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All Are Invited to:The “Partners in Care” Initiative: Report to the Community
Demographic data highlights Edina as a suburb with an increasingly aged population (about 1 in every 4 persons is over age 65). The City of Edina recognizes the challenges this trend brings to bear. The Partners in Care initiative is one program that was developed to assist older people to “age in place” and remain in the community. We invite the congregation to attend a presentation on
Wednesday November 19, 9:30-10:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall.
Collaborative partner organizations, including the State of Minnesota, Edina Resource Center, Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging, and Stratis Health, will join Normandale Center for Healing & Wholeness to communicate findings and discuss next steps.
The Partners in Care initiative involved “walking with” 168 older adults and their family members from 2006 through 2008. This initiative included 11 organizations and received grant funding through the State of Minnesota, Department of Human Services.
Purpose
Our founders sought to create a center that would support seniors and their family caregivers in their homes and communities and in senior residences and institutional settings through holistic services and collaborative programming.
For seniors experiencing health or living arrangement transitions, we strive to:
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Establish or maintain seniors' connections with their communities
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Alleviate isolation
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Extend independence
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Improve quality of life
For family caregivers, we strive to:
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Alleviate caregiver burden
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Improve caregivers' capacity to continue in their supportive roles
Background: The Normandale Center For Healing & Wholeness is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization that seeks to be a welcoming place ministering in mind, body, and spirit to two generations-seniors and their family caregivers.
For more information, contact the Director of the Center, Deborah Paone, at 952.929.1697, ext 45.
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Who We Serve
We serve a geographic area consisting of Edina, West Bloomington, and sections of Richfield, Eden Prairie, South Minneapolis, and St. Louis Park. The great majority of our "clients" come from Edina.
Most of the people who call or come to the Center do so because of failing health, terminal illness, or functional decline. The individual who requests help may be an adult child of an aging parent living alone, the spouse or a friend of a frail elder, or an older person who feels that he or she cannot cope well at home anymore, but does not want or cannot afford to move into assisted living or a nursing home.
Words of Appreciation
"I want to express our appreciation for all that you did for Dad as well as for Mom. Your volunteers who serve as drivers for appointments, visit with Dad and Mom, and man the foot care clinic are truly a gift from God to our family."
"You have no idea how blessed I know I am to have the kind, thoughtful, unselfish, and dependable friends who transport me hither and yon."
"I can't say anything more except how very, very happy and pleased and appreciative I am for the work of the Center. Their work with us has helped me and my family. My family members in particular are so relieved now that they know that all this help is available. I don't have family or relatives close by. They are all out of state. And so, the first time my daughter from Montana called the Center, right off, they said that they could do this or do that. It was just such a tremendous load off of them and off of us too."