A growing number of the senior population is facing isolation, depression, addiction, anxiety and safety concerns while living home alone. With assisted living becoming an increasingly popular way to meet the needs of an aging parent while allowing them to still have the privacy and independence of their own home, many seniors feel that moving to assisted living is a “necessary evil”.

While battling the reality of an unsafe living environment, inability to manage a medical condition, or the beginning stages of dementia, many seniors feel that moving to an assisted living community is the beginning of the end.

One senior living provider, Highgate at Temecula, is challenging other senior living providers to step up their game. “Highgate at Temecula isn’t a traditional facility,” says Kathleen Williams, Executive Director of Highgate at Temecula. When residents move to Highgate at Temecula, “they’re not just coming into a retirement community to survive. We want them to wake up with a passion for life every day."

Residents at Highgate will receive a high-quality care program. Care team partners are skilled at handling the complexities of diseases like diabetes or dementia, and if needed, your loved one can even access hospice care at Highgate.  

But, a high-quality care program is expected; it’s the unexpected that is making the biggest impact in the lives of Highgate residents.

How? Well, when you move your loved one into an assisted living, you’ve likely noticed their health and ability to care for themselves has significantly changed. And although Highgate at Temecula does offer two-person transfers and Hoyer lifts for residents who need it, their medical decline doesn’t have to define who they are as a person. Life in assisted living can be more than just focused on physical health. For many, a move to assisted living offers the opportunity to re-define their life.

To help residents re-define their life purpose, care team members conduct an extensive interview of each resident that moves to Highgate. The interview asks questions like ‘Where were you born?” “What do you like doing?” and “How many children do you have?” But, it also dives deeper to explore questions like, “What makes you want to get out of bed?” and “What makes you the happiest?”

From the interview, Highgate team members are able to create a personalized program for each resident. The activities and recreation program is monitored and adjusted on an ongoing basis to offer unique and new opportunities to residents like sky diving, zip lining, flying airplanes, trips to national parks and more.

Highgate at Temecula is a pet-friendly community (any four legged friend is welcomed!).

Residents will enjoy a unique dining experience, complete with any-time dining, a woodfire pizza oven, and meals prepared right before your very eyes. No detail was left uncovered, allowing Highgate at Temecula to redefine what life in assisted living looks like.

Assisted living at Highgate at Temecula: the beginning of a happier, healthier new life.