A Look at Recent Additions Across the Region
Allegro Senior Living, offering assisted living and memory care, has opened in Richmond Heights.
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The Gatesworth has added McKnight Place Assisted Living & Memory Care to its campus.
Stonecrest Senior Living assisted living and memory care residences have opened in Clayton, Town & Country, and Wildwood.
Friendship Village campuses in Sunset Hills and Chesterfield have launched expansions, scheduled to open in 2020.
The Sheridan at Laumeier Park, in Sunset Hills; the Sheridan at Creve Coeur, on North Lindbergh; and the Sheridan Chesterfield have all opened.
Evelyn’s House, named for the late Evelyn Newman, opened last June, providing an elegant hospice alternative.
The Boulevard Senior Living of St. Charles has opened, and a Wentzville facility opens this year.
Delmar Gardens has begun expanding its Meramec Valley and Garden Villas North locations.
The Future of Senior Living
As corporate vice president of long-term care at Bethesda Health Group, Kiel Peregrin sees the big picture: “The Affordable Care Act developed what was called the triple aim: better experiences and better outcomes at a lower cost,” he says. Since then, tech advances and better-coordinated care have allowed “more and more health services to converge on assisted living. Primary care physicians come into the building routinely. Bluetooth-equipped scales or blood pressure cuffs feed data back to a doctor’s office.” A patient with congestive heart failure who starts gaining water weight can immediately be given a diuretic to manage the flare-up. The subtlety of the data-gathering keeps the atmosphere homelike, but expert care is interwoven. “Primary care physicians are now being reimbursed for telehealth,” says Peregrin, “so they can offer more timely interventions.” Secure text messaging between assisted living and healthcare providers is faster and more efficient. Changes in condition can be addressed right away, heading off emergency trips to the hospital.
