Needs
Yolo Adult Day Health Center, in collaboration with Friends of Adult Day Health Care, Yolo County and Dignity Health, is embarking on the renovation of a new building twice the size of our current site. With a waiting list of over 50 and growing, this is much needed to continue to provide frail and disabled adults long term care services within the community.
1. Our client population will more than double in size, and so five new vehicles will need to be purchased. A new wheelchair accessible small bus that can transport up to 8 participants at a time will be a welcomed addition to our fleet. ($87,000)
2. New tables and chairs for the participants. This furniture needs to be attentive to the functional and social needs of clients to ensure that wheelchairs are easily accommodated, spacing is conducive to Covid-safe socialization, and that the materials used to manufacture are easily sanitized, durable and safe. ($100,000)
3. Purchase a new state of the art recumbent bicycle to help frail adults regain or maintain strength and improve balance, which will help prevent falls at home. ($8,000)
4. Provide funding for artistic, musical and other therapeutic programs specific to participant's interest and needs. As a person-centered program, the Center's staff strive to ensure a diversity of stimulating opportunities that are of interest to each individual. This includes computers, tablets, entertainers, craft and garden supplies, tools, wood, and much more. ($5,000/year).
5. Formalize the Center's volunteer program that taps into the valuable community resources of students, retirees and others seeking opportunities to give back. A formalized program will allow for enhanced marketing, training and volunteer appreciation events. ($8,000/year).