Peter C. can be found wheeling around Rogerson’s Adult Day Health Program at 23 Florence Street every one of the five days a week that it’s open. He comes for many reasons — filling meals, companionship with friends, engaging activities — but mostly because to him, it feels like home.

Peter came to Boston from his native Grenada in his early twenties. Though New England could not have been more different from the Caribbean island of his birth, he settled in Roxbury and considered himself at home.

About 13 years ago, however, tragedy struck — Peter’s house burned down, and he found himself experiencing a period of homelessness. Though he found shelter space in Boston, he was obligated to leave during the day. With nowhere to go other than public parks or the street, he decided to ask a social worker at the shelter for help.

That person connected him with a new place to call home: Rogerson Communities.

At first, Peter had an apartment on the fifth floor of Rogerson’s Beacon House property, in the bustling Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. When he started using a wheelchair, Rogerson staff found an accessible apartment unit for him in the Council Tower residence. What’s more, the move put him back in his old familiar Roxbury neighborhood — in fact, just two blocks from his former home.

“It’s a nice place to live,” he says of Council Tower. “It’s the first place I ever lived that has all I need: You have your own kitchen, living room, bedroom, and a bathroom. It’s great for me.”

You might think that someone who had experienced homelessness, having found a home, would want to spend as much time there as possible. For Peter, however, home isn’t defined by the walls of his apartment or even the building. He’s extended his home even further, with the help of Rogerson’s Adult Day Health Program (ADH).

Peter’s participation in ADH is a routine that keeps him happy, active, and engaged with the community. Arriving around 8:00 most mornings, he finds Maria, a friend he made in the program. Maria taught him the game of dominoes — now one of his favorite pastimes at ADH — and they’ll spend most mornings together chatting as they play.

Afterward, he heads to the cafeteria for lunch, and then enjoys more games in the afternoon — bingo this time. If he is running low on groceries or anything else for his home, he’ll sign up for a shopping trip organized by the program to local retailers.

“I stock up!” he says with a grin. “It’s a great help.”

Peter says he is grateful for Rogerson staff’s assistance with things like dining, personal care, and transportation, and simply for their kindness. But beyond that, he appreciates the way ADH expands his world.

“I’m the type of person, I don’t like to just hang around,” he says. “If I have a place to go, I’d rather go to that place. This is like home, you know? Even though I’m not living in this building, it’s like my home. They’ve been very good to me.”