Pleasant View Hearthstone AL in Ottawa, Illinois, is a medium-sized senior living community with 41 licensed beds, offering a mix of assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and independent living. The place has a history of serving both individuals and couples, even when one partner needs memory support while the other lives in assisted living, which means couples can stay close with shared activities and visits. The community offers private suites with safety features and secured outdoor spaces, monitored 24/7, to help keep residents safe, especially those prone to wandering or with dementia. Pleasant View Hearthstone AL uses special colors and stage-informed neighborhoods to aid memory and make the campus easier to navigate for people with different dementia stages.
Staff at Pleasant View Hearthstone AL offer help with daily tasks like bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, using the toilet, and getting around. On-site licensed nurses work 24 hours a day, with caregivers providing help during meals. The community provides therapy services on-site, including physical, occupational, and speech therapy, with specialized programs like MyTapestry Memory Support and Best Friends' Approach, focusing on relationship-based care. Residents have access to luxury amenities such as a beauty salon, spa treatments with a therapeutic tub, a country store, full chapel services led by two full-time chaplains, weekly housekeeping, laundry, indoor mailboxes, and individually controlled heating and air conditioning.
Meals come from chef-inspired menus with options for special diets, diabetes care, and allergy concerns, with three meals served daily in the dining room and casual options at Jenny's Bistro. There are indoor and outdoor gathering areas, garden paths, patios, fire lounge, community rooms, and a library with public library books. Residents can enjoy fitness and brain health activities, yoga, tai chi, arts classes, musical performances, and religious studies. For getting around, there's complimentary individual or scheduled transportation to medical appointments or outings.
The campus supports a safe, maintenance-free lifestyle and allows pets. Regular health checks, medication management, and emergency alert systems add extra peace of mind. The skilled nursing facility holds a 3-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and is known as the third highest-rated community in Ottawa. Hospice, respite, home care, and outpatient therapies are also available, so residents can stay through various care needs. There are different apartment options including studio, one-bedroom, or two-bedroom layouts with walk-in showers and kitchenettes, and villa homes for independent living with attached garages and private patios or porches. The outdoor areas encourage sunlight, nature access, and exercise, and the courtyard and raised garden beds are set up for safe use, especially for those with memory care needs. Every week, residents get housekeeping and laundry done, with flat linens and daily bed-making handled too, and there's always maintenance on both indoor and outdoor areas. The community tries to meet the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of residents through its MyVitality wellness programs.
