I am a current resident who moved into Eastmont in 2016. I know that Eastmont has earned a 5-Star ratings in all the skill, physical, and activities areas that are needed to have the highest rating of a Life Care Community. Please go to Eastmontliving.com to get the full details about Eastmont. I verify that everything there is true and will survive the closest scrutiny.
I experienced Eastmont when I was as a caregiver when my mother became a resident in 1968. What is said on Eastmontliving.com when you click on "Eastmont Way" is "We are committed to exceeding your expectations".
I have been a Care Giver since 1966 when my father, who was a teacher for Lincoln Public School, was killed in a train/car accident on my 20th birthday. I was in college and worked with Dad doing grain farming. My Mother was on home leave from the State of Nebraska Mental Hospital. She had never lived alone. She rose to the occasion of preparing meals, etc. and caring for our home.
I graduated from Wesleyan in 1968 and was going to Pennsylvania with a full scholarship, where I earned a Ph.D. in Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Eastmont's concept was a Life Care Community, which is the highest level of Continuum Care Retirement Community and was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1968. Due to a "God-incident", my mother was an original resident when Eastmont opened because they were not able to sell an independent living apartment in the basement. Eastmont needed full occupancy to covert the construction loan into a mortgage loan. Her age was below the advertised minimum age. Her church, who was among the churches promoting Eastmont, knew that if I left Lincoln, it was likely she would again become hospitalized. She chose her mission at Eastmont to be making over 300 handmade birthday cards every year for every Eastmont resident and employee. She lived at Eastmont for 43 years.
After we moved into Eastmont in 2016, Eastmont partnered with Transforming Age, a national non-profit with the same mission in 2019. The $50 Million Expansion means that by 2022, when it is completed our 5-Star rating expectations in 2016 will be greatly exceeded. read more
