a. | 5 Sunday, November 25, 2007 COMMUNITY THE POST PAGE7 Proceeds from the Dallas Harvest Festival Chili Bowl Contests from 2006 and 2007 were recently presented to the Back Mountain Food Pantry to help purchase food for the more than 150 food orders that went out of the pantry for Thanksgiving this year. The check for $225 was presented by Dallas Borough Manager Joe Moskovitz on behalf of the Festival Steering Committee. From left, are Joe Hardisky and Lena: Baur, food pantry board members; Joe Mosko- SUBMITTED PHOTO ® bili Bowl Contests proceeds benefit food pantry vitz, Dallas Borough Manager; Rev. Michael Bealla, board chairman and pastor at Trucksville United Methodist Church; and Beverly Butler, board member and pastor at Lehman/Idetown United Methodist Church. ALZHEIMER'S PRAYER VIGIL : CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Families, friends and Alzheimer’s patients gathered at the Meadows Center in Dallas for a prayer vigil. 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No cash value. le lcle Up to a $10.00 Value Regularly Priced Medicine Shoppe® Brand Product Up to a $10.00 Value LF Nd ALZHEIMER'S Continued from Page 1 cook a meal. Even that would be a relief; every gesture is still appreciated,” she says. Or, Fairley suggests friends ask for a list of suggestions that might help an Alzheim- er’s family. 2. Seek early interventions, read and keep searching for answers. In 1995, David Fairley be- gan taking a drug called Exe- lon, which slows the progres- sion of the disease. Since his diagnosis and early treat- ment, Fairley has built a house, of which he is very proud, and suffered only mild memory loss. He was, and still is at 76, in good physical condition. The couple visited many physicians and learned about the disease. “I really dug around, found people that could help but you have to go looking for them and be your own advo- cate,” Kay Fairley says. Fortu- ‘nately, David was coopera- tive. “New drugs like Neumendia and Aricept were not availa- ble five years ago,” says Es- telle Parker Killian, of the Alzheimer’s Association in Wilkes-Barre. Laws and funding for home health care are changing ev- ery day so it can help to pay attention and contact your legislator or local aging office for new details. A good web- site for general information is www.Alz.@org. The illness will affect three percent of the 65 to 74-year- old population and half of people over 85, the Alzheim- er’s Association projects. Lo- cally, the Office for the Aging in Luzerne and Wyoming counties is 822-1158 or 1-800- 252-1512 The Alzheimer’s Associ- ation number is 822-9915 or 1-800-559-0404. 3. Ask for and seek the help you need. Today, the Fairleys get along with the help of nurse aides in the morning to assist in bathing, dressing and feed- ing. “lI can’t even get breakfast for him because he will stand right next to me because he is hungry and gets agitated; then he wants to touch and taste everything and I'm afraid he’ll get burned or hurt in the kitchen,” Kay says. She used to enjoy taking David for walks around the A message board is just one way Dave and Kay Fairley communi- cate with each other. Kay writes notes on the board each morning to stimulate and inspire her husband, who suffers from Alz- heimers disease. neighborhood but he would wander, so now a male nurse aide comes in the afternoon to provide some outdoor field trips, companionship and en- tertainment. Kay’s sister lives with the Fairleys and helps in the eve- ning hours. “It’s like having a 2- or 3- year-old living with you; you can’t leave him alone for a minute,” Kay says of David while she wears a fanny pack and a ring of color-coded keys for each door in the house. “We are in lock down here all the time,” she explains. If not for the help of these caregivers and a support group she attends once a month in Dallas, Kay could not care for her husband at home. The support group in Dallas meets at 11 a.m. the first Thursday of every month at the Meadows Center. “It (the support group) was and has been a blessing to me,” she says. Kay receives financial reim- bursement for the caregivers through the county Office for the Aging caregiver program. Programs are always changing so she suggests people call or keep in contact with legisla- tors or local offices for the ag- ing. Non-medical at-home care can cost between $8 and $20 an hour and full-day care programs are $40 to $60 an hour. Support groups, churches, friends and family all are ave- nues of support for a caregiv- er who can sometimes feel CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALALS POST overwhelmed and isolated. 4. Urge churches, commu- nity groups and agencies to organize and maintain adult day care facilities. Kay tried unsuccessfully to place her husband in a nurs- ing home. “Unfortunately, he was eas- ily able to disconnect the alarm system and escape and that was when I realized that I needed to keep him home,” she says. That is one reason why 75 percent of Alzheim- er’s patients are cared for in their homes. Kay wishes that area churches could get in- volved and provide adult day- care with appropriate facili- ties for Alzheimer’s patients. The need will continue to grow, according to Annette Grella, planning and program development director at the Wyoming and Luzerne Coun- ty Office for the Aging. As the baby boom generation ages, she expects a huge surge in the next 10 to 15 years in the need for adult day care cen- ters and nursing home care. Now, only a handful of cen- ters and nursing homes are approved for Alzheimer’s care in Wyoming and Luzerne counties. Despite feeling isolated, overwhelmed and exhausted and being under-served in her rural environment, Kay Fair- ley feels blessed and is cheer- ful. 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