Photo Courtesy Senior Citizens Bureau A new center for seniors will open early next year across from Cypress-Fairbanks Hospital.
The first licensed, freestanding adult day center in Cy-Fair is set to open early next year in a 10,000-square-foot building off Fallbrook Drive, across from Cypress-Fairbanks Hospital.
The senior center was originally supposed to open in a 5,000-square-foot facility at Jones and Sathoff roads, but issues with the builder prompted the Senior Citizens Bureau—the nonprofit in charge of the facility—to find a new location.
The Vaughn Gage Healthy Aging Center will provide a place for seniors to stay during the day, with extended hours from 7 a.m.–7 p.m. The center will have a full-time nurse on staff to administer medication, and there will be transportation services available for clients, along with counseling services. The Senior Citizens Bureau is also working to add two restrooms and a shower to accommodate more people, said Asheva Phillips, president of the nonprofit.
"This isn't the basic knit and bingo adult day center: it's a different model," she said. "It's focused on a wellness clinic with an adult day component."
