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DETAILS have been announced of a concert in aid of the District Day Care Centre, Clarecastle.
Acclaimed singer Sean Keane and his band will perform at the Church of Ss Peter and Paul, Clarecastle on July 19.
The concert is being organised by the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Clarecastle in association with the District Day Care Centre.
The District Day Care Centre in Clarecastle opened in August 1999 following six years of planning, fun- draising and consultation. It was a proud day for the committee to see the first neighbours and friends avail of the new facilities.
The centre caters for 250 people per week and covers a 10-mile radius from Clarecastle. Transportation 1s arranged by minibus. The facility is usually offered one day per week to each person but some may avail of it more often in special circumstances.
Facilities provided at the centre include nursing care, classes and a wide range of social activities.
A meeting held at the centre last Monday highlighted shortfalls in funding for a new state of art and ful- ly complete dementia day care unit.
Chents and staff appealed for the HSE to make funding available for the project.
Maureen Keohane, who has been attending the centre for the past seven years, said, “This is a wonderful fa-
cility. I don’t know how I could man- age without it. Everything is under one roof. The staff are superb, you couldn’t praise them highly enough. I don’t know what Id do if it didn’t exist.”
The unit is designed to facilitate 25 people per day with mild/moderate elentenlete
The services anticipated in the new unit will offer up to dementia suffer- ers more specialised care in an en- vironment that is purpose built for their needs.
Management at the centre say that the new unit will also free up spaces in the existing day care centre which has a waiting list of 40.
The Health Services Executive, mid western region meets the day-to-day
running costs of the centre.
The existing services are operated by agreement between District Day Care Centre Ltd – a voluntary or- ganisation – and the Health Services Executive. The decision to develop the centre by providing a purpose built dementia unit was approved by the HSE.
Galway singer Sean Keane is ap- pearing as part of the bill announced for the 13th annual Céili at the Cross- roads Festival in Clarecastle.
This year’s festival again features performances by a host of local mu- sicians as well as workshops in set dancing and sean nos singing.
The festival concludes on July 26 with a céili at Kerins Cross with mu- sic from the Four Courts Céili Band.