r wave respite

10:00 - Welcome, arrival, coffee/snacks, table games

10:45 - Group cognitive games   

11:15 - Exercises 

11:30 - Crafts/Community projects  

11:55 - Lunch

12:30 - Movement/Story telling

1:00 - Cognitive games - chair yoga, etc.

1:35 - Music/dance/karaoke  

2:00 - Pickup

Participants must have been diagnosed with mild or moderate dementias.  

Our friends must be: 

• Ambulatory - Wheel chairs/walkers are fine, but participant must be able to move to chairs.  Armed chairs will be provided. 

• Must be able to be socially engaged with the group. All friends are encouraged to participate in the activities, but not required. 

• Must have self sufficiency in toileting.  Staff/volunteers can’t assist. 

• Must be able to independently eat.  Volunteers may assist cutting to bite size, but not feed. 

• Volunteers, nor staff, are allowed to administer medications.  They can remind a friend when it is time to take medication, but not offer assistance.

Care Partners are welcomed to briefly stay at R Wave after drop off to have a coffee and snack and socialize.  Then they are free to begin their respite.  Go for a hike on the Eno, go to a doctor’s appointment, go meet friends for lunch, go home take a nap…..it’s your time……enjoy.  

As an additional benefit for Care Partners, R Wave will begin a support group, called R Wave Support Group….Wow, how innovative!  We will begin by having the support group meet from 10:30 - 11:30, at AUMC, twice per month, while the friends are participating in R Wave festivities. Click below to request information about the support group. 

Without volunteers this ministry would not be possible.  What does it take to be a volunteer? 

• 4-5 hours to volunteer on one or more Mondays each month 

• Socially engaging 

• Enjoy people 

• Enjoy dancing 

• Enjoy music 

• Enjoy games 

• Patient

What do volunteers receive? 

• Purpose 

• Social engagement 

• Break out of routine 

• Satisfaction in making the difference in a persons life 

• Just having fun, laughing, dancing, singing, playing games

Click below to access the volunteer application.

R Wave Enrollment Process: 

• Inquiry e-mail to Program Director at RWaveRespite@Aldersgate.org 

• Attend full R Wave event, participant and care partner (free/scheduled) 

• Complete enrollment forms & copies of photo ID, insurance

Note about Medical Form: R Wave must have a completed medical form on file before your loved one attends alone. It is NOT required for a doctor to complete before attending, but it IS required that you, the care partner, complete to the best of your knowledge. We ask that you then take a hard copy of the form to your loved one’s next regularly scheduled primary care provider (PCP) and obtain the doctor’s signature on.  Then the Care Partner needs to give the signed copy to R Wave.

Aldersgate adheres to a robust Safer Sanctuaries policy. We take the safety of vulnerable adults very seriously. Click the link below to download a PDF of our policies.