Senior Living Offers Hospitality and Health Care

Santa Marta Senior Living Community in Olathe, KS. Offers Hospitality and Health Care

Retiring Baby Boomers have changed how senior living communities do business. Their distinct preferences and expectations have created more hospitality-focused, upscale senior living, with the enhanced services and amenities you’d see at a five-star hotel or resort. Communities now offer seniors more freedom and choices in higher-quality services and amenities, and less of the institutional feel common with traditional communities. However, a senior living community that operates like a hotel for seniors is missing the point. While a hotel or resort is enjoyable as a break from everyday life, a senior living community is home to the people who live there. Senior living settings require a special blend of hospitality, community building and purposeful living.

Beyond the Initial Welcome

At our upscale retirement community in Olathe, we set the scene for community vitality with the beauty of our buildings and gardens and interior spaces that appeal to all the senses. There’s the gentle splashing of indoor water features, beautiful flower arrangements, wonderful aromas from the kitchens, and inviting, comfortable areas to meet and relax.

This is high-end senior living with a personal touch. Starting with a great variety of spacious floor plans, there’s resort-like dining, wellness and recreation, and a vibrant social calendar. You’re greeted with a smile and by name, and many of our services and amenities can be personalized to your preferences, as you’d expect of luxury independent senior living. But our hospitality is so much more than beautiful buildings and well-trained staff.

Seniors often shy away from senior living because they fear a loss of independence. They worry everything will be done “for” them, and they will have to follow set and unvarying schedules. When hospitality in senior living is done right, as it is at Santa Marta, it’s woven into an inclusive and enriching community culture. There’s encouragement for each Resident to lead as independent a lifestyle as possible, regardless of their age or ability.

As a Catholic-sponsored community that welcomes people of all faiths, backgrounds and beliefs, inclusivity is important to us. We believe when Residents are empowered to follow their individual interests and passions, they feel a sense of belonging and part of something greater than themselves. Health preserved, contentment assured — this is how we help our Residents truly thrive.

When Activities Enfold Opportunities

For us, hospitality transcends planning activities just for the sake of having them. There’s thought behind what we do, with a variety of ways Residents can meet, engage and enjoy common interests with their peers. There’s also the flexibility for Residents to create experiences for themselves. There are spaces and places that encourage a sense of spontaneity, and you’ll find them often filled with small gatherings of people and their laughter and conversations.

Aging is a time of possibilities and growth. What’s next on your list? Lifelong learning? Deepening your faith? Volunteerism? Creative expression? At Santa Marta, we offer a full social calendar for all those reasons — occasions just for fun, as well as ample opportunities for Residents to continue exploring what brings meaning and purpose to their lives: fitness, friendship, nutrition, spirituality, technology, the arts, family and more.

Hospitality’s Hidden Depth

In a truly engaged senior living community, Associates shouldn’t be there just to dispense a show of hospitality. At Santa Marta, our hospitality and health care Associates have been with us for many years, because this is more than a job to them. We encourage authentic interactions between Associates and Residents; as a result, many genuinely warm intergenerational friendships have blossomed.

This authenticity extends beyond independent living into health care settings such as our assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing neighborhoods. Our caregivers understand that Residents have increased dependencies in these settings, and they respond with compassion and patience. You’ll see a focus on hospitality reflected in inviting environments that feel more like a comfortable, welcoming home than a medical facility. Care plans are talked through and customized with Residents and their loved ones, who are encouraged to take an active and meaningful role in care whenever possible. By learning what each person really needs on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels, we provide a high quality of Individualized care for Residents and peace of mind for their families.

The Ingredients of Community

Dining is at the heart of hospitality. Luxury senior living communities have adapted their menus to cater to adventurous, well-traveled seniors with more worldly palates. There are also inspired and delicious choices for seniors who practice vegetarian or veganism, or those who need a special diet for medical reasons.

At Santa Marta, we know the setting matters as much as the food. From elegant meals to casual bites, our well-designed restaurants are inviting and comfortable places for Residents, their friends and family members to enjoy. Our sumptuous brunch buffet every Sunday is another occasion to bring people together, creating conversations and fostering friendships for an overall sense of community.

Discover Our Tradition of Hospitality

See how we combine our faith-based traditions of service and community with senior living luxury. Call us to arrange a personal tour of Santa Marta at 913-828-4180.

Be our Guest at our upcoming event, A Taste of Italy, and get to know us over a complimentary chef-prepared meal and wine selected by our in-house sommelier. R.S.V.P. here to book your table.