Below is our schedule for Peer Groups each month.  These four locations have break out sessions for the people with Parkinson’s in one session and the caregivers in another session.  All sessions are led by GAPS facilitators and everyone is encouraged to share their stories, triumphs, setbacks, questions, and hope as we walk with you on this journey.

These groups will meet on these days every month:

• St.Francis Cancer Center
• Earle Street Baptist Church
• Seneca Presbyterian Church
• Rolling Green Village

Our dates for the first half of 2018 are as follows:

St. Francis Cancer Center
104 Innovation Dr. 29607
1st Thursday
2:00-3:00pm
FAcilitators: Lisa Lee ([email protected]) and Bonnie Noble Silberman ([email protected])

• 2/1/2018
• 3/1/2018
• 4/5/2018
• 5/3/2018
• 6/7/2018
• No July Meeting

Earle St Baptist Church
225 W. Earle St. 29609
2nd Thursday
11:00-12:00 Noon
Facilitators: India Martin ([email protected]) and Caroline Mulholland ([email protected])

• 2/8/2018
• 3/8/2018
• 4/12/2018
• 5/10/2087
• 6/14/2018
• No July Meeting

Seneca Presbyterian Church
115 W. South 1st Street
Seneca, SC 29678
3rd Tuesday
3:00-4:00pm
Facilitators: Kenny Felder ([email protected]) and Matt Mills ([email protected])

• 2/20/2018
• 3/20/2018
• 4/17/2018
• 5/15/2087
• 6/19/2018
• No July Meeting

Rolling Green Village
1 Hoke Smith Blvd. 29615
4th Tuesday
2:00-3:00pm
Facilitators: Suzanne Lee ([email protected]) and  Lindsay Howerton- Hastings ([email protected])

• 1/23/2018
• 2/27/2018
• 3/27/2018
• 4/24/2018
• 5/22/2087
• 6/26/2018
• No July Meeting

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• Not being able to observe the client and thus be unable to ascertain just how much assistance will be required.
• Inability to observe the client’s environment to ascertain presence of available “tools” or assistive devices to render care.
• Inability to gauge safety and conditions when providing care.

Because South Carolina has no regulations the charges and pay rates can depend on each agency and their own self imposed policies or “regulations”.  Those agencies that do not necessarily hire certified nursing assistants can pay their “staff” less and charge less.  The question to ask in these cases is exactly how much training do they provide non-certified employees.  Whereas hiring a certified nursing assistant to provide even “sitting”, companionship or homemaking increases the likelihood that signs and symptoms exhibited by the client will be reported and interventions sought before they escalate.

When deciding if the rate you are quoted is fair MetLife Mature Market Institute published “The Cost of Home Health Care in South Carolina (12 months, 2012)”   

 To understand the rate one must understand definitions:

Health Aide (generally Certified Nursing Assistant) is trained to provide ongoing support with Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s) such as bathing, showering, dressing, transferring, eating, toileting etc.

Homemaker provides companion type assistance such as light housekeeping, meal preparation, transportation and companionship. The type of client for a homemaker may have Alzheimer’s Disease, but otherwise be perfectly healthy.  Homemakers are NOT TRAINED to provide hands-on assistance with Activities of Daily Living.

According to MetLife Mature Market Institute health aide and homemakers are usually provided in 2-4 hours blocks of time referred as visits.  They generally cost more in the evening, on weekends and on holidays.

Of course cost depends on where you live in South Carolina as noted above.  Charleston is the most expensive area.  Rates fluctuate between urban and rural.  A range can be anywhere from $16 to $22 in South Carolina.

South Carolina according to MetLife is the Twenty-Seventh (27^th) most expensive state for the cost of Home Health Care.  The United States average cost for a Health Aide was $21 per hour and a Homemaker Aide was $20.

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