Speaker 1: We got the fine folks at elder Care in here
Speaker 1: who are tolerating me this morning and play with Tom Davis.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Christina Bishop and Michael kohlaugh. How are we today?
Speaker 3: Morning? Very well? How about you, Nate.
Speaker 1: Well, other than other than technology getting in my way today,
Speaker 1: I'm good. Well, I'm glad somebody is no. I love
Speaker 1: talking to you guys as well. Elder Care has been
Speaker 1: a fixture in our community for decades. And what a
Speaker 1: beautiful facility you have over there on Swan Drive as well.
Speaker 1: I remember the grand opening of that facility.
Speaker 2: How many years ago was that twenty?
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I'm not old.
Speaker 2: I shouldn't have said that on the radio. Michael Klaw.
Speaker 2: Why why did you let me talk about here on
Speaker 2: the radio. That's that's just not good.
Speaker 1: But anyway, well, great programs that they do that you
Speaker 1: guys do there at Eldercare, and you've got the health
Speaker 1: services there, you have the daybreak type things that are
Speaker 1: going on over there, and of course you always have
Speaker 1: a bunch of fun coming up.
Speaker 2: We'll talk about that one definitely as well.
Speaker 1: So again, Christina Bishet, the executive director, Michael Kohlah, Development director,
Speaker 1: Private Duty Care management program, Yes, crease out a little bit.
Speaker 4: So it's really a comprehensive program to help people manage
Speaker 4: their well being and healthcare. So you get professional care
Speaker 4: managers who come in and whether you're transitioning between say
Speaker 4: a hospital stay and home or maybe skilled care, or
Speaker 4: you're just someone who says, I've got all these appointments,
Speaker 4: I've got this medication, I don't really know what I
Speaker 4: need to do with it. I could really benefit from
Speaker 4: some help. We come in and we really talk to you,
Speaker 4: look at your health goals, your life goals, and we
Speaker 4: make a plan with you to really be that support
Speaker 4: person and help you make connections, whether that's community re sources,
Speaker 4: tending a doctor's appointments, looking at you know, the home
Speaker 4: and saying, okay, what can we do to prevent some falls.
Speaker 4: We want to keep you well and living longer and
Speaker 4: independent and that quality of life.
Speaker 5: We know that matters absolutely, So we're going to.
Speaker 4: Do all the things to help someone remain independent and
Speaker 4: have that quality of life.
Speaker 2: Well, that's that's great to know.
Speaker 1: And as I was just alluding to you earlier, Michael
Speaker 1: Colon and I are starting to get up there in age,
Speaker 1: so we may be using the services at Olvercare here.
Speaker 3: I've used services at Olvercare from our physical therapy department
Speaker 3: of course, which is for anyone.
Speaker 5: Lately as have I. I mean it's amazing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's great.
Speaker 3: Eldercare is there for the aging adults, and we're all aging.
Speaker 3: We we literally just had this conversation, yes, reception, thank you.
Speaker 2: For that bright out look. I appreciate that. I was like,
Speaker 2: Michael colog you were as aging at all.
Speaker 3: Well, you know, life happens, it does at different points
Speaker 3: for all of us. There there are some who are
Speaker 3: incredibly fortunate or blessed to you know. I literally had
Speaker 3: someone that I've known for thirty five years stopped by
Speaker 3: my office. They were in the building and they said,
Speaker 3: you know, when I turned eighty, I bought my first pill,
Speaker 3: you know, Sunday through Saturday. And I was like, oh
Speaker 3: my goodness. You know I got one of those when
Speaker 3: I was thirty, just to put vitamins in. But some
Speaker 3: people age with ease and some don't. And so that's
Speaker 3: why we want we want to be there for anybody
Speaker 3: and everybody, as Christina said, to help you age on
Speaker 3: your own terms, in your own home, with dignity.
Speaker 1: And that's what we do, and this private duty care
Speaker 1: management program that you have, you had these cases for,
Speaker 1: will take you from step by step as you were saying, Christina,
Speaker 1: and and just really gets you to where you need
Speaker 1: to be and where you want to be.
Speaker 2: So it's a dual sided purpose thing.
Speaker 5: It absolutely is, and it's a peace of mind.
Speaker 4: Sometimes we're an individual and we know, hey, we need
Speaker 4: a little bit of help. I would love to have
Speaker 4: some support basically, you know, I want someone to go
Speaker 4: and hear these things. I want to back up plan.
Speaker 4: I want to know how I stay well longer. And
Speaker 4: then other times maybe you're caregiving for someone and you
Speaker 4: need a little help with that because you're managing all
Speaker 4: the things. Or you have children but they're out of
Speaker 4: state and you would like someone you know, who could
Speaker 4: communicate with them and help you navigate that. But one
Speaker 4: of the things care management also does is it helps
Speaker 4: reduce our costs and it helps reduce the you know,
Speaker 4: the overall cost of medical care because we're.
