About the Center              

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St. Ann Center is an intergenerational day care center that is open from 6 am to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. The term “intergenerational” means we care for individuals of all ages, of every generation.


St. Ann Center strives to prevent premature institutionalization of the elderly and persons with disabilities. Those that we care for receive compassionate and cost-effective care then return home at the end of the day. Our intergenerational program brings clients of all ages together for planned and informal activities. Children benefit from positive one-on-one attention from nurturing, caring adults, and adults gain a sense of purpose by sharing wisdom and skills with children. Adults talk and smile more as they remember their own childhood and their children. They also participate more in activities. Adults and children look forward to these special times when they share and learn from one another.


Our Mission Statement

The mission of St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care is to provide community-based health and educational services for children and frail adults and to serve as a resource and support for caregivers.

 

The Center, Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, reflects Franciscan values in meeting the spiritual, psychological, social and physical needs of all who participate regardless of faith, culture or ability to pay.

 

Global Outreach

St. Ann Center is a national and international model for intergenerational care. St. Ann Center has received visitors from across the United States as well as other countries including: Israel, Japan, and Africa.

St. Ann Center has a partnership with SAJOCAH (St. Joseph's Children and Adult Home) in Cameroon, Africa.  The Home is operated by the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis in Cameroon.

Sr. Edna Lonergan, president of St. Ann Center, has presented St. Ann Center as an intergenerational model at home and abroad.

In April 2002 she attended the 2nd United Nations World Assembly on Aging in Madrid ,Spain and shared with them the importance of intergenerational care.

In October of 2005 she traveled to the Peoples Republic of China as part of a delegation sponsored by People to People Ambassador Program.

Click here to see pictures from her trip to China.

 

 

Replication - Caring for Generations

It is the hope of St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care to create a whole new social model of community-based care, a new social order for the entire nation: one that provides a non-institutional lifestyle of service, choice, compassion, and dignity to multi-aged individuals.  In this hope, St. Ann Center has created a Replication Manual for those that are interested in the creation process of an intergenerational care center. 

This manual is for everyone interested in bridging the gap between generations. Many of our readers will be interested in hearing the St. Ann Center story to learn how we grew from a small adult day care center to a free-standing multigenerational center.

 

 

Services Open to the Community

 

Community Resources

St. Ann Center serves as a resource for clients and caregivers.