About Health S.E.T.

The mission of Health S.E.T. is to extend the healing ministry of Christ by Serving and Empowering the low-income elderly in the Denver metro area through nursing, education, and advocacy to Transform the quality of their lives.

Health S.E.T. strives to fulfill its mission through programs that serve, empower and transform seniors and preserve their dignity and self-worth.  Health S.E.T. helps seniors stay healthy, live independently and navigate the health care and human service systems to access the resources they need.

Health S.E.T. was created by the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters in 1988, who worked with different orders of the Sisters of Charity to replicate a successful model that had been developed in Milwaukee. The intent of the Sisters was to attend to the needs of the underserved including the poor, frail, elderly population.  Our first Health Promotion Clinic was held that year at a Denver Housing Authority (DHA) subsidized senior residence, Thomas Bean. In January 2004, Health S.E.T formalized its affiliation with Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), a not-for-profit health care organization located in 19 states. Although this arrangement required direct reporting and accountability to the national CHI office, Health S.E.T. retained its own 501(c) (3) status.  In January 2006 CHI transferred sponsorship of Health S.E.T. to Centura Health, a non-profit that works in partnership with CHI.