Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber sits at 717 Neil Avenue in Columbus, offering a long list of care services and features for seniors, so you've got independent living apartments, assisted living, memory care, long-term care, skilled nursing, respite care, and even options for active adults, and they try to make it so you can stay as your needs change, which folks call aging in place, and this includes a memory care buy-in fee of $25,000, with memory care studios costing about $5,645 and one-bedrooms around $6,358 per month. They take care of people who need different levels of help, including folks who need transfers by one or two staff or mechanical lifts, standby help moving from bed to wheelchair, and care for people with bowel or bladder incontinence, plus they'll manage medications, help with diabetes, and provide other regular health services, but they say only some diabetes support includes insulin injections.
Seniors get 24-hour awake staff and help from registered nurses, occupational and physical therapy, speech therapy, hospice and palliative care, and they offer all kinds of medical attention for things like kidney or liver problems, wounds, behavioral health, transplant support, and more-they pack in a lot of specialty health care like dermatology, ophthalmology, psychiatric and dental care, and run clinics for wellness and screenings. If you want, there's help with housekeeping, laundry, dry cleaning, and daily trash removal, plus maintenance, all pretty routine, and utilities are all covered except the phone if you're in long-term care, so you don't have to worry about extras piling up. Residents can keep cats or dogs and there's help caring for pets if needed, so animal lovers aren't left out. There's scheduled and extra transportation available, and they've got parking for visitors and folks who still drive.
The place has private apartments, including studios, one, two, and three-bedroom options, with features like private balconies, walk-in showers, individual controls for heating and air, and some nice upgrades-some areas, like Thurber Tower, have colorful finishes and modern touches, while Heritage Pointe and Goodale Landing apartments offer things like sunrooms and custom layouts. The community's full of indoor common areas, sunrooms, gardens and rooftop spaces, a chapel with a full-time chaplain, a heated indoor pool with a lift, fitness center, library, computer resource center, general store, restaurant-style dining, woodworking shop, shuffleboard, spa, salon, and more for seniors who like to keep busy, and you'll find activities for Alzheimer's and dementia designed to keep folks engaged. They serve nutritious chef-prepared meals and snacks every day, and handle all kinds of dietary needs, and with emergency call systems and 24-hour security, safety is a big focus throughout the buildings.
Social, recreational, and spiritual programs fill the calendar, and outings and class programs-like exercise, art, health, gardening, and enrichment activities-draw people together and make it feel friendly and lively, and the place runs special research and academic programs too, sometimes even classes for weight management, childbirth, breastfeeding-covering a broad mix beyond what you'd think might be offered in a senior place. The memory care center offers a secure environment, individual care plans, and activities aimed at mental stimulation for residents with dementia, plus trained staff who specialize in this type of care. Funding options include private pay, Medicaid, Medicare, and veterans benefits, and the facility gets recognized for good care by groups like Best of Senior Living and the federal CMS five-star rating system for its skilled nursing and rehab.
Overall, the campus feels home-like, cozy, and safe, and the people working there have a reputation for being helpful and friendly, which most folks seem to appreciate and you've got options to fit whatever stage of life or care need you're in, with all the basics covered, a strong medical backbone, and a persistent focus on helping maintain each resident's independence and well-being as much as possible.