SALISBURY — Joan Palmer directed the people in the semicircle with her to raise their arms and breathe in deeply.
Then on the release down toward the floor, she wanted them to give their best belly laugh possible. So it was up, breathing; down, laughing. And after you do this a few times with people all around, you really start laughing and feeling better.
There’s something funny about Laughter Yoga — and that’s the point.
SALISBURY — Purple balloons adorned downtown sidewalks and storefronts Wednesday as a group of local residents sought to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease.
The “Paint the Town Purple” campaign involved participants placing purple and white balloons throughout downtown. It attracted representatives from multiple elder care facilities in the area and Billy Constangy, the district director for U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson.
SALISBURY — For one of the participants at Trinity Living Center’s adult day services program, it’s hard to remember much about a typical day due to the advancement of her Alzheimer’s disease. But when Salisbury Academy’s first-graders come for their monthly book buddies visit, she can recount her day to her husband with enthusiasm.
“Ask her about anything else she’s done, and she won’t remember,” said Teresa Dakins, community outreach coordinator for Trinity at Home.
“The day the kids come she always remembers. It makes her husband’s heart so happy.”
Caring for our seniors is perhaps one of the greatest responsibilities any of us will ever take on, but at Trinity Living Center it’s our passion.
Adult day service programs, like LSC’s Trinity Living Center, provide programs specially tailored to adults who need supervision and assistance during the day. Trinity Living Center’s services provide social activities and health care services for adults with physical disabilities and/or cognitive impairments who are unable to stay alone safely.
SALISBURY – Most people would never dream of disguising a door, but doors sometimes present challenges to those who are dealing with dementia, as well as their caregivers. Such was the case at Trinity Living Center.
“We have always had an issue with our participants gathering at the door to wait on their ride or even just wanting to know what’s going on out there,” said Christina Joyce, executive director at Trinity Living Center in Salisbury, which provides adult day services in Salisbury.
This obsession with the door can be unrelenting and often becomes worse in the afternoon.
SALISBURY – Keith Corriher says he wishes he had known about Trinity Living Center sooner.
Corriher’s mother, Virginia, has Lewy body dementia and can no longer safely live on her own. Keith and his brother, Barry, have moved in with Virginia and serve as her co-caregivers. The two brothers also hold down jobs – and that’s where Trinity Living Center comes in.
In July, Virginia Corriher began attending Trinity Living Center two days a week. Those two days allow her sons to continue to take care of her at home and still be able to meet the responsibilities of their jobs.
SALISBURY – On the first Thursday of each month, 22 Salisbury Academy first-graders load onto a small blue and white bus, individually selected books in hand, and ride over to the adult day health facility Trinity Living Center.
Once arrived, the children, often shyly at first, find reading buddies among the 30 or so senior participants present that day. The kids make eye contact with their “Book Buddy” of that visit, have a seat next to them, and begin to read a book to their elderly friend.
Once the connection is made, it’s delightful, says Patty Messick, Program Coordinator for Trinity Living Center.
Look out Harvest Moon Ball at Trinity Oaks. There’s a swanky new senior ball in town.
On Tuesday afternoon, Trinity Living Center participants, staff and guests gathered at the center for the first Wish Upon a Star senior ball. Guests danced to the sounds of DC and the Country Music Legends, had their pictures taken, enjoyed refreshments and just generally had a fabulous time.
SALISBURY – When Barbara Garwood came up with the concept of what is now “Faces of Trinity Living” back in 2006, she had a fairly simple goal.
“We wanted to, literally, put a face on what we do,” Garwood said.
Back then, Trinity Living Center, which offers adult day care services, was called Abundant Living, and Garwood was executive director. She was aware that many people in the community really didn’t understand what the center was all about, and she wanted people to know that participants were a diverse group.
An artist herself, Garwood recruited other local artists to donate portraits of the center’s participants. In the early years, the exhibit traveled around, from a downtown bank to the YMCA to the windows of downtown Salisbury businesses.
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