Congressman Chris Smith greets a LIFE participant.
LIFE St. Francis celebrated its fifth anniversary on April 24.
St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton launched LIFE, or Living Independently For the Elderly, a community-based long-term care model located in Hamilton in April 2009.
Congressman Chris Smith, who was instrumental in advocating for LIFE St. Francis, attended the celebration.
LIFE St. Francis has a current enrollment of 296 participants and has served more than 460 Mercer and Burlington County seniors.

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