Brookdale Salina Fairdale

Brookdale Salina Fairdale sits in Salina, Kansas, and has a quiet, cozy setting with a single-story layout built for comfort and privacy, which helps people with walking or wheelchair needs move around more easily, and you'll find residents living in private or semi-private suites, studios, and one-bedroom apartments, including floor plans like the Silverdale Suite, Townsend Suite, and Richmond Suite. The apartments come with wall-to-wall carpeting, walk-in closets, individually controlled heating and air, private baths with step-in showers and safety bars, and some even have kitchenettes, and you can bring a small pet since they're pet-friendly.

Meals are made for everyone and you can eat in the community dining room, or get room service if you want to eat in your apartment, and they offer meals for people who need low or no salt in their diet. Staff help with housekeeping, laundry-including linens, and they do in-house laundry and dry cleaning, so the place stays tidy, and you don't have to worry about chores. There's onsite resident parking, internet/Wi-Fi, and rooms wired for cable, plus controlled access to the building and secured grounds, which is helpful for residents needing memory care like Alzheimer's care because the building is made to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.

Health and safety are big here, as the staff provides help with walking, getting dressed or bathed, managing medications, and there's skilled nursing, onsite pharmacy, and hospice if it's needed. Families and residents can work with care associates and healthcare providers under a collaborative care model, and personalized assisted living programs are common, so care plans change as needs change, whether that's more help with daily tasks or more support for memory care.

The community tries to make life full with social, educational, and entertaining activities. Activities happen onsite-like events in the recreation room, sunroom, screened porch, fireside living room, or outside on gardens, patios, and walking paths-but there are also offsite outings. For those wanting quiet moments or spiritual support, there are in-house religious services and rides to devotional services. Residents can use the beauty and barber shop for haircuts, soak in a whirlpool, or spend time in the computer area. Guests, even overnight, are welcome at mealtimes.

Transportation is free for residents, and staff respond 24/7 to emergencies. Memory care and assisted living are primary supports, but independent living and continuing care are available, too, for people looking to have different levels of help over time. Brookdale's Signature Programs aim to enrich people's lives, and staff receive training to be friendly and accessible.

Brookdale Salina Fairdale doesn't have everything perfect, but the services here cover most of what seniors and families might need-from good meal choices, clean living spaces, and help when it's needed, all within a structured and home-like environment that's easy to move around in, with many chances for both privacy and social time, and the staff accommodate Spanish speakers.

Brookdale Salina Fairdale is managed by Brookdale.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) is the largest senior living operator in the United States, managing over 640 communities with capacity for approximately 59,000 residents across 41 states and employing around 36,000 associates. Founded in 1978 and publicly traded since 2005, Brookdale solidified its market leadership through major acquisitions including American Retirement Corporation (2006) and Emeritus Senior Living (2014), making it the only national full-spectrum senior living company. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Brookdale has topped the American Seniors Housing Association's ASHA 50 list and Argentum's largest providers list for multiple consecutive years.

The company's comprehensive care continuum includes independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Brookdale's signature Clare Bridge program, developed over 30 years ago by dementia-care experts, provides specialized Alzheimer's and dementia care through two distinct levels: Clare Bridge communities for comprehensive memory support and the Clare Bridge Solace program for advanced-stage dementia residents. The program is recognized by the Alzheimer's Association® for incorporating evidence-based Dementia Care Practice Recommendations and features secure environments, enclosed courtyards, Daily Path programming with six structured activities daily, and the InTouch technology platform offering personalized brain-stimulating games and therapeutic content.

Brookdale's holistic Optimum Life® wellness approach balances six dimensions—Purposeful, Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual, and Intellectual—implemented through signature programs including B-Fit (eight exercise class options), Brain Fit (mental fitness workouts), My Life Story (resident storytelling), EngagementPlus (interest-based connections), Growing Together (collaborative learning), and The Ageless Spirit (kindness and gratitude practices). The Embrace Family Partnership provides caregiver education and support for families of memory care residents.

The company's Brookdale HealthPlus® care coordination model, winner of the 2024 Argentum Best of the Best Award placing it among the top 1% of operators, is a technology-enabled healthcare service featuring dedicated RN Care Managers who proactively manage residents' health, coordinate care transitions, and help prevent avoidable hospitalizations. Communities using HealthPlus report 78% fewer urgent care visits, 36% fewer hospitalizations, and 63% more completed annual wellness visits. The Personal Solutions program delivers hygiene products, medications, and daily necessities directly to residents' doors with discreet packaging and monthly billing convenience.

Following a strategic divestiture of its home health and hospice operations to HCA Healthcare (completed December 2023), Brookdale now focuses exclusively on senior living operations while maintaining its position as the industry's largest operator, committed to its mission of enriching lives with compassion, respect, excellence, and integrity.