Good Samaritan Society - Loveland Village

Ponds and walking trails are set within the landscaped, park-like grounds of Good Samaritan Society - Loveland Village, a 50-acre continuing care retirement community at 2101 South Garfield Avenue in Loveland, Colorado, with a view of the Rocky Mountains from the campus. Independent living apartments, two-bedroom twin homes, assisted living apartments and a skilled nursing center all share the grounds.

The campus sits in a quiet, semi-rural area of Loveland and offers its housing and services to adults 55 and older. Assisted living apartments come with around-the-clock staffing, assessments, medication supervision, weekly laundry service and help with a shower or whirlpool bath twice each week. In the skilled nursing center, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants are on staff 24 hours a day, with private and semi-private rooms for long-term care.

Rehabilitation therapy is offered on both an inpatient and an outpatient basis, and the nursing center is certified by Medicare as well as Medicaid. Respite care is available as support for family caregivers, and in-home services are part of the range of care offered by the community too. Assisted living residents take three meals a day in a full-service dining room, choosing among several menu options, and refreshments and snacks can be had at any hour of the day or night.

A café and a juice bar are on campus as well. Separate from the dining room, the campus amenities include a wellness center, a gym, an indoor pool, a whirlpool, a spa, a salon and a chapel. Daily interdenominational devotions are held on campus, and Sunday worship takes place in the Spiritual Life Center, where a staff chaplain serves the residents of the community. Independent living apartments come in one-bedroom, deluxe one-bedroom and two-bedroom layouts, with a 24-hour emergency call system in place for residents, and they range from 440 to 864 square feet.

Assisted living apartments have one or two bedrooms and measure from 440 to 580 square feet, with paid utilities, television and internet as part of each home. The twin homes are offered in six floor plans with two bedrooms and two full baths, starting at 1,113 square feet, and a sunroom or den is part of the design. Appliances in the twin homes include a microwave, a washer and a dryer, and full maintenance is handled for each twin home household.

The community suits adults 55 and older who want an apartment or twin home of their own now, with assisted living, rehabilitation therapy and long-term skilled nursing all located on the same 50-acre grounds. It also fits residents who would like an indoor pool, a spa, a gym and walking trails to be part of the same grounds as their home, along with a faith life that meets on campus each week. Loveland itself offers Lake Loveland, the Loveland Museum, the Benson Park Sculpture Garden and the Rialto Theater, and the concerts at Foote Lagoon are another part of life in town.

For longer day trips, Denver and Rocky Mountain National Park are each within an hour of the community on South Garfield Avenue. Banner North Colorado Medical Center has its Loveland campus on Boise Avenue, about 3 miles from the grounds of the community, while Medical Center of the Rockies on Rocky Mountain Avenue sits roughly 5 miles away.