We’ve Started a Little Spreadsheet…
We regularly sit down in our sales office with individuals who get right to the point: “We are visiting many communities, and we’ve started a spreadsheet to compare them objectively.” Honestly, we love this approach… even if it is all wrong in the end.
We love the spreadsheet because when the time comes to tally up the score, Cross Keys Village will have more boxes checked than most communities in any price range. If you are starting your own spreadsheet after visiting two or three villages, we humbly suggest that you pay special attention to the following categories:
- Presence of a strong Memory Support program in Personal Care and in Health Care
- Possibility of extensive “aging in place” in Residential Living thanks to a reliable 7-days-a-week residential nursing program
- A flexible meal plan with a “no meals” option and dining room coverage for every meal of the week
- A long tradition of strong census and financial stability
With such strong “differentiators” working in Cross Keys Village’s favor, why do we say that the spreadsheet approach is all wrong in the end? That’s because you are not going to move into a spreadsheet or into a brochure. Yes, we offer all those features – and countless more – in a convenient and reasonably priced location, but that is only the beginning.
What truly sets us apart, as a community where people like you live and work, is our spirit. We are a retirement community, but there is nothing retiring about us. As demographically diverse as we are, we are all linked by a certain Cross Keys Village character: we are intolerant of limitations and dogged in our belief that aging is an opportunity, not a handicap. Instead of saying “no,” we prefer to say “why not?” We take our work seriously but we don’t take ourselves seriously. So, start with the spreadsheet if that is your wish, but come spend an hour or two with us before tallying up the columns. As one of our visitors said on Monday after making a wait list deposit: “I don’t think we’ll need that spreadsheet after all.”