Springfield-based SageLife has raised and donated more than $50,000 to support the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter.

The company sponsored the Alzheimer’s Association’s Party in Purple Gala and Philadelphia Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Also, each of its four senior living communities in Pennsylvania held its own events throughout the year to support the organization’s mission to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.

Community fundraisers included t-shirt and bake sales, bingo nights, mini walks, and even a unique car wash that offered walker and wheelchair detailing alongside traditional car cleaning. 

“We are incredibly proud to support the nearly half a million individuals in our area living with Alzheimer’s and their more than 800,000 caregivers,” said Kelly Andress, President of SageLife. “Everyone worked hard to reach our goal. Residents, their families, and team members all pitched in to support our efforts this year, which will help fund free programs and services offered by the Alzheimer’s Association, as well as expand Alzheimer’s and dementia research and advocacy efforts across the region.” 

SageLife’s four senior living communities in Pennsylvania — Plush Mills in Wallingford, Echo Lake in Malvern, Daylesford Crossing in Paoli, and The 501 at Mattison Estate in Ambler — offer individual-focused comprehensive memory care using the Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care philosophy. It recognizes and incorporates a resident’s changing abilities to adjust expectations and delivery of the most appropriate care at every moment. 

“We understand and celebrate the fact everyone in SageLife’s memory care neighborhoods has unique emotional, physical, and social needs,” said Andress. “They may have some limitations caused by changes in the brain, but they still retain rich history, singular experiences, and distinctive gifts.”

The lifetime risk for Alzheimer’s at age 45 is one in five for women and one in ten for men. About one in nine people aged 65 and older has Alzheimer’s. Right now, almost 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s.

Learn more about SageLife and its commitment to enhancing the lives of its memory care residents.