Azalea Estates of Monroe is a single-story senior living community located behind St. Francis North Hospital and next to Lea Joyner Methodist Church. The place offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care in a secure and home-like setting, with spacious studio, one-bedroom, or two-bedroom apartments, and some rooms come with full kitchens or kitchenettes. Pets are welcome with certain guidelines, and there are outdoor walking paths and blooming gardens that many residents enjoy. The staff helps with daily personal care needs, from bathing to dressing and medication reminders, and they stay available at all hours. The memory care wing, called the Legacy Program, keeps residents with cognitive impairments safe and engaged, with individualized plans, more staff, and evidence-based daily activities like music, movies, art, games, and therapeutic cooking.
Common areas include fireplaces, a library, TV lounge, community rooms, and a beauty and barber shop for on-site grooming. Residents can use free high-speed WiFi, cable TV, and enjoy a month of scheduled group activities like game nights, yoga, resident music bands, Wii bowling, arts and crafts, gardening clubs, and exercise classes. Meals are served restaurant-style, but there's room service, guest meals, and private dining if people want to eat with family or need special diets such as low salt or sugar. There are religious services for both Catholic and Protestant residents, and visiting chaplains. Transportation is available for shopping, outings, appointments, and the buses pick up nearby, so it's easy to get where you need to go. Parking is free for residents and guests alike.
The staff does housekeeping, laundry, and offers grocery shopping help. Residents can pay with insurance, credit card, or checks, and there's help with VA benefits for veterans. Residents can use the library, computer room, and arts and crafts center to keep their minds and hands busy, or they can join in group history chats or movie afternoons. The place has a license from the state as a Level 3 Adult Residential Care Provider. The environment is designed to be secure, but still tries to feel like home, helping seniors stay active and as independent as possible, whether somebody wants to live alone or with a friend. Residents over 55 can live here, and there's a focus on respect, choice, and privacy. The staff look to help each person with their physical, mental, social, and spiritual needs, providing the kind of routines and support that let folks stay connected and cared for without feeling crowded, doing as much for themselves as they can, while having help close at hand whenever it's needed.
