Parkwood Estates

Old growth trees stand on the grounds of Parkwood Estates, an independent living community at 2201 South Lemay Avenue in south-central Fort Collins, Colorado, and blossoms appear there each spring. The building has been remodeled inside and out, and its shared rooms include a lobby, a community room, a multipurpose room, a game room and a dining room. Residents rent a studio, a one-bedroom or a two-bedroom apartment under a bundled monthly rate that takes in utilities, dining, housekeeping and transportation.

Day-to-day support at Parkwood Estates begins with weekly housekeeping and linen service, and apartment maintenance is listed among the apartment features. Each resident receives a Lively Medical Alert Device for reaching support whenever it is needed. Residents who would like extra help, now or later on, are welcome to arrange for outside care providers to come to their apartment and deliver assisted living services there.

Scheduled transportation handles medical appointments as well as local outings, and a bus runs from the community to destinations around the city Monday through Friday. Three homestyle meals a day are served in the dining room at Parkwood Estates, and the menu rotates on a 5-week cycle. A bistro and a private dining room are part of the building too. The activity schedule pairs brain games, reading clubs and art classes with yoga, walking groups and strength training, while mindfulness and meditation sessions, nature walks, shared meals and community events round it out.

Inside, the building also holds a learning center, a library, a chapel, a fitness center and a beauty salon. A lounge with a large-screen TV is another shared room, concierge service is available, and apartments are wired for cable and WiFi. Apartments at Parkwood Estates come in three layouts, and each one has a living and dining space along with a kitchenette. Studios have a sleeping alcove and one bathroom, one-bedroom apartments add a separate bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments come with two bathrooms.

Individual thermostat control is part of the apartments, and select units have a balcony or patio, a fully equipped kitchen or a walk-in closet. Monthly rates start at $2,100 for a studio, $2,800 for a one-bedroom and $3,600 for a two-bedroom, and current rates and openings are worth confirming with the community directly. Outside, walking paths and raised gardens are set among the mature trees, and pets are welcome at the community.

Parkwood Estates suits older adults who live independently and want a private apartment of their own with a dining room, a chapel and a learning center under the same roof. It also suits residents who enjoy a schedule of classes, clubs and fitness sessions, and who would enjoy time on the walking paths and in the raised gardens outside. The community is set up for independent living, so residents who need daily hands-on care from community staff will want a setting built to provide it.

The community sits on the South Lemay Avenue corridor in a residential part of south-central Fort Collins, within Larimer County. Poudre Valley Hospital is just over a mile away on the same road, and Banner Fort Collins Medical Center on Lady Moon Drive is about three and a half miles away. A shopping center under half a mile to the south holds Sprouts Farmers Market, Good Day Pharmacy and Island Grill, and East Moon Asian Bistro is a little over half a mile away at 1624 South Lemay Avenue.

Indian Hills Park and Edora Park are both within a mile of the community, while Foothills Mall and the Gardens on Spring Creek are each within about a mile and a half.