Council on Aging Martin County Expands Memory Care and Adult Day Club

Stuart, FL – A larger, more welcoming Memory Enhancement Center and a more private and secure Adult Day Club are major components of the current expansion project at the Council on Aging Martin County.

“Both of these programs are growing,” said COA President and CEO Karen Ripper. “We’ve used our creativity to reimagine the existing footprint of the Kane Center. The project will enable us to add 830 square feet of program space to meet the needs of our community and to provide a better experience for our clients.”

The Memory Enhancement Center will have its own entrance, similar to a hotel lobby. Spaces where clients work with staff to increase their memory functions will be open, airy, and attractive. “We want our clients to feel like guests as they enter the building,” Ripper said, “and to immediately feel a sense of progress and optimism.”

The Adult Day Club, a daily program for clients who are experiencing mild or moderate dementia or coping with mobility issues, will also grow in space, security, and privacy.  A separate entrance will open into the activity areas. The entire space will be refreshed and designed to appeal to the special needs of Day Club clients.

Construction will run through mid-October. During that time, both programs will continue to operate at the Kane Center. “We’ve worked with the contractor to make certain that clients won’t be inconvenienced in any way,” said Adam Levenson, Director of Ops Infrastructure. All construction will take place after hours and on weekends.

Generous donors have contributed to the Council on Aging Martin County to make the project possible. “We are especially grateful to Mrs. Henry Angsten, Mr. and Mrs. George Barngrover, and the Wong Family Foundation,” Ripper said. “Their care and concern for our seniors  will make a substantial difference in the lives of every client and family member who need the services of the Memory Enhancement Center or the Adult Day Club.”

For more information about the Council on Aging Martin County, visit www.coamartin.org  or call 772-223-7800.

About the Council on Aging Martin County

For seniors, their families, and caregivers, the Council on Aging Martin County is their trusted and comprehensive hub for senior resources. We work with the community to reduce anxiety, depression, loneliness, and hunger. Together, we help seniors live a safer, healthier, and happier life.

From our Adult Day Club, Day Primary Care Center, case management, and memory enhancement programming, to our nutrition and exercise classes, games to improve memory, concerts and social events, the Council on Aging’s Kane Center on Salerno Road is a beehive of activities. Services also take to the road – like Meals on Wheels, providing a hot meal and a warm smile to more than 500 homebound and needy Martin County senior residents in their home each day, or Senior Dining Centers at locations throughout the county in Stuart, Jensen Beach, Indiantown and Hobe Sound. The Elder Care Mobile Outreach Bus brings knowledgeable and compassionate staff directly to seniors in local neighborhoods.

For 51 years, the Council on Aging Martin County has been working tirelessly to inspire a community that embraces, uplifts and encourages seniors to maintain lives of quality and purpose. Stay healthy. Be active. Eat well. Get help when you need it from the Council on Aging Martin County. Please visit us in person, online at coamartin.org, or on social media, and learn more about the many services of the Council on Aging Martin County. Our staff and volunteers are ready and eager to help.