Known for Innovative Programming
JADP is a leader in client-centered, activity-based,
wellness-directed, fun-filled activities. Participants
experience more than 250 entertainment presentations a year.
Nearly 200 daytrips depart from JADP annually. An electronic
roam-alert system provides an extra level of security for
participants while they enjoy the eight rooms for specialized
activities. The facility is made up of a spacious lobby,
computer lab, art room, nurse's clinic, shower facility, and the
"Fellowship Hall" for special events, entertainment and
dancing.
Features and
Benefits
* Electronic roam-alert system
* Supervised exercise and walks
* Wellness monitoring
* Administration of all medications by registered nurses
* Referrals/case management: doctors, social workers,
psychiatrists, nursing homes
* Podiatry service from Senior's Choice Foot Care, LLC
* Personal hygiene services: hair cuts, shower, and nail
trimming
* Daytrips and outings for many ability
levels
* Special theme events and entertainment
* Music, singing, dancing and art therapy
* Secured E-mail communication for participant families
Programs
Activities are geared to the participant's ability
level, encouraging group participation, socialization, maximum
mobility and good times. To learn more about our activities,
check out our Programs
page!
Always fun and exciting events in our facility
for our participants.
We have an annual Senior Prom complete with the crowning of a
King and Queen, and we have a Summer Luau where hula lessons are
provided. We have a theme every month to focus interest -
celebrating a variety of things such as birds, antiques, the birth
of America, weddings, and heirloom plants. Volunteers from
DBG provided seeds and plants and expertise and our participants
planted our planters on the patio and in our walking garden.
We love celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, and every holiday
we can think of! At Halloween JADP is filled with fun
costumes, and during the National Western Stock Show we
celebrate all things cowboy and cowgirl. Because of the age
of the bulk of our participants, patriotic occasions are very
important. One year on Veteran's Day we had four participants
who had been in the D-Day Invasion - 2 pilots and 2 who were on
landing crafts - who shared with us about their experiences.
We all learned a lot of first-hand information from them.
Levels of Care
JADP uses a "Level of Care" assessment to determine the
daily cost for all participants. Each participant's daily fee
will be dependent on the level of staff interventionand supervision
needed to care for him/her throughout the course of the day.
Due to the wide variance in individual participant needs and
abilities, the incremental differences in cost will reflect the
care and supervision required to care for folks whose needs are
different, and whose needs will almost certainly change over
time.
Placement in a specific room (Friendship, Inner Circle 2, Inner
Circle 1, Cozy) does not determine level of care. Multiple
factors are considered when assessing level of care. A
scoring system is used in each area and based on a participant's
total score the level of care is then determined by our Clinical
Director. Over time, a participant may need to be
re-evaluated, and level of care may change. Reevaluation will
occur automatically after hospitalization or rehabilitation.
Pastoral Care and
Support
Do you have spiritual questions and concerns? Would you like
to speak with a pastoral counselor about your needs? The
Johnson Center is pleased to connect you with a caring professional
to listen and guide you and your family through the challenging and
changing times of Alzheimer's disease and the life-limiting effects
it often places on caregivers and participants. Contact us directly and we will put you in
touch with someone who can help.
Communicating with
Physicians
We are now working even more closely with the physicians who care
for our participants. Every six months we send a Participant
Progress Update to participant physicians. The report indicates our
understanding of medications, health and behavioral issues that
relate to the participant's care. This helps both the doctor and
the Center staff address the changing health care needs of our
participants and encourages close communications between health
professionals and families.
JADP's "Advance Directives Planning" Seminar
The M.O.S.T. (Colorado Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment)
system is being given a "trial run" in our state (under House Bill
10-1122). Its purpose is to provide a simple, easily read,
one-page legal instruction of the care a person wishes to receive
and not to receive during a health crisis. It covers
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, artificially administered
nutrition/hydration, ventilation, pain control and use of
antibiotics. Because it is a single page, it can be read
quickly by doctors who don't have time to go through many pages of
information. This instruction page follows a patient to
hospital, rehab unit, or nursing home so that the same information
need not be given over and over. You can obtain a copy of the
M.O.S.T. for from JADP - take it to your doctor and discuss
it. It must be filled out and signed by him/her, a
physician's assistant (P.A.) or nurse practitioner.
The nursing staff at the Johnson Adult Day Program, Tracy and
Donna, want to provide useful information to our clients and their
families/caregivers. We will be giving a free
seminars quarterly throughout the year to help you to thread
your way through the forest of "Advanced Directives
Planning." Basically, this means ways you can plan ahead for
care preferences in the last stages of life (when you might be
unable to voice them). We will discuss and provide written
material covering DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) and DNI (Do Not
Intubate) orders, living wills, durable medical powers of attorney,
Five Wishes, the M.O.S.T. (Colorado Medical Orders for Scope of
Treatment), hospice and palliative care, and organ and tissue
donation. Contact us at (303) 789-1519 for more
information.
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