At its regular weekly meeting on Thursday, April 11, Ossian Rotary will hear from Denise Hughes, health educator with Aging & In Home Services, speaking about Alzheimer’s disease.
Hughes is the Health Educator for Aging & In-Home Services of Northeast Indiana. In this role, she provides education to community members, people living with dementia, caregivers and professionals on brain health, dementia and caregiving. Hughes has worked within one of the local healthcare networks for more than 25 years, and she has experience in caring for people who are living with disabilities. She is also a volunteer educator for the Alzheimer’s Association, and she enjoys interacting with people and sharing information to help them live their best healthy lives.
Hughes grew up in a little town outside of Fort Wayne. She met her husband while in high school, and they have now been married for 34 years and have two sons.
Hughes and her husband enjoy volunteering with Image of Hope Ranch in Auburn, Indiana. Family is very important, and while her parents are no longer alive, Hughes and her five siblings live near each other. They all rally together to care for their youngest sibling, who is an adult now with Down Syndrome.
Anyone is welcome to attend Ossian Rotary this Thursday morning, at 7:30 at First Baptist Church of Ossian, 1001 Dehner Drive for this program. For more information, please contact Jeremy Penrod, Ossian Rotary President, at jeremy.penrod@edwardjones.com.
Please note that Ossian Rotary will not meet if there is a weather cancellation for Norwell Community Schools.
Next week’s program will be a tour of the new Wells County Highway Department Building at 7:30 a.m. Thursday.
Ossian Rotary is a small part of a larger organization, Rotary International, which was founded almost 120 years ago in Chicago. Ossian Rotary is a group of people with a desire to meet new people, network, get involved and make a difference in Ossian and the surrounding community. Each week we have a different speaker, usually business experts, political and civic leaders, and entrepreneurs, who help us stay informed on topics that are relevant to our community.
