Speaker 1: You trust.
Speaker 2: And dude, we got our friends in from elder care today.
Speaker 1: How are we doing, young'uns doing?
Speaker 3: Hell?
Speaker 4: Yes, I love that, Jennifer, and it's and Michael Koh laugh.
Speaker 2: I'll say that because I got a little special card
Speaker 2: in the mail the other day that signifies that I've
Speaker 2: hit some sort of age.
Speaker 1: But you guys aren't. We're close to that.
Speaker 2: But elder Care is there when I need you and
Speaker 2: when anybody really absolutely everybody.
Speaker 5: Have a good holiday, wonderful holiday, Happy New Year. Can
Speaker 5: you believe it's twenty twenty five already?
Speaker 6: Like we're twenty four.
Speaker 4: Go yeah, it's twenty twenty five yesterday, We're still not
Speaker 4: able to transport and I'm just waiting on that.
Speaker 3: I've thought back in the eighties by now, I'm.
Speaker 1: Still waiting from a flying car.
Speaker 6: Yeah, well, I think you're gonna have to wait just
Speaker 6: a little.
Speaker 1: Bit longer I drive it might fly an older care.
Speaker 5: Oh well, we're just I kind of feel like we
Speaker 5: took a big breath for the holidays. We were so thrilled,
Speaker 5: you know, we had a great end of the year
Speaker 5: with you know, our blitzen Binga was just.
Speaker 6: A couple of weeks ago. It feels like months ago,
Speaker 6: but it was it was last year.
Speaker 3: Last year. Yes, No, that was like a month ago.
Speaker 4: About fantastic little fundraiser that we did in conjunction with
Speaker 4: the radio Barcel Radio here, had a lot of fun
Speaker 4: with that, and then really from a development fundraising side,
Speaker 4: we had a fantastic December.
Speaker 3: We had.
Speaker 4: The community step up and just show why Bartlesoe was
Speaker 4: so wonderful and they really took care of us in
Speaker 4: a wonderful way to kind of kickstart us into twenty
Speaker 4: twenty five with a lot of new things that we
Speaker 4: want to do and really need to do for our community.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so we're you know, I would, I would say,
Speaker 5: in twenty five looking at some really great initiatives that
Speaker 5: are coming through. You know, we don't want to talk
Speaker 5: about it. I know Tom's got that look on to
Speaker 5: say said there where he's like telling me more.
Speaker 1: Tell me more. I've always got that look.
Speaker 6: Tell me more. And we're we're not quite ready to
Speaker 6: share all of those things.
Speaker 5: Yeah, bet we are excited because what we did in
Speaker 5: twenty four is spend time kind of looking at a
Speaker 5: strategic plan, looking at how aging has changed in the world,
Speaker 5: how aging is changing in our community, how the programs
Speaker 5: that we have are really well serving our community, and
Speaker 5: what can we do to enhance those or what other
Speaker 5: programs can we add to to to make it better.
Speaker 5: And we spent twenty four talking to our community, talking
Speaker 5: to people who had ideas, kind of figuring out where
Speaker 5: we are. And so in twenty five we're looking to
Speaker 5: start moving towards some of those things. I would say,
Speaker 5: we're not done with that. So if you're a community
Speaker 5: member and you've never met us as Elder Care and
Speaker 5: you're curious what we do, come see us. If you're
Speaker 5: fromamiliar with us and you have ideas and say, I
Speaker 5: really think this part would be really helpful or this
Speaker 5: resource would be something really needed in the community, we
Speaker 5: ask that you share that with us, because we are
Speaker 5: at a point where we're ready to relook at everything
Speaker 5: and say, you know, it's.
Speaker 6: Got to change a little bit.
Speaker 5: The population is getting bigger, but it's also getting older,
Speaker 5: and it's changing the way we want to age, the
Speaker 5: way we want to do things is changing, and we
Speaker 5: want to make sure that we are aligned with what
Speaker 5: our community needs. So twenty five is going to be
Speaker 5: exciting year.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I would add to that, if you want to
Speaker 4: know more. Jennifer said, come to us. We'd love you
Speaker 4: to come to the elder Care building and we'll give
Speaker 4: you a tour. But if you have a church with
Speaker 4: a Sunday school class, or a small group or a lunch,
Speaker 4: or you have a civic organization and you want us
Speaker 4: to come to you, we'll come to you. And I
Speaker 4: would love to come and share.
Speaker 6: Yeah, and I would say business too.
Speaker 5: So we've come to many businesses, and maybe we just
Speaker 5: talk about, you know what a couple of things you
Speaker 5: may need to know about turning sixty five, or maybe
Speaker 5: we just discussed.
