Grayson Community Celebrate 25th Anniversary
Friendship House and Chapel House is celebrating its 25th anniversary and invites the community to join them on Thursday, June 29, at 11 a.m. for the ribbon cutting and dedication of their new medical clinic and beauty salon followed by a reception. The medical clinic inside Friendship House for senior residents will be dedicated. The […]
Simmons College of Kentucky & Christian Care Communities Foundation
Above picture: Tierra Beard, left, student at Simmons College of Kentucky with Betty Riggins, resident at Christian Care Communities Simmons College of Kentucky & Christian Care Communities Foundation Announce First Intergenerational Program Alliance In America To Give Students New Pathway to Earn Congressional Award Gold Medal&Foster Education and Relationship Building Between Young and Old […]
How couple’s cope with Alzheimer’s
CORNELL MEMORY CARE CENTER SPECIAL TO THE NEW ERA – “Take off that hat,” she said as she grabbed his cap and sat it on a table nearby. Joan Burdette gently brushed the flyaway grey hairs out of her husband’s face as he boyishly joked with the workers and volunteers at Cornell Memory Care Center. […]
Explaining the Best Friends™ Approach to Care
Since The Best Friends™ Approach to dementia and Alzheimer’s care was introduced in 1997, the approach has grown to become an internationally recognized model for senior care. It was developed by Virginia Bell, MSW, and David Troxel, MPH, both masters in the field of senior caregiving for those living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Together, Bell and Troxel […]
Home for Christmas
The beauty of the Christmas season is just around the corner. In many homes, the warmth and laughter of friends and family gathering for the holiday is highly anticipated. This Christmas, we would like to introduce you to Abby who makes her home at our Christian Health Center. Abby is also eagerly awaiting the arrival […]
Giving Tuesday – November 29, 2016
Join Christian Care Communities as we participate in #GivingTuesday on Nov. 29. This is a global day dedicated to giving back and bring about real change in communities. Click here to read more about Giving Tuesday. As we celebrate this day that has inspired donations, volunteerism and activities in communities worldwide, we’re encouraging supporters of our faith-inspired mission […]
Do You Know the Man in the Red Sweater?
Tom Moffett shows up. At meetings, at rallies, at protests, the Christian Care Louisville resident has proven himself to be one of Kentucky’s most consistent social-justice champions. Tom, retired from the Presbyterian Church after years of pastoring an integrated congregation in the mid-1960s, holds to his commitments to civil rights to this day. At 92 years […]
Founders Week 2017
The year was 1871. A young woman lay dying at Louisville’s City Hospital, overcome with sadness, knowing her young son had no place to go, no one to care for him. “I have loved the church,” she told her pastor William A. Broadhurst, who was at her bedside. “It has been my desire to live […]
Christian Care Communities Receives $235,000 Gift
Community Room at Christian Health Center West to be Named in Honor of Bettie L. Johnson LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY (September 19, 2016) – Christian Care Communities today announced a $235,000 gift from prominent Louisville businessman Charlie Johnson in honor of his late wife, Bettie L. Johnson, a tireless educator, philanthropist and visionary advocate for older adults in […]
Give Local Louisville
Thank you to everyone who designated a gift to Christian Care Communities in Give Local Louisville. We raised $7,775 from 32 donors. The success of Give Local Louisville helped raised over 4 Million Dollars for 600+ organizations. What an awesome day! Thank you to the Community Foundation of Louisville and the generous donors who sponsored this effort. […]