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Good money, good monny. Welcome, welcome, welcome. It's time now

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for our community connection right here on
K the one you trust and is being

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brought to you by Arnold Lauren NK
Funeral Home. Today we have this is

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Angie Thompson and she's with Eldercare,
and Eldercare has got a great story to

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tell us. Hey, Tom,
it's so good to see you on this

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wonderful fall October morning. Great to
see you as well. Now we got

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kind of like a little birthday thing
going in the air, don't we.

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You know, we're celebrating our fortieth
year this year, and yeah, we're

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using the month of October to really
commemorate that. We have a special fundraising

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breakfast coming up on November eleventh with
Jim Bridenstein as our guest speaker. Lots

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of folks from our past former board
members and staff, our current staff and

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board members will be joining us at
Tri County Tech on November eleventh at nine

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point thirty. It'll be a great
celebration that day. It will be.

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Now, when I think of Eldercare
here in Martinville, I think, well,

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you got that nice facility out there. At twelve twenty three, swall

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right. Yeah, nice yard,
beautiful, beautiful building. And how many

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people work there because it looks kind
of hooge. It is huge, and

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thank you. You know, we
have nearly fifty employees who've work in all

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of our programs. And yeah,
and when you think about where we started

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forty years ago, we had an
executive director, Mary Luke Bork, a

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part time person who handled case management
that was Betty Sammer, and the entire

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operation was run by volunteers. At
one time, I think I counted eighty

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nine volunteers. You know, they
took care of our programs. They took

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care of the participants in Daybreak,
They went into the homes. Many of

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them were nurses, retired nurses,
and they would volunteer their time and go

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into the homes as case managers.
And now when I think about where we

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are in twenty twenty three, you
know, we have nearly fifty employees who

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run elder Care. But our early
days they were run by volunteers. Oh,

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my goodness, akes, it's incredible
to see forty years prior to right

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up here today. Now, Daybreak
was your first big flagship. That's your

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hallmark. It is, it is
the flagship program and when you think about

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the reason why Eldercare was formed,
the way that kind of unfolded, tom

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as a pretty interesting story. Pat
McClary was the Washington County Health nurse now

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forty years ago the Washington County Health
Department was Pat Lowry, That's what I

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understand. So she identified a need
in the senior adult area. They were

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falling through the cracks. Many of
their families were taking care of them at

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home. They'd been diagnosed with Alzheimer's
or dementia, and the only option for

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them at that time was nursing home
placement, and families just wanted another choice.

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She and Betty Sammer and Mary lou
Burk put together a model for Daybreak,

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and that was an adult day health
program. And you know, forty

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years ago that was a very novel
idea very to have an adult day health

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program, but they were able to
put it together. They held a day

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break one day a week in the
fellowship Hall at First Presbyterian Church for four

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hours, and the cost was fifteen
dollars a day and it was managed totally

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by volunteers. And you know,
when I look back at the pictures and

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I see the faces of the individuals
who were participating at that time. I

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saw the I can see the joy, you know, as they play the

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games and they do the cognitive activities. And what's a thrill for me is

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to walk through daybreak right now today
as I did yesterday, and I see

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the joy on the participants' faces.
And I see our staff engaged in meaningful

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activities with seniors, word games,
puzzles, other activities that stimulate their motor

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actions. You know, their hands
and their brains are engaged, their eye

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and hand coordination. It's really a
thrill for me to see that kind of

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engagement that's happening for seniors right now
in twenty twenty three. Well, they

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feel like they're plugged in, they're
doing something. It has a little bit

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of meaning, and it's a whole
lot of fun for most. Yeah.

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And you know, I got to
give props to our staff, you know,

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I see them engaged with the participants, and I think that's what is

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such a blessing for me is you
can tell they really love what they do.

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Oh gosh, yes. And then
from that day you've added on other

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things like foundation physical therapy. Right
you know, about fourteen years ago we

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added physical therapy. Of course,
we were in our new building at that

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time, and that's on Swan Drive. So when that building was instructed,

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we added physical therapy and we added
our health clinic. So right now,

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what you see when you walk into
elder Care as you see Foundation a therapy

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specialist, and that's an outpatient experience. We have an occupational therapist, a

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speech therapist, and physical therapists,
and they're able to use a multidisciplinary approach

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to help adults of all ages,
you know, not just seniors, but

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adults of all ages. I've seen
them work with college athletes who you know,

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need to recover from a sports injury
or a surgery. I've seen them

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work with the ninety year old,
you know, who needs a little help

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after a stroke. So we in
Foundation Therapy are able to work with adults

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of all ages. And I got
to tell you it's always a joy when

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we have a doctor Josh Andy being
here to talk about some of the miracles

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that happen every day. Yeah,
you know, I just got to say,

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our staff, I think are the
hidden jewel of our organization. I

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can't I can't think of too many
organizations that have a staff as committed as

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our staff is to a lot of
Oh my gosh, you bet you know,

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I'm thinking of Carol Davis. She's
been a billing specialist at Elder Care

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for nearly twenty years. That says
something about our organization and about Carol.

