The Fountains At La Cholla

The Fountains at La Cholla is a senior living community on West Rudasill Road in Tucson, Arizona, operated by Watermark Retirement Communities. Its assisted living license is not in the state data used for this page, so families should confirm the current license on AZ Care Check. The Fountains at La Cholla in Tucson offers independent living in apartment residences or private casitas, along with assisted living and memory care.

Services close at hand include dining, housekeeping, maintenance, transportation, wellness programs, and activities. Assisted living provides personalized support with daily routines, medication management, dining, wellness, and around-the-clock associate support, and memory care provides evidence-based dementia support in a secure setting. In Arizona, assisted living centers serve eleven or more residents and are licensed by the Department of Health Services at one of three service levels.

Supervisory care covers general supervision and help in an emergency, personal care adds hands-on help with activities such as bathing, dressing, and medications, and directed care is for residents who can no longer recognize danger or direct their own care. Knowing a community's level helps families judge whether it can keep meeting a loved one's needs over time. Because The Fountains at La Cholla offers more than one level of living, it can suit couples whose needs differ, or someone who is independent today but wants a plan if more support is needed later.

A move from one level to another usually begins with a new assessment, so it helps to ask how that process works. Arizona rules require an assisted living facility to prepare a written service plan for each resident that describes the care and services to be provided, and to review and update it as needs change. Families can ask to take part in that review and to learn who to call when something in the plan no longer fits.

Families can look up a community's license and inspection history on the state's AZ Care Check website before a visit, and reading recent inspection reports can show how a community has responded to any past findings. The Tucson address keeps the community within reach of the area's hospitals, shopping, and services. On a tour of The Fountains at La Cholla, ask how the move-in assessment works, how the service plan is reviewed as needs change, how staffing looks on nights and weekends, and how families are kept informed.

Local Senior Advisor is a free service to families. If you would like help comparing The Fountains at La Cholla with other communities in Tucson, or deciding which level of care fits, reach out for a short conversation.