Category: Orlando Senior Living
Independent living is simply any housing arrangement designed exclusively for seniors, generally those ages 55 and over. Housing varies widely, from apartment style living to freestanding homes. In general, the housing is friendlier to older adults, often being more compact, with easier navigation and assistance in yard maintenance if there is a yard. You may also hear the terms retirement communities, retirement homes, senior housing and senior apartments applied to independent living.
Differences between Independent Living and other Senior Housing
Independent living is just one choice from a variety of senior housing options. The key difference between independent living and other housing options is overall health and assistance in daily living activities. Just as with regular housing, you can hire in home help to assist to an extent. However, if you or a loved one’s health is such that round the clock eating, dressing, and using the toilet requires consistent help, or medical assistance is regularly needed, other housing options such as assisted living or nursing homes may be a better fit. To learn more about the range of senior housing options, visit Choosing Senior Housing and Residential Care
Types of independent living facilities
There are many types of independent living, from apartment complexes to separate homes. They come in a range of costs, including subsidized housing for low income older adults. Continuing care retirement facilities provide independent living as well as other housing with more services at the same facility.
- Subsidized senior housing. There are senior housing complexes, subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for low income seniors. Keep in mind that depending on the area, waiting lists can take years, so it’s a good idea to plan well in advance for this option.
- Senior apartments. Senior apartments are apartment complexes restricted by age, usually 55+. Rent may include community services such as recreational programs, transportation services, and meals in a communal dining room.
- Retirement communities. Retirement communities are groups of housing units for those 55+. These housing units can be single family homes, duplexes, mobile homes, or townhouses or condominiums. If you decide to buy a unit, additional monthly fees may cover services such as outside maintenance, recreation centers, or clubhouses.
- Continuing care retirement communities. Continuing care retirement communities offer service and housing packages that allow access to independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing facilities in one community. If residents begin to need help with activities of daily living, they can transfer to an assisted living or skilled nursing facility on the same site.
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Oakmonte Village is a new 25-acre luxury senior living community in the heart of prestigious Lake Mary, Florida. Ideally located for ease and convenience, Oakmonte Village is within easy reach of many local Orlando amenities such as parks, walking trails, lakes, and more. For more information on our Senior Living Community contact us today at 407-732-5800.
The Lake Mary Rotary Club meets each Thursday morning at 7:30 am at Oakmonte Village at Lake Mary.
The world’s first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA was formed on February 23, 1905 by Paul Pl. Harris, an attorney who whiched to recapture in a professional club the same friendlyspirit he had felt in the small towns of his yout. The name “Rotary” derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members’ offices.
You can find that same friendly spirit each Thursday morning at 7:30 am at Oakmonte Village! Oakmonte Village is a new 25-acre luxury senior living community in the heart of prestigious Lake Mary, Florida. Ideally located for ease and convenience, Oakmonte Village is within easy reach of many local Orlando amenities such as parks, walking trails, lakes, and more. For more information on our Senior Living Community contact us today at 407-732-5800.
Please check our Newsletter tab on the website to view our monthly newsletter and calendar of events! You can also click http://oakmontevillage.com/newsletter2.html for direct access.
Oakmonte Village is a new 25-acre luxury senior living community in the heart of prestigious Lake Mary, Florida. Ideally located for ease and convenience, Oakmonte Village is within easy reach of many local Orlando amenities such as parks, walking trails, lakes, and more. For more information on our Senior Living Community contact us today at 407-732-5800.
With the growth that Oakmonte Village has experienced this past year comes the opportunity to enhance the services for the Residents that call Oakmonte home.
Oakmonte is pleased to announce that Madhavi Uppalapati, MD has joined the team of healthcare providers offering services to the Residents of Oakmonte Village. The addition of Dr. Uppalapati provides the residents with a choice of on-site physician services along with Dr. Chester Miltonberger who currently provides medical care to his patients at Oakmonte.
