High Plains Retirement Village

High Plains Retirement Village sits right inside Kearny County Hospital LTCU at 607 Court Place, Lakin, Kansas, where folks aged 55 and over find everything from independent living apartments to skilled nursing, memory care, and assisted living services, and since they're part of a hospital campus, medical help is always close at hand with doctors, nurses, therapists, a dental clinic, and pharmacy all right there. There's a big focus on whole-person and whole-family care, which means staff look after not just health needs but also things like movement, social life, and emotional support-they've got daily activities like birthday parties, board games, holiday events, outdoor outings, volunteering, and even pet therapy and virtual reality games, and if getting outside is important, residents can enjoy raised garden beds, an outdoor patio, or the attached screened-in porch. Assisted living residents get help with everyday things like bathing, dressing, taking medicine, and moving from a bed or wheelchair, while staff trained with regular dementia care classes watch closely over folks in the memory care unit that uses secured doors and focused, individualized programs for Alzheimer's and dementia, and if someone needs long-term care, there are both private and shared rooms plus a full menu of nursing and therapy services like help with diabetes, injections, incontinence, and physical or occupational therapy. Every apartment has a kitchen or kitchenette, an emergency call system, individual thermostats, lots of handicap-accessible appliances and bathrooms, and you can decorate your space the way you want, and if you'd like to bring along a pet, that works in assisted living with a deposit. Residents get their meals cooked by professional staff-those get planned for nutrition and taste-plus weekly housekeeping, laundry, shopping trips, meal delivery when sick, guest meals, and transportation for errands or doctor appointments, all to keep life simpler. The community's big on making social life easy with communal spaces like a shared dining hall, living rooms, a library, internet and TV, a beauty salon, and regular spiritual activities, and people meet monthly to give input at the resident council meetings. The village is non-profit with oversight by an all-volunteer board, and every new resident and family can meet with staff, tour the facility in-person, and figure out the right level of care, since High Plains Retirement Village offers lots of options for independent living, assisted living, memory care, and specialized nursing, right there in the heart of Lakin with everything from shopping to restaurants nearby.