PHOEBE AND BAYADA TO OFFER FREE PROGRAM ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Allentown, PA – Phoebe at Home Services Geriatric Care Management Program and Bayada Home Health Care are sponsoring Coping with Alzheimer’s Disease, a free event for local community members. Featuring Fred Buse, author of, A Caregiver’s Tips: My Wife Had Alzheimer’s Disease, the event will take place on March 24, 2012 from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. at Jordan United Church of Christ, 1837 Church Road, Allentown.

The event will offer:

*   Valuable tips to help make caregiving less stressful
*   Local actors, Brenda and Kerry McGuire presenting moments in the life of a caregiver, based on the memoir of a local author
*   Phoebe’s Care Managers and Bayada Home Health Care answering questions in a Q &A format
*   A light lunch and refreshments

Call 610-794-6555 or e-mail caremanager@phoebe.org<mailto:caremanager@phoebe.org> by March 20th with your plans to attend.

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Phoebe Ministries is a not-for-profit, multi-facility organization specializing in healthcare, housing, and support services for senior adults throughout eastern and central Pennsylvania. Founded in 1903, and affiliated with the United Church of Christ, Phoebe Ministries offers a full continuum of care and 16 communities in six counties that provide a variety of living options to suit the diverse needs and desires of senior adults. Our services, which provide over $8.3 million in charitable and benevolent care, include long-term care, independent living, skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation, pharmacy consulting and distribution, at-home geriatric care management, specialized memory support programming, and respite care serving over 6,000 seniors annually.
For over a century the Phoebe name has stood for a tradition of excellence with a passion for caring. It’s why the Phoebe Ministries is the preferred choice of senior adults and their family members.

Trina Johnson-Brady
Community Relations Coordinator
Marketing and Institutional Advancement * Phoebe Ministries
1925 Turner Street * Allentown, PA 18104