ElderLink Services: Day Programs

Dorothy and Peter Brown Jewish Community Adult Day Care Program: Provided by: Jewish Home and Aging Services, JVS This is a special day program for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia disorders. Participants benefit from a program of therapeutic activities designed to maximize remaining abilities and provide socialization and stimulation. The caregivers receive much needed respite in order to enable them to keep their loved ones at home. In addition, the program provides specialized support services for caregivers of older adults with dementia disorders. Transportation is available. The program has two sites, JVS in Southfield and Jewish Home & Aging Services in West Bloomfield. The two sites are jointly operated.
JVS Day Program: Provided by: JVS This day program is for senior adults with developmental disabilities and/or chronic mental illness who no longer benefit from existing work-oriented day programs. Activities are designed to prolong health and enhance physical and cognitive functioning.
Senior Adult Workshop: Provided by: JVS In a supportive environment, frail and/or isolated senior adults perform a variety of jobs, providing them with a renewed sense of purpose (and a paycheck) while enabling families to have respite from their ongoing care giving responsibilities. In addition to therapeutic work activities, the program features exercise, a kosher lunch, case management, advocacy services, health monitoring and socialization opportunities.
The Club in the Plaza: Provided by: Jewish Home and Aging Services This older adult day program offers recreational, religious, cultural, educational and social activities. It is open to members of the community who could benefit from a structured program and whose families could use some respite from care giving responsibilities. A kosher lunch and snacks are provided. Door-to-door transportation is available.