Speaker 2: By the way you guys were life shavers that I'm
Speaker 2: not kidding you, or maybe you want us to come
Speaker 2: talk about the caregiving support that we offer.
Speaker 5: So right now, being a caregiver, you could be twenty five,
Speaker 5: you can be forty five, you can be sixty five.
Speaker 5: I mean, caregiving starts at a different time of your life.
Speaker 5: It depends on your own family and your makeup. And
Speaker 5: if you have a lot of employees and you just
Speaker 5: want us to come talk about the things we do
Speaker 5: and how that might serve you or your family.
Speaker 6: It's not just limited to one section of people.
Speaker 5: So we'd love to come chat with you in twenty
Speaker 5: five or have you come to our building. We have
Speaker 5: a great meeting room and you can bring your employees
Speaker 5: to us and we'll do it there.
Speaker 4: People get thrust into caregiving, I think unexpectedly, way too often,
Speaker 4: always change one and that and there. And we just
Speaker 4: went through the holidays, which can be taxing for anyone,
Speaker 4: but then add caregiver on top of that during the
Speaker 4: holiday season, and we have a caregiver support group.
Speaker 5: We do it needs the first Thursday of every month,
Speaker 5: so the next one would be January seventh at ten am,
Speaker 5: and so once.
Speaker 6: A month we have a caregiving support group. It's great
Speaker 6: to know about.
Speaker 4: You'll get resources, you'll find other people who are caregivers
Speaker 4: and learn from them, lean upon each other. It's really
Speaker 4: wonderful and we want people to understand that Eldercare is
Speaker 4: there to help you as a caregiver, to give you
Speaker 4: some of that respite from the caregiving, to find those resources,
Speaker 4: to find others that you have something in common with.
Speaker 4: So I think especially after the holidays, people are tired
Speaker 4: and we want to be able to help them start
Speaker 4: the new year a fresh, energized way and be the
Speaker 4: best caregiver they possibly.
Speaker 6: Can be well.
Speaker 5: And I always look at it as sometimes you don't
Speaker 5: know what solutions are out there. I know, any solutions
Speaker 5: or options that you have, Yeah, and so you don't
Speaker 5: know what those are.
Speaker 6: You don't even know where to start. And so I
Speaker 6: think that's what's really scary about when you.
Speaker 5: Kind of become a caregiver at first. There's so many
Speaker 5: questions you have. How do I advocate for my loved one?
Speaker 6: What do I do?
Speaker 5: How do I how do I have that hard conversation?
Speaker 5: What if this is just more out of my scope
Speaker 5: than I thought? Like, maybe maybe I need a little
Speaker 5: more help than what I can just do.
Speaker 6: And so what options do I have?
Speaker 5: What does what does an independent assist an independent living
Speaker 5: assistant living? What is a nurse? What do all those
Speaker 5: terms actually mean? What does respite an adult day help mean?
Speaker 5: So one of the things I would say is if
Speaker 5: you are new to your caregiving role or maybe your
Speaker 5: years and to your caregiming role, and you're ready to
Speaker 5: maybe re explore some options and just say, am I
Speaker 5: really still are me and my family still getting the
Speaker 5: best out of this? Are we still kind of on
Speaker 5: the right path for us and how we want it
Speaker 5: to feel, or do we maybe need to make some
Speaker 5: tweaks and think about our daybreak program. Just come talk
Speaker 5: with us, because sometimes that's all you need is a
Speaker 5: twenty minute conversation to feel like you're ready or you
Speaker 5: refresh shows options, so if you need them, you know
Speaker 5: they're in your tool belt and you have them.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I got to tell you it's a great
Speaker 2: resource we have with Eldercare. And for the folks who
Speaker 2: might be new to the community, Eldercare is not a
Speaker 2: residential facility. In fact, it's quite the opposite. We're there
Speaker 2: to make sure that you can live independently, age in
Speaker 2: place as the term goes, for as long as you
Speaker 2: would like. If you're a stubborn person like me, that's
Speaker 2: a real good thing.
Speaker 6: And it's how you like it.
Speaker 5: You know, some people will look at their options and
Speaker 5: say this, their path is way better, and so that's
Speaker 5: what we want. We want everyone and their families to
Speaker 5: feel like whatever choices they have, they do it with
Speaker 5: you know, the way they want it, and they feel
Speaker 5: respected and they have that dignity to make those choices.
Speaker 5: And so we want to be your resource and your
Speaker 5: advocate for you and your family and for our community.
Speaker 3: That's right.
Speaker 5: We do aging well as a community that we you know,
Speaker 5: we come around each other because sometimes it's that emotional
Speaker 5: connection that makes a difference.
