Our PLACE Adult Day Center
"Creating Moments of Joy..."
Our PLACE Mission
Our PLACE Mission is to improve quality of life by providing a day program of care, social interaction, and therapeutic activities in a safe and nurturing environment for adults living with Alzheimer's or other dementia-related diseases. Our PLACE also works to support families and caregivers through respite, support groups, education, and resources, allowing us to create more “Moments of Joy” for families and participants.
Our PLACE Update
With Spring approaching, we look forward to new opportunities, new growth, and we celebrate it. We truly have been so blessed to have such amazing supporters who believe in our mission and want to get behind it. I’m excited to see what this new chapter brings and where it takes us, the sky's the limit!! We are well on our way to being the best individual non-profit Adult Day Center in Eastern Tennessee.
Our Phase I expansion is well under way and we are hopeful for its completion some time in mid May. This affords us the opportunity to service more with Alzheimer’s/ dementia and we are so grateful!! However, we cannot do this alone. We have started our Capital Campaign to kickoff our fundraising efforts for Phase II to fund our second activity area. This will provide a second space to better serve our people. We are targeting FY28 for completion of this phase.
If you have any questions about how Our PLACE can help your family through our services and support, please contact me at (865) 657-7222 or director@ourplacetn.org.
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Sarah Martin
Executive Director
Save The Date
August 9th ● Caregiver Support Group (2nd Friday of each month) ● 9 -11 AM at Tellico Village Library, 300 Irene Way, Loudon, TN.
August 21st ● Men's Support Group (3rd Wednesday each month) ● 1 - 3 PM at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church, 260 Wade Street, Loudon TN.
October 5th ● Walk 2 Remember ● 9:30 AM -12:30 PM at Lenoir City Park.
Our PLACE Annual Walk 2 Remember
Across America in the fall of each year, millions of people join together in a Walk 2 Remember the individuals and families affected by the early effects of Alzheimer's and other dementia-related diseases. On October 5, 2024, from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, at Lenoir City Park, Our PLACE will hold our 2nd annual Walk 2 Remember for those affected individuals and families in our area.
All proceeds will be used to support the daily programs and activities in our newly expanded facility. Our vision, supported by you, is to provide the best independent, nonprofit adult day programs in East TN. Please walk with us on this special day to help us provide more Moments of Joy in our participants' lives.
Our PLACE Phase II Capital Campaign
Your support is greatly appreciated by the families of those affected...
We have now been serving our community since March of 2022. Since then Our PLACE has provided help and assistance to countless individuals and caregivers through our in-house programs, Caregiver Workshops and Outreach Programs. Our PLACE has provided ‘Moments of Joy’ to many families.
We have learned a lot in dealing with the various aspects of dementia. Space constraints have become our main issue due to how participants are progressing through the disease, mobility issues, and resulting activity setup constraints. The need is great as the American Alzheimer’s Association estimates that there are over 4700 individuals impacted by Alzheimer's/Dementia in Loudon and Monroe County alone.
To adequately address this need, we recently added a modest expansion. This expansion gives us much-needed space to make it even more comfortable for our participants and adds additional capacity to serve more families in our communities.
We continually look for additional ways to expand our service to support our participants and their caregivers, outreach and education, scholarships, and further improvements in our programs allowing us to create even more "Moments of Joy". Learn more about this program.
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Our family of Facebook followers continues to grow, so to keep you updated, please join us on Facebook! Did you know when you type the words Our PLACE in a post or anywhere in your own Facebook timeline, you can click on the "Our PLACE" link that appears and it will link your post directly to the Our PLACE Facebook page. Doing this is so helpful in terms of spreading the word about our efforts to continue providing Moments of Joy for the many families suffering from Alzheimer's and other dementia-related diseases. Join us on Facebook and be sure to Follow us!
