Senior & Elder Care in Phoenix

One of the largest nonprofit hospice organizations in the country, a dementia-care program that has influenced memory care nationally, and a decades-running brain-donation research program in Sun City all serve Phoenix-area older adults.

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One of the largest nonprofit hospice organizations in the U.S.

Hospice of the Valley

A Phoenix-based nonprofit hospice provider widely recognized as one of the largest nonprofit hospice organizations in the United States, offering end-of-life and palliative care as well as dementia-care programs across the Valley.

Source: Hospice of the Valley (official site)

Dementia-care practices that have influenced memory care nationally

Beatitudes Campus

A Phoenix nonprofit senior living community known for pioneering person-centered dementia-care practices, developed through its Comfort Matters program, that have influenced memory-care approaches at other institutions around the country.

Source: Beatitudes Campus (official site)

Long-running brain-donation program supporting Alzheimer's research

Banner Sun Health Research Institute

Based in Sun City, this Banner Health research institute runs a long-standing brain and body donation program that has supported Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease research for decades, drawing on Sun City's large retirement-age population.

Source: Banner Health (official site)

Supports family caregivers and homebound older adults across the Valley

Duet: Partners In Health & Aging

A Phoenix-based nonprofit that supports family caregivers, homebound older adults, and grandparents raising grandchildren through volunteer visiting, respite, and caregiver-support programs.

Source: Duet: Partners In Health & Aging (official site)

Federally designated aging-services agency for Maricopa County

Area Agency on Aging, Region One

The federally designated regional agency coordinating and funding services for older adults and caregivers across Maricopa County, including in-home services, meals programs, and caregiver support.

Source: Area Agency on Aging, Region One (official site)

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