Barbara Rita’s smile can light up a room, and her positive attitude is infectious. “I really have come a long way since moving here. Everyone here has become my family.” Barbara Rita Haag is a Syracuse native and a resident in Loretto’s Community Residence Program, which provides supportive residential living environments for adults 45+ with…
Cindy Guiles’ story is like that of most kids—she lived in Syracuse with her family and went to school, eventually earning her GED as a Syracuse City School District student. When she was 18, she started living independently, working various community service jobs as a cashier, customer service employee, and volunteered at the Boys and…
Loretto is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Community Residence Program, which offers safe and supportive residential living environments for adults 45+ who struggle with psychiatric disabilities. The mission of the program is “to provide a safe, homelike setting and treatment services for challenged adults that promotes and maintains rehabilitation responding to the desires, tolerance,…
Loretto Nurse Practitioner Desta Anthony is determined to help residents living with Dementia find purpose and is finding unique ways to do just that. As the primary care provider at The Heritage, one of Loretto’s memory care communities, Desta created a free boutique and a baby nursery in 2023 to allow residents to engage in…
May is Older Americans Month, a national month of recognition for older citizens and their impact on our country. This national designation was instituted by President Kennedy and the National Council of Senior Citizens in an effort to raise awareness of the lack of programming needed to support those who lived past 65 to bring…
