Emeritus at Cherry Hill Delivers Care Packages to Help Local Senior Veterans Stay Safe

Care Packages to Help Local Senior Veterans Stay Safe

-- Supplies, Helping Hands Honor ‘Heroes Emeritus’ as Memorial Day Approaches --

            Danvers, MA – 5/15/13 -- While sending care packages to troops overseas is a time-honored tradition, Emeritus at Cherry Hill will be delivering them to local senior veterans or their surviving spouses during Memorial Day week in an initiative designed to assist them in staying safely in their homes. This program is part of a national effort by Emeritus Senior Living to deliver more than 2,000 care packages and provide a helping hand with safety measures for seniors.  Called “Heroes Emeritus” in honor of the veterans’ service, the program is underway now and runs through Memorial Day, May 27.

            The Heroes Emeritus care packages include nightlights, first aid kits, medication management containers, water bottles, healthy snacks, and other items that make a senior’s daily life and home more secure. In addition to delivering the packages, the Emeritus team will perform a home safety check to ensure the living environment is free of any potential hazards. 

            “Our veterans and the spouses who gave their support on the home front have done so much to keep our nation safe,” said David Grossberg, executive director of Emeritus at Cherry Hill.  “We’d like to do what we can to help keep these heroes stay safe in their senior years.”

            Grossberg noted that the Heroes Emeritus program is part of the Emeritus philosophy of “Safely Somewhere” – an initiative that helps us ensure that seniors are residing in safe, meaningful situations, regardless of whether it is in their own homes or elsewhere,”

            Members of the public who would like to recommend a local senior veteran or veteran spouse for the Heroes Emeritus program are asked to call Emeritus at Cherry Hill at 978-777-5717 or via email at cherryhill-crd@emeritus.com.

Heroes Emeritus partners include Omnicare, Caring.com, the Fischer Group, Life Care Funding Group, Gulf South, Kellogg’s and Campbell’s – all of which made generous donations to fill the veteran care packages.

About Emeritus Senior Living

Emeritus Senior Living is the nation’s largest memory care and assisted living provider, with the ability to serve nearly 50,000 residents. More than 28,000 employees support more than 480 communities throughout 45 states coast to coast. Emeritus offers the spectrum of senior residential choices, care options and life enrichment programs that fulfill individual needs and promote purposeful living throughout the aging process. Its experts provide insights on senior living, care, wellness, brain health, caregiving and family topics at www.Emeritus.com, which also offers details on the organization’s services. Emeritus is based in Seattle, Wash.; its common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ESC.