Immanuel House

Immanuel House sits at 15 Woodland St in Hartford, CT, and serves people aged 55 and older who need some help to get through the day, offering assisted living, memory care, and other services in a small community where only six residents live together, and you can bring your cat or dog along, which a lot of places don't allow, and meals come homemade three times a day, plus there are chefs and planners who make sure the food's healthy and matches things like diabetes or high blood pressure diets, and if you need help with things like bathing, dressing, medication, or getting in and out of bed or a wheelchair, there are aides, resident attendants, and nurses who stay awake and on-call 24/7, helping make life safer and easier, which may especially matter if you need things like incontinence or diabetic care, insulin help, or simply someone to give a hand with the laundry or bathing, and the building and apartments are easy to get around, with elevators, accessible rooms, and no smoking allowed, and you get indoor spaces to sit and talk, like living rooms, TV rooms, sun porches, and courtyards where people often gather for games, movie nights, daily scheduled activities, and music, along with a beauty and barber shop on-site, and sometimes visiting hairdressers, which saves trips, and everyone joins in programs like music therapy or board games if they want, with a steady calendar set up for both fitness and fun, and if someone wants to get out for faith services or run errands, there's transportation arranged, and even doctors' appointments are covered, so there's always help getting where you need to go, and the community stands out as affordable, using rent based on what people can pay, as part of the Section 8 (202) Housing for the Elderly program, with fair housing rules so everyone's welcome, and the staff and leaders, including aides, therapists, and other helpers, work to make the place feel homey and safe, with focus on both social engagement and medical support, especially since they also offer a Geriatric Medical Clinic inside, which is unusual, and keep emergency help close at hand, while the activities and care get recognized with awards for meals, dining, and community spirit, and there's ongoing commitment to support for residents facing homelessness or instability, with connections to employment help or health resources as needed, and the Immanuel Day Center's part of the program, all happening in a spot near hospitals, pharmacies, restaurants, gardens, and walking paths, and they keep careful about health safety by adjusting visitor and mask policies and closing some spaces like indoor gathering rooms when risks are high, so people can feel protected from things like COVID-19 while still getting the company and care they need.