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Care Packages to Honor Local Senior Veterans

Emeritus at Wilson Mountain announces "Heroes Emeritus"- an initiative to deliver care packages to local senior veterans and veteran's families to honor them for their service.

Care Packages to Honor Local Senior Veterans

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


            Dedham, MA – May 13, 2013-- While sending care packages to troops overseas is a time-honored tradition, Emeritus at Wilson Mountain 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.

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            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 Andy Eick, Executive Director of Emeritus at Wilson Mountain.  “We’d like to do what we can to help keep these heroes stay safe in their senior years.”

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            Eick 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 Wilson Mountain at 781.407.7711 or via email at WilsonMountain-CRD2@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.

 

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