At-Home Services
Adult Day Programs
CJE SeniorLife's Adult Day Programs provide older adults with a supervised, structured program in a group setting. Our program maximizes the potential of each participant, helping him or her maintain functional abilities and quality of life while giving their caregivers a much-needed respite.
Participants, 60 or older, come from all ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds. The individuality, independence and dignity of each participant is acknowledged. Evanston: Open Monday through Friday
Participants are older adults who may be frail, isolated or lonely. Physical or cognitive impairments may limit their ability to function and enjoy life in the community. The more independent participants who require less one-to-one assistance are grouped in the "Traditional" program. The "Asher" program provides structured therapeutic activities and care in smaller groups for those with moderate to severe dementia and/or a greater need for more individual assistance with activities of daily living.
A team of program professionals plan and facilitate simultaneous activities which give participants the opportunity to choose activities that capture their interest. A full-time registered nurse promotes wellness, provides health education and administers medication as needed. A full-time social worker provides emotional support for the participants and family caregivers in addition to connecting Adult Day participants with resources in CJE and the larger community.
Delicious, kosher food is provided including a light breakfast in the morning, a balanced, nutritious lunch and an afternoon snack.
Delicious, kosher food is provided including a light breakfast in the morning, a balanced, nutritious lunch and an afternoon snack.
Our extended hours are 7:30 a.m.- 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; our regular hours are 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. CJE door-to-door bus Transportation on the Shalom bus is available within certain Chicago and suburban areas.
CJE at Sinai, 15 West Delaware Place: Open Monday and Thursday.
This senior adult day program in downtown Chicago, created for older adults with early to moderate memory loss, provides highly stimulating, supportive and structured activities in a group setting as well as respite for caregivers. Participants receive a morning snack and catered lunch. Participants who would like a weekly three-day program can combine CJE at Sinai with Culture Bus: Inside and Out (see below).
Culture Bus: Inside and Out, Streeterville (pick-up): Weekly on Tuesdays.
Culture Bus North/Northwest, Barrington and Deerfield (pick-up): Every other week on Wednesdays.
These two Culture Bus programs are designed to provide socialization and stimulation to people with early stage memory loss of the Alzheimer's type or other forms of dementia.
Staff and volunteers accompany participants to various events and destinations in the greater Chicagoland area. The Culture Bus: Inside and Out program (Tuesdays) consists of a social and cultural outing every other week (including lunch) throughout the year with an "inside program" on alternate weeks that is focused on engagement in the creative, expressive arts. The Culture Bus North/Northwest program meets every other week on Wednesdays for outings.
Highlights Include:
- Creative, self-expressive activities
- Docent-guided tours of exhibits
- Healthy and delicious lunch
- Conversation and socialization throughout the day
- Respite for caregivers
Transportation for Culture Bus: Inside and Out is provided by CJE from the starting point at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Feinberg Lobby) in Chicago. Participants must arrange for their own transportation to Northwestern for the start of the Culture Bus program and back home at the end of the program. In conjunction with Culture Bus trips, participants and their caregivers may belong to an early-stage support group that is facilitated by a Northwestern University social worker.
Transportation by CJE for the North/Northwest Culture Bus begins/ends at either The Friend Center (on the Weinberg Campus in Deerfield, 1601 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield) or Lutheran Church of Atonement (909 E. Main, Barrington). Participants must arrange for their own transportation to/from one of these two starting/ending locations.
Deerfield
Our Adult Day Services - North program at The Friend Center provides a supervised, structured program for older adults with early- to mid-stage Alzheimer’s and other dementias. The program emphasizes the abilities of individual clients with a goal of maximizing the potential of each participant by restoring or maintaining functions for as long as possible. Day services also offer respite to caregivers.
Programs at this north suburban location include creative arts therapies such as music, art, drama and dance; exercises and physical games; outings and field trips; parties and celebrations; sensory activities; horticulture projects; cooking and baking; discussion groups; and other forms of entertainment. Special amenities include an innovative activity kitchen and a large enclosed garden with non-toxic vegetation.
For more information about our Adult Day Programs, hours and fees, contact:
ADS
1015 W. Howard
Evanston, IL 60202
Phone: 847.492.1400 |
ADS - North
The Friend Center
1601 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, IL 60015
Phone: 847.374.0500 |
Culture Bus is a concept of CJE SeniorLife and Northwestern University's Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's disease Center.
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