New Horizons at Marlborough

Title: New Horizons Marlborough - Independent & Assisted Living Community
Time: 12 min 35 sec

Description:

New Horizons Retirement Community is one of New England's finest and most respected independent and assisted living communities. Come and visit this wonderful, friendly place, where more than 400 seniors now enjoy each other and enjoy life. And while you are there, talk with some of the residents and ask their opinions about New Horizons. Some will want to give you a very long answer.

Transcript:

[Music] located just off US Route 20 in Marlborough Massachusetts and just beyond wayside in New Horizons now provides lovely homes for more than 400 seniors on thirty country acres New Horizons is a fabulous retirement community it's also quite affordable our rates are usually about eighty-five percent of the average my name is Andy Ike I'm the executive director here at New Horizons of Marlboros just wanna welcome you to our community and quite frankly what my staff and I are here for is a singular mission and that's to provide passion purpose and possibilities to each and every resident who chooses to live here I'm Jacky Mawhinney I've been here at New Horizons just for a short time but I love it here and for a ton of reasons I hope to give you at least some of them you can do physical activities that includes not only the pool but exercises you can have strengthening and stretching exercises you have Tai Chi you have balance courses there is a full gym is also crafts and that gets to be a lot of fun my name is John I'm Simone son we actually been involved with New Horizons for years my wife's mother was over here for a number of years too so we we have a history with New Horizons and we love this place this is a wonderful place and some serious things were happening to her we decided it was time for her to move to a safe environment and because of our experience with New Horizons we felt that this is as good as you can get my wife internet and became and looked at it was beautiful and we have come to believe of it yes and our sister facility New Horizons in Woburn are both strictly not-for-profit and both have been operating for more than 20 years New Horizons is wholly owned by Cummings foundation one of the largest and most financially solid charities in New England we are lucky to be supported by Cummings foundation and that most of the funds gathered here go right back into the operations ensuring a comfortable living situation for everyone that chooses New Horizons this home my name is Carol Badgers but I love most is that it does feel like home I really do like the atmosphere here and the people are the best my name is Edmond f o Toole and I've been here for two and a half years now I was amazed that it was as nice as it was and the food and all the people that worked here I don't know people's names but I don't know of anybody in this that works here it doesn't know my know me and they say good morning Eddie and that means a lot we'd be delighted to warmly welcome you for a visit for lunch or dinner possibly with one or two of our resident community ambassadors all residents enjoy three home-cooked gourmet meals each day in one of our three large independent or assisted living dining rooms my name is Doug rebound the food here is outstanding food service first of all is actually my wife had dementia we're going out most nights before we moved here and I have to say the food travel order cost any restaurant bakery chef that I don't know where they got him but they better keep them full is wonderful at three meals a day on ate too much kinda like a forest five-star restaurant in the hotel you know like I've done their family members and other guests are of course strongly encouraged to join you at any time there are many on-campus activities every day of the week with something for everyone there's a lot of great artists here I'm interested in not myself and I just found out that they're building a room exclusive language I am really excited hi I'm Sylvia Sampson I've been here 16 months and what motivated me to come here was the activities I do like the activities most of all they do have a lot of projects and crafts and art and a book club and they have lots of things for people to do all the people that work here try to help everybody they all make you feel welcome the red shirts especially really try to please people and help people and it's nice that everyone seems to get along so well [Music] my name is Carol Alton this is the first place I found through four states and 26 other places I couldn't find another place all right there my bill Sullivan my wife and I were we lived in national chain of senior housing independent living so I knew roughly what was ahead of us I fell in love with this place [Music] I married my husband who's Doug I gave this not started they always give Austin to the best and that's the best here at New Horizons the day is filled with lots of activities if you or a family member has any thoughts at all about someday moving to an assisted or independent living community you owe it to yourself to visit New Horizons what we like most it's got to be the people that we forget and the friends that we've made our large lab swimming pool has lovely 80-degree water in every season hi my name is Madlen Gelson on i'm the water instructor here at new horizons i've been instructing seniors for over 20 years now I'm certified through the American Council and exercise it's it's one of the best therapies that you can give for seniors other residents enjoy crafts news chats men's club special activities and even our regular bus rides to nowhere other activity that a lot of people get used to doing in their previous lives is going to church the nice part about it is that it's always open it's always unlocked you can go in yourself you can have a few minutes silence in a few minutes of prayerful thoughts although New Horizons is strictly non sectarian religion is very important to many of our residents Cardinal Sean O'Malley recently celebrated a special Mass for the 50th anniversary of our beautiful Chapel there are regular Protestant and Jewish services each week and there is a Roman Catholic Mass named Chapel each morning my name is Phyllis Wu so I'd moved to new horizon fifteen and a half years ago shortly after it was finished and I find it a very enjoyable only place to be hi my name is Elizabeth Gebhardt I'm the resident greenhouse manager and New Horizons I have been taking care of the greenhouse for five years I have great success since I've developed my green thumb hi my name is kandi we doc I'm the daughter of Elizabeth we moved my mother up here eight years ago now the greenhouse is great for her because she needs a focus on achieving like a goal each day and a purpose to get up she helps the residents keep the plants from their old home and keep it with them throughout so she feels a sense of purpose a sense of need it's like a job to her [Music] Kellan Precor I didn't like a lot of things about me license I think that's clean place a safe place lots of activities friendly atmosphere will be just about every night and a place to make your own little garden New Horizons is the place you need to be [Music] staff could not be better quickly never say enough also and I find the staff is delightful they don't do anything they can to help you they're very accommodating they are caring wonderful people particularly impressed with the maintenance panel and everyone from day one first there was assigned to needs a good shirt has been at my side whenever I need something she's right there I'm all very very nice people that's the way they are here New Horizons rates are far lower than any other of the good profit-making communities these rates include apartment rent meals housekeeping activities and are guaranteed not to increase for at least five years that's right New Horizons monthly fees for all newly arriving residents a guaranteed not to increase for the first full five years of their residency I love my apartment which is spacious and has a balcony and I had tears in my eyes when I first walked in because it was so beautiful look at our web-site country communities calm and read some of the many testimonials posted there by residents the single most consistent thought we hear from new community members is I wish I had done it sooner [Music] call us today at 5,000 that's 508 5,000 my daughter is insisted love it she runs many places I was up in a benchmark place she moved me down here whose army I think that says something I just think we're one big happy family yet we really do hope you would take a moment to meet with us and see if life in our community could fit you we enjoy each other it's a social atmosphere too and it's it's just an awful lot of fun and it keeps us all out of trouble [Laughter]