Focus on caring, emphasis on wellness.While George Vanderbilt's renowned Biltmore House at Asheville's Biltmore Estate Biltmore House is a French Renaissance-inspired chateau near Asheville, North Carolina, built by George Washington Vanderbilt II in September between 1888 and 1895. It was the largest privately-owned home in the United States, at 175,000 square feet. boasts "four of the most fascinating acres ... under one roof," the administrators and staff of nearby Givens Estates proudly proclaim that their CCRC Noun 1. CCRC - an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care Casualty Care Research Center campus features eight of the most caring acres under one roof. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The philosophy of this United Methodist Retirement Community--upgraded and expanded in 2005 to include the 355,250-sq.-ft. (eight-acre) Oxford Commons, 137 independent living apartments above the Commons, 59 cottages (in three different designs), and 48 renovated apartments--emphasizes six facets of wellness: physical, intellectual, social, emotional, vocational, and spiritual. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The amenities offered on the campus go a long way in supporting the Givens wellness philosophy. These include a library, a chapel (converted from the former dining room), a bank, a computer lab, a billiards billiards, any one of a number of games played with a tapered, leather-tipped stick called a cue and various numbers of balls on a rectangular, cloth-covered slate table with raised and cushioned edges. room, a business center, and space for pottery, painting, games, and other activities. Indoor and outdoor dining areas--including a formal dining room, private dining, a cafe/bistro that offers "a la minute" cooking services, and a terrace for alfresco dining--give residents ample dining choices. Movable dividers in the main dining room provide the flexibility to reconfigure the room for various events. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Oxford Commons also houses the Wellness Center, which features an indoor pool and extensive exercise equipment. Fitness programs, some of which take place outside on the wellness terrace, include yoga and tai chi Tai Chi Definition T'ai chi is a Chinese exercise system that uses slow, smooth body movements to achieve a state of relaxation of both body and mind. . The Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , which seats 350 people, is equipped with audiovisual equipment and can be used for plays, concerts, meetings, book fairs, art shows, and dances. The CCRC's expansion and renovation included a shift from the old institutional model to a state-of-the-art community featuring short corridors, a wireless personal-assistance resident-call system that residents can activate indoors and out, and apartments with kitchens, bathrooms, and living rooms designed to be retrofitted to accommodate aging residents' changing needs. Home health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract are available to apartment residents. During project planning project planning - project management , residents were consulted regarding their color preferences for the interiors. The result was a rich palette of natural rusts, greens, and yellows. Wallcoverings and fabrics have a vintage flair, and pottery, photography, and a soothing indoor wall fountain--all created by local artisans--add to the facility's Arts and Crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. ambience. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Natural light fills the buildings, and residents are connected to nature by the abundant stone and wood interior finishes, as well as the views of the Pisgah Mountains and the bubbling brook that runs through the property. Perhaps Givens Estates can't match Biltmore House's 65 fireplaces and multimillion-dollar art collection, but its attractive architecture and interiors fit perfectly within the regional vernacular. And potential residents needn't have the wealth of a Vanderbiltto live on this "estate"; options include modestly priced HUD Hud (h  d), a pre-Qur'anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. housing and affordable assisted living as·sist·ed livingn. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. units, Medicare/Medicaid-licensed skilled nursing beds, and dementia care beds. In all, the community can accommodate a total of 800 residents. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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