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A selected few Rappahannock County adults who need some degree of assistance during the course of a normal day may soon have an alternative to nursing home care.
Rappahannock is one of five counties that will conduct a pilot program placing elderly or disabled adults in foster care. The qualifications of the foster care home will be reviewed by county social workers and training will be provided by local agencies.
Sylvia Kreitler. superintendent of the Rappahannock Welfare Department. said that Rappahannock will have three of the 21 adults who will receive the state funds designated for the foster care project. The year-long study will provide a model for other counties who are seeking a solution to the problems of aged or disabled adults who can no longer live alone but who would like to stay in familiar surroundings.
“We’ve always believed that this is the way to go,” Kreitler said. “It's much better to be in a family atmosphere and to remain here in Rappahannock than to be sent to a nursing home in Orange or Winchester.”
Kreitler said that, in addition to fulfilling certain physical requirements, special attention would be paid to the ability of the
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