Independent Living

Enjoy a simplified life with ready-made new friends, a full activity calendar, delicious restaurant-style meals, and outstanding service at Bonaventure. Our independent living community provides a compassionate, comfortable retirement home for seniors, designed and built to accommodate the exceptional senior lifestyle you’ve earned. With our convenient and supportive services, life at a retirement community is even more rewarding and carefree than you imagined! You’ve always wanted time to enjoy the activities you never had time for before, and you can do so with the peace of mind that comes from knowing you’re in a safe place. Don’t just take it from us—call today and schedule a tour of our community to see what Retirement Perfected™ could mean for you!

Senior Independent Living at Bonaventure

At Bonaventure, our independent living option is designed for flexibility, providing every opportunity to live life on your terms in your retirement. After years of hard work and serving others, you deserve to kick your feet up and enjoy daily activities!

With weekly housekeeping and available maintenance services relieving you of household chores and unwanted demands on your time, you’ll be free to enjoy your time as you please in an active community. Whether that looks like taking part in the abundant engaging activities you’ll have at your fingertips or savoring more private pastimes, Bonaventure’s independent living services provide the support you need to make the most of your retirement.

Not only can you enjoy community activities, but you will also feel safe, secure, and cared for knowing that laundry services,* transportation services,* and other support services are there when you need them.

Time to Yourself – Or to Enjoy With Others

At the independent senior living community of Bonaventure, our residents enjoy a wide variety of community services and activities designed to bring people together and to provide well-deserved R&R, all in a beautiful community. We understand that it’s just as important to socialize with other people as it is to have alone time—after all, everything in life is about balance. That’s why we provide our independent living residents with the environment, services, and space for both.

On days you’re looking for company, our social activities and amenities include planned outings to local attractions, special interest clubs, weekly classes in music and art, seasonal activities, and more! Need some time to get away and relax? Curl up with a good book in the library of our community, invest in some self-care in our on-site salon, or tend to our community garden.

Enjoy Personalized, Encouraging Ways to Stay Active

At Bonaventure Senior Living, we understand how important an active lifestyle is to a healthy retirement. The health of our residents is our priority, which is why we offer a variety of activities and amenities that make staying active and nourished easy and convenient. Most of our senior care communities are located in some of the United States’ most active neighborhoods where beautiful hiking spots abound. Want to get in a quick workout? Several of our independent living communities feature state-of-the-art fitness centers as well as outdoor walking paths and group activities. After you get moving, enjoy a tasty, nutritious, chef-inspired meal prepared from our kitchen! At our senior care retirement communities, you can also share your experiences with visiting family members. The ability to live full, independent lives is important to the members of our communities.

Experience Dining Perfected™

We’re proud to say that our healthy and delicious meals are often listed as a top reason why our residents love calling Bonaventure, the premier senior community, home. Our in-house dining services team prepares delicious meals for you every day, offering expanded menus designed for your personal taste. You’re welcome to enjoy our delicious meals in our restaurant-style dining room every day if that suits you, or cook for yourself and/or guests in your own fully equipped kitchen .

Check Out Our Activities

Make an appointment to have your hair done in our salon, work out in our fitness center, sit and chat by the fireplace or watch a movie in our comfortable theater (without having to wait in line for the popcorn)—whatever you choose to do, your days and nights are yours. And all the while you’ll be secure in the knowledge that our caring staff members are there for you 24/7, ready to see to all your needs – both now and as your needs change.

All you could ask for, in a charming place to live.

Tour Our Senior Apartments

Nestled within well-maintained landscaping and gardens, our luxurious Retirement Living suites are available in multiple floor plans and suite sizes that you furnish and decorate according to your personal taste. Each features a balcony or patio, full kitchen, fully accessible bathroom(s), individually controlled thermostat, wall safe and other amenities that allow you to continue handling some daily household tasks yourself if you wish, or let our friendly staff take care of everything. The choice is yours. (After all, if you pride yourself on your handiness, we wouldn’t want to stand in your way.)

No buy-ins or long-term leases

One of the best things about being retired is having flexibility, and Bonaventure’s Independent Living option provides all the flexibility you could ask for. There are no buy-in fees or long-term leases, just a simple month-to-month plan you can opt-out of at any time. Life at a Bonaventure retirement community is about choice, and based on the high degree of satisfaction consistently expressed by our residents, we think you’ll most likely choose to stay.

