Council on Aging and Banner Lake Community Center forge partnership, bring comprehensive senior programming to Hobe Sound

Just prior to COVID-19 turning the world upside down, the Council on Aging at the Kane Center and the Banner Lake Community Center began strategizing a partnership that would bring senior programming directly to the Hobe Sound community. The Council on Aging has been operating one of its senior dining centers at the Banner Lake Club for several years, but the opening of the beautiful new Community Center presented a fresh opportunity to enrich the lives of seniors.

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The Council on Aging of Martin County at the Kane Center had to postpone its 6^th annual Family Caregiver Workshop originally slated for April 3, 2020. After months of careful planning, the Workshop is back in a new virtual format that will air live from the Kane Center on Friday, September 11 at 1:30 p.m.

“Caring for a loved one with a memory disorder is never easy, much less during a global pandemic,” said Donna True, LCSW, Program Development and Outreach Coordinator for the Council on Aging at the Kane Center. “Now more than ever it is important for us to be able to offer advice and ideas that caregivers can easily translate into their everyday lives.”

The virtual workshop will feature the real-world tips and tricks caregivers have come to expect from the Kane Center’s annual event in a condensed, ninety-minute version that family caregivers can enjoy safely from their own homes.

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