Sanborn- Place, Home Care & Day Services

11/19/12 Press Release

Sanborn Place, Home Care & Day Services has been selected to partner with national initiatives to create strategies that improve quality of life for senior residents, while producing cost savings to the health and long-term care systems. Developed by LeadingAge and Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise), the Learning Collaborative will engage 12 teams of senior housing organizations and service providers to develop and refine housing and healthcare models over a two-year period. Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF) is also participating in the effort, providing strategic policy support to the teams.

Sanborn is honored to be selected to participate in the Learning Collaborative. We have committed our efforts and resources for the past several years to the development of a strong housing and services model. Says Jacqueline Carson, CEO of Sanborn Place, Home Care & Day Services, “The opportunity to work with a number of other organizations across the county will allow for us to pool our resources, create programs that can be replicated, in turn allowing for us to improve on the quality of life for all seniors locally and across the country.

Peter Sanborn Place opened as independent housing for low-income seniors and special needs populations in 1983. The mission was to provide for housing and services. In late 1997 it was pertinent for the not-for-profit to expand on its mission. At that time Sanborn Home Care was developed as a sister organization to care for residents in the facility and the community at large. Most recently we expanded again on our continuing of care services, with the acquisition of an adult day heath center. Our facility is the home to 75 residents; we currently have over 150 individuals on our wait list, along with caring for another 200 in the community and/or at our adult day health center. Please visit our web site for more information: www.sanbornphc.org

“At the time when our senior population is growing more rapidly than ever before, and public resources for affordable housing and services are shrinking, it is vital that we take the necessary steps to support innovation, identify successes and encourage the adoption of these emerging successful models,” adds Terri Ludwig, President and CEO of Enterprise.

The 12 participating teams in the Learning Collaborative are leaders in providing affordable housing and healthcare services to a diverse senior population:

• Associated Catholic Charities (MD) with Greater Baltimore Medical Center
• Cedar Sinai Park (OR) with Central City Concern
• Cathedral Square Corporation (VT) with Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties
• The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society (SD)
• Housing Authority of Milwaukee (WI) with SET Ministry Inc.
• Mercy Housing (CA) with Institute on Aging and San Francisco Department of Public Health
• National Church Residences (OH)
• NewCourtland (PA) with NewCourtland LIFE
• Sanborn Place (MA) with United Church Homes of Reading, Inc. (Sanborn – Place, Home Care & Day Services)
• Presbyterian Senior Living (PA) with PinnacleHealth Hospitals
• Presbyterian Villages of Michigan (MI) with Luella Hannan Memorial Foundation
• Selfhelp Community Services (NY) with SinglePoint Care Network, Jewish Home Lifecare, and New York Hospital Medical Center Queens

 “Serving the most vulnerable and low-income populations is one of our greatest responsibilities,” says Larry Minnix, president and CEO of LeadingAge. “This Learning Collaborative will provide an opportunity for us to identify the essential elements and practices of effective housing plus services models so we can serve these populations to the best of our ability.”

For more information on the collaborative, please visit: www.enterprisecommunity.org/learningcollaborative or www.leadingage.org/learningcollaborative.aspx.

 About LeadingAge

To expand the world of possibilities for aging, LeadingAge members and affiliates touch the lives of 4 million individuals, families, employees and volunteers every day. The LeadingAge community (www.LeadingAge.org) includes 6,000 not-for-profit organizations in the United States, 39 state partners, hundreds of businesses, research partners, consumer organizations, foundations and a broad global network of aging services organizations that reach over 30 countries.  The work of LeadingAge is focused on advocacy, education, and applied research. We promote home health, hospice, community-based services, senior housing, assisted living residences, continuing care communities and nursing homes. LeadingAge also focused on technology solutions and person-centered practices that support the overall health and wellbeing of seniors, children, and those with special needs.

 About Enterprise

Enterprise is a leading provider of the development capital and expertise it takes to create decent, affordable homes and rebuild communities. For 30 years, Enterprise has introduced neighborhood solutions through public-private partnerships with financial institutions, governments, community organizations and others that share our vision. Enterprise has raised and invested more than $11.5 billion in equity, grants and loans to help build or preserve nearly 300,000 affordable rental and for-sale homes to create vital communities. Enterprise has invested $2.2 billion toward the creation of more than 37,000 affordable homes for seniors. Visit www.EnterpriseCommunity.org and www.EnterpriseCommunity.com to learn more about Enterprise's efforts to build communities and opportunity.

 About SAHF

Launched in 2003, SAHF has 12 sophisticated nonprofit members who acquire, preserve and are committed to long-term, sustainable ownership and continued affordability of multifamily rental properties for low-income families, seniors and disabled individuals. Together, SAHF members own and operate housing in 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands—providing homes to approximately 100,000 low-income households across the country. For more information about SAHF, visit www.sahfnet.org.