There are around 18,810 active retirement homes and communities in the US alone, giving retirees plenty of choice for where they want to retire. Making the right choice can set you up to spend your golden years in comfort and happiness. That's why it's essential to do thorough research before you choose.
You want to find a retirement community with excellent services, staff, amenities, and a great culture. You also want to look for something that fits many of your preferences. In this article, we'll give you eight reasons why our retirement community in Latrobe may tick many of your boxes.
Starting with an administrative benefit: when you move into a Latrobe senior community, you can kiss your complex stacks of bills goodbye. All of your monthly costs and expenses are consolidated into one statement and are payable with one transaction.
When all your expenses are bundled, you never risk losing track of a vital utility bill or an assistant's salary. You also save a little on bank charges since you won't be paying for multiple transactions each month. Furthermore, some communities will also help you with navigating your financial admin.
Consolidating expenses into one monthly payment can also make each service you get marginally cheaper. Getting all the services (cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc.) done as part of the same package is often far more affordable than paying for each service on its own.
This benefit works similarly to how buying products in bulk can work out cheaper. This economic benefit can also be compounded in larger retirement communities. When a retirement community is big enough, the economies of scale principle reduces the price you pay for services even more.
Retirees are high-risk targets for a particular class of criminal and scam artists. Moving into a retirement community upon retirement places a buffer between the elderly individual and unscrupulous actors.
On the physical side, senior communities have security systems to keep dangerous criminals out. They're also often situated in more risk-free areas. If you retire in Pennsylvania, you also get the added protection of the State's regulatory and educational requirements for senior care staff.
At our Latrobe aged-care community, seniors get assistance tailored to their individual health needs. This service has a two-in-one benefit in that it's simultaneously social and fun while also promoting a healthy and active lifestyle.
Personal care assistants work to help retirees do mobility and exercise drills designed to keep them strong without putting them at risk. The assistants also help with retirees' dietary needs and tasks like dressing or grooming (depending on the particular resident's need). Residents, therefore, get all the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and social connection without ever having to worry about tasks they don't want to or can't do.
The menu and food service are some of the most attractive benefits of living in a retirement community. Residents get to have their food prepared by well-trained cooks who know their way around different palates and dietary needs. The typical resident also gets to choose from a wider variety of meal options and ingredients than in an at-home environment.
The personal care aspect also means that residents can get their meal options tailored to their nutritional needs. Personal care assistants can then monitor if residents are getting enough to eat and getting food they like.
Another one of the most attractive retirement benefits in Latrobe is the social element present in the retirement community. Firstly, the strong focus on independence means that friends and family can visit as much as you'd like them to. There are several communal amenities available for spending time with visitors.
Additionally, the in-house community sets an excellent stage for new connections and friendships. Seniors are in constant proximity to other people of similar generations and levels of life experience.
Residents get constant interaction, whether walking the grounds, enjoying common spaces, or having meals in the dining area. The community even enjoys planned events and outings.
Many residents' favorite part of living in a community is that the retirement community's staff takes care of all the housework. Residents don't ever have to lift a finger if they don't want to.
Comfort isn't the only byproduct of this retirement community benefit. Many of life's mundane tasks (shoveling snow, yardwork, cleaning gutters, etc.) can be quite taxing physically. Even just doing large amounts of laundry can cause repetitive-strain injuries given enough time.
Having community staff take care of chores for the residents allows the residents to refrain from over-taxing their bodies. This promotes healthy living without risking serious injuries.
Many people looking for a retirement community in Latrobe want to be near their close friends and relatives. Our retirement community is just outside central Latrobe, giving residents easy access to Latrobe and surrounding areas.
The community is welcoming to visits so that guests never feel cut off from their loved ones. There are even transport options to help residents get to places when they'd like to go outside the community. These options can be used for social visits and important trips (such as to doctors or the airport).
Moving into a retirement community in Latrobe can have many benefits. It can simplify your admin and can even help downscale some of your expenses. Residents also get quality health supervision in a safe and secure environment.
There are also many things to enjoy in a Latrobe retirement community. The food is excellent, there are no chores, and there are wonderful social opportunities. Guests also get to see their loved ones whenever they like.
Barnes Place is Latrobe's number one personal care community and can give you all these benefits and more. Contact us today to book a tour, receive more information, or learn pricing options.