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The Alzheimer’s Association-Western Carolina Chapter and the Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services are responsible for delivering the services of Project C.A.R.E. (Caregiver Alternatives to Running on Empty), a national award-winning program of consumer-directed respite care specifically designed for dementia caregivers. The goal of the program is to increase quality, access, choice and use of respite and support services to rural and minority families caring for a person with dementia at home or within a hospital setting. Project C.A.R.E, currently services fourteen western and Piedmont counties.
Click to see Project C.A.R.E. brochure If the person with dementia lives in Wilhelmenia Pledger - Family Consultant For Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford or Transylvania County, contact: Kether Abeles - Family Consultant For Buncombe, Jackson, Haywood and Swain County and/or patients of Mission Hospitals Dementia Responsive Care Program, contact: Walter Anderson - Family Consultant For more information call Len Erker, Director of Respite & Mounain Area Policies at Len.Erker@alz.org or (828) 254-7363 For Mecklenburg County, contact: Marsha McElroy - Family Consultant |
