What Makes a Great Senior Community?

February 3, 2009

The Executive Director. The Administrator. The person who puts a team together that has one common goal; to give their residents a truly outstanding lifestyle. A lifestyle rich in love and compassion, understanding and dedication.

But to often seniors move into an Assisted Living community because they appreciate the decor, or the size of the apartments or that it’s in the town they’re most familiar. But little do they know, choosing a senior living residence is as important as choosing a spouse. The community will take on the overall personality of the one who is directing it. If you have a stale, bitter director, you’ll have a stale, bitter community. If you have a happy, peaceful director, guess what? You’ll have a happy and peaceful community.

Have you ever heard the term, Like attracts like? When the director hires the team that will be running the facility, they will hire people that generally have similiar attitudes and beliefs as their own. Believe it or not, this will even trickle down to the types of residents who decide to move into the community. Like atracts like. Happy director, happy residents. Un-happy director, un-happy residents. So if you want to save time and money investigating which Senior Living Community is right for you, start at the top and get to know the Executive Director first. And remember, like attracts like. Practice happiness:)

Moving Into An ASSISTED LIVING CENTER?

January 31, 2009

Moving into an Assisted Living Center can be a very big change in a seniors life. There are many things to consider when choosing a community that will fit your needs and lifestyle. We have put together a FREE report and an ASSISTED LIVING TOURING CHECKLIST to help you understand what to look for and what questions to ask when doing your research. Click here to VIEW The “Assisted Living Center: 11 Things To Know Before You Move” and to receive the Free Assisted Living Touring CheckList, “35 Questions To Ask To Ensure You’re Choosing Right!”

A few tips Prior to Moving In:

* Read all the materials about the assisted living center before you move in.
* Measure the closet space and don’t bring too many of one thing such as coats.
* Try to meet the Executive Director and the staff before moving in.
* Pack wisely. Do not bring everything. Downsizing is the name of the game. Make life easier.
* Read the activity schedule and choose two or three programs to attend early on to meet new neighbors and other residents.

Assisted Living Center: Senior Living Solutions, San Francisco, California

GOOD NEWS! The New Life Of Senior Assisted Living San Francisco, CA Discovers GOOD NEWS!

November 15, 2008

Being fet up with all the bad news reported in the news lately, I decided to go on the web today and type “Good News” into google and lo and behold I found a whole bunch of it. I started ‘The New Life’ out today by saying, “I have some good news for you today!” I could feel their emmediate inner glow of excitement. I sat down and started reading a headline, “Volunteer Greeters Offer Hugs, Applause For Troops”. Basically there is a group out there that goes to Bangor International Airforce Base every time a plane of troops come home from their tours of duty in Iraq, to give applause and handshakes. How beautiful we all reacted. This set the tone for a marvelous dicussion about giving yourself over to a cause greater than one’s self. Residents shared their stories about what they have passionately given time and money towards. Resident, Jenny Murphy shared how she started the Pleasant Hill Senior Community Center many years ago and how over the years of enthusiastically giving to her vision, today it has become a thriving center where seniors go to have fun, while engaging with like-minded people.

The New Life always ends singing, “Oh what a beautiful morning….”

Please join us! Saturdays at 9:45 at the Chateau Pleasant Hill

2770 Pleasant Hill Rd
Pleasant Hill, Ca 94523
(877) 468-9773

The New Life Of Senior Assisted Living San Francisco, CA

November 15, 2008

The New Life is a group of Senior Residents at The Chateau of Pleasant Hill who gather every Saturday morning at 9:45 to share stories, insights and passions in order to get to know each other better.”This is a great way to really transition easily and gracefully into a retirement community such as this.”, say’s resident Nancy Tranchell, “It really helps the transition when you really get to know people and that’s exactly what we do here through sharing stories from our past.”

The New Life Group is lead by Michael J MacDonald and everyone is welcome to join.