Assisted living

To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.
— Tia Walker

An assisted living home is a sacred place. An assisted living home provides care for those in the neighborhood who need help in caring for themselves.

The assisted living home is a place of care: physically, mentally, and socially. Assisted living homes provide trained physical and medical care for those who can no longer live safely independently. For those with neurodegenerative diseases, an assisted living home can provide critical memory care for mental and emotional changes and challenges. Isolation and loneliness are an epidemic among our elderly. An assisted living home can provide a place of social interaction and relational connection.

There is a spectrum of assisted living facilities. Some are large, corporately operated complexes, while others are a small group of seniors living in a small, group home located in the neighborhood. There are diverse experiences of assisted living. Like every other area of our society, the reality in assisted living is a mixed bag of motivations. Other cultures and communities may provide care for the aging in more intimate and familial ways. Often it is those without family or finances to provide in-home care who now live an assisted living.

Rocky Mountain Assisted Living provides 24-hour care in small home-like settings. Their assisted living homes have 10-16 residents and are designed for the unique physical, mental, and social needs. Rocky Mountain Assisted Living is a family-owned and operated business with multiple locations in the Denver Metro Area. The founder, David Lewis, based the business model on the care his own grandmother had in living in a personalized care home.

An assisted living home is a sacred place because the residents are created in the image of God and deeply loved by Him. They are our neighbors who can no longer move towards us. In this stage of life, they require us to move towards them. Look for an assisted living home in your neighborhood. Be curious, listen, and learn from the long histories and decades of stories of your neighbors who live in assisted living. Visit an assisted living home to care for those who once cared for us. An assisted living home is a sacred place.

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