BY ROB MORRIS
ADDRESS: 10801 S. May Avenue, OKC PHONE: 405-429-8386 WEBSITE: harborchase.com HOURS: Monda – Sunday 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
HarborChase Brings 5-Star Hospitality to Assisted Living
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Ferguson says HarborChase also places a high priority on resident safety.
here's a remarkable sense of light and welcome atmosphere from the moment you walk into the foyer at HarborChase of South Oklahoma City. Willena Ferguson, executive director at the facility, says that sensation is entirely by design.
"We have an 1800 square foot safe room that is FEMA approved," said Ferguson. "It can withstand an EF5 tornado and will house all residents, employees, and pets in our community."
"I think one of the things that set us apart is that we are a hospitality-based company," said Ferguson. "We operate with a high standard when it comes to our medical framework, but we also focus on the hospitality industry like a resort would have."
When you add in HarborChases's three levels of activity programs and many field trips, you have a facility that feels more like a cruise ship than assisted living.
And that way they can still enjoy amenities of the regular assisted living as long as they can." Ferguson said, "We try to have more than one program at a time. That allows the residents Ferguson wants the public to understand that when she and the HarborChase staff talk about On the hospitality side of HarborChase, Fer- have a choice of activities they can do. Somethe balance of those two areas, they are both guson says the facility offers a remarkable vari- times there are so many things you can do that it's hard to decide. approached with passionate professionalism. ety of options for residents to enjoy. "We are staffed with nurses and caregivers 24/7," said Ferguson, "That includes Certified Nursing Assistants and Certified Medication Aides. We do cater to residents with diabetic needs because that seems to be a void for many in the assisted living world."
For more information or to schedule a visit to "We're unique in that we have a full-service HarborChase, call the number listed above or lounge," said Ferguson. "We have a bartender, and we're licensed to sell liquor. We have three visit the website. restaurants, including as well as what we call the 'Counter Offer' where folks can come and grab a sandwich or something like."
HarborChase also offers memory care for HarborChase's other restaurants include a those with Alzheimer's and dementia, as well as pizzeria and The Grill Room, an upscale option transitional memory care, a program for individthat will rival some of OKC's finest steakhouses. uals with mild memory impairment. Transitional Memory care is an option for those who would "The Grill Room is usually open on Thursday, benefit from focused care but may not require Fridays, and Saturdays, and we get a lot of parfull attention or a secured environment. ticipants," said Ferguson. "It is open also to the "The transitional bridge program is for people public by reservation only, and it's right up there with early onset Alzheimer's, but they still are with Charleston's or Mahogany. We have a very very high functioning," said Ferguson. "They well-trained executive chef who has worked can stay on the assisted living side of the com- in many country clubs throughout the United munity as long as they're not an elopement risk. States." 12 | MOORE MONTHLY | AUGUST 2022
