The Hallmark

Title: The Hallmark Retirement Community in Houston, Texas.
Time: 7 min 20 sec

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The Hallmark Retirement Community in Houston, Texas (v4).

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I thought I was happy at my condo you know I didn't realize that I was really kind of lonely once you get over to a climate like the hallmark then you just you cannot help but form friendships suddenly you think this is wonderful life is really kind of in the relationships and there to be had here at the hallmark our mission statement goes along with the corporate vision statement which is every day in every way enhancing lives and as long as we maintain that concept in all of our decision-making process we're ensuring that we are enhancing people's lives the hallmarks are the great location well it's just the center of everything all I've main arteries a junction in this area and we have the largest retail exposure in the united states in the Uptown area and medical center is closed all your needs are satisfied right here the thing I like best about the hallmark is that it is a happy place it is full of the most intriguing interesting wonderful people and I think at this stage in my life and perhaps in yours that's important the hallmark is so special to me because of the friendliness of the staff all of them know who we are well you have one of the nicest staffs and anybody can have they are so loyal and so accommodating I don't think I ever hear the word no it amazes me how quickly they learn your name and whether or not you want cream in your coffee or whether or not you want decaf or regular and I like that special attention that I get from them the hallmark is a great enhancement from my mother's life she is able to steer some activities that she likes to do such as she formed a singing group that meets on Tuesday afternoons I have about 20 people who come into my apartment for singing and they send someone up to move my chairs and to put them back where they should be they allow her the flexibility to kind of produce what she's interested in and it also provides a great stimulation for her social life who knew at 80 years old that you could have wife on a cruise ship and had some of the best friends that you've ever made in your whole life when I came to the hallmark I realized that I was all I had to do is pick up the phone and say I have a problem in the apartment I wonder if you'd send somebody up to fix it even with things like television sets if I buy a new television set they come in and they set it up for me the hallmark is unique in that each apartment is distinctively the person's their personality they are configured in different ways they have the kind of decor that the person living they are reflects at the hallmark the lifestyle here is really centered around a wellness concept we offer many different venues for exercise and we've incorporated a whole new concept of wellness it's going to encompass the intellectual the spiritual the physical and the social elements one thing I love about the hallmark is I don't have to go someplace to get into aerobics they're right here at the hallmark I do them three times a week which is really fun there's a group that does walking every morning and we have a putting green I'm always like sports and I saw the putting green out there and I heard that they have a tournament in the spring and a tournament in the fall for the hallmark Cup I thought maybe a couple of other tournaments Lambie worthy cheapest active keep us outside the exercise room itself has state-of-the-art equipment we've got a full-time person who's in the fitness center who will help people with their exercises we also put in a massage therapy room we have contracted with certified geriatric masseuses we also redid the terrace room which is used for bridge players we put in a big flat screen TV and it's also used for nutrition demonstrations so it's a multi-purpose room actually I have found that it's very worthwhile to participate in the activities here musical events speakers continuing education classes there's something special going on every day if you decide that you want to go to the Opera or the ballet that's wonderful because they set the bus up they'll take you to the door and you get off and go in and when it's over it is waiting for you at the door if you look at your life today and you think about your old friends and people came to your house you went to their house and socialized and all of a sudden you realize nobody's coming to your house you're not going to anybody else's house and you're sort of all alone and here you come to the hallmark and you make new friends you have a marvelous conversation at the meal time and your mind is being activated again and the lowliness disappears the hallmark is a CCRC at the continuing care retirement community and by that I mean we have independent living we have assisted living we have a memory support unit for people with dementia or alzheimers as well as a licensed nursing facility so people who move into the hallmark never have to move if their needs become greater than can be met in the Independent Living apartment one of the nicest benefits of the hallmark is knowing that if something should happen to my mother health-wise she would be taken care of in the health care facility at any time the thing that makes me happiest at the hallmark there is my peace of mind knowing that my children are no longer worrying about my safety if anything goes wrong with me physically on taken care of there's just so many things that I enjoy about the hallmark it's small it's convenient it's rather elegant and it's very intimate if you ask me the thing I like the best about the hallmark is that I'm spoiled rotten and I love to be spoiled you