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| Health care is an important piece of the puzzle. |
I'm not the kind of person that takes my health for granted.
I've led an active life and I relish my good health. So, when the time came to
start looking into a senior living community, health was one of my biggest
concerns. I've had diabetes for years, and have had a couple of knee and back
surgeries, and so I know first-hand how frustrating dealing with doctors,
hospitals, insurance, and all that can be. I'd also heard horror stories from
friends about communities whose in-house care was less than could be expected,
and friends who had expected that they knew what they were getting into, only
to see their medical bills skyrocket month after month. So I had some pretty
concrete ideas of what I didn't want
from a community, especially where health care was concerned.
That was one of the biggest factors influencing my decision
to go with The Heritage of Green Hills. Their comprehensive, community-wide
Well by Design program isn't just a health care add-on, it's integral to their
whole philosophy, and it's designed to enrich my life and keep me healthy, not
just address problems as they arise. It offers a full range of services
included in my monthly fee. There's a full-time Health Services Navigator
always available to help with any and all health-related needs. They provide
assistance with just about anything I could want, from coordinating medical
appointments, hospitalizations, and discharges, to collaborating with emergency
personnel in the event of a 911 call. They even helped me get my Living Will
and Advance Directive taken care of, something that I'd been putting off far
too long, partly just because the whole concept sounded so complicated to me.
The Health Services Navigator at The Heritage helped make it easy!
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The Heritage of Green Hills has many physical activities. |
There are also a lot of physical activity programs at The
Heritage of Green Hills, and something like 80% of their residents participate
in one every day. I know that I do! I think I'm more active since I moved here
than I ever was when I was younger! Lindsay, the American College of Sports
Medicine Certified Personal Trainer here provides a lot of great physical
activities, and since she's also an Aquatic Fitness professional, most of those
involve the pool!
One of my favorite things about the health care services at
The Heritage of Green Hills, though, is that it's a fee-for-service community,
which means that I only pay for the services I use. After talking with friends
in other communities who paid exorbitant fees for medical and health services
care, even when they didn't use it, I wanted to make sure that all my
retirement money went toward giving me the lifestyle that I've worked hard for.
With the fee-for-service advantage at The Heritage, I pay for only what I use,
which leaves me with more left over for other things!
