Via Elegante - Mediterranean

Via Elegante - Mediterranean sits in Tucson, AZ and offers a quiet, home-like setting with three custom-built homes and a fully renovated Mediterranean-style house, which has a sunroom with plenty of natural light, large living spaces, a backyard with city views, and a big covered gazebo, and there's also The Galleria with art studios and patios overlooking city and mountain views, plus The Vineyard with tall ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, a breakfast bar, and a private back patio, and all the suites can come furnished at no extra cost, have their own bathrooms with walk-in showers, ceiling fans, and either a mountain view, patio access, or spacious floor plans. The community serves 98 residents and keeps the feel of a smaller adult foster home with just 10 to a house, so staff can offer personalized care and keep a close eye on each person, especially since many residents need help with things like bathing, medication, and even transfers. The homes are safe and secure, especially for folks with memory loss, with monitoring and exit alerts for those who might wander, and staff that are used to helping people with Alzheimer's or other dementia, and they provide special programs to give support and activities for memory care. Meals get prepared for everyone in a main dining room with places to sit together, but folks can also eat when they want, and there are options for special diets like diabetes-friendly or pureed meals. Residents can join in on daily activities like arts and crafts, chair yoga, computer classes, movie nights, and games that the Life Enhancement Director plans out, and there's a library, fitness room, gardens, walking paths, and clubhouses for social time, reading, or just relaxing, and they support hobbies and creative things in an art studio or even out in the community gardens or backyard with a gazebo. There's housekeeping, laundry (which includes linen and dry cleaning), and on-call nurse support around the clock, along with certified caregivers, a Health Director, and a Wellness Director, so regular health checks, diabetic care, medication help, and transfers in and out of bed are all part of the daily routine, and if someone has trouble moving or needs spoon-feeding, staff are trained for that, too, and the facility doesn't accept ALTCS, but does offer respite care for short stays. Each room has cable, Wi-Fi, and telephones, and there's transportation for appointments or outings, with safety systems like emergency alerts in every suite just in case, and if a resident or a visitor needs to compare or leave a review, the place offers profiles and feedback options online, being listed by Arizona Care Alliance along with other Tucson area senior communities. Even though it's a fairly large setting by bed count, the way the houses are designed with shared or private rooms and a small resident-to-caregiver ratio, it aims to keep the environment warm and familiar, so folks get to know each other, caregivers pay attention, and the routines give everyone comfort, with the main focus on personalized care and keeping life as independent as possible for each senior.