Dr. “Uh” has her patients affectionately call her attended the University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, A.P., India from 1991 – 1996 earning her Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery. Her post graduate education was at the University of Illinois where she completed her internal medicine residency and one year of clinical experience at the V.A. hospital.
Dr. Uppalapati worked from 2002 – 2004 at Mid-Florida Hospital Specialists and at East Coast Hospital Inpatient Specialists from 2005 – 2007. In 2006 Dr. Uppalapati opened her own practice in Lake Mary.
Dr. Uppalapati is affiliated with South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, FL and Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, FL. Both the doctor and Oakmonte Village share a partnership with Towers Home Care & Rehabilitation. Towers Rehab offers onsite rehab and nursing services to Residents of Oakmonte.
Dr. Uppalapati will be available the 1st and 3rd Thursday’s of the month beginning December 2nd at 10:00 am. Please contact Linda Thompson, Director of Resident Services for more information or to schedule an appointment.
Please join us for a Meet & Greet on December 2nd at 10:00 to welcome Dr. Uppalapati.
Oakmonte Village is a new 25-acre luxury senior living community in the heart of prestigious Lake Mary, Florida. Ideally located for ease and convenience, Oakmonte Village is within easy reach of many local Orlando amenities such as parks, walking trails, lakes, and more. For more information on our Senior Living Community contact us today at 407-732-5800.
Residents of Oakmonte Village are excited to attend the BBC Concert Orchestra performance tonight, Friday, November 19th.
The Orchestra is made up of musicians all of whom enjoy crossing musical boundaries. It is a unit of people with incredibly wide-ranging tastes.
The orchestra plays as broad a repertoire as possible in as stylish a fashion as possible. The group appears weekly on Friday Night Music Night and in seasons of Melodies for You on BBC Radio. The show is something of a niche on BBC Television.
Oakmonte Village is a new 25-acre luxury senior living community in the heart of prestigious Lake Mary, Florida. Ideally located for ease and convenience, Oakmonte Village is within easy reach of many local Orlando amenities such as parks, walking trails, lakes, and more. For more information on our Senior Living Community contact us today at 407-732-5800.
Oakmonte Village at Lake Mary, the Orlando area’s newest luxury senior living community has joined with Lake Mary Cork & Olive and Opici Wine Co. of Florida to host this holiday season’s premiere wine event!
Celebrate the season on Saturday, December 18, 2010 from 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm at Oakmonte Village. Taste over 100 wines, sample foods from local dining establishments all while finishing your holiday gift shopping!
Your $25 ticket includes one free bottle of wine.
Tickets can be purchased online with a small service fee at www.localwineevents.com. Click on Florida and then Orlando to find the Oakmonte Village Wine Fest. Or, if you are in the Lake Mary area stop by Lake Mary Cork & Olive at 4247 W. Lake Mary Blvd. or Oakmonte Village at 1021 Royal Gardens Circle.
For more information call Julie Fernandez at 407-732-5800.
Oakmonte Village is a new 25-acre luxury senior living community in the heart of prestigious Lake Mary, Florida. Ideally located for ease and convenience, Oakmonte Village is within easy reach of many local Orlando amenities such as parks, walking trails, lakes, and more. For more information on our Senior Living Community contact us today.
Exciting evening at Oakmonte last night! Our residents joined city and county officials as well as the Lake Mary Heathrow Festival of the Arts commitee members for their annual V.I.P Kick Off Event.
Festival poster artist, Sharon L. Kusha along with several other festival artists displayed their artwork during the event. Sharon Kusha’s original painting which inspired this year’s poster was on display and silent bids were being accepted during the evening.
The weather will be perfect this weekend for the festival so please make sure to visit Oval Park in Heathrow on Friday and Saturday, November 6th and 7th. For more info on the festival visit www.lakemaryheathrowarts.com.
Oakmonte Village is a new 25-acre luxury senior living community in the heart of prestigious Lake Mary, Florida. Ideally located for ease and convenience, Oakmonte Village is within easy reach of many local Orlando amenities such as parks, walking trails, lakes, and more. For more information on our Senior Living community contact us today at 407.732.5800.
