COURTESY OF BEEHIVE HOMES
Rachel Crisp Philips
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anelle Hildreth and Aaron Hildreth were inspired to provide quality assisted living care in a home-like setting when they decided to become the owners of BeeHive Homes of Butte. With caregivers and elderly care services committed to the complete health of each resident, their facility is a comfort to seniors. “The purpose behind 10
these residential type settings is to offer a more homelike option for the residents, when they no longer have the choice to stay in their own home. And it just hit us, in our hearts. We spoke for a couple hours, and we looked at each other and we literally said; it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when we want it. It sounds like a rewarding path to take,” says Hildreth, who is also a Registered Nurse. To maintain indepen-
dence, each resident has a private room and bathroom with an ADA shower. BeeHive Homes of Butte also features 24-hour staffing, dietitian-approved homecooked meals, group interaction and activities, daily laundry, and housekeeping services. Their unique approach to assisted living care is designed to give each individual resident more time and assistance with their care needs. “We’re locally owned and
operated, the owners are right here in town available to make sure that things are going well,” says Hildreth. “I think people appreciate that. It's very personal, and they know that we care,” she says. “Our residents’ families really appreciate our homelike setting when families move in. Our goal is to make the resident and the families feel like family,” Hildreth says. Mealtime at BeeHive Homes of Butte helps to fos-
