SAFE (Senior Assistance Financial Executive)
Rubber Duck Regatta
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"Fun for All Ages & Admission is Free!"
The Rubber Duck Regatta offers great family fun in in beautiful Riverfront Park on the shore of Lake Josephine. Listen to live music, enjoy the childrens' games and contests, watch the duck races, and share a laugh or ride the train with the Al Bedoo clowns. Food is available at reasonable family prices and fun is guaranteed for people of all ages.
Join us Sunday, September 10, 2006 for the 10th Annual Rubber Duck Regatta!
Major Sponsors:
Billings Federal Credit Union |
Billings Gazette |
First Citizens Bank |
Intermountain Mortgage |
Professional Nursing Personnel Pool (PNPP) |
Walmart |
Activities Include:
- Childrens' Games and Contests starting at noon
- Duck Adoptions & four Rubber Duck Races starting at 1 p.m.
- Live Music
- Great Food
- Al Bedoo Clowns & Train Rides
- Prizes, Prizes, Prizes!
All proceeds from the Rubber Duck Regatta are used to provide education, public awareness information, trained Gatekeepers and direct services to elders, including:
- SAFE (Senior Executive Financial Assistant) program that provides a Representative Payee to assist elderly and disabled adults unable to manage their finances and help protect them from exploitation
- Financial Institutions Training Manuals and Video to help educate employees on how to identify and report elder abuse
- Training manuals and in-service training for employees of businesses and groups that volunteer to serve as Gatekeepers
- Elder Support Worker responding to reports of elder abuse offering information and assistance to the elderly and their families
- Montana Elder Abuse Prevention Website
- Video and book library available to public
- Education Conferences and Workshops for caregivers, health providers, law enforcement, the elderly and their families
- Speakers Bureau presenting educational programs
- Brochures, newsletters, and other publications to increase public awareness of elder abuse and prevention.
We invite you to be a part of this special event. Your contribution will help the Big Sky Prevention of Elder Abuse Program continue outreach to our vulnerable elders and their families and to train community Gatekeepers to spot and report possible abuse.
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Senior Assistance Financial Executive
It should not hurt to be old. In our community, we must strive to achieve the right of every older person to celebrate aging with dignity, choice and independence, free from the fear of abuse.
Big Sky Prevention of Elder Abuse Program has developed A SAFE program that combines direct intervention and specialized management service for the elderly and adults with disabilities.
SAFE allows elders to maintain their independence and helps protect them from exploitation.
The SAFE Representative Payee provides the following services:
- Meets with each client to review their financial affairs and develop a budget according to their needs.
- Investigates each client's financial obligations through meeting with Social Security, Federal Retirement, Veterans Administration, medical personnel, family members, and other businesses/agencies involved with the client prior to our serving as their payee.
- Pays all monthly bills and determines the cash amount shared with the client on a monthly or weekly basis.
- Keeps current all financial records and documents for each client. Client accounts are reconciled monthly and made available for audit annually.
- Representative Payee case management includes regular contact with each client to determine the state of his or her health and to make sure their individual needs are being addressed.
- All BSPEA employees are bonded.
