The Elms

I am a friend or relative of a resident

My cousin in New York had discovered The Elms Retirement Residence. I went to visit and I was really impressed and I thought what a good fit it would be for my mom. It was just wonderful. Everything about it just seemed so right. The staff was alert, interested, and engaged. The residents there are just like my mom. They were older, fragile but not needing nursing care, and they were very intelligent women who had lived full lives and so I thought this would be ideal for my mom.

She gets three wonderful meals a day, they provide laundry services, they clean her room once a week. And if she's late for a meal they call right away to see where she is. They have so many interesting activities the whole week, and she goes to everything. My mother is 89. They do yoga, movies on the weekend, she gets her hair and nails done, they will bring her to doctor's appointment, and there's once or twice a week excursion. It's like a high-end hotel. And everyone is in sort of vacation.