Club Locations:

Melbourne

4676 N. Wickham Rd.

Melbourne, FL 32935

321-253-4430

Titusville

830 S. Park Ave.

Titusville, FL 32780

321-268-9144

Micco

7951 Ron Beatty Blvd.

Sebastian, FL 32976

772-664-9996

What’s Inside:

Pg. 1- 25th Anniversary

Pg. 2- About BAFI

Facebook

Pg. 3 - Entertainer

Pg. 4- Titusville Club

Pg. 5- Project Relief

Outreach

Pg. 6- ALZBBQ

Fearless Caregiver

Pg. 7- Melbourne Club

Pg. 8- Micco Club

Pg. 9- Did You Know?

Partners

Pg. 10- Event Calendar

The Club News November 2019

On December 11th, the Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation kicks off it’s 25th year in business. In the past quarter century, BAFI has touched the

lives of over 100,000 clients and caregivers while raising over $25,000,000 in grants, funds and

donations.

Some of our Accomplishments: Most Innovative Day Care in U.S. by National Adult Day

Care Services Association. Best Alzheimer’s Transportation Award in U.S.

by Beverly Foundation. Best Adult Day Care in Melbourne by Hometown News

Exclusive Day Care Provider of the Veteran’s Administration

Exclusive Brevard County Day Care provider of the state-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative

Now it’s time for the party. Stay tuned for an exciting 2020 celebration that kicks off next

month as we engage the next quarter century.

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Ever wonder what is happening here at The Club? Follow us on Facebook!

We try to post pictures and video of the different celebrations, fundraisers, entertainment, and fun happening here each and every day. We also like to include

informational articles on caregiving and Alzheimer’s Disease.

So log on and see what’s happening here at The Club!

www.facebook.com/brevardalz

About us! At Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation we’re not just Alzheimer’s!

The Club is always open to ANY adult who cannot safely be left alone.

Current Rates:

Half Day: $47.00

Full Day: $63.00

Financial Assistance is Available.

Ask about our free day!

In addition to The Club Adult Day Health

Care, we offer many other services:

• Caregiver Education

• In-Home Respite

• Transportation

Please call us at

321-253-4430 for more

information or to set up

a tour or your free day!

Entertainer Spotlight

Jennifer Monaghan is a volunteer at our Micco

facility. Twice a month, she brings music to our

loved ones.

Jennifer Monaghan is a lifelong learner, teacher,

and music lover. From an early age, as the first

born, Jennifer enjoyed teaching her siblings what

she learned in school. Her career path took her

from education to law to banking; and, ultimately,

equipped with a doctorate in education from The

University of San Francisco, she returned to

teaching.

In her ongoing quest to expand her horizon culturally and socially, Jennifer became a

Foreign Expert in Culture and Education in China for a number of years.

Since retiring to Brevard County six years ago, Jennifer has continued to learn and share

with the community, as she has done in all the communities where she has lived. She

finally had the time to devote to improving her skills as a musician. She plays handbells in a

Palm Bay church choir, she’s taking piano lessons as well as learning to play the ukulele.

Jennifer has also become an enthusiastic ‘butterflier’ as a member of the butterfly survey

team of volunteers at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

A freelance writer for many years, Jennifer is now a regular contributing writer for Senior

Life newspaper.

“I’m ecstatic and forever grateful that I’ve been able to do the things I’ve done. I grew up

in Jamaica. In the U.S. I’ve lived in major cities on the east coast, west coast and in the

Midwest. I was a teacher, a secretary, and ultimately a Vice President and manager at a

major bank in New York. I’ve travelled all over the world, and I’ve lived among diverse

cultures for a number of years. Best of all, I have a wonderful family,” said Jennifer.

Titusville Club

Our club members had a great month of October. The big event for the month was our

Fall Festival. The club members dressed up in their best spooky costumes and enjoyed

trick-or-treating around the backyard. We also had several carnival games such as ring

toss and bobbing for apples for them to participate in. The best part of the day was all of

the delicious food and treats that our members got to eat. A good time was had by all.

