What does it mean to live life your way? At Sedgebrook, a Life Plan Community in Lincolnshire, Illinois, it’s about the freedom to choose how you will spend each day. It means staying in control of your life — and being part of a retirement community whose story is the one you write.
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Title: The Agramontes: Family Matters
Time: 1 min 26 sec
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"This place has everything." For the Agramontes, Sedgebrook is a place of involvement, comfort, and, above all, family. Sedgebrook isn't like home — it is home.
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one of the things that I know my parents were concerned about when thinking about coming to a retirement community was that they were going to be you know put in a place that was not like home coming from the west coast were used to open openness and large rooms so the first thing I did was to say maybe this wall could come out and that's what you did with all the decor and everything and we don't they love it and that's that's so important the place has everything swimming pool library you name it in as it I workout at the gym six days a week and the same people come in every day and we yak back and forth and tell each other stories my mother is definitely an individual some people would call her a character she's been able to find some really nice friends here and that's really made this move much much better for them I like the change of season and mostly I like being near our daughter and grandchildren we've all come over and had dinner here with my parents if my mom cooks that's great if not they might come over to our house just a few miles away it's really wonderful to know that your parents are in a place that they consider to be their home that they're comfortable and they're safe in a place so beautiful
Time: 1 min 26 sec
Description:
"This place has everything." For the Agramontes, Sedgebrook is a place of involvement, comfort, and, above all, family. Sedgebrook isn't like home — it is home.
Transcript:
one of the things that I know my parents were concerned about when thinking about coming to a retirement community was that they were going to be you know put in a place that was not like home coming from the west coast were used to open openness and large rooms so the first thing I did was to say maybe this wall could come out and that's what you did with all the decor and everything and we don't they love it and that's that's so important the place has everything swimming pool library you name it in as it I workout at the gym six days a week and the same people come in every day and we yak back and forth and tell each other stories my mother is definitely an individual some people would call her a character she's been able to find some really nice friends here and that's really made this move much much better for them I like the change of season and mostly I like being near our daughter and grandchildren we've all come over and had dinner here with my parents if my mom cooks that's great if not they might come over to our house just a few miles away it's really wonderful to know that your parents are in a place that they consider to be their home that they're comfortable and they're safe in a place so beautiful
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Title: John Kanya: An Active Attitude
Time: 1 min 2 sec
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"This place really is fabulous." At almost 80 years old, Sedgebrook resident John isn't slowing down one bit. In fact, he's just getting started.
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not a day goes by I don't talk to 20 people around here grew up in New Jersey it was a navy in the Korean War and raised five children I got 11 grandkids all of my children are very very happy for me because they know I'm happy here I'm gonna be 80 years old in the year and I'm very proud of the fact that I think I do more than the average 50 or 60 year old guy can do you've got everything under this one campus here for people amazing they run a golf league out of here and i run a beginner's poker table and i think that's a lot of fun in the morning i can come out here and sit here have a cup of coffee and look around I'm inundated with flowers this place really is fabulous
Time: 1 min 2 sec
Description:
"This place really is fabulous." At almost 80 years old, Sedgebrook resident John isn't slowing down one bit. In fact, he's just getting started.
Transcript:
not a day goes by I don't talk to 20 people around here grew up in New Jersey it was a navy in the Korean War and raised five children I got 11 grandkids all of my children are very very happy for me because they know I'm happy here I'm gonna be 80 years old in the year and I'm very proud of the fact that I think I do more than the average 50 or 60 year old guy can do you've got everything under this one campus here for people amazing they run a golf league out of here and i run a beginner's poker table and i think that's a lot of fun in the morning i can come out here and sit here have a cup of coffee and look around I'm inundated with flowers this place really is fabulous
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Title: Trudy, Ruth, Dee and Ginger: Our Lovely Ladies
Time: 1 min 21 sec
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"This is the best decision we ever made." Four friends and residents discuss Sedgebrook's amazing dining options and wide range of engaging activities.
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we get up in the morning at breakfast and lunch and then I say the kitchen is closed we don't have to go out in by the food we don't have to cook the food we come down and enjoy it and then it's somebody cleans up after us and we are really spoiled I said them husband when we looked ashen imac involved and that I've dof the things that I really enjoys the course we rehearse and we sing all popular songs and we mean I have the great voices but it's fun I have joined line dancing and doing it about two years now that's my exercise and I just love it and we go and trips and oh it's just unbelievable what is available if you want to participate I love it here because I feel safe I feel secure we can adapt around premises what more could we ask for love the people love the employees I just cannot say enough about the step they are really just unbelievable people is this is the best decision we ever made I knew that this was where we belong and we've been hated me ever since it's really been a good life I won't trade it
Time: 1 min 21 sec
Description:
"This is the best decision we ever made." Four friends and residents discuss Sedgebrook's amazing dining options and wide range of engaging activities.
Transcript:
we get up in the morning at breakfast and lunch and then I say the kitchen is closed we don't have to go out in by the food we don't have to cook the food we come down and enjoy it and then it's somebody cleans up after us and we are really spoiled I said them husband when we looked ashen imac involved and that I've dof the things that I really enjoys the course we rehearse and we sing all popular songs and we mean I have the great voices but it's fun I have joined line dancing and doing it about two years now that's my exercise and I just love it and we go and trips and oh it's just unbelievable what is available if you want to participate I love it here because I feel safe I feel secure we can adapt around premises what more could we ask for love the people love the employees I just cannot say enough about the step they are really just unbelievable people is this is the best decision we ever made I knew that this was where we belong and we've been hated me ever since it's really been a good life I won't trade it
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