MacKenzie Place

An onsite travel agency and an indoor heated pool share one address with a secured memory care neighborhood at MacKenzie Place, located at 4750 Pleasant Oak Drive in Fort Collins, Colorado. MacKenzie Place offers independent living, assisted living and memory care on a single campus. Pets are welcome in the independent living and assisted living apartments, subject to breed and size restrictions. On the assisted living side, every resident has an individual care plan, and the team revisits that plan regularly and adjusts it as needs shift.

Daily help spans medication assistance, dressing, showering and bathing, hygiene and personal appearance, mobility and escort assistance, communication assistance and cognitive support, with care coordination and health maintenance alongside. The community has a health and wellness director and awake staff 24 hours a day, and a dentist, a podiatrist, an occupational therapist and a physical therapist each make visits.

Memory care at MacKenzie Place is shaped by the Opal program, an approach to Alzheimer's and dementia care that centers on the individual rather than the diagnosis. Apartments in this part of the community form a horseshoe that is secured to prevent wandering, and an enclosed courtyard and garden sit at its center. Residents here live in private apartments built with dementia in mind, each one with a bathroom and a kitchen area of its own.

For discreet monitoring and a quicker response, these apartments are fitted with SafelyYou fall detection. Meals are served in the full-service restaurant, and the community also has a bistro and a hospitality bar on site. Shared spaces include a theater, a library, a billiards room, an activity and games room, a salon and barbershop, a fitness center and an arts and crafts studio. The calendar of daily activities draws on PrimeFit Wellness, the Balance Builders balance program, BrainHQ, horticulture therapy and fitness classes, and residents also run their own clubs, join travel groups and take up local volunteer opportunities.

Inside the apartments, residents have full kitchens with upgraded appliances, spacious walk-in closets, a washer and dryer, individual climate controls and complimentary Wi-Fi. Assisted living apartments add generous closet space and individually controlled heating and air conditioning. Residents also have access to transportation services provided by the community. MacKenzie Place is set up for residents who want an independent living apartment or cottage with assisted living and memory care offered at the same address.

Residents living with Alzheimer's or dementia who need a secured setting have one in the memory care neighborhood. It also suits residents drawn to swimming, travel groups or local volunteer work. The community sits in a residential neighborhood just minutes from downtown Fort Collins. Safeway at 1426 East Harmony Road is about a third of a mile away, while Kohl's at 813 East Harmony Road is a little over half a mile away.

IHOP, First Watch, Fiona's Delicatessen, Carrabba's Italian Grill and The Original Pancake House are within about half a mile. Golden Meadows Park and Miramont Park are each under a mile away, Landings Park is about a mile off, as are the Power Trail and the Collindale and Southridge golf courses. For hospital care, Banner Fort Collins Medical Center on Lady Moon Drive is a little over 2 miles east in a straight line, and UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital is about three and a half miles north.

Further out, the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, Otto's for a craft beer and hiking in nearby Rocky Mountain National Park are local outings the community points to.