Ground-Breaking Ceremony for Park Regency Thornton

Yesterday, Wednesday, July 11, 2012, we had the groundbreaking ceremony for Park Regency Thornton.

Park Regency, LLC, a Colorado-based health care investment group who in 2007 opened their highly successful 104 apartment premier assisted living center in Loveland, CO, are now building the new Park Regency Thornton Assisted Living at 126th and Hudson St., Thornton, Colorado.

The managers will replicate the fine quality and management of the Loveland Community in Thornton, with an increase in the number of apartments. The new facility will have 113 apartments for up to 127 residents. There will be studios, one and two bedroom apartments available. The state-of-the-art three-story building will be stone and stucco, with a design reminiscent of a Colorado lodge.

There will be a new memory care wing within the facility.

Park Regency Thornton will provide both Independent and Assited Living apartments for seniors that will include person-centered care. Our mission at Park Regency is to make every effort to meet or exceed each resident's individual needs and expectations while maintaing the highest level of choices, dignity, privacy, and respect.

Staff will be available 24 hours a day, seven dyas a week. Park Regency Thornton will provide jobs for 45 to 50 employees once the building is full.

Residents will be able to spend leisure time at the surround sound movie theater, activites room, or library. An extensive eactivities program will include regular outings and professional entertainers. There will able be a health club with rehabilition therapies available.

The community will be adjacent to the new Health One Facility, which recently opened. Park Regency Thornton will be located at the 12610 Hudson St. Thornton CO 80241.

The Grand Opening for Park Regency Thornton is scheduled for summer of 2013.

We had a great turn-out for the Ground-Breaking of Park Regency Thornton.  The weather was perfect and everyone had a good time.

July Update and Events

Park Regency is a leader in infection control. We take infection control very seriously in order to prevent severe infection outbreaks. We always looking for new products that will help us in our efforts. As a result, we have started using a product called "Electro-BioCide", which is the world's only disinfectant that combines a complete kill of bacteria and viruses typically found in the health care environment, has environmentally friendly ingredients, the lowest toxicity rating possible (no warning labels required), and is ph-neutral (non-corrosive).

This product will kill TB, Norovirus, Influenza, C-Diff, Staff, MRSA, HIV virus and a lot more (on contact) that normally remain on surfaces. For example, E.coli can survive on surfaces for up to 16 months, MRSA for 7 months, Influenza for 2 days, and common cold virus for 7 days. Most disinfectants are able to kill most of the pathogens, but not TB, Norovirus, or C-Diff.

Park Regency searches for the best products available and will continue to provide the very best protection for our residents, staff, and visitors. We encourage our residents and staff to wash their hands as often as possible to assure they are not carrying any infection from one place to another. We encourage all our readers to do the same and not to visit anyone when you are ill.

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July Events:

Join us on Wednesday, July 25th, 2012, from 1:30-3:30 in the activity room for our Carnival. We will play games, have popcorn, popsicles, drinks, and prizes. Come and join us for an afternoon of laughter, fun and pure enjoyment for one and all. A carnival is fun for all ages so invite your friends. All family and friends are welcome to join us for this wonderful day.

Come and join us on Friday, July 27, 2012, at 2:00pm in the activity room for the performance of Cliff Spratt, Cliff is back by popular demand and is helping us celebrate birthdays for the month of July. Come and enjoy some cake and great music from a wonderful performer. Family and friends are welcome to attend this fun event.

Other events:

7-6 Centerra shopping trip

7-7 at 3:30PM - Preethi Burkholder presents her slide show on Ghost Towns of the Rockies

7-13 at 2:00PM Rich Weingarten performs for our Ice Cream Social

7-18 Trip to Estes Park

Upcoming Changes to Television Provider

As many of our residents and their familes may have noticed by the letters from Comcast, Park Regency will soon be cancelling our cable TV from Comcast. The reason for the cancellation is we are changing to satelitte TV from DirecTV. Hopefully this post answers any questions you may have pertaining to the switch. Here are some of the differences between Comcast's service and DirecTV's service that have prompted this change.

