Ashanti Hospice and Palliative Care, a service of Sunset Communities, presents Take Direction: Navigating through the Maze of Advance Directives. This seminar will provide information and an engaging conversation about advance directives with local attorney Dean Horrigan. Join us on Tuesday, September 25 from 11:30am – 1:00pm, at Epworth United Methodist Church in Toledo, Ohio. Lunch will be provided.

Topics: Events, Facility News, Hospice, Planning, Senior Living, Aging, Outpatient Rehabilitation

Sunset Village Rehab is holding a free fall-risk screening on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, from 11am-2pm. By assessing your balance and strength, and reviewing your health and medications, the evaluation will help you determine how likely you are to suffer a fall. Participants will have opportunities to visit with healthcare vendors and be eligible to win raffle prizes.

Topics: Inpatient Rehabilitation, Rehab, Physical Therapy, Aging, Outpatient Rehabilitation

We like to say that Sunset Communities is more than a great place to live—it’s also a wonderful place to work. Our Employee Wellness Program is just one reason why.

Topics: Facility News, People, Why Sunset?, Working at Sunset

As college students get ready to begin classes over the coming weeks, Kallie Inman is gearing up for year two of an innovative Sunset resident engagement program. Kallie, Life Enrichment Assistant at Sunset Village, developed the program in 2017 as a way to connect veterans living at Sunset with ROTC students in universities around the country. The program proved highly popular among residents and students, alike. So Kallie is expanding this year to involve more schools and additional residents.

Topics: Facility News, People, Senior Living, Why Sunset?, Sunset Village

Outside the main dining room at Sunset Village, you’ll find a beautiful raised flower bed filled with flourishing Zinnias, Columbines, and Cosmos. The garden, along with several smaller ones located throughout the Sunset Village campus, are lovingly maintained on a voluntary basis by some of our residents and staff.

Topics: People, Senior Living, Why Sunset?, Sunset Village

When you’re recovering from surgery, injury, or serious illness, it’s increasingly likely that your doctor will recommend physical or occupational rehabilitation as part of your overall treatment plan. Rehab is proven to be helpful to patients needing to regain their strength or range of motion, relearn one or more motor skills, or recover emotionally from the trauma caused by a major medical event.

Topics: Inpatient Rehabilitation, Rehab, Occupational Therapy, Outpatient Rehabilitation

Walking through the front door of the Burgoon-style design at Fieldstone Villas for the very first time, you’re bound to experience an immediate sense of coming home. The most popular layout among Fieldstone’s newest construction phase, the Burgoon features a covered front porch that leads into an inviting entryway. Laminate floors spill into an open dining room that’s flanked by a modern kitchen on one side and a cozy living room on the other. It’s clear that great care went into designing this space.

Topics: Facility News, Independent Living, Planning, Senior Housing, Senior Living, Why Sunset?, Fieldstone Villas

Sunset House and Sunset Village have each received 5-star ratings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS gives longterm care facilities from one to 5 stars related to health inspection results, staffing, and quality of resident care measures, along with an overall rating.

Topics: Facility News, Why Sunset?, Sunset Village, Sunset House

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” —Eighteenth-century poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Rose Atkins has always found von Goethe’s famous quote inspiring. The message—more recently attributed to film actor Bruce Lee—motivates Rose to go above and beyond in serving Sunset Village’s residents and their families. Her much-more-than-enough efforts have earned Rose the Sunset Village 2018 Nurse of the Year award.

Topics: Facility News, People, Recognition, Why Sunset?, Sunset Village, Meet the Team

Whenever her life gets challenging, Janet Sulewski takes a deep breath and tells herself, “It’s all good!” The pop-culture phrase reminds Janet of her overall good fortune and empowers her to move past any current problems.

Topics: Facility News, People, Why Sunset?, Meet the Team, The Woodlands