California's Premier LifeCare Community
As one of the highest rated luxury retirement communities in the United States, Casa Dorinda boasts the best offerings in LifeCare; hosting Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Skilled Nursing all in one community.
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Title: Your Life . Your Care . Life Care
Time: 2 min 25 sec
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A short film featuring a mother and daughter who live at Casa Dorinda and what life cares means to them.
Transcript:
oh I watched the news and the problems that people have and everyday I think how lucky I am my mother is now 98 and a half and so I've watched her go through all different phases of medical care she's lived here 16 years I don't have any of the nursing duties I don't worry about where she's eating what she's eating with I have been on the Casa Dorinda waitlist for five years with a plan that I would move here in my 80s I've been so aware of it through my mother that I just knew that I wanted this particular life care plan I'm on the younger side of the Casa Dorinda residence and lots of people wonder why I would move in here at this age I was starting to think even in my early 70s that gosh I do live alone if I did fall who is going to come and take care of me for me as an independent resident I enjoy the community when I want to and I still enjoy everything that Santa Barbara has to offer which for a retired person is huge once a week I take my mother to get her hair done I might go and play a bridge I spend a lot of time at my desk I'll take two and a half hour hike in most communities the contract might take you through assisted living but once you go into your final Medical Center that's all a cart and that can become very expensive the life care contract that we all have for the rest of our lives Casa Dorinda guarantees that they'll take care of us my children don't ever feel anymore that they have to worry about taking care of me and I think for them that is a huge piece of money I think being younger here has turned out to be terrific there is no better cure you
Time: 2 min 25 sec
Description:
A short film featuring a mother and daughter who live at Casa Dorinda and what life cares means to them.
Transcript:
oh I watched the news and the problems that people have and everyday I think how lucky I am my mother is now 98 and a half and so I've watched her go through all different phases of medical care she's lived here 16 years I don't have any of the nursing duties I don't worry about where she's eating what she's eating with I have been on the Casa Dorinda waitlist for five years with a plan that I would move here in my 80s I've been so aware of it through my mother that I just knew that I wanted this particular life care plan I'm on the younger side of the Casa Dorinda residence and lots of people wonder why I would move in here at this age I was starting to think even in my early 70s that gosh I do live alone if I did fall who is going to come and take care of me for me as an independent resident I enjoy the community when I want to and I still enjoy everything that Santa Barbara has to offer which for a retired person is huge once a week I take my mother to get her hair done I might go and play a bridge I spend a lot of time at my desk I'll take two and a half hour hike in most communities the contract might take you through assisted living but once you go into your final Medical Center that's all a cart and that can become very expensive the life care contract that we all have for the rest of our lives Casa Dorinda guarantees that they'll take care of us my children don't ever feel anymore that they have to worry about taking care of me and I think for them that is a huge piece of money I think being younger here has turned out to be terrific there is no better cure you
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