WELCOME HOME

Welcome Home Assisted Living is a licensed assisted living home on West Sousa Ct in Anthem, Arizona, operated by Anthem Senior Homes. State licensing records from the Arizona Department of Health Services list a capacity of 10 residents and approval to provide directed care, the highest of Arizona's three assisted living service levels, which allows the community to serve residents who are unable to direct their own care, including many people living with dementia.

Welcome Home Assisted Living is a residential care home on West Sousa Court in Anthem, part of the Anthem Senior Homes family of small homes in the Anthem area. The home opened in May 2024 and is fully furnished, though residents are welcome to bring their own furniture. A registered nurse and a nurse practitioner oversee clinical care, and certified staff are trained in dementia and Alzheimer's care.

The home has safety measures to prevent wandering while still letting residents move about freely. Meals are prepared fresh daily around residents' preferences, and daily life includes live music, chair yoga, massage therapy, visits from a therapy dog, and a hairdresser who comes on site weekly. Visiting hours are flexible and the grounds are landscaped for walking and sitting outdoors. In Arizona, assisted living homes are residential settings that serve ten or fewer residents, and they are licensed by the Department of Health Services at the same three service levels as larger centers.

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. A small home usually means a shared living room and dining table, fewer residents per caregiver, and a quieter daily routine than a large community.

Offering assisted living and memory care in the same home means a resident whose memory changes over time may be able to move to the memory care setting without moving to another home. It helps to ask how that transition is decided and who is involved. 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. Nearby places help with appointments and family visits. HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center is about 4.5 miles away.

Anthem Community Park is under a mile away, Fry's Food and Drug is under a mile away for groceries, and North Valley Regional Library is under a mile away. On a tour of Welcome Home Assisted Living, 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. For day-to-day life and appointments, it helps to know what is close by.

Measured in straight-line distance from the address using OpenStreetMap data, the nearest hospital is HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center, about 4.5 miles away; the nearest urgent care clinic is NextCare Urgent Care, about 3.5 miles away; the nearest pharmacy is Fry's Pharmacy, under a mile away; the nearest grocery store is Fry's Food and Drug, under a mile away; the nearest park is Anthem Community Park, under a mile away; the nearest senior center is New River Senior Center, about 5.5 miles away; the nearest public library is North Valley Regional Library, under a mile away.

Actual driving distance will be somewhat longer depending on the route. Local Senior Advisor is a free service to families. If you would like help comparing Welcome Home Assisted Living with other communities in Anthem, or deciding which level of care fits, reach out for a short conversation.