Life here
What a Tuesday actually looks like
Brochures describe amenities. Residents describe Tuesdays. Here is the honest version: three meals you did not cook, something on the calendar if you want it, and nobody minding if you would rather sit in the garden.
Dining
Nine years of the same kitchen, and residents set the menu
Ashley Brissette is our Certified Dietary Manager and has run this kitchen for nine years. She holds quarterly menu meetings where residents say what they want to eat, which is why the menus change and why the desserts are taken seriously.
- Three chef-inspired meals every day, served restaurant style
- Menus built with nutrition for older adults specifically in mind
- Quarterly resident menu meetings that actually change the food
- Family are welcome to join you for a meal
Activities
Carla's rule: variety beats scale
Carla Schlueter has been directing activity programs for over a decade and is a certified Alzheimer's facilitator. Her point is simple. Every building and every resident is different, so a good calendar has to have several genuinely different things on it, and all of them have to be dignified.
"We definitely have fun and always find something to laugh about."
Bingo and trivia
The two most requested, in that order. Spelling bees have a following as well.
Live entertainment
Monthly music and holiday parties, plus socials and community-wide events.
Crafts and technology
Craft sessions, games, and technology programming for anyone who wants to keep up with the grandchildren.
Fitness and wellness
Regular fitness and wellness activities, and educational programs through the year.
The grounds
Seven and a half acres, and people who use them
Eric Miller has been our Maintenance Director for twelve years and runs a preventative maintenance program so things get fixed before they break. That is what keeps the grounds worth walking.
The garden
Raised beds and flower borders that residents keep themselves. Albert built his after leaving behind a greenhouse.
Paths and open ground
Room to walk without leaving the property, and somewhere to sit outside that is not a car park.
Common rooms
Where the bingo, the live music and most of the accidental friendships happen.
Therapy
Physical, occupational and speech therapy, in-house
Rehabilitation usually fails on logistics rather than effort. Three appointments a week across the county is a lot to ask. Ours happen in the building, delivered by people who also see how you are doing at dinner.
Services
The everyday things, handled
- On-site beauty and barber shop
- Scheduled transportation to appointments and shopping
- Regular doctor visits into the community
- Weekly housekeeping, linen and laundry service
- Apartment maintenance whenever something goes wrong
Wondering about something specific?
Mealtimes, guest policies, whether the shower has a seat in it. Ask the thing you actually want to know, not the thing a brochure would cover.