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Day Program for Adults - Yesteryears

Yesteryears is a social adult day program offering frail, isolated or impaired seniors over 60 years of age structured, supervised activities in a warm, caring environment. This program brings greater quality to the life of the senior in addition to providing caregivers with a much needed rest. Staff provides support for caregivers through this program, educational information, and referral to other community services.

This program:

  • Offers the participants opportunities for socialization with peers

  • Encourages participants to maintain their maximum level of independence
  • Provides a variety of creative activities, including: music therapy, light exercise, stimulating discussions and sharing of memories. These are but a few activities that are part of our day.
  • Emphasizes supervision and a more structured environment than our Senior Centers.
  • Provides hot lunches daily through the Office for Aging Nutrition Program
  • Offers nutritious snacks
  • Encourages intergenerational visits (from children's day care programs and teen and pre-teen programs).
  • Makes available a hairdresser at scheduled times at the Isbell Street site.
  • Welcomes volunteers to come and give of their time by being a part of our program.

Yesteryear volunteers are part of our devoted staff that may assist with games, exercises, reminiscing and serving lunch. Come and visit and see how you can make a difference! We promise this experience will bring happiness into your life! (For more information, call 607.778.2946)

Prior to attending Yesteryears, Community Alternative Systems Agency (CASA) will complete a home assessment and the Office for Aging will be involved throughout the assessment process to assist in any way possible.

Yesteryears Adult Day Program: What to Expect

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For further information, call yesteryears at 607.778.2946

Testimonials
"Dad didn't want to go to the first or second visit; but with the information that the program staff provided, we were able to get through the difficult beginning and now he loves it and attends three days a week."

"How can we ever repay them. Yesteryears gives Mom a lovely place to go and she is surrounded by loving and caring people. She is happy with her new-found friends and can't wait for the days that she goes."

"By attending Yesteryears, Mom has something meaningful in her life with her new friends. Thank you so much for this program; it has saved my life."

 
 

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