November is coming up fast and furious, and the year is coming to a close. However, we

still have some fun events happening at the Titusville Club. The weather will be cooling

down, so our members will be able to utilize the outside more. Our biggest event for

November is our Thanksgiving Celebration. Our club members will be able to eat a

tradition Thanksgiving Day meal with turkey and all the trimmings. This event is always

well attended and promotes fellowship and celebration among all. Our club members also

were able to participate in crafts and no bake activities that help celebrate fall and the

Thanksgiving Day harvest.

The Titusville Club would like to thank the Fraternal Order of Eagles (Titusville post) for

their generous grant for our facility. With this grant, we are able to do some facility

improvements to our club. We are really blessed to have support from community

organizations such as them.

If you or someone you know could benefit from our services at The Club, please stop by.

The address is 830 South Park Avenue, Titusville. We are here to help, please do not wait

until you are overwhelmed and stressed out. We would love to give you a tour and answer

any questions you may have.

Outreach and Speaking Engagements Would you like Brevard Alzheimer’s to come to your work, church, or place of business to speak about

Alzheimer’s Disease and the resources available through The Foundation? We find that most people

don’t know what is available to them, and in 2019, we aim to get the word out to as many citizens of

Brevard County as possible!

You can help!

If you have somewhere you would like us to speak, please call Tim Timmermann at 321-253-4430 and he would be

happy to set it up. The more people we can speak to, the more people that can receive services and help.

Project Relief

Project Relief had an excellent presentation from Theresa Russell with the Department of Children and Families Protective Service and their VIAL OF LIFE program. Each vial is a plastic bottle that can hold each family member's personal information stored in the refrigerator and/or cars. The personal information sheet contains medical history, blood type, contact information for guardian or family members and the name of physicians, pharmacy, health insurance, list of medications and even the number of pets and pet sitter details.

If an emergency occurs in a household or car accident, first responders can gather all details by reaching the VIAL OF LIFE and the emergency room staff and hospital can have the very most important information, quickly. Knowing the medicine allergies and list of medications in the vials are saving people's lives and by having a guardian and even pet sitter information things are made easier. This program is free and you would contact Theresa Russell 321-288-6684 for more information.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Fearless Caregiver Conference November 13, 2019, 10:00am—2:00pm

Learn How to:

Balance family, work & caregiving - Motivate family members to help -

Convince Dad to stop driving - Persuade Mom to listen to you - Legally

protect your aging parents - Secure the future of your adult child

Event location - Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Community

3050 N. Highway A1A, Indialantic, FL 32903

Register at caregiver.com or call 877-829-2734

You can win a 1970 NUMBERS MATCHING Plymouth GTX. Numbers Matching Super Commando 440 Engine 3-Speed, Automatic, 727 Torqueflite Transmission

375 Horsepower 480 Foot-Pounds of Torque

Billed as “The Gentleman’s Muscle Car”

The BBQ will be held on Saturday, May 16th at 3:00pm at the American Muscle Car Museum in Melbourne.

Get your tickets at our front desk, online at alzbbq.com, or by calling the office at

321-253-4430.

Melbourne Club

October was an incredible month with back-to-back celebrations. We began the month with

the renewal of vows for Stan and Jackie. The wedding service was beautiful, heartfelt, and for

everyone attending, brought tears to their eyes. This was a one of a kind celebration for Joe’s

Club, which gave an example of what’s to come!

Our next celebration was in accordance with Octoberfest, which was an excuse for the

Activity Director to wear his Lederhosen and to dance the polka to German music all day

long. The main event in October is, of course, a spooktacular Halloween extravaganza. We

began the day with a Halloween puppet show, members who did not dress up made their

own Halloween masks during crafts. Staff and clients dressed according to the Halloween

theme. Our members had a costume parade and the staff presented their costumes in front

of our members to vote on best costumes. We decorated the back garden area and set up

stations for our members to trick-or-treat for candy. Everyone had an amazing time and, of

course, overindulged on treats and candies. We’d like to give a special thank you to all our

volunteers and to all those caregivers who donated candy and goodies on this fun-filled day.

