AMGEN FUND DONATES $15,000 TO ALZHEIMER'S PATIENT CENTER.Byline: Daily News Staff Ventura County's only day center for patients with Alzheimer's, at the Fitzgerald Senior Day Support Center, has received a $15,000 contribution from the Amgen Foundation. The donation, more than one-tenth the program's operating budget Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. , will go toward providing continued low-cost programs for more than 40 seniors with the disease who visit the center for regular activities. ``That'll go a long way,'' said center staff member Kathi Tamm. ``We find that most of our clients are not able to pay what the care costs.'' The center, operated by the nonprofit Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by Senior Concerns, offers daily activities from arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. workshops and song and dance classes to discussions on current events for seniors with the progressive disease that impairs memory. The only one of its kind in the county, the Alzheimer's day center serves up to 10 seniors daily in programs, with clients visiting a few times a week. Seniors pay on a sliding scale slid·ing scale n. A scale in which indicated prices, taxes, or wages vary in accordance with another factor, as wages with the cost-of-living index or medical charges with a patient's income. according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. income. The Amgen award includes a $7,500 contribution and a $7,500 challenge grant that is to be matched by contributions from Senior Concerns supporters. The Conejo Valley Senior Concerns offers a range of day programs for seniors. For more information, call (805) 497-0189. |
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