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It does. Now we also have
the clinic we started off once upon a

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time. Doctor Jerrold has always been
a part of it, still is still

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is that company he's got He has
a you know, we'll call it the

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Posse, the Doctor Jerald Posse.
He's got Ronda Lyine now, who is

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a nurse practitioner working with him.
We have a clinic administrator, a receptionist,

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several nurses who work with doctor Jerrell
in a scribe. We have our

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own lab on site, you know, so you can walk in and if

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he orders a lab, you just
walk to the next room and they do

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that for you. It's an amazing
experience. Oh wow, it's true,

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you know. It really is a
fantastic story. And now each and every

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year we do something a little fun
around may right good the good barbecue,

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and that kind of helps us solidify
things financially, to make sure everything,

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all the services get taken care of. It does, and it helps us,

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you know, be able to tell
our story, and that's what we're

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hoping with our Day of Giving and
fortieth celebration on November eleventh. It's another

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opportunity to tell the great work we've
done for forty years and how we're moving

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into the next decade, you know, retooling our programs, adding programs and

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making things possible. Yes, indeed, now we're going to take a quick

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break for our more Nika, if
you know. Home. When we come

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back, we're going to talk maybe
about some other things that are going on

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with Eldercare and some things that you
can kind of key in on and perhaps

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get some help yourself or with someone
you know and love. What a great

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resource we have in Eldercare. We'll
be right back after these words. How

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does Tim Howell at Arnold Moore and
Nie camp Pulal home, No, he's

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done a good job. After a
funeral, I'll come in and say,

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guys, great job, we really
hit that out of the part today.

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The family was well pleased. And
that's the phrase right there, when a

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family member tells me, you made
this experience so much easier than I thought

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it was going to be. Thank
you. That is the high five moment

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right there, and then six months
later you run into them in a store

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or a restaurant and they come up
to you and shake your hand, put

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their arm around your husband and say, this is our funeral director. He

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helped us so much when dad died. He is a nice guy. His

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staff is so compassionate and so caring. They did a great job. That

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is the ultimate experience. They've had
time to grieve a little bit and reflect

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on what you've done, and they
come in and they're still on cloud nine

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because you help them pay tribute to
someone they really cared about. It'll be

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all right. We'll walk through this
together. Arnold Moore and Nie Camp Funeral

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Home, seven ten Dewey, Bartlesville, We'll walk through this together. Welcome

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back to our community connection and we
have Angie Thompson and here with us with

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Eldercare and Angie, we're talking about
all the great history that we have here

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with Eldercare, but we have things
in the present that are going on right

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now. Now. You've recently wrapped
up your flu shot drive through, but

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that doesn't mean that you're through with
the flu shots. No, absolutely,

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Our clinic will provide flu vaccines for
anyone in the community. You don't have

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to be a patient at the clinic. You can just walk in and get

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a seasonal flu vaccine. And they
also have the RSV and the COVID vaccine.

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No appointment is needed, so they
have plenty of staff. That's Monday

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through Friday from eight to five anytime, just walk in and get your flu

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shot. Right. So if you
just happen to be in the neighborhood,

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and what a beautiful neighborhood you have, Yes, you have great neighbors too.

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Also a little thing coming up here
for folks who are sixty four turning

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sixty five, or you're sixty five
and you haven't yeah, yeah, the

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medicare term now. Some folks say, oh wow, that's pretty cool.

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You know, I get to take
advantage of this. Well, you might

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need a little navigation, you know, there is you got to have somebody

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holding your hands sometimes through that.
But every fall we hold the Medicare part

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D free counseling. We have staff
who will work with folks and help them

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make the best choice for their part
D. You know, some things change

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from year to year, and it's
always a very good idea to be on

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top of your part D plan and
Jerry Lindley and others at eldercare are able

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to counsel those folks and make sure
they have their plan up to date and

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if there are changes that need to
be made, they can help them with

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those changes. And when you get
to be a certain age, your mail

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box gets kind of full from Uncle
Sam regarding this, and you really kind

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of it's really nice that they're on
top of it, because it's difficult for

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the average person to Yeah, it's
right, Oh and it's free. Now

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coming up once again, we've got
the forty year anniversary and it's a big

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breakfast. It's very nice to do, as they say, tell us more

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about it. How do we sign
up, how do we get to share

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the Well, it's a fundraising breakfast
and we're holding it at Tri County Tech

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because we expect a large crowd.
Jim Bridenstein, former NASA administrator, US

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Congressman, navy pilot, is going
to be the guest speaker. Our theme

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is setting new Heights because we really
do believe that in twenty twenty four,

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the community is going to be amazed
at our program development. They're just going

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to love what Eldercare will do,
but that's on Saturday, November eleventh.

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They can call Eldercare to reserve their
tickets nine one eight three three six eight

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five zero zero, or they can
purchase them on our website about eldercare dot

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org, forward slash breakfast. All
right, suddenly I'm hungry for knowledge and

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breakfast. But this is going to
be great and it's all about Eldercare and

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it's a great way to celebrate.
It's a great way to learn about this

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great resource we have in our community. It's also a nice way to help

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support it. Yeah, that is
we need you know. It's always good

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to show your support for the organizations
that you love, and there are so

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many in Bartlesville who need our support. But we would encourage you to give

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to Eldercare. Well. Thank you. And you know something we tell everybody

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about all the great services that Eldercare
provides. But we need to clear the

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air here because there is some confusion. Right, Eldercare is not a nursing

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home facility. It is quite opposite. Yeah, it's not a residential facility.

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We're open Monday through Friday from seven
thirty to five thirty most programs,

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and we're a resource center. We
help aging adults stay independent in their homes

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for as long as possible. We
connect them with resources, services, and

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programs that help them do that.
See, you get to stay in your

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home. Yes, everyone wants the
age at home. Yes we do.

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Be independent, be independent, Stay
independent. You've been independent since you were

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what a teenager? Well you're gonna
stay that way till till the Lord takes

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you home? Right, Oh,
Angie, thank you very much, thank you,