Avondale Homes at Northlake

At Avondale Senior Living our goal is to help our residents protect and maintain optimum physical fitness while retaining their dignity and independence.

Avondale Health Services was established and incorporated in 1990. Our goal is to address the problems associated with the great need for quality senior living facilities in Georgia, particularly the metro Atlanta community.

We encourage our caregivers to utilize their skills and be actively involved in their chosen career. We also pride ourselves on our dedication and continuing efforts to provide the best quality personal care to our residents.

Avondale Senior Living has organized a management team comprised of competent health-care, administrative, and business professionals to ensure that its goals and objectives are fulfilled. Our major goal is to provide the highest quality health care while maintaining cost containment.

Health and vitality can be enjoyed even to a very advanced age. At Avondale Senior Living Homes, it is our goal to help our residents protect and maintain optimum physical fitness, while retaining their dignity and independence.

Avondale Senior Living is available to serve its clients twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week. Our administrative staff is on call after regular business hours to ensure that our clients’ needs are met without interruption of services.

• RN assessment of potential clients
• Support & counseling with families for appropriate placements
• Appropriate referrals to support our clients
• Personal care staff on duty 24 hours a day
• Supervision around the clock
• In home medical care (medical doctor/nurse practitioner)
• Assistance with daily living activities – baths, grooming etc
• Social activities and recreational programs
• Arts and craft
• Music therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy
• Housekeeping services
• Home cooking; nutritionally balanced meals
• Special diets as prescribed by physician
• Palliative care / Hospice care
• Home care support services
• Coordination of transportation to activities and appointments
• Supervision of medication
• Medication delivered to homes
• Bedrooms pre-wired for cable TV and telephone; free wi-fi
• Laundry service provided at no extra cost
• Private sitters when needed
• Respite guests welcome
• Flu shots (In-house) by DeKalb Public Health

Rachel Waldemar has been the administrative director of Avondale Health Services since its inception in 1990. She received her education and training as a registered nurse in the United Kingdom and has been a licensed practitioner for more than 40 years. Her experience includes many years in various disciplines and capacities that required her to use both her administrative and clinical skills. These skills, along with her love for elderly care, have proven to be invaluable assets to clients and families for over 30 years.

Under Rachel’s leadership, the organization has provided Personal Care services to hundreds of residents in our facilities. Because of her involvement in the greater Atlanta area, she has served in different capacities in several community-related senior organizations such as the Georgia Department of Community Health CCSP program, and the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) on Aging Committee. She is also a member of the Georgia Association of Community Care Providers (GACCP).

She surrounds herself and network with other qualified healthcare and business professionals in order to assure the quality service that her senior clients deserve.