Reaching out to families with loved ones suffering from a memory loss or other chronic conditions, Leeza Gibbons is partnering with Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center to provide a free comprehensive program of support and guidance for family caregivers.

Leeza’s Care Connection, formerly Leeza’s Place in the San Fernando Valley, has relocated to Providence Saint Joseph’s Hycy and Howard Hill Neuroscience Institute. Talk show host Leeza Gibbons created The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation in honor of her mother who battled Alzheimer’s disease.

Gibbons established the foundation a decade ago as a promise to her mother to “tell her story and make it count” and it has since become a model for empowering those who take care of their loved ones. It is the manifestation of what Gibbons “wished we had when we were going through this journey.”

Leeza’s Care Connection is a safe home-like living room setting where family caregivers connect with each other and with vital resources.

“We learned over the last decade of working with family caregivers that they are best when connected to each other, to support services and to their own strength of spirit,” Gibbons said. “Leeza’s Care Connection is a place where caregivers come together to learn, become more resilient, grounded and confident through their journey of care giving.

There are more than 65 million caregivers in the United States caring for someone who is going through a health crisis. These are husbands and wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. Many times the caregivers are failing faster than the ones for whom they care. That is what Leeza’s Care Connection is all about; reminding caregivers to restore and replenish themselves so they can go the distance.

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