Praise for dementia support program in Nanaimo
NANAIMO — Keith Arnold strolls into a Nanaimo-based dementia care facility adult day program Tuesday morning alongside his wife, both sporting broad smiles.
Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, has taken its toll on the 84-year-old Nanaimo man and his wife Sally, who was diagnosed six years ago.
However, the couple has received critical assistance over the past year-and-a-half, thanks to the Nanaimo Travellers Lodge Society, which provides three adult day programs for elders battling dementia at the newly opened Eden Gardens on Northfield Rd.
Arnold, who has out-of-town family, told NanaimoNewsNOW he “can’t put into words” the impact the programs have had on their lives.