Garden Place is Diamond Sponsor for Healthy Woman Expo

On Thursday, April 26, Garden Place steps in as a Diamond Sponsor for the Health Woman Expo, held at The Falls in Columbia. Hosted by Red Bud Regional Hospital, the informational expo will take place from 4 to 6 p.m.  Dale Smith Thomas, CEO of Winners By Choice, Inc., is the keynote speaker and will teach participants how to be successful and effective in life’s daily struggles.

Garden Place Senior Living will have an informational booth set up at which participants can learn more about leading healthier lives, for themselves and their senior loved-ones. Make sure to stop by for some free goodies! To register, visit the Healthy Women website. Tickets are $20.

Our senior living communities strive to actively participate in local events and support area businesses. Our staff members love meeting community members through these activities and strive to be the best senior care resource in the area.

Can’t make it to the Healthy Woman Expo but still have questions about how to provide better care for your senior loved-one? Contact Garden Place today about our Senior Care Conversation program, a complimentary one-on-one consultation that provides information on senior care topics. Conveniently available to fit your schedule, you can learn more about daily living activity assistance, financial concerns and your options. Contact Kathy Asselmeier, Garden Place General Manager, at 618-304-0952 to learn more today.

At Garden Place, we focus on helping our residents maintain an independent lifestyle. Even with our assisted living seniors, we aim to keep them involved in community activities, maintain hobbies and continue to build relationships with peers. Through our daily sittercise, mindercise, games and other activities, we focus on these goals. However, to make sure our senior residents are having as much fun as possible, each community makes one day trip per week. Our residents usually choose to go out for lunch and breakfast at local restaurants.

Did you know that we love to have non-resident seniors join us on these trips? Your senior loved-one is welcome to come out to lunch or breakfast with us through our Adult Day Club program. It’s a great opportunity for him or her to make new friends and stay active. Of course, if your senior would like to visit our communities for our daily games or exercises, he or she is welcome to do that as well. Our certified professional staff members ensure that all of our activities are safe for seniors, so you don’t have to worry while your senior loved-one is with us.

We’d love to have your senior join us! Check out our calendars to see what we have planned for the month of April, and contact one of our communities to learn more!

Come visit Garden Place at the Monroe County Co-Op Annual Meeting on March 26th. From 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Barb Mertz, general manager of Garden Place of Red Bud, will have an informational booth set up. All members of the Monroe County Co-Op are welcome to attend. Stop by to learn more about our senior resources and for some free goodies!

Garden Place Senior Living proudly supports local events and area businesses. Our staff members love meeting new community members through these events and strive to act as a senior care resource for as many local caregivers as possible.

Can’t stop by the Monroe County Co-Op Annual Meeting but still have questions about how to provide better senior care? Confused about financial decisions you need to make for your senior loved-one? Contact Garden Place today about our Senior Care Conversation program, a complimentary one-on-one consultation that provides information on senior care topics. Conveniently available to fit your schedule, you can learn more about daily living activity assistance, financial concerns and your options. Contact Kathy Asselmeier, Garden Place General Manager, at 618-304-0952 today.

We have rescheduled our groundbreaking event for Garden Place of Waterloo, our newest senior living community, for 10 a.m. on April 10.

Sponsored by the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, this groundbreaking event will kick off the construction of Waterloo’s newest senior living community, located at 735 Columbia Avenue, just east of Route 3.

“We’re excited to provide a new option for active seniors in Waterloo and the surrounding area. Our groundbreaking on March 14, gives us another opportunity to meet local caregivers and their senior loved-ones,” said Kathy Asselmeier, general manager of Garden Place Senior Living. “We’ve already received deposits for apartments from seniors in the area who are excited to move in and want to reserve an apartment early.”

Projected to open fall 2012, the first phase of Garden Place of Waterloo will initially have 21 senior-friendly apartments, a spacious dining room and various activity rooms. Designed to feel like home, the new senior living community will focus on providing a relaxing and fun environment for residents and visiting seniors.

For more information about attending the groundbreaking event or on how to reserve an apartment at Garden Place of Waterloo, please contact Kathy Asselmeier at 618.304.0952.

The Garden Place of Waterloo groundbreaking event scheduled for this Wednesday, March 14, has been postponed. We apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused.

As soon as we set another date for the festivities, we will let you know. Stay updated by becoming fans on Facebook, following us on Twitter, signing up for our newsletter and frequently checking our blog. You can also find updated information on the Garden Place of Waterloo page on our website.

We hope to see you at the rescheduled event. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Asselmeier at 618-304-0952.

Garden Place Senior Living has hired Rachel Giffhorn as community manager for its independent and assisted living community in Columbia. Tanya Schnarre, former community manager for the Columbia community, is taking over the Millstadt location effective March 12.

Giffhorn has more than 12 years of senior care experience and is eager to join Garden Place.

“I am dedicated to providing quality care to the seniors in my care. I was born and raised in Hecker, and I feel providing senior services to our hometown residents is of great importance. I am eager to start meeting and befriending the seniors in Columbia and helping them maintain independent lives during their retirement,” says Giffhorn.

Giffhorn received bachelor degrees in political science and philosophy from Baylor University, a master’s degree in health administration from Saint Louis University and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Chamberlain College. She also received certification as an Aging Services Professional from the University of North Texas. Giffhorn has worked in several senior care communities in the St. Louis area.

“We are excited to add Rachel to the team. She shares the Garden Place philosophy of quality, local senior care. She understands how to support our residents in maintaining their independence,” Kathy Asselmeier, general manager of Garden Place Senior Living, says in describing the new Columbia manager.

Giffhorn steps into her new role on March 5 and will be responsible for managing the 18 senior-friendly apartments, resident care, staff and monthly community events that are open to the public.