adults enjoyed doing, some were lost.
As with many senior care services during the pandemic, Dad’s position had to make some changes to safely provide the same good enough care his participants are used to.
Staff stopped offering care from five days a week to 3 days a week and then two.
Haney said it was complicated but mandatory for the health and protection of the other people they served, not being able to provide comprehensive care in a facility to those who needed it.
“We ended up closing the center of the day absolutely at the height of the pandemic,” Haney said, “It was smart because it allowed us to succeed with those other people at home through our home care services, so they weren’t going through with nothing. They were still getting staff and we started bringing the core knowledge into their home, which felt like going through and helping to bathe and prepare food and medication reminders, and a little cleaning. “
Haney is fully licensed and qualified to provide care to seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia and has over thirteen years of experience in caring for the elderly.
The care provided through Papa’s Place has garnered positive feedback, according to Haney.
“We’ve gained wonderful feedback,” Haney said. So much so that we had one of our clients’ doctors who may not really prescribe our day program, but who told him, ‘If we can prescribe something, it would be to go back to the middle, so as soon as they reopen, you have to go through again. ‘He had noticed such a drop in his intellectual state the time he did not attend the day in the middle of the pandemic.
Going forward, Haney and his employees look forward to continuing to provide quality care to customers and continuing to make a difference for the senior community.
A new “peace of mind” program for clients aims to satisfy the easier wishes of seniors or their full responsibilities that don’t require attention throughout the day.
“One of the most important things we’re seeing is that there’s a huge gap in senior services, whether it’s because of money issues or just not knowing what’s there,” Haney said. “One of the things we’re doing is launching new programs, we’re doing an electronic caregiver program where other people who don’t want hands-on care, however, might want someone to register them. “
Papa’s Place hopes to return to providing childcare five days a week. Currently, they have a waiting list for clients interested in participating in the child care program.
To learn more about Papa’s Place and its services, visit the company’s online page on www. papasplaceadc. com.