Abe's Garden/Park Manor Apartments sits in Nashville, about a short drive from downtown, close to medical clinics, pharmacies, restaurants, and shops, and only eight minutes from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The senior living community is part of the Abe's Garden Community and dates back to 1962, when it began as Nashville's first retirement living place. The property has seven floors and 64 bedrooms with apartment styles from studios to two-bedrooms, some with balconies over the wooded campus, and all feature kitchenettes, bathrooms with showers, fire safety systems, climate control, and emergency alert devices. Rent starts at $7,800, and there's no large buy-in fee or endowment.
The care team provides a continuum of care, so seniors can move from independent living to assisted living, memory care, nursing care, or even enjoy home care through programs like Abe's Garden at Home. Staff offer a person-directed care approach shaped by decades of research and a focus on what each resident wants. Residents get help with things like meals, laundry, medication, bathing, dressing, and hygiene. There is a full-time registered nurse on hand, and 24/7 support is available for health and wellness needs. They're attentive to those living with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia, with memory support services, and offer brain health activities, peer support groups-like Abe's Garden Community Group for people with early-stage dementia-and respite care for family caregivers who need a short break.
People here have plenty to do, from games, lifelong learning, and social clubs to special cultural, fitness, and spiritual events planned by a resident life engagement team. Meals happen three times a day in a restaurant-style dining room or sometimes outdoors in the garden or courtyard, where some produce is grown on site. The community aims to keep residents independent, healthy, and connected by encouraging friendships, group activities, and even educational programs for mind and body health. Nurses and care partners check on chronic conditions, and there are regular wellness checks, while physical, speech, and occupational therapy are available right on the property along with audiology, dental, podiatry, nurse practitioner, and hospice services.
Apartments have nine-foot ceilings, big closets, wall-to-wall carpets or flooring, and safety grab bars. There are five designs, both private and semi-private. Housekeeping, home maintenance, laundry, guest meals, and concierge help are included, with optional extra services for a fee, like personal shopping, enhanced maintenance, and fitness programs. There are spaces for reading, relaxing, and socializing, such as a library, lounge and game rooms, fitness room, and a full-service beauty shop. Residents and families can take a virtual welcome tour, view 25 photos, choose different floor plans, and discuss payment options directly with staff. The property, formerly Park Manor, carries a long tradition and strives to provide seniors with choices, dignity, and support.
