Park Senior Villas - Houghton sits on the east side of Tucson in the Tanque Verde area, where you can see the mountains and enjoy a peaceful setting with landscaped park areas and walking paths, and you'll find nine villa-style homes set together like a small neighborhood rather than one big building, each villa having wide open spaces, high ceilings, and big windows so the rooms feel bright, with no long hallways or stairs, and each private room has its own bathroom and controls for heating and cooling. Residents get personalized care for their needs, whether they need help with daily tasks, memory support, or behavioral care, and care plans can change as residents' needs do, with a low ratio of eight residents for each staff person giving more attention than you see in most places, and there's always staff and nurses awake 24 hours a day if anyone needs help at night as well as a 24/7 emergency response system with pull cords in the rooms, plus technology like bracelets and keypad-entry doors to help keep those who may wander safe.
Meals are chef-prepared and offered in flexible "Anytime Dining" style or with room service, and there are vegetarian, gluten-free, low sodium, and low sugar meal options available, and you can also find coffee and conversation in the Villas Café, or have a private meal in a dining room when friends and family visit. On-site services include a full-service salon, a spa with therapeutic options, fitness and rehab rooms, a multi-sensory room, and a podiatrist and dentist visit on schedule, plus therapists-speech, occupational, and physical-when needed, and RNs and LPNs available too, because this place tries to bring most of the care into the home so residents don't need to travel for basics.
There's a set schedule of activities like Tai Chi, yoga, stretching classes, music therapy, live entertainment, Wii Bowling, crafts, games, and even things like community service programs and intergenerational visits with younger groups, and people get out to the patios and gardens when the weather's nice, with pet therapy and regular visits from friendly animals, and residents can live with their own cats and dogs, which makes things feel more like home. The staff helps with everything from reminders to use the bathroom or take medicine to stand-by help getting up or mechanical lift transfers for people who can't walk on their own, and there's help for people with diabetes including blood sugar checks, explanations about insulin, and diet planning, but families should know the team may only monitor insulin injections rather than actually give them.
Memory care and behavioral care are available in their own secure areas, using technology and therapies to encourage brain activity and routines, and the staff works with those who may "act out" or who tend to try to exit the building or wander, using bracelets and alert systems so no one gets lost or put in harm's way. Residents have access to hospice care, short-term respite stays with the full activity program and care, and the ability to "age in place," so they don't have to move if their care needs get heavier over time, with light, medium, and heavy care all available. Group and individual activities encourage socializing, and the staff runs special events every month, while those who just want a quiet day can relax on the back porch or in the common areas.
The buildings and grounds are wheelchair accessible, there's Wi-Fi for those who use the internet, and everyone from staff to fellow residents helps create a friendly, welcoming place. Guests often mention that the homes look nice and calm, the caregivers are helpful and kind, and the meals win awards every year for quality. Residents can tour the place before choosing, so they can see firsthand what goes on in daily life, check out the spacious living rooms, game room, exercise gym, and enjoy the outside in the secure park with benches and wide walking paths, and because everything is on one level with no elevators or confusing long stretches, families looking for a safe, supportive, comfortable environment may find Park Senior Villas - Houghton worth a look.
