02/11/2026
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨. ❤️
A huge thank you to Karen for sharing her experience regarding her mother Gerri’s time with us. Knowing that we could provide a "home" for Gerri, and peace of mind for her family, is exactly why we do this.
Reading these words from Karen about her mom, Gerri, reminds us why we opened our doors. Transitioning a loved one to 24/7 care is never easy, but we strive to make sure every resident feels like family. We were so honored to be part of Gerri’s journey.
"𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒-𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚, 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 “𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒” 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑚’𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑚. 𝑊𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝐾𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎’𝑠 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 24/7 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒, 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑛𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝐾𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎’𝑠 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑛, 𝑀𝐼.
𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐾𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎, 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟, 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟-𝑖𝑛-𝑙𝑎𝑤, 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 “𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒!” 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡 (𝐴𝑙𝑧ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑟’𝑠).
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒/𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝐾𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝑀𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 16 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑥 (𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒), 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑦 (𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑥𝑒𝑑, ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 “𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒” (𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒) 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 25𝑡ℎ. 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 (𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟) 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝐼 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑚, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑚’𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒.
𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 “𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝” 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛. 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟, 𝐾𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑎, 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟… 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙. 💓"
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