Arbor Terrace Monmouth

Arbor Terrace Monmouth is a senior community that offers independent living and continuing care, along with supervised living options for those needing more help, including assisted living and memory care. It has 60 assisted-living apartments and 28 Bridges memory-care suites, with memory care on the first floor in a secured area called Country Cottage that has its own dining room and a courtyard. The three-story building, 88,695 square feet, was designed by Meyer Senior Living Studio and finished by Faulkner Design Group, using a light coastal look with wide-plank floors and large windows. It was formerly The Chelsea at Shrewsbury and is the first area community to offer Independent Living in more than 15 years. The campus is pet friendly and includes two courtyards, a fire-pit lounge, gardens, a putting green, a shaded pergola, and walking paths that connect to a nearby pocket park.

Care is available 24/7 with licensed nurses on site and the CarePredict wearable system that tracks activity and sends alerts if a resident deviates from normal. Staff provide medication management and help with dressing, bathing, continence, diabetes management, and oxygen therapy. Health care visits come through Visiting Physician Services and local home-health and hospice agencies, so primary-care visits, physical therapy, palliative care, and labs can happen without leaving the building. There are no skilled-nursing beds planned. The building features on-site medical consultations, a full-service beauty salon, and weekly housekeeping and laundry, plus complimentary transportation. The Arbor Company's Deep Connections and Dining with Dignity programs train staff to learn each resident's life story and weave that into care plans and meals.

A life-enrichment calendar lists 20-25 programs per day, including chair-yoga with SilverSneakers-certified instructors, creative-writing workshops led by a retired Monmouth University professor, live jazz brunches with Count Basie Center Academy students, tech tutoring with Red Bank Regional High School volunteers, and Farm-to-Fork Fridays with visits to the Asbury Fresh market. There's an exhibition-style dining room with an open chef's kitchen, a private dining venue for family celebrations, a fitness and rehab studio with HUR equipment, a theater, and a full-service spa. The memory-care environment, called Country Cottage, uses safe, secure spaces with cueing and validation therapy in small groups. There are 28 memory-care suites in a fully secured neighborhood with its own dining room and a landscaped courtyard. The community offers 60 assisted-living apartments ranging from studios to two-bedrooms, all with step-in showers, climate control, and emergency-response pendants. It has a wheelchair-accessible shuttle for trips to Two River Theater, Monmouth Park racetrack, and Sandy Hook National Recreation Area. It provides on-site medical consultations, a full-service beauty salon, walking tours, and tours of daily life, dining, and activities. The Facebook page for Arbor Terrace Monmouth has sections About, Posts, Reels, Photos, and More, with 46 following and 546 followers. It has faced concerns such as staff turnover, limited overnight staffing, call-bell waits, missed medications, unsupervised wandering, and a fatal fall in the memory-care neighborhood, but it has also received praise for tasteful décor and staff greeting residents by name, with seamless transitions between assisted living and memory care because the same care director and electronic health-record system serve both neighborhoods.

Arbor Terrace Monmouth is managed by The Arbor Company.

Founded in 1988, The Arbor Company has established itself as a leading senior living operator with over 35 years of experience in the industry. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company has grown from its origins to become a respected provider of senior care services across the southeastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Under the leadership of President Judd Harper, who has guided the organization for over 25 years, The Arbor Company operates 48 senior living communities across 11 states, including Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.