St. Luke Lutheran Community – North Canton is the recipient of a $14,000 grant from The Aultman Foundation. The grant will enable St. Luke to develop a geriatric care management program to promote independent and healthy aging by linking seniors with available community services.
According to a recent report from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, 89 percent of seniors desire to maintain an independent, home-based lifestyle, despite any functional disabilities. However, they lack knowledge about quality, costs and availability of services in their community and how to connect with these services.
The LINCS (Lutheran Interfaith Network Connection of Services) program will be designed to serve an age and income qualified senior population residing in North Canton. As a nonprofit organization, they are looking for new ways to achieve excellence in aging services and enhance the quality of life both in their organization and in the community.
The LINCS program is based on the belief that we are all entitled to remain in our familiar home setting for as long as possible and enables St. Luke to further their mission by reaching out with loving Christian care to seniors in the surrounding community.
St. Luke Lutheran Community, a not-for-profit, continuing care retirement community, provides faith-based services to enrich the lives of older adults. St. Luke Lutheran Community consists of two campuses, St. Luke – North Canton and St. Luke – Portage Lakes. St. Luke – North Canton, located at 220 Applegrove St. NE, is comprised of The Waterford at St. Luke, independent senior living apartments; Muirfield Village, assisted living; skilled nursing care, memory support unit, as well as long/short-term, in/out-patient therapy. St. Luke – Portage Lakes is located at 615 Latham Lane in Akron and offers skilled nursing care in addition to long/short-term, in/out-patient therapy on the tranquil shores of South Turkeyfoot Lake. To learn more about admissions, therapy services, volunteer opportunities or The St. Luke Foundation, visit them on-line at www.stlukelutherancommunity.org.
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