Price? The price you pay for television will not change.

When will this happen? Mostly likely by early July.

Does this affect my phone or internet? No, phone and internet service will remain the same.

Cable or satellite? Comcast--Cable. DirecTV--Satellite.

High-Definition Television: Comcast--With extra HD receiver. DirecTV--Yes, with more HD channels.

Reception? DirecTV will get a better signal and reception with better picture quality. DirecTV has less problems with channels cutting out.

Channels? DirecTV has more of the channels our residents want, and more channels in HD. For example, Comcast does NOT have the popular Turner Classic Movies, but DirecTV DOES have Turner Classics.

Customer Service: DirecTV has good customer service, Comcast's customer service isn't as good.

Amazing Couple

90 year old couple playing the piano while waiting to see the doctor at the Mayo clinic.

June Events

Upcoming Summer Barbecues

We have two more BBQ's coming up this summer, each with is own menu and flavor.

The first is our annual Father's Day BBQ on Sunday, June 17th, from 11:30am to 1:00pm. Jim Turner will play and sing for us after the BBQ to help us celebrate our fathers. The residents love having Jim play and it is a pleasure to have Jim back to perform. Family and friends are welcome to attend this event.

The second is our annual Independence Day BBQ on Wednesday, July 4th, also from 11:30am to 1:00pm. Look for more information on this event later in June.

There will be something different served at each of these wonderful holiday BBQ buffets. Cost will be the same for each event:

$12 for adults 12-55
$10 for seniors over 55
$5 for children 5-11
Under 5 free
There is never any extra charge for residents.

Please sign up with receptionist for one or both events.

Ragtime Rhythm
Ragtime Rhythm will perform for our monthly birthday on Friday, June 29th, at 2:00pm in the activity room. They are always very fun, the residents love their wonderful music from the 1920's and more, and they are back by popular demand. All family and friends are welcome to join us for this wonderful event.

Other events this month:

Picnic at Loveland Lake
Friday, June 8th

Sue presents a slide show of her vacation
Friday, June 15th

Preethi Burkholder presents her Ghost Towns of the Rockies slide show
Friday, June 22nd

Save the Date
On Saturday, August 18th, we will celebrate park Regency's fifth anniversary and Jerry Bootzin's 70th birthday. The theme for all events that day will be Hawaiian so get out those shirts and skirts. The activities will include lunch and dinner at Park Regency, live entertainment, and boat rides and swimming at Boyd Lake. This event is FREE to all residents, friends, family, special guests, and employees and their families.

Park Regency Update

Spring clean-up

It is that time of the year here at Park Regency. We just completed re-striping our parking lot, and replacing any parking lot lights that have burned out. We have begun to weed our flower beds while encouraging the flowers to bloom. We could still use some help with weeding our courtyard flower beds. The flower beds are raised and easy to access. Get gardening tools, gloves, and trash bags from one of our receptionists and have at it.

Successful May events!
Our Mother's Day Luncheon was a huge success. We served a total of 135 residents and guests. We would also like to thank Francis Buckingham for his wonderful performance of music. He was a huge hit and will be our entertainment next year.

We here at Park Regency would like to send a special thank you and congratulations on an awesome job to Kevin Topscher and his friends from Loveland High School. They did a wonderful job planning, decorating, and putting on a special 50's party for the residents. The residents and staff are still talking about this wonderful day. It was such a huge hit that we are planning on making this an annual event. If you haven't seen the photos and videos of the dance yet, you can see them here.

Memorial Day Barbecue
Don't forget about our annual Memorial Day Barbecue this Monday, May 28th, from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Call our receptionist today to make your reservations.
Cost is:
$12 for adults 12-55
$10 for seniors over 55
$5 for children 5-11
Under 5 free
There is never any extra charge for residents.

Everyone had a GREAT time at the 1950's Prom!

Enjoy these pictures and videos from the dance!