Choosing the Perfect Senior Living Community for You, Means Choosing the Community Perfect for Your Pet
Many studies have shown how owning a pet can be beneficial to your physical and emotional health. Spending time with a dog, cat, or other favorite animal can have a positive impact on your mood, as well as provide healthy interactions benefitting your physical wellbeing.
But let’s face it— if you are a pet owner you don’t need to see any research. You already know that coming home to your beloved pet makes you immediately forget about the stress of the day. Walking your dog gets you exercising outside in nature. Slowly stroking your purring kitty relaxes you. Their unconditional love soothes and calms our spirit. It’s no wonder that pets weave their way in to becoming part of our family, as well as part of our life. The bottom line is this: you simply feel better when you're close and connecting with your pet.
That’s why when seniors decide to move to a community, one of the first questions they need to ask is, “Are pets permitted here?” Many who are exploring senior living communities won’t even consider moving without their pet—and they don’t have to.
Willow Valley Communities, a premier 55-plus senior living community in Lancaster, understands this mindset. At Willow Valley Communities, pets are not only permitted, they are warmly welcomed. A generous pet policy enables dogs, cats, birds, and other species to move in along with their owners.
Willow Valley Communities has added many accommodations to enhance the lives of four-legged residents. Two large dog parks offer playtime and social interaction for both the dogs and their owners. Elle, a Willow Valley Communities resident who moved from Lewes, DE in 2009, admits with a laugh that she may know the dogs’ names better than her neighbors’. “I know Rudy the cocker spaniel’s dad,” she says, “But I don’t know his name!”
Willow Valley Communities’ stunning 210-acre campus includes miles and miles of rolling walking paths dotted with convenient waste receptacles—perfect for daily relaxing or invigorating strolls. And those strolls would not be complete without a visit to Willow Valley Communities' Marketplace Cafe to pick up a freshly baked doggie treat. A Willow Valley Communities Dog Club on campus adds even more camaraderie and information for residents.
Cats, too, benefit from a move to Willow Valley Communities. With over 100 different floorplans to choose from, residents are able to find the perfect sun beamed perch that offers hours of enjoyable squirrel and bird watching for their cats.
Smaller sized species of animals are also welcomed at Willow Valley Communities. Often, they are the pets of choice of residents who like to travel without a care in the world. These residents like to be able to lock their home at a moment’s notice and go, knowing that plenty of friendly neighbors are able to help with care for their small friend at home.
Owning a pet is only one small aspect of the vibrant “Life Lived Forward” exceptional lifestyle found at Willow Valley Communities. Residents enjoy award-winning amenities, fitness and aquatic centers, world renowned entertainment and programming, twelve distinctive culinary venues — from cozy coffee shops and wine bars to the full service gourmet restaurant, Local Table. Along with hundreds of clubs and activities, residents at Willow Valley Communities have the opportunity to pick and choose the passions they wish to pursue that give them joy. All while knowing their pet is happy and healthy, too.
Residents also have the added peace of mind of knowing that their future is secure with Willow Valley Communities’ Type A Lifecare contract. Lifecare provides personal care, nursing care, or memory support, should it be needed, with no change to the monthly service fee because of the increased level of care. Willow Valley Communities is the only exclusively Lifecare community in Lancaster County.
Willow Valley Communities is the perfect community for residents and their furry family members. Carol, a resident who moved to Willow Valley Communities from Boonton, NJ in 2016, probably speaks for all pet owners when she says, “We just want to make sure our little fur balls and feathered friends are happy.” And Willow Valley Communities says now is the perfect time to plan your informational visit and tour for you and your pet. You are both welcome!
Discover Willow Valley Communities today!
717-464-6800 | info@WillowValley.org
