"I live with my daughter. I come here everyday. It's like brothers and sisters here. I'd be lost without my Bethel family." Bertha Thompkins, age 80, participant in Bethel's Adult Day Services.

Bethel Adult Day Services Program began in 1983. In 1997 Adult Day Services began servicing adults with disabilities through the Department of Rehabilitative Services. The program has continued to serve around 100 elderly in the Central West area, thereby allowing the elderly to remain in their home or community. Adult Day Services provides transportation from home to the Center and then back home for participants as follows: East to Lake Michigan, West to City limits, North to Armitage, and South to the Ship Canal.

Adult Day Services is currently seeking volunteers to aid as: group assistant aides, transportation aides, activity aides, and retired nurses.

Program Requirements

Participants 60 years and over are referred by the Department on Aging. Younger adults who are physically or mentally challenged are referred by the DHS Office of Rehabilitative Services.