RETIREMENT LIVING PIONEER OPENS NEW AGED CARE FACILITY
Chas Jacobsen, the visionary founder
of the Village Glen, Rosebud West,
has just celebrated the opening of
Ti Tree Lodge, a state of the art
residential aged care facility catering
to the residents of the southern
peninsula in general and the Village
Glen Retirement Village in particular.
The invited guests included The President
and Committee of The Village Glen
Residents, the friends of Ti Tree Lodge who
are a group of volunteers supporting the
residents and staff. Chas gave a heartfelt
speech as to what Village Glen and now
Ti Tree Lodge means to himself and the
residents and then invited two of the original
residents of The Village Glen, Mrs Joyce
Stone (who took up residence at The Village
Glen in December 1980 and still resides in
her villa) and Mr Roy Keefe (who took up
residence in January 1981 and now resides
in Ti Tree Lodge) to cut the ribbon and
officially open Ti Tree Lodge and this was
done to the acclamation of all 75.
The entire theme of Ti-Tree is hospitality.
Enter the front doors into the spacious
foyer; it is more like a retail precinct with a
grand reception and ‘CJ’s Café’, where guests
and their visitors can enjoy the best coffees,
light lunches, cakes and muffins. Then there’s
physiotherapy and a gymnasium, the beauty
and wellness salon, a hair and beauty salon,
the library /internet café and the Chapel – all
surrounding two large private courtyards.
There are 19 occasional lounges providing
quiet reflection or catching up with friends
and family, a main dining room and 6
intimate dining rooms. Guests’ rooms
feature luxury private en-suite bathrooms,
flat screen wall mounted television and
picture view windows overlooking the
beautifully landscaped gardens.
There’s a myriad of lifestyle and
entertainment choices including a cinema
and all of this is of course replicated on the
first floor, with an additional feature being
‘Jake’s Bar’ which has foxtel TV’s with all of
the sports channels, a bar for those ‘happy
hours’, a billiard table and other recreational
activities.
Ti Tree Lodge has 152 resident suites 19
of which are designed for either married
couples or two people wanting to share.
Each suite has a private luxury bathroom.
When fully occupied Ti Tree Lodge will
cater for 165 residents.
Ti Tree Lodge will also cater for the needs of
26 residents in a secure dementia wing.
Attached to the secure dementia
wing with a separate entrance is a day
center specifically designed to give local
independent people who are carers a ‘day
off’. This secure dementia specific day centre
will be managed by a separate team of
professionals and includes a lounge, activities
room and dining room, a secure sensory
private garden. The centre is planned to be
open Monday to Friday from 9.30 am till
4.30 pm and will cater for up to 16 guests.
An innovative feature of this wonderful
facility is the provision of a Palliative care
suite and associated family lounge where
loved ones can comfortably gather to
support each other at this difficult time.
Open for only two months, Ti-Tree already
has over 100 residents.
For enquiries, call Wynette Nichols
on 5986 4422 or email occupancy@
titreelodge.com.au or visit our website
www.titreelodge.com.au
Wishing all Mums a very
Happy Mother’s Day
from Balnarring Village
Shopping Centre
APRIL 2014 (30)
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