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Paul Pepper: Lois Long, Persons with Dementia Advocate/Volunteer, "Respite Funds"

"There are funds available for what's called 'respite', for persons who are caring for someone at home, and it is to cover expenses...to allow the caregiver to be out of the house for a short time." -- LOIS LONG, advocate/volunteer for persons with dementia. Lois's poem, 'When?', starts at [1:37]. July 8, 2021

Travis McMillen is the senior media producer at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. For KBIA, Travis oversees production of Views of the News and The Daily Blend with AC.
Paul Pepper was a fixture on the mid-Missouri airwaves from 1969 until his retirement in 2023. He started hosting Radio Friends with Paul Pepper for KBIA-FM in 2009 after a remarkable 40-year on-air career at KOMU-TV.
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