Creating Connection Through Community
Our mission is to provide compassionate enriching respite and engagement sessions, education and resources for individuals living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias and their care partners.
Welcome to EnergizeCare
Supporting care partners. Empowering families.
Caring for a loved one with early-to-moderate Alzheimer’s and other dementias is a journey—one you shouldn’t have to face alone. EnergizeCare provides vital respite services and wellness support so both care partners and their loved ones can thrive.
We’re partnering with local organizations to launch engaging adult outdoor and indoor programs that give care partners the opportunity to enjoy our sessions with their loved ones or take the break they need while enriching the lives of those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Our Promise
Together, our four pillars help individuals living with dementia continue to live with purpose, joy, dignity, and connection—while empowering care partners through respite, engagement, certified education, meaningful support, and hope for the journey ahead.
Respite
Time to Rest.
Time to Recharge.
Providing care partners with meaningful respite while their loved one enjoys a safe, enriching, and joyful experience.
Through music, art, movement, nature, and friendship, we create meaningful experiences that stimulate emotional memory and foster genuine human connection.
Engagement
Creating Purpose, Joy,
and Belonging.
Delivering expert certified dementia education, professional training, and community awareness that empowers families, professionals, volunteers, and communities.
Education
Knowledge That
Changes Lives.
Providing compassionate guidance, care partner support groups, scholarships, community resources, and ongoing encouragement to ensure no one navigates dementia alone.
Support
Hope for Every Care Partner
and Family.
Weekly Respite Session
Join us at our upcoming respite and engagement sessions. More opportunities can be found on our events page.
Indoor Respite Session
and Recreation
Every Saturday or Sunday at Healthy New Albany
Saturdays: 10 AM – 1:30 PM
Sundays: 12:30 PM – 4 PM
Lunch is complimentary
Hello Friends,
Lisa and I are still together at home as she lives through the final stage of this terrible disease.
Watching the person you love live with dementia changes you. But it has not weakened our mission. If anything, it has made me even more determined to help other families walking this difficult journey.
This October, we will honor Lisa with the opening of Lisa’s Place, our new dementia community hub near I-270 and Sawmill Road in Dublin. My hope is that what we create here in Central Ohio can become a model for other communities throughout Ohio and, someday, across the country.
On November 14, we will come together at The Estate at New Albany for our inaugural Champions of Care celebration, and I am asking our friends, supporters and the entire Central Ohio community to be part of it.
Donate an auction item.
Sponsor out mission.
Volunteer.
Make a contribution.
Most of all, help up spread the See Out Wonderful People® movement and tell everyone about what we are doing.
Lisa has taught me that even when dementia takes so much away, the person we love is still there. They still deserve joy, connection, dignity and love.
That is why we started EnergizeCare.
That is why we are building Lisa’s Place.
And that is why I hope you will join us.
"There is always more to the person than dementia"
Ken
Rides To Joy
26
Participants Served
Watch Us Grow!
257
Care Partners/Participant
Sessions Served
905
Care Partners/Participant
Sessions Served
Dementia Friends Information and EnergizeCare Dementia Education & Certified Training Sessions
Join us the first Saturday of each month virtually and in person, for a comprehensive education experience designed to support individuals living with early-to-moderate Alzheimer's and other dementias. These sessions are perfect for care partners, family members and anyone interested in learning practical ways to provide compassionate care.
Dementia Friends Information Session
11 AM – 12 PM
Learn the fundamentals of dementia awareness and how small actions can make a significant difference.
Upcoming Events
Join us at our upcoming respite care and education events. More details and registration information is available on our events page.
Welcome to EnergizeCare
Supporting care partners. Empowering families.
Caring for a loved one with early-to-moderate Alzheimer’s and other dementias is a journey—one you shouldn’t have to face alone. EnergizeCare provides vital respite and engagement services and wellness support so both care partners and their loved ones can thrive.
We’re partnering with local organizations to launch engaging outdoor and indoor programs that give care partners engagement the break they need while enriching the lives of those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Join EnergizeCare in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s
EnergizeCare is proud to support the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s, and we invite you to join our team in making a difference.
By joining Team EnergizeCare, you are supporting our mission to provide compassionate meaningful respite, engagement, education and resources for individuals living with dementia and their care partners. At the same time, your participation helps advance the Alzheimer’s Association’s efforts to fund research, raise awareness, and provide support for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease.
Whether you walk, donate, or help spread the word, your support strengthens both EnergizeCare and the broader movement to end Alzheimer’s. Together, we can honor those impacted by dementia, support care partners, and work toward a future without Alzheimer’s.
Champions of Care, EnergizeCare Fundraiser
Join us for an inspiring evening dedicated to supporting the mission of EnergizeCare Central Ohio.
Join us on November 14, 2026, from 5:30–9:30 PM at The Estate at New Albany for our second annual fundraising event to support care partners, families, and friends. Enjoy live music during cocktails and dinner, followed by a high-energy evening of dancing and entertainment.
Tickets: $300/guest
Grants entry to our evening of elegance with live music, a premium open bar, elevated hors d'oeuvres, a gourmet seated dinner, and live and silent auctions. Cocktail attire recommended.
See Our Wonderful People®: The Dementia Be Loving & Kind Awareness Symbol
A trademarked kindness symbol created by a caregiver to help the world see people living with dementia with patience, dignity, and love.
“See Our Wonderful People®” is an awareness concept created from a deeply personal place in a caregiver’s heart — from lived experience, love, and a sincere desire for people living with dementia to be seen first and foremost as whole, valued, and wonderful human beings.
This simple symbol — a forget-me-not flower with the words See Our Wonderful People® — is meant to spark curiosity, compassion, and conversation.
When people ask what it means, it opens the door to understanding the dementia journey and reminds us all to respond with patience, kindness, and respect.
Community Sponsors and Collaborators
Professional and Nonprofit Vocalists and Instrumentalists
“As a care partner, this journey has shown me that dementia does not take away the humanity of the person we love. At EnergizeCare, we are creating freestanding, non-institutional spaces where care partners can truly trust the care their loved ones receive, and where isolation and loneliness are replaced with connection, dignity, and joy. My mission is to ensure that those who walk this journey with me know they can live well with dementia—because there is always more to the person than the dementia.”
— Dr. Kenneth Vitellas, Founder & President, EnergizeCare
2026 Sponsors
Scholarship Sponsors $2,500
Dr. Nick Schooley
Angeline Vitellas
Niki Callahan
Dean Adamantidis
Founding Sponsors $10,000
Ken and Lisa Vitellas and Family
Radiology Incorporated