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| Southeast student Madison Luttrell shares some photos on her phone with Anice McKissick, a client at the Hoover Center. Photo: Southeast Missouri State University News |
“I really enjoy being here,” she said. “I get up in the morning and do stuff all day.”
Prater is a client of Southeast Missouri State University’s Hoover Center, a facility offering supportive programming during the daytime hours to well and frail senior adults age 60 and older.
The adult day care program is a unique space serving the elderly and their families in the Cape Girardeau and Jackson areas, said Lynn Ware, director of the Hoover Center.
“Our goals are to provide opportunities for participants to pursue educational interests, interact socially, continue to thrive individually and contribute to the community,” she said.
The Center, located at 805 N. Sprigg Street and licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, provides a free, three-day-a-week program, complete with pick-up transportation at 8 a.m. and return delivery to the senior’s home when the day ends at 3:30 p.m.
Ware says the Center is focused on the participants’ physical, mental and emotional well-being...
The Center also serves as an educational training facility for Southeast undergraduate students majoring in family studies and communication disorders. It provides them the opportunity to have a hands-on experience with senior care while learning the skills and knowledge necessary to run a facility like the Center, including budgeting, grant writing, supervising, event organizing and managing local and national health and social services requirements.
As part of their practicum during the last eight weeks of the fall semester, Southeast students will spend time at the Center interacting with the participants and meeting weekly with Ware to discuss issues related to running a senior adult day program...
For more information about the Hoover Center, visit https://semo.edu/hoover-center/index.html.
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Source: Southeast Missouri State University News
