JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – A new program is offering hope and support for families dealing with mild to moderate dementia and other forms of memory loss.
In this 3 On Your Side Exclusive we learn more about Joyful Connections, a church ministry in Rankin County, that is reminding caregivers and participants they are not alone or forgotten.
This is what the Christian Life Center at St. Marks United Methodist Church on Grant’s Ferry Road in the Reservoir area looks like every Monday.
Katie Heard said, “it is based on a national model of the Respite for All Foundation out of Alabama, but it is a social program. One of the things that we know is that oftentimes a diagnosis of dementia or neurocognitive disorder comes with a sense of isolation.”…