Senior Citizens Homes in Abilene, Texas

It is always difficult to make the decision to place a loved one in an assisted living facility. The Senior citizens homes community as a whole have often received undeserved bad reputations for inadequate care and sub standard living conditions. While there have been abuses in the past, the age of the neglected grandmother left in a corner all day is virtually non existent except for a few anomalous cases. Today's facilities are bright, clean, and employ caring staff who work hard to make seniors as comfortable as they would be in their own homes.

When I had to decide that it was time to put my grandmother in a senior citizens home I was devastated. It meant leaving behind the home she had lived in all of her life, her gardens, the birds she fed, her pets, and the neighbors she said "Hi" to every morning.

I wish I would have had the choices then that I have now. In Abilene Texas there are several good facilities available depending on the care level required by a senior citizen. The most popular organized care facility is the Sear Methodist Retirement Community System. Sears Methodist has three facilities in Abilene Texas as well as seven other facilities in five major towns nearby. They offer assistance to senior citizens starting from early in-home care all the way to hospice care.

The three facilities they operate in Abilene Texas are:

1) Wesley Court - They feature "Executive" homes, apartments, and an assisted living and health care services center. Taken from the Wesley Court website at the facility is described as "A private residential neighborhood setting, Wesley Court is nestled on 50 acres and offers a full continuum of retirement services - the first of its kind in Abilene and the surrounding area. Executive Homes, Apartments, Assisted Living and Health Care Services grace this beautiful gated community. A lake and walking paths enhance grounds." An interactive virtual tour is available online.

2) Windcrest - Sears Methodist's Alzheimer's care center. Taken from the Windcrest website the facility is described as "Designed specifically for the needs of the Alzheimer's or related dementia patient. Each of the five self-contained living areas has an activity area, dining area and protected outside courtyard. Resident rooms have been designed to offer privacy and decorated to reduce anxiety and promote well being. An activity-based program has been developed based on the functioning level of the residents in each of the units. Through appropriate activities, residents are given the opportunity to exercise choices and control resulting in an increasing sense of self-esteem." An interactive virtual tour is available online.

3) Sears Methodist Center - They offer an Independent living situation as well as assisted living with nursing care. Depending on the level of care need residents can choose from a duplex or a fourplex or live in the nursing home center which "provides care to 117 residents. Traditional long-term nursing care and Medicare skilled care are both provided under the direction of a highly trained staff. In addition, Medicaid benefits assist qualified residents. A well-equipped therapy room, plus carefully planned activities enhance the care." An interactive virtual tour is available online.

Sears Methodist retirement system has a long standing reputation for quality care at affordable prices. Their staff is knowledgeable and friendly and their amenities are unequaled in this town. For more information about Sears Methodist retirement System visit their website. Their web site is full of helpful eBrochures that cover topics from "Estate Planning" to "Writing a Will" and even a checklist for "Making Your Final Wishes Known."