PHOENIX: When a senior citizen is no longer able to live independently and moves into an institutional setting to receive 24 hour care, the physical and emotional comforts of home are lost.
Wesley Village Retirement Community hopes to bring the sense of “home” back to its residents through a transition of the healthcare center to a new model of care — the household model.
According to Shelly Martin, administrator and CEO at Wesley Village, the household model is the result of a “culture-change movement” within the senior care industry…