Forsyth, MO
Listener
Honey Bee
Wayne D.
Forsyth, MO
Running Errands, Light Housekeeping, Heavy Housekeeping, Cooking/Preparing Meals, Grooming, Feeding, Toileting, Transportation
Reading, working in our and our daughter's yard, doing minor repairs, travel, member of the Taney County Health Department board of Directors, member of the Forsyth Library Endowment Committee. I like to think I am a good observer.
I like to think I am a good observer; paying attention to what's going on around me helps me anticipate potential needs. I enjoy helping people. I spent a bit over three years with U.S. Peace Corps. That experience was life-changing for me for a number of reasons. The person I helped for about 15 months with Seniors Helping Seniors and I became good friends. We sort of thought of each other as family.
Master's degree
Home Care Agency Caregiver, Family/Friend Caregiver
Other
I retired from University of Missouri Extension. As a Community Development Specialist I covered 16 counties in SW Missouri working with communities, groups, counties in areas such as planning and zoning, community organizing, environmental education and health education. I started an environmental water quality program for elementary students, reaching all Taney county schools. Also started Stay Strong, Stay Healthy, a senior exercise program in Stone and Taney counties. I was the county program director for about the last ten years of my employment. I worked with our board to develop and annual budget and presented it to the the county to defend.
2-5 years
We classify our helpers in three tiers of services:
This helper bee can help light housekeeping, errands, grocery shopping, companionship, medication reminders and cooking.
This helper bee can help showering, toileting, grooming and transferring assistance.
This helper bee can help patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia, Parkinson’s disease, strokes and ALS.