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Medication administration and daily health checks
Noon medicines, blood pressure, blood sugar and weight, with a note home every day.
IncludedAdult day center · El Dorado, Arkansas
The old bank on Cedar Street. Now it keeps people.
A licensed adult day center in a 1920s bank across from the square: a nurse on the floor, lunch in the old lobby, music under the coffered ceiling and a van that covers Union County.
- 1926the year the bank opened
- 44members on a busy day
- 4:1members to staff
How we got here
Bernadette's mother needed somewhere to go.
In 2009 Bernadette Hollins was a nurse at the medical center and her mother, Lucille, was living alone on Mellor Park Avenue with early Alzheimer's. Lucille was safe at night with family, but the days were long and getting dangerous. There was nowhere in town to take her.
So Bernadette and her husband bought the empty bank building on Cedar Street, kept the marble, the vault door and the coffered ceiling, and opened a day center for Lucille and eleven of her friends. Lucille lived to ninety-one and came every weekday. Forty-some members come now.
— Bernadette Hollins, RN, founder
- 1926the year the bank opened
- 44members on a busy day
- 4:1members to staff
- 15years on Cedar Street
What sets us apart
Where we shine
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The vault room program
A smaller, calmer room (yes, the old vault) for members living with dementia.
Daily
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Lunch in the old lobby
Home cooking under the coffered ceiling. Fried catfish on Fridays, banana pudding most days.
IncludedPhoto tour
A day in the old bank
Sample family reviews
From Cedar Street families
Mama banked at that building for fifty years. Now she goes there every weekday. She says she's 'making a deposit.'
My husband sings bass in the Thursday choir. I hadn't heard him sing since church in the nineties.
Charlene saw Dad's ankles swelling, called his doctor and had me on the phone in ten minutes. They changed his water pill and he's fine.
Angela got our VA benefit approved when I'd given up. Three days a week, covered.
The vault room is the only place my mother is calm in the afternoon. They figured that out in a week.
Roy brings Dad home at 4:45 and walks him all the way to the recliner. Every single day.
Earlene's banana pudding is the reason my father agreed to try it. Three years later he still talks about it.
I own a store on the square. I can see the bank from my window. Knowing Mom is right there changed everything.
Rooms & suites
The building
We kept the marble and the vault door, and built everything else for the people inside.
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The lobby
Marble floors, the old teller counter turned coffee bar, and round tables for lunch under the coffered ceiling.
- Coffee bar
- Piano
- Accessible throughout
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The vault room
The old vault, door and all, is now a quiet, calm room for members living with dementia.
- Low light
- Soft seating
- Staff trained in dementia care
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The craft room
The old loan office, with big tables, quilting frames and a window onto Cedar Street.
- Quilting frames
- Flower bench
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The shower room
A roll-in shower and a trained aide, so bath day is one less job at home.
- Roll-in shower
- Grab bars
Activities & dining
A week at Cedar Street
A sample week. The full calendar goes home on the first of every month.
Mon
- Coffee and the News-Times
- Bid whist tournament
Tue
- Garden boxes
- Walking club around the square
Wed
- Flower arranging
- Music and memory headphones
Thu
- Thursday choir
Fri
- Catfish lunch and bingo
Our team
Who you'll see at the door
Bernadette Hollins, RN
Founder and director
Charlene Davis, LPN
Nurse
Rev. Lionel Booker
Chaplain and music
Angela Ruiz, LMSW
Social worker
For families
For the family at home
How the day works for the people at home.
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Drop-off
Pull into the old drive-through lane from 7 a.m. and someone will meet the car.
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The daily note
A note goes home every afternoon: lunch, mood, vitals and anything our nurse noticed.
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Medicines
Send noon doses in the pharmacy bottle. Our nurse logs every one.
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Days off
Call by 7 a.m. if your member is staying home. Hospital stays never cost you a spot.
Insurance & payment
Paying for the day
Our social worker checks every option with you before the first day.
Private pay
One daily rate, lunch and the van included, billed monthly.
Arkansas Medicaid programs
Home and community-based programs can cover adult day for members who qualify. We help with the application.
VA benefits
Adult day health care is a VA benefit for eligible veterans.
Long-term care insurance
Many policies include adult day. We complete the forms.
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Downtown Association · Restoration Award
- Readers' Choice · Best Senior Program
- County Chamber · Small Business of the Year
- Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
- Regional Medical Center · Preferred Day Program
- Historic Preservation Society · Building Award
Now hiring
Good people make Cedar Street Adult Day. We are hiring for every shift.
Visit
Find us across from the square
- 120 E Cedar Street
El Dorado, AR
Free parking on Cedar and in the lot behind the old bank. The drive-through lane is now our covered drop-off. - (870) 555-0127
- Text us
- hello@cedarstreetday.example
- CedarStreetAdultDay
Tour & office hours
- Program, Mon – Fri7a – 5:30p
- Tours, Mon – Fri9:30a – 2:30p
- Families drop inAny time we are open
Lunch is served in the lobby at noon.
Bring your mother or your dad for a free day, lunch and the van included. Call or text and we'll set it up.