Frasier Meadows Manor

 

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Dustin G.

Denver, CO

Frasier Meadows is a complex for the aging peoples yo, with all the amenities and niceties.

So since I know a nurse here quite well, let me give you the skinny:

Frasier Meadows is not a nursing home, as many people may think, meaning you don't walk in and immediately wish you hadn't; instead, It is a retirement community, with independent living, assisted living, and a health care center.  How it works, usually, is old folks who don't want to (or can't) live on their own any longer move into one of the apartments in independent living, then, as they become older and/or more frail, they can move into assisted living.  And from assisted living they can move into the health care center.

Independent living consists of three main buildings, Frasier Central, Frasier North, and Frasier South.  Each building has four floors and about 100 or so apartments.  The people who live there drive cars, have pets, and pretty much do anything you would do in your home, with the exception of having a little extra assistance, such as laundry and activities, if needed.

The assisted living building is the former health care center.  It is one floor with around 100 rooms.  The people who live here are generally more frail, need assistance with meals and laundry; basic every day things that we all do.  It is the middle ground in Frasier, people here are not yet totally dependent on others, but not totally independent either.

The health care center building sits in the middle, is three years old, and quite possibly the nicest of its type in the state.  People who live here are either from independent living, working with rehab, or from assisted living, needing total care, or from the outside community needing rehab.  

The prices are not cheap.  Most people who live here have made some money in their day.  Prices range from $1,300 to $3,300 per month in Independent living.  There is also an option to buy an apartment for $85,000 for a "deluxe" studio to $550,000 for a two bedroom.  Assisted living prices range from $2,700 t0 $7,700 per month.  Health care center fees are around $200 a day for a bed in the skilled nursing section.  Mind you, all these prices vary based on whether or not you are a member of the community, and to become a member it is a hefty $31,000-$64,000, nonrefundable.

Damn! A rich-ass manor, indeed.

Now Frasier Meadows itself is a non-profit, church related company that owns two other communities in Colorado.  

So yeah, definitely not cheap, but as I said before, this is one of the best, if not THE best retirement communities in the state.  Frasier also accepts medicare and medicaid insurance, which might help lower the costs somewhat.

Still, you get what you pay for, and if you are aging and have some dough this place is pretty sweet: they have tons and tons of different rooms and amenities, such as barber, library, history room, Boulder over-look, etc. If your parents are aging and you have some dough and want them to be will taken care of, this place will definitely do the trick.

All of course for about 2x the amount of money I make in a year.

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