The Innovative Nursing and Towers Home Health Care is administering vaccinations at Oakmonte Village at Lake Mary, this Friday, October 1st, 2010 from 9:30 am to 12:00 am.
The following vaccinations are being offered:
Flu Vaccine – FREE with Medicare Card (card must be present) or $30.00 per Immunization (ages 3 & up)
Pneumonia Vaccine – $52.00 per Immunization
Tetanus Vaccine – $45.00 per Immunization
There are various forms of accepted payment methods – cash, Visa credit card, or Mastercard credit card.
No Medicare HMO’s or private insurance accepted.
Light refreshments will be provided.
For any questions about the 2010 Vaccination day or anything else regarding Orlando’s senior living facility, call Oakmonte Village at 407-732-5800.
Oakmonte Village at Lake Mary is beginning a partnership with Seminole County Public Schools through the D÷v÷dends School Volunteer Program. On Wednesday, September 15, 2010, a dividend volunteer orientation will be held at Oakmonte Village from 1:00-2:00 pm to educate potential volunteers on the different opportunities being provided by Seminole County Public Schools. If interested in becoming a volunteer and to learn more about the dividend program, please sign up prior to the orientation at the receptionist desk.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Oakmonte Village at Lake Mary is a new 25-acre luxury senior living community in the heart of prestigious Lake Mary, Florida. Ideally located for ease and convenience, Oakmonte Village is within easy reach of many local Orlando amenities such as parks, walking trails, lakes, and more.
Oakmonte Village offers resort style living and freedom from home maintenance. Residents at Oakmonte enjoy amenities such as card and game rooms, fitness center, movie theatre, on-site banking, gift shop, pharmacy, outdoor swimming pool, full-service concierge and a diverse array of culturally rich programming. Oakmonte’s active lifestyle is supported by concierge physician services, rehabilitative and home care services as well as a continuum of care through our soon-to-open assisted living and memory care community. All without any entrance fees.
To schedule your tour and five-star dining experience please contact us at 407-732-5800.
This year, for the first time since the Democrats and Republicans came together in the 1980s to overhaul Social Security, the benefit payouts will exceed the revenues of payroll taxes. What this means is that the money you are expecting from your payroll taxes is less likely to be available for you upon retirement. Now, if you are a part of the “baby boomers” era, then the likeliness of money for retirement is more possible. However, if you are from later years it decreases. This means that saving is crucial so that you have the opportunity to enjoy the retirement you deserve.
Here are some things to take into account when saving for your retirement. First and foremost, out of every pay check, decide on a certain percent that you are going to utilize to set aside and put into a savings account. This amount is different for everyone depending upon annual salary – you have to decide what is in the best interest for you. Also, something that is helpful is decreasing your annual spending. It surprises everyone when they find out that eating out for dinner 3 or 4 times a week has such an impact on how much money you are able to save. In addition to this, if you put the additional money every month that you allot for spending and do not use, then that is bringing you that much closer to your desired retirement amount. One last idea to think about is investments. It is really wise to think about investing in a company you trust. This can really pay off in the end.
Even though this situation with the Social Security may make you a little nervous about the future, young retirement is still possible, so don’t lose hope.
Oakmonte Village is a new 25-acre luxury senior living community in the heart of prestigious Lake Mary, Florida. Ideally located for ease and convenience, Oakmonte Village is within easy reach of many local Orlando amenities such as parks, walking trails, lakes, and more.
Oakmonte Village offers resort style living and freedom from home maintenance. Residents at Oakmonte enjoy amenities such as card and game rooms, fitness center, movie theatre, on-site banking, gift shop, pharmacy, outdoor swimming pool, full-service concierge and a diverse array of culturally rich programming. Oakmonte’s active lifestyle is supported by concierge physician services, rehabilitative and home care services as well as a continuum of care through our soon-to-open assisted living and memory care community. All without any entrance fees.
To schedule your tour and five-star dining experience please contact us at 407-732-5800.
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Orlando Senior Living | Oakmonte Village January 5, 2011 | 
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