Thunderbird Senior Living

Here at Thunderbird, we're a resort-style community with all the advantages needed to allow us to focus on our residents. You'll likely find that the comfortable environment and amenities we offer are just what you're looking for. Because of our massive size, You'll find a great opportunity for socializing and making strong bonds with your friends and neighbors. Thunderbird Senior Living is here to help provide you with comfort, safety, and fun!

Our Community

Thunderbird's common areas are designed with accessibility, flow, and movement in mind. Once you arrive You'll notice our building's huge entrance area, lined with tons of available seating. Our community has an outside patio garden accessible to everyone. Residents also have access to many relaxing communal spaces, including a hot tub and swimming pool. We are located near public transit options, providing residents with convenient transportation services throughout town. We also have free parking available to residents who have their own vehicle, and parking is offered to guests for the duration of their visit. At Thunderbird, we think of our community as purpose-built, providing the benefit of individualized care - every aspect of the community is designed to cater to the unique needs of its residents.

Living Arrangements

We have nine unit types available at Thunderbird, including private 1-bedrooms as well as accessible units designed to accommodate wheelchair users and disabled individuals. To maintain a comfortable setting, our community has air conditioning, and temperatures are regulated to optimize safety. Our residents also enjoy free access to cable, satellite TV, and wireless internet.

On-Site Activities

Thunderbird has designated staff members who regularly curate events and activities to keep our residents physically and mentally engaged. We love to host holiday parties, birthday parties, BBQs, picnics, and outdoor get-togethers. We also organize community service programs for our residents to participate in. You can even attend or participate in a rousing game of pool in our dedicated billiards room!

Dining

Regular meals are provided to all of our residents throughout the day, and room service is always an option, for those who would like some privacy while they dine. Our culinary staff can prepare meals for folks with any dietary restrictions, including low-sodium or vegetarian options.

Personal Services

Thunderbird offers residents an opportunity to sit back and relax while we handle the chores. This includes tidying up your space, as well as laundering and dry cleaning. We offer grocery shopping services to eliminate the need for trips to the store. And when it comes to personal grooming, you don't even have to leave the community - we have a beautician and barber on-site!

Religious Services

We offer devotional services at our location, so residents can worship with their neighbors. Catholic religious services are available, provided by a visiting chaplain. Several churches are within a short distance should you have a specific congregation you'd like to worship with.

Medical Care

This community employs licensed nurse practitioners for administered injections and medication administration, along with a program to monitor insulin levels via glucose tests. Staff members are versed in the usage of the Hoyer Lift for transfer assistance. Our facility is properly equipped and staffed to handle IV insertion and feeding tube management. We are also capable of providing incontinence care for bladder- and bowel-related symptoms, including catheter care.

Services for residents with disorientation or lack of awareness issues ensure that all of our community members are well-directed and receive support in living a healthy lifestyle, and that no one's needs are neglected. Our facilities are secure and the staff is specially trained in de-escalating exit-seeking behaviors as well as other behavioral issues, and we are fully equipped to safely handle any related occurrences that may arise.

On-Site Medical Services

Our staff is awake and available 24 hours a day to assist your loved one with any time-sensitive needs that may arise. We offer on-site massage therapy to our residents, along with speech therapy services provided by trained and certified speech pathologists. Our residents can schedule reminders and exceptions for both medications and care activities. At Thunderbird, we offer hospice services, as well as 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.

Visiting Care

Regular visits from specialized occupational therapists are available to aid residents with development, recovery, and maintenance of the skills needed for daily living. A visiting nurse is available to all community members, and a doctor is always on-call to handle adjustments in medication, provide consultation, and respond to any urgent medical needs that may arise. A dentist pays regular visits to our facility to monitor our residents' oral hygiene, and we recruit a visiting podiatrist whose job it is to ensure our residents are happy, fit, and mobile.

Care Types Offered

Thunderbird is licensed as an Assisted Living Center with Directed Care Services. These terms are defined as follows:

Assisted Living Center

In the state of Arizona, an Assisted Living Center refers to a health care institution other than a hospital or a nursing care institution which provides resident beds or residential units, supervisory care services, personal care service, directed care services or health-related services for persons who do not need inpatient nursing care. This can include adult foster care, supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services provided on a continuing basis. This type of facility provides resident rooms or residential units to eleven or more residents.

Directed Care Services

The term Directed Care Services refers to programs and services, including personal care services, provided to persons who are incapable of recognizing danger, summoning assistance, expressing need or making basic care decisions.