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22 economist suntribune whitchurch- stouffville thursday oct 17 2002 restaurant and banquet hall pasta festival allyoucaneat bread salads pastas desserts friday october 18 2002 saturday october 19 2002 67 edward st stouffville 9056426524 alzheimers daycare centre planned for stouffville mm jr waseema aii family dentist family dentist denturist dental care for the entire family new patients are always welcome evening and saturday appointments are available mm by sarah fasullo special a daycare center for people with alzheimers and other cog nitive impairments is planned for stouffville whitchurch- stouffville council learned tuesday an application for the facility has been made to the ministry of health and long term care sean 0 sullivan president of the board of directors of the alzheimers society of york region told council the centre would operate five days aweek in the first year from 7 am to 6 pm and expand to six days later on similar facilities are operating across york region including newmarket and richmond hill the stouffville centre will offer respite programs to give care givers a break operating costs will be begin at 380000 for the first year and are expected to climb to about 625000 in the fifth year all the funding will come from the ministry of health and long care term care program activities at the cen tre will include singing sewing and many other crafts said mr o sullivan the daycare will offer meals and transportation some of the people attending will go every harry bowes alzheimers other dementia conditions on the rise says council member day while others will attend once twice or three times a week a need has been demon strated in stouffville noted mr o sullivan while a location has not yet been found the preliminary work for the new service is underway it might not be realized for a year or two but who knows the application is before the ministry said mr o sullivan alzheimers and other related dementia conditions are on the increase ward 5 councillor harry bowes pointed out and more people being treat ed for the disease as diagnostic technology improves more than 19000 will be diagnosed with dementia by the year 2031 in york region said mr o sullivan in january the regions alzheimer society hopes to hold a runwalk to enhance public awareness as well the society is hosting an awareness breakfast at sleepy hollow golf and country club in rural whitchurchstouffville the guest speaker at the breakfast is a 38year old mother who is caring for her 42yearold husband he is showing early symp toms of alzheimers disease at the moment the society has social worker support pro grams family support groups as well as a wandering person registry in york region we continue to serve our families and are very active at provincial and regional level in advocating for families stressed mr o sullivan the alzheimers breakfast is jan 18 for tickets call 19058951337 r 642- steam j cleaning 5111 8526711 loose rugs br0adl00m upholstery 3m scotchquard ms lives here twice as many women as men develop multiple sclerosis fcf multiple sclerosis w society of canada 1 8002687582 wwwmssocietyca this message brought to you as a community service of the economisttribune please recycle this newspaper fjumm in the kitchen healthy lifestyle centre grafters market building renovation interior design decor check out our website for updated information wwwmaricjiamhomeshowcom cwnadbros wmiikusam ioplbk juiumum imbows marhilie ford fohduncalnsk m homes publishing group basket