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Resident urges Carteret County to expand adult respite services; county staff says it will explore options
Summary
A resident asked the Carteret County Board of Commissioners to support an adult daycare/respite program for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias; the county manager and several commissioners expressed support and said staff could seek grant funding if the board directs them to do so.
Joseph Ann Smith, a Carteret County resident and longtime property owner on Emerald Isle, told the Board of Commissioners on Sept. 15 that the county lacks adult daycare and respite services for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and urged officials to support creation of a local program.
Smith said her husband required caregiving and that local home-health aides charged $30 to $50 an hour and sometimes provided inadequate supervision. “Why doesn’t Carteret County have a daycare? For Alzheimer’s patients and those with dementia,” she…
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