Speaker 5: Going to help you, you.
Speaker 4: Know, reduce those unnecessary hostile vitalizations, reduce those unnecessary trips
Speaker 4: to the r because we're going to help you work
Speaker 4: with your primary care. We're going to make sure that
Speaker 4: things are going smoothly, that the medication management's there, and
Speaker 4: so that we're being proactive, you know, and taking the
Speaker 4: steps we need to.
Speaker 5: So it is a win win for all.
Speaker 2: It is. It is another win win for all of course.
Speaker 1: Is you know the Daybreak program and my goodness, gracious,
Speaker 1: I've been to two Elder Care a couple of times
Speaker 1: to see that in person. And you know, whenever we
Speaker 1: talk about adult day health activities, yes, you know, a
Speaker 1: lot of the time we think about whenever we are whenever.
Speaker 2: You're a kid, you have kind of like daycare. This
Speaker 2: is this is for as adults.
Speaker 1: Get older, you know, sometimes our lifestyles change a bit
Speaker 1: and we're not able to be as active and out
Speaker 1: there in the community, you know, because of that aging
Speaker 1: perspective there. So this is where daybreak comes in and
Speaker 1: gives folks an opportunity to come in and do stuff
Speaker 1: right there on site.
Speaker 5: Absolutely.
Speaker 4: So you know, when you think about the activities at
Speaker 4: adult Day, we have the full spectrum, right So, if
Speaker 4: you're someone who needs some oversight and more help, we
Speaker 4: have activities for that. If you are someone who's feeling isolated,
Speaker 4: and you know, hey, I could really benefit from going
Speaker 4: and being with others, from sharing a meal to you know,
Speaker 4: doing some exercises. We look at the whole person and
Speaker 4: so those individualized care plans make a difference for our individuals.
Speaker 5: People often feel isolated at.
Speaker 4: Home, and so absolutely, if you can come to an
Speaker 4: adult day health center and you can be around others
Speaker 4: and you have talents to share when you're giving to others,
Speaker 4: we feel more hopeful. And that's what we see at
Speaker 4: elder care. You know, people come in and they think,
Speaker 4: I don't know if this is right for me, and
Speaker 4: then a couple of weeks down there, they won't miss it.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 4: It is their family, their home, they've got those friendships,
Speaker 4: they're helping others in that quality of life. It improves
Speaker 4: and those health outcomes improve. And again at adult day
Speaker 4: you have wonderful meals, you have breakfast, you have lunch
Speaker 4: served at restaurant style snacks, we have lots of parties,
Speaker 4: but you have nursing, oversight, personal care if needed, transportation
Speaker 4: all at a really affordable rate.
Speaker 2: Yes, and that's so important as well.
Speaker 1: You know, I think a lot of folks as you
Speaker 1: get to that age, it might be a little bit
Speaker 1: of apprehension there saying, oh my gosh, I don't want
Speaker 1: to go to one of these adult care things.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: So I'm sure there's some nerves and trepidation if you will,
Speaker 1: before folks.
Speaker 2: Come into this program.
Speaker 1: But I think you're right, Christina, is that once you're there,
Speaker 1: and I think it's for any age, you go like, man,
Speaker 1: I want to do this program?
Speaker 2: Do I want to join this?
Speaker 1: It's it might be a little bit of apprehension to
Speaker 1: go in there, but once you get into it and
Speaker 1: get into these programs and get to know people around you,
Speaker 1: it's a can't miss opportunity.
Speaker 5: It truly is.
Speaker 4: And you know, we have people of all ages who
Speaker 4: come to Adult Day, you know, with like Michael said,
Speaker 4: we're all aging, yes, but we have people in their
Speaker 4: thirties or forties that come to Adult Day and it just.
Speaker 5: Provides the services they need, but.
Speaker 4: The availability to really do what they want to. We
Speaker 4: look at their goals, their interests, and so it really
Speaker 4: becomes their place.
Speaker 2: That's great. That's great.
Speaker 1: And again that beautiful facility over there on a Swan
Speaker 1: drive just what about a quarter mile from the Walmart
Speaker 1: super center there.
Speaker 3: Yeah, just about you can. You can see it from
Speaker 3: the parking lot.
Speaker 2: That's very true. That's very true.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, with all of these great programs as well,
Speaker 1: you know it does take some financial support, yeah, for
Speaker 1: the community to really vest in not only your own future,
Speaker 1: but also your friends and family that are maybe going
Speaker 1: through this as well. And you've got a great thing
Speaker 1: coming up this fall, and you know we do. It's
Speaker 1: going to be a a I think a toe tapping.
