Lucas Valley Lodge

Description of Lucas Valley Lodge in San Rafael, California

At Lucas Valley Lodge, we provide a range of community features. Residents can participate in regularly scheduled off-site experiences and trips. Our property is conveniently located nearby public transit. We offer free wi-fi and high speed internet. Free resident parking and guest parking is available at our location.

Dining Options

All meals are provided to occupants. It's our delight to entertain visiting company, meals included. Dining options cover room service. Whether you're hungry day or night, food service is available at any time. Our residents can enjoy meals prepared by a professional chef. We offer specified dining choices such as vegetarian food and low/no sodium options.

On-Site Activities

Residents stay active with specially curated on-site activities that stimulate both mental and physical abilities. The exercise program includes chair yoga, a type of yoga that is modified to a seated position for those with physical limitations, stretching classes, and ForeverFit(add TM)-based exercise program. We love to host holiday parties, birthday parties and BBQ's, picnics, and outdoor parties. We provide regular musical entertainment for the use of our residents - and in some instances, to take a trip down memory lane. Residents enjoy regular trips and outings to local neighborhoods and towns. We offer Dakim BrainFitness(add TM), a clinically-proven brain-training program to help their residents improve and preserve mental functioning. Our community offers a healthy living program covering cognitive, dietary, and physical health to ensure residents live their best and healthiest lives. Residents may participate in community service programs. Our communal space has a piano centerpiece for musically inclined residents and scheduled performances. Residents can also join our gardening club or card/pinochle club. Our community activities cycle includes regular educational lectures covering a wide range of academic topics.

Outdoor Common Areas

Outdoor common areas are designed with accessibility, flow, and movement for resident mobility. Our community grounds includes raised gardening beds available to residents during their leisure hours, an outside patio garden accessible to all residents, walking paths that are accessible to seniors with a variety of physical capabilities, and a gorgeous butterfly garden for residents' enjoyment.

Indoor Common Areas

Indoor common areas are a nice, quiet place to enjoy the company of fellow occupants or just to relax. The building design comes together with its airy, bright atrium space. Our community is secured to ensure our residents are protected. Residents have access to our communal spaces including our community library, complete with a diverse selection of titles, a movie room, a bistro, a TV lounge, perfect for catching the latest episode of your favorite show or enjoying sports programming with other residents, and a computer room.

Languages Spoken at Lucas Valley Lodge

Spanish and French speaking staff members are present at our community.

Community Amenities at Lucas Valley Lodge

Living Options and Amenities

We offer wheelchair accessible units and companion units to those residents who would like or need a roommate. Ground floor units are available. We have free wi-fi for all of our residents. Units containing full bathtubs are available. The facility also offers free cable satellite TV to all residents.

Featured Services at Lucas Valley Lodge

Transportation

We provide complimentary transportation services at our community.

Personal Services

Personal housekeeping services are provided as needed. Our convenient on-site beauty salon provides hair care and beauty treatments. We offer laundry and dry cleaning services as well. Offsite devotional services are offered in the nearby area. There are also several churches located within the surrounding neighborhood.

Medical Care Services

Our staff is awake and available 24 hours a day to assist your loved one with any time-sensitive needs that may arise. All services are delivered by licensed practitioners present on staff 24/7. Our medication-care managers organize the medication services available to our residents. Available services include on-site RN's and LPN's. We are not licensed by the state to offer medication dispensing services, however, residents are supported in their self-medication efforts as much as possible. Our caregivers receive specialized training in all applicable fields. Our residents may schedule reminders for medication and care activities. On-site hospice care is provided. Our community offers respite care - a short-term stay at a senior living community - perfect for those recovering from a hospital visit, the interim during which a caregiver takes an extended vacation, or simply to experience a senior living trial period. This community provides ADL assistance and medication administration. We can administer a sliding scale program to monitor insulin levels via glucose tests, and adjust medications based on the results. Services include incontinence care for bladder-related and bowel-related symptoms. Services for residents with Disorientation/Lack of Awareness issues ensure residents are well-directed and receive support in living a healthy lifestyle, and that no one's needs are neglected. Alzheimer's and dementia may encourage wandering as a means of coping with anxiety. Our facility utilizes a locked and secured perimeter to ensure the safety of our residents.

Find your home at Lucas Valley Lodge

Community Certifications

Our community is licensed for 6 residents. The building was built in 1979, and most recently renovated in 2013. We accept residents from the age of 60 and above.

Local Emergency Assistance

Local fire, police, and EMT services are nearby and ready to respond.

Local Area Amenities

There are shopping centers and beautiful parks located in the surrounding neighborhood. Hotels are conveniently located near the facility for residents' guests and visitors. Our community is located near a college, and interaction with students who reside in the neighborhood is frequent.