Leeza's Place - A Place for Caregivers

TV/Radio Personality, Producer and Philanthropist Leeza Gibbons created The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation in 2002 as a promise to her mother to “tell her story and make it count” after her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Leeza’s Place, the signature program of The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation opened its first doors the following year in 2003 as the manifestation of what Leeza “wished we had when we were going through this journey”.

Leeza’s Place is “A Place for Caregivers”; a community gathering place and resource center that provides free supportive services and programs for family caregivers who are impacted by a loved one with a memory disorder or chronic illness. We are a source of strength and purpose connecting caregivers to one another and the much needed resources within their own community.

Currently, we have 8 Leeza’s Place centers across the country in California, Florida, Illinois and Texas. In 2009 alone, we had over 25,000 visits to our centers, supporting caregivers with programs that Educate, Empower and Energize.

In the US, there are over 65 million caregivers currently taking care of a loved one going through a health crisis.  These are husbands and wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, family and friends who are taking care of each other.  Caregivers are often depressed, stressed and depleted which can lead to burnout…often causing stress related disorders that can take up to ten years off the life of the caregiver.

Take Your Oxygen First at Leeza's Place

Our mantra at Leeza's Place is “Take Your Oxygen First” (also the title of our award‐winning book). Caregivers must nourish themselves mind, body, soul and spirit before taking care of their loved ones.   All of the programs at Leeza's Place serve the unique needs, values, pressures and goals of caregivers and their loved ones.

Our programs are designed to provide educational and empowering strategies that are not currently available to caregivers.  Although services may vary from site to site, each Leeza's Place provides programs that offer support on three levels - emotional, educational and social - for caregivers, families and friends.

Leeza's Place is the signature program of the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation. For a list of Leeza's Place locations across the country, please CLICK HERE.