Larry Stansberry of New Orleans is proud that Team Gleason has settled into a specially designed living space at the St. Margaret's at Mercy nursing home.
The Team Gleason House, he says, is only the second facility of its kind in the United States, and is modeled after the Steve Saling Residence Hall in Boston. A project of Team Gleason, the Team Gleason House allows people with ALS and MS to live as independently as possible in productive and meaningful lives.
Team Gleason is the project of Steve Gleason, a former New Orleans Saints football player who was diagnosed with ALS in 2011. ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, is a degenerative disease of the nervous system that causes muscle weakness and diminished physical ability. It is sometimes called Lou Gehrig's Disease, after the former New York Yankee baseball player who was diagnosed with the disease in 1939. Team Gleason House was funded in part by a generous donation from Saints owner Tom Benson.
Larry Stansberry of New Orleans says that St. Margaret's worked with Team Gleason to find residents for Team Gleason House, which can accommodate up to nine people with ALS or MS. When it opened, Steve Gleason said that he considered it a step in the right direction. "Call me crazy,'' he said, "but I envision a facility like this in every NFL city."
Larry Stansberry of New Orleans holds a Master of Health Care Administration degree from Tulane University, and has studied biology in the Master’s program at Loyola University.
The Team Gleason House, he says, is only the second facility of its kind in the United States, and is modeled after the Steve Saling Residence Hall in Boston. A project of Team Gleason, the Team Gleason House allows people with ALS and MS to live as independently as possible in productive and meaningful lives.
Team Gleason is the project of Steve Gleason, a former New Orleans Saints football player who was diagnosed with ALS in 2011. ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, is a degenerative disease of the nervous system that causes muscle weakness and diminished physical ability. It is sometimes called Lou Gehrig's Disease, after the former New York Yankee baseball player who was diagnosed with the disease in 1939. Team Gleason House was funded in part by a generous donation from Saints owner Tom Benson.
Larry Stansberry of New Orleans says that St. Margaret's worked with Team Gleason to find residents for Team Gleason House, which can accommodate up to nine people with ALS or MS. When it opened, Steve Gleason said that he considered it a step in the right direction. "Call me crazy,'' he said, "but I envision a facility like this in every NFL city."
Larry Stansberry of New Orleans holds a Master of Health Care Administration degree from Tulane University, and has studied biology in the Master’s program at Loyola University.