The Scholarship Program offered by the Good Shepherd Institute for Healthy Living is designed to assist individuals with financial needs who have medical conditions that may be significantly improved through Good Shepherd Institute for Healthy Living membership.  Information used to determine an individual's eligibility will include:  the applicant's medical condition(s), likelihood of medical improvement with a membership, annual income and family size.   Scholarships are for a 6 month free membership to the Good Shepherd Institute for Healthy Living and maybe terminated at any time due to failure to comply with the guidelines of the membership, submitting falsified information or failure to meet the quota of visits per week (workout no less than 3 times per week).  For more information or to request an application, please call Kristin at the East Texas Aging & Disability Resource Center at 1-877-237-2268.

 

Will be held this year June 11 through June 15th from 9:30 AM until 3:30 pm at D.O.R.S Youth Transition Center located at 507 North Fourth Street in Longview, TX.  This years topics will include banking/money handling, arts & crafts, job preparedness, healthy eating and games and is open to persons ages 16-29.  The cost is $15.00 per person and pre-registration is required.  To sign up for this event, please contact Patrician Perkins at 903-581-7542 or pperkins@etcil.org  You may also register in person at the ETCIL office, located at 4713 Troup Highway, Tyler, TX.

 

A National Strategy for Enabling Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Affected by dementia to Remain in the Community and Receive Quality Supports was developed by a national task group co-chaired by the University of Illinois at Chicago's Research and Training Center on Aging and I/DD and the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry. Task group objectives were to identify a workable screening instrument to help assess and substantiate suspicions of dementia-related decline, suggest and promote the development of practice guidelines for post-diagnosis health care and supports, and recommend models of community-based support and long term care for persons with an intellectual disability affected by dementia. Click here for more information.