We will post photos in the next edition of the newsletter.

In November, we are very blessed this year to have a two-day Veterans Celebration to honor

our military members. We will have Bill Dodds on the trumpet performing Taps while The

Rolling Thunder group does a flag ceremony. They will then present certificates and pins to

our vets. We then have a patriotic performance by The Entertainers in the afternoon. Day

two is the Veterans Administration doing a presentation and a speech to our veterans in the

morning of the 12th followed by certificates and pins. We have gone above and beyond this

year to appreciate the freedom our veterans have fought for.

We give thanks, and this is the perfect month for that because our next big holiday is

Thanksgiving. Here at Joe’s Club that’s what it’s all about, giving thanks to our members,

staff, family members, caregivers and all those volunteers and entertainers who give their

time and dedication along with donations. All we can say from the bottom of our hearts is,

“Thank You!”

Micco Club We hope everyone had a great October. We had a lot of fun dressing up for our Halloween Parade and love seeing our members all dressed up too. Remember all Barefoot Bay residents that attend Joe’s Club receive free transportation and a special flat rate of just $20 a day for being Bay or Snug Harbor residents. November is here which means Turkey Day, shopping, and hopefully cooler weather. As a reminder, we will be closed the day of Thanksgiving 11/28/19 but will be open Friday 11/29/19. Every Friday we have musical entertainment, and the performers love playing to an audience. Make sure and mark your calendar for every Friday to get your weekend started right. We are having a Yard Sale on 11/16/19 to help raise money for our activities and crafts budget. Anybody can come and try out our facility as we offer one free day to all new interested parties. Don’t forget that if you are a Veteran, that uses the Viera Clinic as your primary care facility, you may be eligible to receive assistance to pay for your membership at Joe’s Club. We are actively seeking volunteers to come out and have fun with our club members. Joe’s Club has a fun, laid back atmosphere. Our clients love to socialize and interact with volunteers. We do many different activities to stimulate the minds of our clients, and are open to new ideas that you, as a volunteer, may bring to the table. At Joe’s Club we love music, so if you play any instruments or can sing we would love to have you perform for us.

Did you know?

Foundation Partners

October Support Group Calendar

November

2019

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2

4 5 6 7 8 9

All Men’s Group

BAFI Melbourne

9:30-11:00am

Dementia

Sunflower House

10:30am-Noon

BAFI Caregiver

Hope Lutheran

1:00-2:30pm

Caregiver’s Support

Group

Grace United

Methodist Church

A&E Building

Merritt Island

10:00am-11:30am

11 12 13 14 15 16

All Men’s Group

BAFI Melbourne

9:30-11:00am

Veteran’s Day

Early Stage Cocoa

825 Forrest Ave

10:30am-12pm

Early Stage –Melbourne

3661 S. Babcock St.

2:00 – 3:30pm

Fearless Caregiver

10am-2pm

Holy Name of Jesus

Church

BAFI Caregiver

Hope Lutheran

1:00-2:30pm

18 19 20 21 22 23

All Men’s Group

BAFI Melbourne

9:30-11:00am

Movie: Turning Point

Premiere Oaks Theatre

11am

DCCI Brain Health

Mims Library

1pm-2pm

BAFI Caregiver BAFI

Micco

1:00– 2:30 pm

Memory Screening

Mims Library

9am-12pm

Dementia

Sunflower House

10:30am-Noon

BAFI Caregiver

Hope Lutheran

1:00-2:30pm

25 26 27 28 29 30

All Men’s Group

BAFI Melbourne

9:30-11:00am

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