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Anne and Louis Green recently celebrated the groundbreaking of a 5,000-square foot extension to Florida Atlantic University’s Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center.
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Florida Atlantic University’s Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing recently broke ground on a 5,000-square-foot extension to the Center on the Boca Raton campus. The extension, which will be connected to the current Center via a covered walkway, is expected to be completed in late 2013.
Louis and Anne Green announced a commitment to support the expansion of the Center in December 2012.
The addition will house a large multipurpose room for Center activities and community education as well as a kitchen, an art studio, nurse and case manager offices and treatment rooms. The increased capacity will enable the Center to serve more individuals in the community who suffer from memory loss and their caregivers.
The Center averages 16,000 visits per year and offers a wide range of services and programs to individuals with mild to moderate memory disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. Visits begin with a comprehensive memory evaluation. The evaluation results often help diagnose a memory disorder and develop a treatment plan in cooperation with a patient’s physicians.
The Center provides an active and secure place for families to bring spouses or parents who are experiencing memory loss, and the caregiver support programs have a positive impact on life at home. In January 2013, the Center was been named a “Specialized Alzheimer’s Services Center” by Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration’s Division of Health Quality Assurance. The dementia-specific adult day center was the first to receive the designation.
