— Daily life, unscripted

A day here belongs to the person living it.

No two days are the same at Loving Hands — because no two residents are the same. What follows is what ordinary looks like here.

Come see it yourself

A small community where everyone knows your coffee order.

Two residents chatting over coffee on a sectional sofa in the sunlit living room at Loving Hands
The shape of a day

Mornings run on preference, not policy.

Some residents are up at six with coffee and a newspaper. Others take breakfast late. Staff learn these rhythms and work around them — not the other way around.

There is a loose structure — meals, programs, care rounds — but within it, residents hold the calendar. A standing Tuesday chess game, a Thursday walk through the garden, a Sunday phone call that nobody schedules around.

Daily life, unscripted

Dementia care, hospice and full mobility support, under one roof

Our license approves care for residents with dementia, a hospice waiver for all six residents, and care for residents who can't walk on their own. A resident doesn't have to move out when their needs change.

A caregiver in navy scrubs talking with an elderly resident in a room lined with bookshelves
Resident-built programs

Every ongoing program started as a request. Residents asked, staff listened, and the activity found its Tuesday afternoon slot. The garden grew out of one conversation about tomatoes.

  • Monday

    Open for whatever residents propose

  • Tuesday

    • Card games
    • Chess
  • Wednesday

    • Music Therapy
    • Puzzles
  • Thursday

    • Garden Walk
  • Friday

    • Movie night
    • Garden Walk
  • Saturday

    • Music Therapy
    • Game night
  • Sunday

    Family calls and visits

Also running: communal cooking (it began as one resident teaching staff her mother's recipe), visiting musicians, and a current-events group that meets over coffee. When something stops drawing interest, it stops. When a resident proposes something new, we try it.

Daily life, unscripted

A day here belongs to the person living it.

Residents here set the agenda. When a resident wants a different room arrangement or disagrees with the week's menu, we hear it. Nobody disappears into the crowd.

A resident and a companion walking arm in arm down a gravel garden path between flower beds