After 15 years, One Site for Seniors says farewell
Board member Sandy Abrams said she was getting misty-eyed Friday as One Site for Seniors held a farewell party. After 15 years for providing adult day care services, the site has had to close its doors while trying to find a new financial model to support care.
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Jackie Montgomery ,Laurie Montgomery and Santa post for a photo at the One Site for Seniors at a Christmas event.
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Laurie Montgomery and her daughter, Jackie Montgomery, pose at a One Site for Seniors homecoming dance at One Site for Seniors. Jackie said the program stopped her from being isolated and cut off from the rest of the world as a caregiver and gave her mom social activities to look forward to each week.
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COEUR d’ALENE — It was a hard farewell Friday at the One Site for Seniors building as guests, staff and extended “family members” of the agency faced an uncertain future of when they’ll all be in the same room again.
The faith-based nonprofit provided a day center for seniors with Alzheimer’s and dementia so their caretakers could take a break. It shuttered its doors to resolve financial issues.
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