WELL HEELED ADULT CARE 71 STREET, LLC

Well Heeled Homes on 71st Street is a licensed assisted living home on North 71st Street in Scottsdale, Arizona, operated by Well Heeled 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.

Well Heeled Homes on North 71st Street is a residential care home in central Scottsdale, one of three Well Heeled homes in the city that are kept small and personal by design. The home offers private suites and shared living areas set up for socializing. Well Heeled Homes says it offers 24/7 on-site nursing care, a personalized care plan for each resident, medication management, physical therapy and wellness programs, and memory care for residents with memory impairments.

An in-house chef plans nutritious meals around each resident's dietary needs and preferences. Caregivers, whom the homes call Resident Ambassadors, are trained to put people before tasks and to look after emotional and spiritual well-being as well as physical health. The homes are part of Majestic Residences, a network of residential care homes. 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. The Scottsdale address keeps the community within reach of the area's hospitals, shopping, and services.

When visiting Well Heeled Homes on 71st Street, it helps to ask who completes the move-in assessment, how often care plans are updated, how many caregivers are on duty overnight, and how the team communicates with families. 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 Complete Care, about 2.5 miles away; the nearest urgent care clinic is Banner Urgent Care, about 1.5 miles away; the nearest pharmacy is Walgreens, about a mile away; the nearest grocery store is Safeway, about a mile away; the nearest park is Cactus Park, a few blocks away; the nearest senior center is Via Linda Senior Center, about 4.5 miles away; the nearest public library is Mustang Library, about 3 miles away.

Actual driving distance will be somewhat longer depending on the route. Local Senior Advisor is a free service to families, and a local advisor can help you weigh Well Heeled Homes on 71st Street against other options around Scottsdale and plan the questions to bring on a visit.