The Meadows of Karlstad Assisted Living sits at 306 Washington Avenue West in Karlstad, Minnesota, and serves as a senior living community focused mostly on assisted living care and support, and folks tend to call it simply The Meadows. This place takes care of seniors who need help with their daily lives and brings in a dedicated care team to provide personal care, supervision, and medical support, and they use the term "assisted living" to describe their model, which includes daily help with things like bathing, dressing, and taking medicine, plus what's called memory care for those who need support with dementia or Alzheimer's, and they also can do respite and hospice care under certain conditions. You'll find all sorts of safety features here, from secure entrances and emergency response systems to hallways and rooms set up with safety and handicap access in mind, plus 24-hour staffing and nurses on site, and you get amenities designed to keep folks safe while letting them stay as independent as possible, which means people have their own space, like kitchenettes, but also someone always around when needed.
The Meadows offers a bunch of services like medication management, speech therapy, occupational therapy, psychiatry, nurses visits, and things like foot care and vision care, and the staff help with activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), and even care for common chronic health problems. They have transportation for medical appointments and some non-medical errands, and they'll take care of housekeeping and laundry, provide linen services, manage meal preparation, and keep your room cool with air conditioning, plus you get cable TV, Wi-Fi, and internet. The community allows both dogs and cats, so people don't have to give up their pets, and you'll find communal places like a dining room, common areas for socializing, a sun room, a library, and even a chapel for devotional activities. It's got a pool and a hot tub, a gym, and a beauty salon where an on-site beautician works, and some rooms come with a kitchenette so residents can prepare their own snacks or meals if they want.
For recreation, the facility holds arts and crafts, social activities, spiritual and religious gatherings, health and wellness programs, and group outings, all aimed at life enrichment and therapeutic recreation. They focus on an approach called "family-for-life," which means they treat each person as an individual and work in teams to help everyone stay as capable and comfortable as they can be, and they're also connected with government and nonprofit agencies if you need extra resources. Guests and family can join in, and there are education and outreach programs for both residents and loved ones. The Meadows follows Minnesota's rules for assisted living and makes sure its caregivers keep up with training for a high standard of care, and as part of Accura HealthCare, they offer extra services like rehabilitation, skilled nursing, transitional care, long-term care, and extensive care for those who need it. The place tries to keep seniors safe, supported, comfortable, and engaged, so they can maintain a good quality of life in a setting made for their needs.