Speaker 3: It's it will be a toe.
Speaker 2: Tapping kind of black I was reading about it here.
Speaker 1: It is right up my alley talking about Opry Michael
Speaker 1: tell me about this.
Speaker 3: Generally everyone will associate and we're grateful that they do
Speaker 3: the good, the bad and the barbecue with Elder Care,
Speaker 3: which has been around for twenty seven years. Yes it's
Speaker 3: a twenty it's been around a long time time. It's
Speaker 3: our annual fundraiser which takes place every Mother's Day weekend.
Speaker 3: But as you said, Nathan there, you know, you have
Speaker 3: to always find ways to support the programs that we
Speaker 3: have financially, and so we had a board member who
Speaker 3: had a wonderful idea, and so we have a new
Speaker 3: fall fundraiser. It's on October twenty fifth, and we're simply
Speaker 3: calling it an evening with Clay and it has nothing
Speaker 3: to do with pottery, so get that out of your mind. So, folks,
Speaker 3: has nothing to do with pottery. No, we're going to
Speaker 3: have Clay self. And Clay is a fixture at the
Speaker 3: Buzzard Bar at in Branson or just outside of Branson
Speaker 3: with why am I drawing a blank? There? Cedar that's
Speaker 3: a big cedar lodge. So Clay plays at the Grand
Speaker 3: Ole operation has and he is basically a resident see
Speaker 3: as far as musician there at the Buzzard Bar. It's
Speaker 3: described as dueling pianos meets country music, and so Clay
Speaker 3: is going to be playing all of your favorite country
Speaker 3: hits that you love, from Johnny Cash and Ernest Tubb
Speaker 3: to Travis Tridd or Vince Gill. And you're going to
Speaker 3: be able to call out songs and Clay's gonna sing
Speaker 3: them for you and have you sing along. You might
Speaker 3: pull somebody up on stage to sing wow. So great.
Speaker 3: It's a fantastic fundraiser that we have, and we've got
Speaker 3: sponsorship opportunities. So we have two levels of sponsorship four
Speaker 3: thousand and twenty five hundred, and that will get you
Speaker 3: some premium marketing for your organization. That would be sponsoring
Speaker 3: and that would as well get you seats and tickets
Speaker 3: to be at the event. And then tickets are currently
Speaker 3: on sale at one hundred dollars per person and for
Speaker 3: an evening three hours of entertainment with Clay.
Speaker 5: Self wonderful orders.
Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, so your one hundred dollars will include the entertainment,
Speaker 3: entrance to the event and the orders. It's going to
Speaker 3: be held at Hillcrest Country Club again October twenty fifth,
Speaker 3: seven to ten pm. Be a cash bar, and it's
Speaker 3: I tell you, it's a way to promote what we
Speaker 3: are doing at Eldercare, let people know, have a lot
Speaker 3: of fun and then bring in necessary funds to help
Speaker 3: us maintain the services that we offer.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just absolutely got that idea.
Speaker 1: If you're calling out all these songs, I mean, those
Speaker 1: artists who were just talking about that is our sister
Speaker 1: station k RIG one oh four point nine, absolutely, you know,
Speaker 1: and you're talking about calling out songs, maybe singing along.
Speaker 1: You know, our sports director Evan Faarbach, because whenever I'm
Speaker 1: working the afternoons, I do a noon show on k RIG,
Speaker 1: and I'm always in there playing something. I'm like absolutely,
Speaker 1: tap of my toes and singing along and he'll walk
Speaker 1: by and just roll his eyes.
Speaker 2: I don't want to hear that anyway.
Speaker 1: Elder Care again, where are you guys located? How can
Speaker 1: they find out more information about the services you offer?
Speaker 3: So we're located at twelve twenty three Swan Drive. You
Speaker 3: can find out more about us by calling nine one
Speaker 3: eight three three six eight five zero zero or go
Speaker 3: to about Eldercare dot org. It's our website that will
Speaker 3: connect you in any way and you can ask for me,
Speaker 3: ask for Christina, ask for daybreak, as for case management,
Speaker 3: care management, whatever, you will be connected and we will
Speaker 3: answer your questions and help make your life better.
Speaker 2: That's the entire goal around. You made our day better. Yes,
Speaker 2: I don't know about that anyway.
Speaker 1: Christina Bishop, the executive director of Elder Carmichael Colaut Development Director,
Speaker 1: thank you both so much for tolerating me this morning
Speaker 1: in place of Tom Davis.
Speaker 2: We appreciate you.
Speaker 1: Thank you all right, you've been listening to Kate one
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