Atrium Active Living

Senior Consulting has long supported the integration of an HHA or Hospital-Based Outpatient Department (HOPD) within Senior Housing communities, and this approach has become an integral component of Enhanced Living's community model.

In 2003, Senior Consulting established a relationship with the Cleveland Foundation, and was then connected with local housing authorities, where foundation grants were used to support aging-in-place initiatives. Following a formal RFQ/RFP process, an HHA provider was chosen to maintain a regular on-site presence in multiple buildings, conducting screenings and delivering care to residents as needed, often pursuant to physician orders. This model enabled residents to age with dignity in their own apartments rather than being prematurely placed in a Skilled Nursing Facility.

Please see renderings and floor plans from Enhanced Living's initial development project, a 160-unit Independent Living facility in Leawood, KS, The Elizabeth, an Enhanced Active Living Community.

Atrium Active Living has worked with its architects and others to develop five different prototypes ranging from 24–32 units to 60–80 units in three to four-story buildings.

While smaller buildings have less common areas and amenity spaces, the atrium design provides substantial added light into the core center and gives an appearance of spaciousness in a building that can fit on a site as small as one acre.

In our Prototype III model, the Active Living building crosses over to Independent Living with common areas, amenities, and spaces that are somewhat downsized but more typical of 120 to 140-unit or more Active Adult buildings. In addition, the larger Atrium lends itself to a substantial community space, with a demonstration kitchen that can support an aggressive meal delivery program to further support aging in place.