Azalea Trace Assisted Living, formed in 2011 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3), sits in Nashville, TN, offering a variety of senior living choices, including assisted living, independent living, nursing home services, and memory care for people facing mental or physical disabilities, and the staff there, numbering about 93, stays around all day and all night to help people with daily needs like bathing, dressing, eating, and getting around, and there are nurses, doctors on call, visiting therapists, and folks who come to help with special care like diabetic needs and medication. The community has specialized programs for people wanting help regaining independence or needing help with rehab, which makes a difference for some families looking for that sort of service, and memory care is set up with secured areas and technology-like bracelets that ring alarms-so people who might wander get extra protection. The rooms come as studios, semi-private, or 1-bedroom units, and they've got private bathrooms, cable TV, kitchenettes, telephones, air conditioning, and wireless internet, and if someone needs a furnished room or has mobility needs, the place is wheelchair accessible and supports non-ambulatory folks using mechanical lifts for transfers, plus they can care for people with incontinence as long as they can manage it themselves. Meals get cooked by a professional chef and they accommodate all kinds of diets-kosher, gluten-free, low sodium, and meals from different cultures-and the dining room has all-day choices including allergy-friendly options, so folks who need to eat a certain way can do that without problems.
Families working through long-term care decisions find the staff-which includes senior advisors-helpful when picking what's right for a loved one, and there's a review platform that tries to only publish verified reviews to cut down on fake opinions, with the place getting an average score of 4.0 out of 5 from a dozen reviewers. Prices go around $700 with published rates for different room types, plus there are fees for different care levels and services, and they take private pay, Social Security, insurance, and veteran's benefits, which helps some folks who don't have much saved. Community comforts include a dining room, all-day meals, a movie theater, an activity room, a music space, an arts room, game and fitness rooms, a library, and lots of indoor and outdoor places to walk and sit, including gardens and walking paths, plus activities you can join daily if you want. There's laundry, housekeeping, a concierge, and group trips, and people who want their spiritual needs met have devotional services available offsite. Folks who need help with medications, bathing, moving in, or emergency support get that, and memory care is prepared for people with difficult behaviors tied to dementia or Alzheimer's. Visiting podiatrists, speech, occupational, and physical therapists make sure specialty care is available, and all this is offered Monday through Friday from eight to nine, and from eight to five-thirty on weekends, so there's usually someone available if you have questions about what they do or what it costs, though some finer details about programs or features might have to be asked directly since not everything's spelled out in advance.
