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Senior Voice of Citrus County - APRIL 2020 • 21
Health Connections Senior Voice of Citrus County - APRIL 2020 • 21
Participation DEMENTIA Sure, they may make a little

mess, but working in soil can
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in Community There’s a lesson here. We, give them long periods of joy
and comfort.
as care partners, must

Survey Needed sometimes put our own These and other simple and
time-tested therapies are
opinions and feelings aside
very effective for individuals
in favor of how something
makes our loved one feel. living with dementia. This
is because, long after they
Animal Therapy – No need seem to have lost the ability

to say much about this! to think and reason, they still
Who doesn’t love a puppy retain the ability to “feel.”
or a kitty? Many memory
Citrus County has joined https://aarp.co1.qualtrics. care communities maintain Debbie Selsavage is a
the AARP network of Age- com/jfe/form/SV “house pets” because they Certified Trainer and
Friendly Communities, which 57sThK1HkXC0YyV. know how much their Consultant in the Positive
is about making sure our residents enjoy and love Approach to Care, and
community is livable for all The survey is specific to Citrus them. a Certified Dementia

ages and all abilities. One County and is completely Practitioner. Her company,
of the first requirements of anonymous. The focus is on Plant Therapy – Even people Coping with Dementia LLC,
network membership is to those ages 50 and over, and in later stages of dementia is dedicated to making life
have a Community Survey. citizens are identified only by can love the beauty of plants. better for individuals living
The county is asking citizens, zip code. If they are able, you may with dementia. Contact
age 50 and better, to complete Membership in the AARP want to ask your person to

the survey that has online and Network of Age-Friendly help you tend your plants. Debbie at deb@coping.today.
paper versions available. States and Communities
means that a community’s
The paper version of the
survey is available at the elected leadership has made
county libraries, community a commitment to actively
centers, the Lecanto health work with residents and local
department, Citrus County advocates to make their town,
Resource Center and other city, county or state an age-

agency locations. When friendly place to live. For New Horizon
complete, the paper version more information, call Citrus Assisted Living Residence
can be returned to any of those County Support Services at It is for you to convey to them, To interpret for them in everyday life, The tenderness,
locations. The online Citrus 352-527-5900. the kindness of God, The affection God has for them, His eldest children. You have
County survey link is at: to bring this tenderness Within their grasp so that they may take hold of it, feel it,
Know it for what it is, in all truth, And that it has a name:
Happiness, even here below.
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