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cess to professional services
through personal support
workers, nurses, and occupa-
tional and physical therapy fa-
cilities. Cotton notes that over
the past few years the resident
population has changed dra-
matically in retirement homes
to include a very broad pop-
ulation that require specific
needs and care. “A number
of residents will be very inde-
pendent and then we have the
other side of the coin where a
lot of residents are very com-
plicated care-wise and require
a number of services and sup-
port,” Cotton says. He also
goes on to say that the retire-
ment home industry is chang-
ing in such a way that a lot of
case coordination is needed,
which includes engaging fam-
ilies and engaging residents.
“It’s to the point where the
care levels are exceeding what
was normally delivered,” he
says. And you can be sure Ad-
elaide Place will exceed these
care levels with its unique ap-
proach to resident care.
The future looks promising
for Adelaide Place and Green-
wood. With a growing pres-
ence in southern Ontario,
there are plans to open a new
retirement facility in Oshawa.
As with the other sites, the
Oshawa location will be more
than a facility -- it will be a
home. The Greenwood web-
site sums up their philosophy
on the idea of “home”: “We
know it is a difficult decision
to leave your home. At Green-
wood Retirement Communi-
ties we believe that a home
is not just where you live, but
where you feel understood.”
