At Embrace Living, we deinstitutionalize affordable housing and offer seniors and people with disabilities something deeper than just a place to live. Our social service coordinators strive to provide residents with an experience that focuses on everyday well-being by:
community exercise programs
social activities like crafts, games and classes
for sustained service coordination funding
Download our annual report to learn more about how we’ve provided quality housing and programming to our residents.
DownloadCommon chronic health conditions among our senior residents are less prevalent when compared to generational peers: just 13% of our residents had heart disease in 2021 as compared to the national average of 29%.
41% of our communities have been renovated since 2020, with an emphasis on spaces for health and wellness programming and equipment.
When Urmila first became a resident at Immanuel Residences, she was going to the local YMCA to exercise as the community didn’t have much of an offering in terms of wellness equipment and spaces. But after the renovations the community underwent in 2023, it now has a designated exercise room with additional equipment, including table tennis, a hobby that Urmila has embraced playing with her neighbors.
Health and wellness programs aren't possible without community support because, while we do receive federal and state funding, it does not provide enough money to pay for regular health and well- ness programming for our residents. This funding gap is filled by organizations, including community and family foundations, corporations and nonprofit grant programs, willing to step up and ensure our residents get the additional support they need.
Let’s discuss ways your funding can best support the well-being of our residents.
Thanks to generous funding from the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois’ Neighborhood Grants, more of our residents can participate in resident-led arts programs. This includes Caring Hands, a knitting and crocheting group at our Greencastle of Allerton community in Rockford, IL. Caring Hands received a $1,500 grant to purchase supplies for 20 residents to create hats, mittens, stockings and scarfs to donate to local cancer patients, hospice patients and unhoused individuals.
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