• Continental breakfast, a hot noon meal, and nutritious snacks - Special diets accommodated

• Assistance with eating and walking.

• Limited local transportation is provided by St. Kilian’s Social Ministry Outreach. A handicap-equipped van allows for local door-to-door service.

• A secure environment to ensure the safety of those who may be confused or wander.

• We offer a monthly support group for caregivers to share experiences about meeting the daily challenges of care-giving.

A typical day at Farmingdale Adult Day Care begins with a light breakfast and general conversation. Each client is greeted warmly, assisted to a seat, served a light breakfast, and coffee or tea. A name badge is affixed to each client and volunteer to facilitate conversation. Soon after everyone is settled, a staff member or volunteer will proceed to the ‘current events’ item on the agenda. This entails reading appropriate Newspaper articles to the group and expanding on conversation topics. Specific features in Newsday, such as “This Date in History”, “Today’s Birthdays”, and “Horoscopes” are read daily. A ‘trivia question’, a joke or two, and an amusing anecdote usually follow current events.

The next item on the agenda is exercise. The group is assisted across the room to a seat in the activity area. A staff member or volunteer leads the clients in a series of appropriate exercises. Other staff members and volunteers assist the clients by explaining the motions of the simple exercises.

Exercise is followed by a scheduled event. This may be entertainment (sing-a-longs, reminiscing, musicians, lecturers or other outside entertainers), arts and crafts therapy, pet therapy (a supervised visit to the center by a furry friend), intergenerational activities (visits by FUMC nursery school), or “celebrate the day” (lectures and activities using FADC’s various resource books). Most scheduled events are listed on our monthly calendar. Generally, when a scheduled event does not last until lunch, volunteers or staff will conduct a blackboard activity (group word games) or a game (appropriate physical games designed especially for our clients) to bridge the gap.

The next item on the agenda is lunch. Delicious and nutritious hot lunches are provided through the services of Daleview Nursing Home.

The agenda reverts back to a scheduled event after lunch. Clients may once again be assisted back to the circle area for an activity. A snack is served later, shortly before a day at FADC ends.  Afterwards, clients may need assistance with clothing and preparing to go home.

Volunteers who are routine-oriented may enjoy assisting in the preparation and serving of meals. This may involve slicing and buttering bread or bagels for meals, preparing and serving coffee or tea or juice to the clients, setting the table, preparing the luncheon plates or serving the meals. Although we use disposable plates and eating utensils, cleaning up after meals is also a very important function at FADC and would entail clearing and wiping the tables and counters, washing serving utensils, and putting everything away.

Creative volunteers are always welcome. Many of our volunteers design simple games or craft activities for the clients to construct. Other volunteers are needed to assist the clients in performing the steps necessary to complete the various activities.