About 4 years ago, Laura’s husband called Ascension Living HOPE looking for information. Alice was starting to need more care and supervision during the day but both Laura and her husband worked during the day full-time, so they were limited in the support they could provide. They found HOPE by searching the internet for day programs and reached out to us. Alice enrolled at the start of the following month and started coming into the HOPE day center and receiving HOPE services in her home. Fast forward to today and Alice is still living in the community with her daughter and son-in-law, with a little support from HOPE.

What do you like about HOPE? 

It's wonderful for your psychological health and for your physical health. The day center is wonderful. There are women in there and men from all walks of life and all types of experiences, and they are just absolutely hilarious. We play games and we just have fun and you get to have a good lunch! Hope in general just makes you feel good. The minute you walk in the door, everybody is “Hi. How are you doing?” They're smiling and they're happy. No matter what's going on in your life, it changes when you walk in here. You feel like . . . my life isn't so bad. I'm doing pretty good! 

What would you tell someone looking at HOPE? 

I tell them to get involved with Hope today because they have wonderful doctors!. They're very caring. They want to know what's wrong. They want to know how you feel. The whole (care) team works together to keep you well.

What do you like about HOPE? 

You just have a whole care team that really cares for you. I have a care team of 11 people! I have my own doctor and home health nurse and specialist. I go [to the center] to five days a week and it has done wonders for me. It's made a big difference in my life because I'm actually wearing makeup again. I'm getting out of my house and happier now. At Hope, they make sure that you have your breakfast and lunch. They do activities, art and crafts, walks, and outings. They pick me up at my house and help me get my doctor's appointments but they’ll also pick me up just to get out and mingle with other people and do arts and crafts at the center. They’ve got physical therapy, their own doctor's office, they have everything here and you can get involved in everything they have to offer!  

What would you tell someone looking at HOPE? 

One of the things I think HOPE does really, really well is give people hope and give them a family.This place is the place to be!