Community Involvement

At Azura, our mission of transforming the culture of care extends far beyond the walls of our homes. It extends into our homes’ surrounding communities through our involvement and participation in Alzheimer’s disease awareness, advocacy and research and resource fundraising. Here are some ways that our Azura Memory Care team, residents, families and friends have been active in our communities Wisconsin-wide:

Walk to End Alzheimer’s

Azura Assisted Living and Memory Care team members, residents, family members and friends join together to Walk to End Alzheimer’s each year. As a statewide sponsor of the event, Azura is proud to be able to help raise awareness and walk along side those within our care, their families and the many individuals who are affected by this disease. 

 

Azura Thrift Sale

Our Azura Assisted Living and Memory Care homes come up with ways to fundraise for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s event every year, and for a couple of our homes, it is by hosting an Azura Thrift Sale with items donated by the community at large.  Our Azura Memory Care home in Eau Claire has held a Thrift Sale for over 13 years and has raised over $100,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association with a special monetary match from Holiday Vacations. EXCEPTIONAL!

Advocacy Day

Held annually and coordinated by the Alzheimer’s Association, Azura Assisted Living and Memory Care has an Advocacy Squad that has been made up of team members, residents and family members who make an annual journey to the Wisconsin State Capital to address concerns and beneficial legislature that work to aid those who are affected by this disease. This offers the opportunity to share testaments, topics and ways the new legislation would help those affected with senators and representatives from across Wisconsin. Azura has also been represented at the national Advocacy Forum held in Washington D.C.

Azura Dementia Symposiums

Recognized as Wisconsin’s Dementia Experts, we love to be able to host and coordinate two annual dementia symposiums in the Eau Claire and Milwaukee, WI areas. These annual conferences are designed for professionals and individuals caring for those with Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias. Azura works with many exceptional organizations and speakers to bring a variety of topics and great information geared toward dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Including brining international dementia expert, Teepa Snow to over 400 attendees at our first ever Virtual Symposium.

Azura MOSAIC Dreams Program

What would your best day be? It’s a simple question that we ask our residents at Azura Assisted Living and Memory Care as part of our MOSAIC Dreams Therapy Program. MOSAIC Dreams by Azura seeks to make the dreams and special personalized moments of joy for our residents come true. Thanks to our partnership with Second Wind Dreams, we have been able to take a resident golfing, something he had given up because of his disease diagnosis. Then we learned that a resident had always wanted to graduate from college, so we threw her a graduation party complete with cap, gown and an honorary diploma from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Another resident yearned to go back to the County Fair for a corn dog and a beer. We may have supplemented the latter for a teddy bear, but regardless it made him smile! Every smile and every dream realized is part of the MOSAIC of love and support we try to weave at Azura for our residents and their families. Below are a few of our favorite dreams come true!

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