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(MURFREESBORO) Mindful Care Adult Day Services offers supervised activities to persons with early dementia and Alzheimer's disease. It allows their caregivers to have some time for work or other activities. Those persons are usually their grown children or other relatives.

Mindful Care is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 that is licensed by the State of Tennessee, and meets from 8:00AM to 5:00PM Mondays through Fridays at New Vision Baptist Church, 1750 Thompson Lane.

ABOVE LEFT PHOTO Diane Bailey shows off one of her art projects at Mindful Care Adult Day Services in Murfreesboro, a five-day-a-week program for people with early-onset Alzheimer's. Standing behind her is Keneshia Sweet, Mindful Care program director.

ABOVE RIGHT PHOTO Her smile reflects her pride in what she has created. Pauline McClaran gives us a peek at her drawing of flowers created by her hand prints. These kinds of activities at Mindful Care Adult Day Services provide cognitive stimulation for people with early-onset Alzheimer's. They also elicit big smiles.

For more information about the services of Mindful Care, call 615-542-4371 or visit their website: www.mindful-care.org.