Speaker 2: You know, well some of those connections if you're caring
Speaker 2: for one who is.
Speaker 1: Aging in place, but sometimes they need.
Speaker 2: A little bit more care, but not a whole lot more.
Speaker 2: Got that fabulous Daybreak.
Speaker 1: It's like it's like the clubhouse, really it is.
Speaker 6: It's it is sort of cool kids, hay.
Speaker 5: And so if you don't know what Daybreak is, it's
Speaker 5: a kind of an activity center you can come to
Speaker 5: Monday through Friday, seven thirty to five thirty.
Speaker 6: Those who come to.
Speaker 5: Us, they have all kinds of different physical and cognitive
Speaker 5: ability and so some are just coming for social They're like.
Speaker 6: I'm tired of my four walls. I've seen them. I'm
Speaker 6: done with them. I need to go out. Some maybe need.
Speaker 5: A little extra assistance just being watched walking to the
Speaker 5: restaurant because a fall could be a risk or concern
Speaker 5: for you, and so just having those extra eyes just
Speaker 5: makes you and your family feel more comfortable. And so
Speaker 5: on top of all of that, there's delicious food.
Speaker 3: They get breakfast, lunch, afternoons.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Wow, there's activities that are throughout the day. We have
Speaker 5: a lot of groups that come in. We just had
Speaker 5: sixty kids from one of the elementary schools in December
Speaker 5: come and do Christmas Girls. So it's very it was
Speaker 5: very full, but it was really fun to you know,
Speaker 5: have the community come in and we have local you know,
Speaker 5: musicians or even some pastors that come into a Bible study.
Speaker 5: And so there's all different kinds of ways to engaged
Speaker 5: while you're there.
Speaker 2: Very good, and you also have different ways of making
Speaker 2: sure that you can stay independent with Foundation Therapy.
Speaker 3: Oh absolutely, that's what you know.
Speaker 4: I was having a conversation in the last month or
Speaker 4: so with someone who runs a nonprofit in Tulsa, but
Speaker 4: they are a former barsh and they said, Tulsa does
Speaker 4: not even have.
Speaker 3: An elder care like Bartlesville.
Speaker 4: Like, they do not have something that has adult daycare
Speaker 4: with daybreak, they don't have Foundation physical therapy, they don't
Speaker 4: have the medical clinic that we.
Speaker 1: Have that's a fabulous clinic.
Speaker 4: What we have under the umbrella of Eldercare is really
Speaker 4: unprecedented and it is the leader in northeast Oklahoma because
Speaker 4: it's not even offered in the Tulsa area. So there's
Speaker 4: a lot that can help anyone who is aging. As
Speaker 4: we have said, age at home in place with dignity,
Speaker 4: and between therapy, between the clinic, between the daybreak, adult
Speaker 4: daycare care management or case management, and then in home services.
Speaker 3: We have a lot that we offer our community.
Speaker 1: It's a lot going up, it is.
Speaker 6: And we have more to come.
Speaker 5: But I know well And the other thing that we
Speaker 5: have I love to talk about is sometimes as we
Speaker 5: get older, we're always looking to meet new people. We're
Speaker 5: it's not all like elementary school or high school where
Speaker 5: you kind of go. And so we have a Senior
Speaker 5: Kennect program where you can come and do educational classes
Speaker 5: or exercise classes or dinners, and so we encourage those
Speaker 5: who are kind of looking to meet new people or
Speaker 5: try new things. It is, you know, the first of
Speaker 5: the year, maybe your resolution is to try something new.
Speaker 5: You can come out and try a class out with us.
Speaker 5: Our next one is January twenty fourth, and it is
Speaker 5: going to be a sip in paying class. So if
Speaker 5: you want to try your hand at painting, maybe you
Speaker 5: love to paint and you don't do it as often
Speaker 5: or you've never painted and you want to try. This
Speaker 5: is a really great class, lad, where we will teach
Speaker 5: you how to make this beautiful cardinal. It's out all
Speaker 5: the marketing and everything is we broadly we are artists.
Speaker 1: Done.
Speaker 5: This salary will teach you how to do this.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 5: But with that we'll have some refreshments and we will
Speaker 5: have some snacks and so it would be a really
Speaker 5: kind of laid back time to try your hand painting,
Speaker 5: reconnect with friends. So if you're interested in something like that,
Speaker 5: give us a call at nine one eight three three
Speaker 5: six eight five zero zero and you can sign up
Speaker 5: for a sip and paint class.
Speaker 6: It's fifty five dollars and.
Speaker 5: It includes everything, includes your snacks, your drinks, your your canvas,
Speaker 5: all of everything you would need. You just show up
Speaker 5: and we'll take care of you.
