WHITESTONE SENIOR LIVING LLC

Whitestone Senior Living is a licensed assisted living center on East Broadway Road Bldg 2 in Mesa, Arizona, operated by Whitestone Cottage Living. State licensing records from the Arizona Department of Health Services list a capacity of 90 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.

Whitestone Senior Living, also called Whitestone Cottage Living, is an assisted living and memory care community on East Broadway Road in Mesa. It uses a small cottage model of about 10 residents per cottage, with familiar caregivers and a quieter, relaxed pace. Services cover assisted living and memory care at the personal care and directed care levels, with personalized care plans built after a care assessment.

Residents bring their own furnishings to private suites, and the cottages have fenced yards for walking. Families describe attentive, hands-on leadership in reviews on the community's site. 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. Offering assisted living and memory care in the same community means a resident whose memory changes over time may be able to move to the memory care setting without changing communities. 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. Banner Gateway Medical Center is about 1.5 miles away, and Banner Baywood Medical Center is about 2 miles away.

Enid Park is under a mile away, and Fry's Marketplace is under a mile away for groceries. Public bus stops are a short walk from the entrance, which can help family members who visit without a car. On a tour of Whitestone Senior 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.

Local Senior Advisor is a free service to families. If you would like help comparing Whitestone Senior Living with other communities in Mesa, or deciding which level of care fits, reach out for a short conversation.