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Lifestyle Transitions: Retiring to the Good Life

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Visit www.kimballfarms.org
or call 800-283-0061.

SOUTHGATE AT SHREWSBURY is a uniquely planned and beautifully designed retirement community. As a self-contained facility, Southgate allows ready access to every service one would need under one roof. Residents can enjoy a wealth of amenities, such as restaurant-style dining, indoor year-round swimming, live theater, woodworking, arts and crafts, and even candlepin bowling. Most important, it's a place where retirees can feel secure about their future, knowing that there's a full continuum of care right on campus should their needs change.

Southgate provides a wide array of convenient services that let residents live the life they always imagined before they retired, free of home maintenance, housekeeping, and yard work. Offering spacious apartments of varied design, Southgate is home to approximately 270 residents who have relocated from all parts of the country to be nearer to family, or to simply experience the charm and beauty of life in New England.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary this past year, Southgate is located less than an hour's drive from Boston in the historic town of Shrewsbury. Situated on beautifully landscaped grounds, Southgate boasts its own private park, complete with walking paths and sitting areas, a popular setting for summer evening band concerts.

Visit www.southgateshrewsbury.com
or call 800-492-8331.

MAINE

QUARRY HILL is Midcoast Maine's premier extended-care community for adults age 55-plus. Perched atop the picturesque seaside village of Camden, Quarry Hill promotes a refreshing approach to retirement: the freedom and flexibility you want as you create the best years of your life; the joy of waking each day to the spectacular beauty of Maine's Midcoast; and the security of knowing you have easy access to all the care you'll likely ever need.

Quarry Hill offers a full range of residential options, including luxurious independent living apartments and cottages, assisted living, specialized dementia care, and short- and long-term nursing care and rehabilitation. It also offers something no other community of its kind in Maine has: the availability of an on-site physician devoted exclusively to caring for Quarry Hill residents.

Visit www.quarryhill.org
or call 207-230-6116.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, THORNTON OAKS in Brunswick provides residents a friendly retirement community in Maine's Midcoast region. Residents buy into a cooperative, building financial equity without the hassle of home maintenance, and can choose between apartment living and a private home option.

One of the differentiating factors of Thornton Oaks' lifestyle is its location, about a mile from Bowdoin College and downtown Brunswick. Residents may audit classes, attend discussions with renowned speakers, enjoy concerts and arts festivals, as well as participate in Thornton Oaks' activities, including art groups, yoga, foreign affairs discussions, and more.

Through a special association between Thornton Oaks and Mid Coast Health Services, residents receive priority access, without prior financial or contractual agreement, to a continuum of care: assisted living, Alzheimer's and dementia care, long-term-care nursing, and subacute care.

Visit www.thorntonoaks.com
or call 207-729-8033 or 800-729-8033.

Located on 138 acres in Scarborough with 800 feet of ocean frontage, PIPER SHORES is Maine's only nonprofit lifecare retirement community and the first Maine retirement community recognized by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission for its strong financial position and innovative person centered care model.

Piper Shores is equipped with many of the amenities retirees are looking for, such as beautiful gardens, a fitness center, an indoor pool, a clinic, a library, and a woodworking shop.

Residents can rely on transportation to supermarkets, appointments, and events and live just minutes away from the cultural mecca of Portland, named one of the "Top 10 Places to Retire" by U.S. News & World Report (October 2008).

Piper Shores provides lifecare with guaranteed priority access to assisted living and nursing care with a predictable monthly payment and a 90% refundable entrance fee.

Visit www.pipershores.org
or call 888-333-8711.