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Health and Human Services Agency, Community Services Division, recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Accept a grant award in the amount of $232 from the El Dorado Community Foundation, Friends of Seniors fund; and
2) Authorize use of the grant award for the purchase of a public address system with a microphone to be used by the El Dorado Hills Senior Day Care Center.
FUNDING: Grant from El Dorado Community Foundation - Friends of Seniors Fund.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommends the Board of Supervisors accept this grant funding and authorize the subsequent purchase of a public address system with a microphone.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
HHSA’s Community Services Senior Day Care Program is designed to meet the needs of adults who are otherwise homebound or isolated due to a stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, or other debilitating mental or physical conditions. The Senior Day Care Center provides its participants with enriching educational, therapeutic, and social experiences outside of the home, while providing caregivers with respite from the physical, mental, and emotional toll of being a caregiver.
Participants in the El Dorado Hills Senior Day Care program read poems, lead sing-alongs, and share life experiences with fellow attendees. The El Dorado Hills Senior Day Care program does not have a way to amplify the participants’ voices, and, therefore, some participants are not able to hear fellow participants’ verbal contributions. A public address system that includes a microphone and speaker will enable all Senior Day Care participants to reap the therapeutic benefits of camaraderie.
The Senior Day Care Program is in part funded by the General Fund. HHSA continues to seek alternative funding, such as this grant funding, to augment the program.
ALTERNATIVES
Disapproval of this grant funding will result in an inability for HHSA to purchase a public address system for use by the Senior D...
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