Our Mission at The Life Center of Davidson County, Inc. is to provide high quality day time care to older and impaired adults and to help improve the quality of life for them and their caregivers by offering support, relief, respite and counsel. We serve both participants and their families from all areas of Davidson County.
The Life Center is for someone who is:
- Able to benefit from a therapeutic activity program.
- Able to benefit from the companionship of others.
- Able to transfer from a wheelchair to a chair with minimal assistance.
- Able to adapt to the group setting both physically and mentally.
- Able to feed him/herself independently or with cueing.
- Able to benefit from bowel/bladder program.
- Not disruptive or is not verbally or physically harmful to others.


The Life Center Staff
Our staff members have extensive experience working with older and impaired adults. Their patience, sense of humor and trustworthiness is crucial to The Life Center’s daily operation. All staff members are certified in CPR and First Aid and receive training on providing care to older and impaired adults. Our staff has been trained in the CARES® Online Dementia Training Program and certified in the Alzheimer’s Associations ™ essentiALZ™ program. Benefits of this training include: increased understanding and commitment to serving participants living with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia and an improved quality of life for the participant as evidenced by the specialized care they receive at The Life Center.

TLC Staff Include:
Executive Director
Finance Manager
Health Care Coordinator, RN
Substitute Health Care Coordinator, RN
Lead CNA
4 CNAs
Program Coordinator
Dietary Aide
Chef
Fundraising Coordinator
Office Assistant
Resource Technician
The Life Center Board of Directors
*President – Jim Wikle
*Vice President – Sam Harris, MD
*Secretary – Heather Yates-Davis, PA
*Treasurer – Ted Myers
*Past President – Clyde Bristow
*Denotes Executive Committee
Dwight Cartner
Ken Davis
Terra Greene
Tommy Hodges
Steve Jackson
Phyllis Penry
Betty Pope
Burr Sullivan
Keith Tobin
Medical Director – Sam Harris, MD
The Life Center of Davidson County
601 West Center Street
Lexington, NC 27292
(336) 249-2155
Copyright 2019, The Life Center of Davidson County, Inc.
The Life Center is an equal opportunity provider.