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Like other quality care centers all
over the globe, Shady Oaks is actively exploring new and innovative
ways of providing quality of life to our seniors. The common sense
approach at Shady Oaks Care Center is to provide a community where
the elders choose to continue lives of meaning and purpose. The
elders of Shady Oaks Care Center live comfortably in neighborhood
settings supported by consistent, compassionate staff who know them
as individuals, listen to their hopes and desires and understand
their unique needs. Quality
of life truly results from a commitment to resident centered care
where individuals experience dignity of choice and respect in their
daily lives.
A life led without choice is not
truly living. At Shady Oaks, Resident Centered Care Planning
empowers elders to make choices in their daily lives. Often the
decisions of what time the get up in the morning, what and when to
eat, when and how often to bathe, and what activities are available
to participate in are not placed in the hands of the elders. In a
traditional long-term care setting these decisions are left to the
management and driven by the schedule. At Shady Oaks we believe in
placing person above task and understand that true happiness lies in
self-determination. That is why every effort is made to get to know
our residents on a personal level, providing them with the tools
needed to make sound, healthy decisions.
We have all heard it said that you
can’t please all the people all the time. This phrase is never truer
than when we try to plan a meal for nearly 100 individuals with
differing likes and dislikes. At Shady Oaks, our solution was to
offer a full buffet at every meal and to stretch out our meal times
to accommodate a wide range of individual schedules. Mealtimes at
Shady Oaks certainly offer something to please even the most finicky
eater.
Through our focus on providing a
meaningful activity program, we have taken the philosophy of
Resident Centered Care to new heights. Shady Oaks’ elders are
encouraged to participate in, as well as plan, many of our daily
activities. Fun filled days spent shopping, or visiting a casino,
attending a showing at a local movie theater, fishing at an area
body of water, bowling at the bowling alley or visiting museums and
parks are all direct results of our commitment to offering resident
driven activity planning.
Through living and laughing
together at Shady Oaks, we welcome a continuation of the satisfying,
independent years our elders have long led. Lives which are complete
with all the memorable moments and meaningful social occasions which
comprise a healthy and dignified existence as a vital and integral
part of a larger caring community.
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