A Year Of 2011 Annual Report - Missoula Aging Services
A Year Of 2011 Annual Report - Missoula Aging Services
A Year Of 2011 Annual Report - Missoula Aging Services
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Programs & <strong>Services</strong> <strong>Missoula</strong> <strong>Aging</strong> <strong>Services</strong> is an <strong>Aging</strong> & Disability Resource Center.<br />
Elder <strong>Services</strong><br />
Case Management<br />
• Care Solutions<br />
• Family Caregiver Support & Respite<br />
• Home & Community Based <strong>Services</strong><br />
• Homemaker <strong>Services</strong><br />
Staff<br />
Information & Assistance<br />
• Medicaid & Medicare Counseling<br />
• Ombudsman<br />
• Home Maintenance & Safety<br />
• Support to Senior Transportation<br />
Ann Adler*<br />
Ann Andre<br />
Dorleen Bakke*<br />
Colleen Baldwin<br />
Butch Baldwin*<br />
Dick Blank*<br />
Vicky Bostick<br />
Lisa Carter<br />
Alicia Crandall<br />
Andrea Curtis<br />
Mary Dalton<br />
Jane English*<br />
Kimberly Fraser<br />
Tracee Gianchetta<br />
Hannah Halden<br />
Curtis Hammond<br />
Megan Hill<br />
Autumn Holm<br />
Rhonda Howell<br />
Linda Jensen<br />
Patricia Kendall<br />
Colleen Kernan<br />
Brandy Kincheloe<br />
Susan Kohler<br />
Nutrition <strong>Services</strong><br />
• Meals On Wheels<br />
• Liquid Nutritional Supplements<br />
• Senior Diner Club & Rural Congregate Dining<br />
• Senior Farmer’s Market Coupons<br />
Montana Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)<br />
Volunteer <strong>Services</strong><br />
• Foster Grandparents<br />
• Senior Companions<br />
• RSVP Volunteer Program & Community<br />
Task Force<br />
Western Montana Volunteer Center<br />
Renee Labrie-Shanks<br />
Debbie Lester<br />
Tanya Lodahl*<br />
Keri McWilliams<br />
Margaret Nagle*<br />
Klairaine Nichwander*<br />
Casey Nimocks<br />
Bernard O’Connor<br />
Sara Orbe<br />
Susan Pileggi<br />
Helen Pohlman<br />
Theresa Ragsdale<br />
Eileen Sansom<br />
Janet Seewald<br />
Caroline Squires*<br />
Geraldine Stinger<br />
Dean Thompson<br />
Edward Vukelich*<br />
Marlene Waylett*<br />
Loree West<br />
Marilyn Wolff<br />
* Nonpaid (volunteer) staff<br />
Direct savings to <strong>Missoula</strong> County residents from consultations with agency staff: $130,671<br />
I think they were awful good friends to<br />
step in and help a complete stranger that<br />
we’d never met before. They didn’t know<br />
anything about me or my situation. It<br />
was wonderful. – Bud Danforth<br />
Bud & Sam<br />
Just outside Bud and Bernice Danforth’s garage is<br />
a formidable woodpile neatly cut and stacked high<br />
against the wall. Bud, who turns 90 in March, sawed<br />
it all himself. A former Marine who fought in the<br />
Guadalcanal campaign, Bud worked a farm and the<br />
nightshift at the sugar factory before getting hired at<br />
Montana Mills. He is no stranger to hard work. But<br />
when his wife of 63 years, Bernice, was diagnosed with<br />
Alzheimer’s disease, Bud knew he needed some help.<br />
He got in touch with <strong>Missoula</strong> <strong>Aging</strong> <strong>Services</strong> (MAS),<br />
who provided some much-needed respite care as well<br />
as matching the couple with a Senior Companion.<br />
As Bernice’s situation worsened, MAS helped Bud<br />
through the maze of paperwork to qualify for<br />
community-based services. With assistance<br />
from MAS, Bud and Bernice were also able to<br />
make the difficult but important decision to<br />
transition Bernice to an assisted living facility<br />
for her safety and for Bud’s well-being.<br />
Today Bud and the couple’s beloved dog, Sam,<br />
visit Bernice every other day. When not with<br />
Bernice, Bud is busy minding his garden, keeping<br />
up his woodpile, or cooking up a delicious meal.<br />
Like many older people in our community, Bud<br />
just needed a little extra help to make it all work<br />
out okay.<br />
Ombudsman: 1,078 visits to area nursing homes and assisted living centers<br />
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