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Hi!
First, a quick oops! This newsletter was supposed to go out yesterday. I became involved in helping someone through a crisis, and it took longer than expected. Sometimes helping someone who needs it has to take priority. Thank you for understanding!
Have You Ever Wondered What Adult Day Health Is?
For many older adults and adults with disabilities, there is a big gap between being able to stay home completely independently and needing residential or nursing home care. Adult day health can help fill that gap.
Adult day health programs provide a safe, supportive place to go during the day while still allowing someone to live in their own home and community.
Depending on the program, services can include nursing and health monitoring, meals, personal care, therapeutic activities, exercise, socialization and support for people living with dementia or other health conditions.
And adult day health doesn’t just support the person attending the program. It supports caregivers, too.
Knowing a loved one is safe, engaged and receiving appropriate support can give family caregivers time to work, run errands, attend appointments, care for their own health or simply take a much-needed break.
That makes adult day health an important piece of the puzzle when we talk about helping people age safely and successfully at home.
And This Week, the National Spotlight Is on Rhode Island!
The National Adult Day Services Association (NADSA) 2026 National Conference is happening right here in Rhode Island this week, bringing together professionals from around the country to talk about adult day services, dementia care, caregiver support, workforce development and the future of community-based aging services.
I’m especially honored to be part of a panel discussion tomorrow morning on:
“Building the Aging Services Workforce Pipeline: Investing in Employees Through Education, Leadership, and Career Pathways.”
We spend a lot of time talking about the growing number of older adults who will need services. But we also need to talk about something equally important:
Who will be there to provide those services?
Building a strong aging-services workforce means investing in education, creating career pathways, developing future leaders and recognizing the value of the people doing this incredibly important work.
As a proud UMass Boston Gerontology alum, I’m looking forward to being part of that national conversation — and I’m especially excited that it is happening right here in Rhode Island!
Learn more about the NADSA National Conference:
https://www.nadsa.org/education-events/2026-conference-information/
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