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Foothills Caring Corps asks Carefree to back dementia-friendly designation as services surge
Summary
Foothills Caring Corps told the Carefree Town Council it has nearly doubled service ‘touch points’ in two years, is running nine vans and hundreds of nonemergency medical trips monthly, and is asking the town for a letter of support to pursue a dementia-friendly community designation.
Foothills Caring Corps Executive Director Brent Downs told the Carefree Town Council that the nonprofit has expanded services for homebound seniors and is seeking the town’s support to pursue a dementia-friendly designation.
Downs said the organization’s client contacts rose from about 20,000 two years ago to over 38,000 and that the group expects to approach 50,000 touch points this fiscal year. “We have over 400 volunteers from the community that help provide these services,” he said. He added that nonemergency medical rides increased from roughly 270 trips per month to more than 500 after Medicare reduced reimbursements, and that providing those rides in-house spares clients the $200–$300-per-trip cost they…
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