Discover Senior Living

Skyline Retirement resident Judy Mayotte joins Suzanne to give a tour of her apartment.

June Sekiguchi, one of three art curators for Era Living, joins Suzanne to talk about art and how it plays into seniors and senior living.

Resident Diane Miller at Era Living's Gardens at Town Square retirement community joins Suzanne to talk about her story, why she moved into senior living, what surprised her most about moving in, the encouraging support she got from residents, and important things she was looking for in senior living.

Shirley Hofmeister, a resident of The Lakeshore near Renton, Washington, joins Suzanne to provide a resident's perspective of what a typical day is like at an Era Living retirement community.

Era Living resident Jeanne Luchtel talks about her life with her dog at Aljoya Mercer Island's retirement community.

Michelle Cornelius talks about helping those with dementia adjust socially in their senior living community.

Mallory Mixdorf talks about how Era Living's Resident & Family Supportive Services provide mental health and support services to all of their residents, and their families, as much as is needed.

Brittany Fleshman joins Suzanne to talk about MorningStar Senior Living's guiding principles, doing the right thing, and treating people how they themselves want to be treated.

Suzanne talks with Tracey Harvey and Chef Ray Canos, Culinary Director at Cadence Kent-Meridian in Kent, Washington. Ray runs the dining program and provides an overview of meals at the community. For example, on the day the interview was recorded, breakfast was Eggs Benedict and the soup of the day was bean and bacon. Lunch was chicken quesadillas with homemade guacamole, homemade fresh corn salsa. Dinner was Chinese themed: grilled chicken teriyaki with jasmine rice, beef and broccoli with noodles, steamed bok choy and sauteed cabbage, with homemade lemon blueberry cake for dessert.

Suzanne joins assistant director of life enrichment Jeanice Harrington at MorningStar of Happy Valley, a senior living community outside of Portland, Oregon. One of Jeanice's favorite activities is leading an in-house Bible study hour with the community, an inclusive program for people of all faiths and backgrounds.