THE DAPPER MCDONALD ALS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

What they do

THE FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTES to THE CREATION, SUPPORT, and ONGOING OPERATION of RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT PERSONALIZE and DEINSTITUTIONALIZE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES and INSTEAD CREATE A HOME-LIKE SETTING THAT PROMOTES and SUPPORTS PATIENTS INDEPENDENCE, REGARDLESS of THE STAGE AND/OR SEVERITY of THE PATIENTS ILLNESSES. THE FOUNDATION SEEKS to SUPPORT PROGRAMS and FACILITIES THAT ARE OPERATED BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS and THAT INCLUDE BOTH THE AVAILABILITY of 24-HOUR SKILLED NURSING CARE and THE USE of INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY to BETTER ALLOW PATIENTS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE WHEELCHAIR-BOUND, to EXERCISE INDEPENDENT CONTROL OVER THEIR ENVIRONMENTS. WITH ADVANCES IN THE APPLICABLE TECHNOLOGY, THE FOUNDATION SEEKS to SUPPORT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AT THE FOREFRONT of EQUIPPING PATIENTS WITH THE GREATEST LEVELS of INDEPENDENCE AVAILABLE, THEREBY PRESERVING PATIENTS DIGNITY and THE ABILITY to MAKE MEANINGFUL CHOICES IN THEIR DAILY LIVES.