Speaker 2: Well, how do you like that? Yeah, that is just awesome.
Speaker 2: It's all right there in the big green roof.
Speaker 6: That is exactly it is.
Speaker 1: That's a big green roofing.
Speaker 2: I noticed on there was not the party, not the
Speaker 2: expanse of green space of round which is lushes.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but it's like may that's a big room.
Speaker 6: It's a big it's a big building.
Speaker 5: Thirty six thousand square feet is a big building, and
Speaker 5: it's beautiful. If you've not been inside it is. We
Speaker 5: may have been there for a little over twenty years now,
Speaker 5: but it still looks brand new.
Speaker 1: And you still has to walk me around there.
Speaker 6: I still have to walk a lot of people around here.
Speaker 3: I've gotten lost trump, I've got there. I promise you.
Speaker 1: Maybe my GPS when I walked in and she's like, here.
Speaker 6: We go, here we go.
Speaker 5: I love walking people wrap, but can take a tour
Speaker 5: with us. We'd love to kind of show off our
Speaker 5: beautiful facility that we have.
Speaker 6: For sure.
Speaker 2: I have one question to ask, and I'm not asking
Speaker 2: you to really tip your hand too much, but are
Speaker 2: we going to go We're going to do barbecue this year?
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, absolutely, all right.
Speaker 3: It's May eleven?
Speaker 1: Is it ten?
Speaker 6: I want to say it's it's Anoursday.
Speaker 3: Week, Saturday, So I think whatever I think.
Speaker 6: That that, I think it's May ten. We have a
Speaker 6: kick off meeting on January ten, January tenth.
Speaker 4: The Barbie Committee and not a kickoff. We've had a
Speaker 4: few meetings already, but we're kicking in the high gear
Speaker 4: a week from tomorrow with the Barbecue Committee.
Speaker 5: So it's coming quickly and so it's another great way
Speaker 5: that you can support us. It's our largest annual fundraiser.
Speaker 5: It's been going on for a long long time, longer
Speaker 5: than I've been involved, very long time. And it's over
Speaker 5: at the huge ranch and we we have a good time.
Speaker 6: Yeah, that is for sure.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you got that lovely pud.
Speaker 2: You got the great grounds out there, you know, the
Speaker 2: long end winding road. You have had a beautiful home
Speaker 2: out there and all the outbuildings. It's a beautiful it's
Speaker 2: that's something it.
Speaker 6: Is and it's so casual. I think that's what I love.
Speaker 5: And I know that sounds weird when you say about
Speaker 5: a fundraiser, but you just get to put on your
Speaker 5: your outdoor close because it's an outdoor vet and it's
Speaker 5: like a really big barbecue like.
Speaker 1: It is it is.
Speaker 5: I know, it's like it's that's the name. But uh,
Speaker 5: it's always a really just fun kind of laid back
Speaker 5: time to come out reconnect with eight hundred years friends.
Speaker 2: Absolutely we could probably hold more, but then again, you
Speaker 2: know the Hues would have to buy more ground, but
Speaker 2: you know, we don't want to do that.
Speaker 6: Good problem. We'll figure that out. I mean, let's get
Speaker 6: to nine this year.
Speaker 5: But it's a great way to come out, have a
Speaker 5: good time and also support all of these programs we're
Speaker 5: talking about, all the things, the initiatives that we want
Speaker 5: to see kind of come to life here soon. So
Speaker 5: if you don't know about the barbecue, or you do
Speaker 5: and you're like, I was a sponsor one year, I
Speaker 5: want to be a sponsor. Now it's the time to
Speaker 5: get in. So give Michael call. I'm going to say,
Speaker 5: give Michael call.
Speaker 4: We're going to send out sponsor letters in a week,
Speaker 4: just a little over a week, and if you were
Speaker 4: not a sponsor, I would like to be.
Speaker 3: Call me. I'll probably be calling some of you anyway.
Speaker 5: And if the barbecue is not, you know, if you
Speaker 5: don't want to be a sponsor or, your busy Mother's
Speaker 5: Day weekend that happens. Sometimes there's lots of ways for
Speaker 5: you to partner with us. And so financially that is always,
Speaker 5: you know, something we talk about as a large nonprofit
Speaker 5: that serves a lot of people, it is the support
Speaker 5: of our community that really helps us achieve.
Speaker 6: Those goals and to expand.
Speaker 5: But there's also being an advocate for us talking about
Speaker 5: what we do with your friends and families so that
Speaker 5: they have resources and is also helpful.
Speaker 2: I want to thank you both for being here, Jennifer
Speaker 2: and Michael from elderd Care and Happy New Year, Happy
Speaker 2: New Year,