Adult Day Program

If you are interested in attending our day program, and are already a client of Digby Clare Home Support Agency, please contact your care coordinator.

If you are not already a client with Digby Clare Home Support please contact Continuing Care at: 1-800-225-7225

Each day our program strives to offer a variety of activities to support client’s mental and physical health, cognition, memory, and interests.

Various activities can focus on fine motor control (with games such as Jenga, Chess, and Crokinole), to larger activities like bowling and tennis that support gross motor skills.

​​Range of motion and cardio exercise is part of our weekly schedule, and each day, time is set aside for clients to engage in activities and games that stimulate the brain and help sustain memory.

Our goal at ADP has always been to foster inclusion, not just within our walls, but within our community.

Our clients proudly made personalized blankets which were given to foster children and highlighted in the local newspaper.

Clients also organized a tea at our local church hall to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation. Several clients helped at the tea by welcoming guests at the door, taking donations, waiting on tables, and washing dishes. On the actual day of the Terry Fox Run, our clients cheered on the runners with signs, noisemakers, and water.

This past winter, clients decorated and submitted a Christmas Tree to the Festival of Trees at Sissiboo Landing. It was a community event to raise money for the care and maintenance of the Weymouth waterfront.

In the summer as our communities were affected by several fires our clients showed their appreciation to local fire departments by making care packages and thank you cards.

In honor of National Indigenous Peoples Day, we quilted a wall hanging and donated it to Bear River First Nations.

Age is only a number, and our clients know it’s never too late to learn something new.

At our program our clients have had the opportunity to learn about collecting and making maple syrup.

They met a women who showed clients how to use a spinning wheel, its process and told many stories.

Another gentleman showed clients the art of basket weaving. Later, he returned to show how to make drums.

We celebrated the Acadian Festival by having the musical “Ukeladies” come entertain us, and two talented cooks made us a delicious Acadian dish, “fricot” and shared their rich Acadian history. On National Acadian Day, a band played French and English songs and we were blessed to have a visit from Evangeline and Gabriel!

We have practiced our painting with Turning the Tide, an organization that focuses on Employment & Economy, Environment and Health Care in Digby County, learned about the Electric City and Weymouth history.

We celebrated Black History month with talented drummers.

Clients participated in card making and made birthday cards to give to family and friends.

We were also very pleased to have a talented author, who is legally blind come read from her book that is published in braille

Our program has always offered a variety of nutritious meals. From a local family farm to local vendors and merchants, clients have always ended their day with a full stomach while we support local businesses.

We now offer a six-week fixed meal schedule where meals are both brought in or made in house. Clients also have the option of taking a meal home.

We have been fortunate to partner with a nonprofit agency, Transport de Clare, to offer some of our clients transportation to and from our program.

Without their support, several of our clients would not have the opportunity to attend. For clients who live closer to our program location and are in need of transportation, members of our ADP team have been able to transport them here and home again.

The Digby Clare Home Support Agency has received a significant amount of positive feedback and support both from its participants, their families, and the community. 

Having the opportunity to collaborate with many community groups, local artists and talents has allowed our program to promote a holistic approach to care for its participants. 

It has added diversity and enrichment to their cultural and social interactions, addressing various aspects of their well-being.

The Adult day program has offered a supportive environment for older adults and individuals with disabilities or limitations, providing socialization, cognitive stimulation, and supervised care.

This program has played a crucial role in delaying or preventing hospitalization, or facility admission as it has promoted community integration, and supported family and caregivers by offering respite care and other support services.