Like a Light in a Dark Tunnel
When participant Pamella Rose first heard about CenterLight Healthcare PACE, her health was not in the best place, and she was looking for a way to get assistance while remaining as independent as possible. She says that joining CenterLight PACE brought back light into her life in what seemed like such a dark time. In her own words:
CenterLight Healthcare PACE is like a second home to us. When you think back on your sickness that you go through, it is like you are in a dark tunnel. Being at CenterLight, it opened that light.
Pamella Rose loves the different activities at the CenterLight Healthcare PACE Day Health Center (DHC). She said that the activities keep her active, motivated, and help her forget about her pain. Pamella Rose's favorite activity, of course, is BINGO (she said this laughing because her daughters call her The Bingo Queen).
I feel so proud to be a part of the PACE Participant Council where our voices are heard by the managers. To me they really care about what is on our minds and hearts. I also love the cooking programs, gardening, arts and crafts, and the painting group.
According to Pamella, making friends is a wonderful part of participating in the DHC. They truly have become family to one another. Sometimes it is like they are sisters and brothers. They play dominos together, teach each other crochet stiches, and just talk. Pamella recalls being so into her word search book one day that it was like she could not hear anyone around her, she just had to find the next word. Her friend at the center was trying to get her attention all morning, but she was in her own little world. Her friend tapped her on the shoulder and said, “Finally your nose is out of that book!” She said she thought she was sitting here all alone. She apologized to her friend, and they just laughed about it.
I am so glad to know that I have CenterLight Healthcare PACE that I can come to in the mornings, and I am so thankful to be at this place. It is a blessed place. I was not looking for something like this at my age. God is good to me by doing these things. Sometimes you get your blessing, and it comes to you so suddenly and unexpectedly because of the good things that you do to other people. I appreciate being here and I would encourage other people out there to join CenterLight Healthcare PACE.
Pamella Rose has been a CenterLight PACE participant for 8 years and is enrolled as a participant at the time of posting.
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Last Updated September 27, 2024