*Laundry services are limited to limited bed linens and towels. Transportation services when available.

Related Pages & Articles

This month, we offer the third and final part in our series on senior living options. Over the last two months, we have discussed Assisted Living and Memory Care and, most importantly, how to recognize whether you or your loved ones need those levels of care. The final part of our series will highlight the benefits of retiring to an Independent Living suite at one of our many beautiful Bonaventure Senior Living communities.

At Bonaventure Senior Living, we provide a gracious, comfortable home, designed and built to accommodate the exceptional senior lifestyle that you’ve earned. Enjoy life simplified at a Bonaventure community, complete with supportive services that make life at a retirement community more rewarding and carefree.

Time to Yourself or to Enjoy with Others

Nestled within well-maintained landscaping and gardens, our luxurious Retirement Living suites are available in multiple floorplans and suite sizes that you furnish and decorate according to your personal taste. Each suite features a balcony or patio, full kitchen, fully accessible bathroom(s), individually controlled thermostat, wall safe and other amenities that allow you to continue handling some daily household tasks yourself if you wish, or let our friendly staff take care of everything. The choice is yours. (After all, if you pride yourself on your handiness, we wouldn’t want to stand in your way.)

With weekly housekeeping and our other maintenance services relieving you of unwanted demands on your time, you’ll be free to participate in any of the myriad recreational activities that you desire. There are so many opportunities to fellowship with your friends that your social calendar is sure to stay full. If you lean toward more private pastimes, you’ll be equally at liberty to stay home and curl up with a good book.

You’re welcome to take your meals in our restaurant-style dining room every day, or cook for your meals right inside your own home when you prefer to do so for yourself and your guests! Make an appointment to have your hair done in our salon, work out in our fitness center, sit and chat by the fireplace or even watch a movie in a comfortable theater. Whatever you choose to do, your days and nights are yours. All the while, you’ll rest securely in the knowledge that our staff is there for you 24/7, ready to see to all of your needs, both now and as your needs change.

Tips for Transitioning to Independent Living

Quality of life is paramount to our health and longevity. At Bonaventure Senior Living, our mission is to provide an exceptional senior lifestyle through dedicated and compassionate teamwork, innovative communities and enriched services that promote dignity, choice and independence. If you are helping your parents or grandparents make the change to a senior living community, we recognize that transitioning your loved ones can present challenges regardless of who made the decision. Your loved ones will have to adjust their daily routines, get acquainted with a new environment and meet new people. With some planning and care, the transition can be an overall positive experience.

Have a plan: Any type of moving day can be chaotic, but relocating a lifetime’s worth of belongings presents an even bigger challenge. Your parents may also have anxiety over the transition, so you will have to balance emotions as well. Planning is a key element of maintaining organization and structure to help your loved ones from becoming overstressed. Hold a family meeting in which you delegate responsibilities. For example, one sibling can oversee packing duties, while you work on unpacking and decorating their new apartment. Make sure that your loved ones are involved in the plan’s inception. Together, determine the dates, times and outline of the process.
Make the new apartment truly home: One of the causes of moving anxiety for seniors is the unfamiliarity of a new pl+ace. You can help ease the transition by setting up the new apartment just like their previous home. For example, if your parents always had a nightstand by their bed with specific family photographs or knickknacks, create the same setup in their new bedroom. Familiarity, family pictures and other intimate keepsakes will help everyone feel right at home.
Focus on the positives: Moving to a retirement community has heaps of benefits beyond the 24/7 access to any assistance residents may need. Arrange for a staff-led tour of the community so that your loved ones can see all of the new freedoms and amenities available to them in their new home. Participate in a group activity with your parents or grandparents to show them first-hand how fun their new home will be.

By listening to your loved ones’ needs and planning ahead, you can make their transition to a Bonaventure Senior Living community a positive one that everyone looks forward to. We will be there with you, every step of the way, to make the move as easy and seamless as possible.

Visit a Bonaventure Senior Living Community near you to experience Retirement Perfected^TM firsthand.