GEM is a community-based organization dedicated to providing quality services to adults with memory loss, physical, and mental disabilities and those in need of socialization. GEM provides a positive, supportive environment for both participants and their caregivers. GEM consults, coaches, loves, and entertains. For over twenty-five years, our GEM family has been providing families with alternatives to isolation.
GEM encourages and shares with caregivers the skills required to improve their interactions with loved ones. Our programs are built upon the latest developments in professional person centered care.
A Lasting Impact:
On February 7th, Gail Sonnesso, founder and executive director of GEM, died peacefully while in hospice care. She was 77 years old. With her passing, OBX has lost a tireless advocate and driving force for dementia awareness and education in our community.
Her husband, Angelo, who has been Gail’s partner at GEM since its inception, is committed to continuing GEM’s mission to provide programming for adults living with dementia as well as resources for their caregivers.
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