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14 THE BRANDON SUN • WESTMAN BUSINESS • NOVEMBER 2020

Rotary Villas offers

safe, secure and

comfortable homes

There’s no place like home. Moving from a home that you’ve lived in
Whether you’re an empty-nester, for many, many years can be emotion-
or perhaps beginning the process of ally draining, but it can also be uplifting
downsizing for retirement, there truly is and can relieve a lot of stress. You don’t
no place like home. have to worry about little things like
That’s why making an informed deci- cleaning the gutters or shovelling the
sion on where you’re going to live as you driveway. You can just relax and focus
age gracefully is so important. on the things that you enjoy.”
Moving from a single-family dwelling Rotary Villas is Brandon’s premier re-
can be a positive experience, and those tirement complex. It’s meant for those
who have made that decision may have who are 55-plus and offers an array of
discovered that their lifestyle improves services and amenities to ensure resi-
tremendously and their new residence dents can enjoy a carefree and very in-
quickly becomes their new home. dependent lifestyle.
It doesn’t take long for new residents The facility boasts tantalizing and de-
to feel right at home in the safe, secure licious meals carefully prepared with
and comfortable environment Rotary local flair by a Red Seal chef. There is
Villas provides, said Jody Kehler, exec- also light housekeeping, weekly linen
utive director of Rotary Villas at Cro- service, and 24-hour on-site staff.
cus Gardens. But what’s even more While there are many benefits to liv-
rewarding is to see how their lifestyle ing in a retirement home, the added
changes. features for socializing and taking part
“We do everything we can to make Ro- in other activities at Rotary Villas only
tary Villas feel like home,” said Kehler, make it that much more welcoming. ABOVE: Rotary Villas’ recreation assistant, Grace Loewen, gets into the spirit of
who also has a nursing background. The complex offers a healthy living “decorate your mask day” as part of Spirit Week at the facility. (Submitted)
“Before long, residents are socializing centre, games and sitting room, billiard BELOW: Phyllis Harburn and Marjorie Kempthorne have a set in the Rotary Villas
and taking part in different activities. lounge, plus a library that is supported common room. (Submitted)
by the Rotary Club of Brandon.
“It’s important to think of your par-
ents and encourage them to live their
best life at any age,” Kehler said. “We
all want to help our parents find a place
that is comfortable, safe and conve-
nient, but we also want them to develop
friendships and not feel lonely. At Rota-
ry Villas, we can make that happen.”
While there are a number of retire-
ment communities in Brandon, Rotary
Villas boasts several features that sets
them apart.
“Our security system is one-of-a-
kind, we have an open, spacious en-
vironment, and we have a very active
community – those are all things that
makes us unique,” Kehler said.
The complex is also home to Ginger-
snips Salon, Flatland Drugs, a medical
clinic and Camelot Personal Care.
The three-storey building has 12 dif-
ferent layouts within the 108 suites,
including studio, one-bedroom and
two-bedroom apartments. As well,
some of the two-bedroom villas have an
additional three-season room. Rotary
Villas is 100 per cent locally owned and areas – plus we make an effort to buy Without a doubt, Rotary Villas offers
operated and is an integral part of the most of our products locally,” Kehler a carefree, convenient and comfortable
community. said. “Supporting the community that environment so that residents can en-
Mick Collins enjoys a beer at Happy “We are proud to be locally owned and we live and work in is as important as joy retirement living the way it’s meant
Hour at the Rotary Villas facility in Bran- operated – our staff and our residents developing our own community within to be enjoyed.
don. (Submitted) are from Brandon and the surrounding Rotary Villas.” » The Brandon Sun