Discover Senior Living

Suzanne joins direct of nursing Melanie Caoagas for the grand opening weekend at Vineyard Park of Covington in Covington, WA. Melanie oversees the physical health and wellness of the residents: giving them medications, keeping communications with doctors and families, customizing their care plans, and keeping residents informed. The community's assisted living options offer personalized assistance, supportive services and compassionate care in a professionally managed, carefully designed, retirement community setting. It's for seniors who can no longer live on their own, but don’t need 24-hour, complex medical supervision.

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.

Michelle Cornelius talks about providing a sense of purpose and accomplishment in the social calendars of people with dementia at Cogir Senior Living.

Suzanne talks with Tracey Harvey at at Cadence Kent-Meridian in Kent, Washington. Everything they do from a life engagement perspective, they have some wonderful signature programs. Life engagement team members customize a program to meet the needs of residents.

Era Living's Julia Goldie and Seth Hutchins address concerns for helping isolated or depressed seniors adapt as they transition to a senior living environment.

Era Living's Human Resources Director Matt Bromen joins Suzanne to talk about recruiting staff, and his secret sauce for keeping staff members for a decade or more at the company.

Tina Hall joins Suzanne from Aljoya Mercer Island to introduce Era Living, a senior living community in the Seattle area whose founders respect and honor older adults by enriching the quality of their lives.

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.

Kendall Clark Baker continues his conversation with Suzanne about living in Skyline's life care senior living community. In this segment, Kendall talks about what he feels are the primary benefits of living here, its diversity, and its location. He also discusses his wife's developing illness, her move to assisted living, and the strong community support they received.

Suzanne is joined by Ignacio Lopez from MorningStar Senior Living's new standalone memory care community: MorningStar at West Valley in San José, California.