Where You Live May Decide at What Age You Retire
Nov 7, 2016In six states, most people retire by age 62. In nine states, it's 65. Here's what's behind those differences. Read more here.
Read More »Long-term Care Facilities Often Lack Trained Staff, Policies to Bar Bias Against Gay Seniors
Oct 24, 2016Rose Villa Senior Living, located just outside of Portland, Oregon, has made a point of welcoming LGBT elders. The community, which offers independent and assisted living, also has a nursing home on s...
Read More »Staying Out Of The Closet In Old Age
Oct 17, 2016Partners Edwin Fisher, 86, and Patrick Mizelle, 64, moved to Rose Villa in Portland, Oregon, from from Georgia about three years ago. Fisher and Mizelle worried residents of senior living communities ...
Read More »10 of the world's best places to live or retire
Sep 1, 2016They are all so diverse, yet they have one thing in common; they are the world's best places to live! View the list here (hint: scroll to #5!)
Read More »Rose Villa Reopens to Fanfair and Excitement!
Aug 31, 2016The weather was perfect on Aug. 23 and smiles were the order of the day as Rose Villa Senior Living CEO Vassar Byrd cut the big red ribbon and welcomed everyone to the grand reopening of the senior co...
Read More »Partnership between Rose Villa & New Century Palyers to Benefit Community
Aug 17, 2016The theater company wins because Rose Villa’s new Performing Arts Center provides the community theater group with a new venue, said Marchant, NCP’s artistic director.Rose Villa wins becau...
Read More »Marketing Your Innovations
May 17, 2016LeadingAge Magazine writer John Mitchell interviewed Rose Villa CEO, Vassar Byrd and Facilities Director, John Schallberger about how modern technology affects the service delivery in a senior living ...
Read More »Foodservice and Sustainability
May 16, 2016Food and Beverage Director, Steven Brower, shares his knowledge regarding food sustainability and safety when sourcing food locally.
Read Sustaining the Bottom Line by Dana Moran of FoodService Direc...
Read More »Portland- One of the top 25 Coolest Places to Retire!
Mar 25, 2016Portland is #5 on the list and Rose Villa fits the bill. Writer Charlene Oldham quotes Rose Villa's CEO Vassar:
“Oregon is a ‘come-as-you-are’ state where you can carve out th...
Read More »Rose Villa couple share secrets of long marriage
Mar 16, 2016Long-lasting love is in bloom at Rose Villa, where two couples who moved into the community last October met to compare notes about their decades-long marriages.Meet Elliott & Marina McIntire and ...
Read More »10 Steps to Finding the Right Nursing Home for Mom and Dad
Feb 19, 2016Erin Cornell, director of health services at Rose Villa in Portland, Oregon, says many people find themselves scrambling to locate a nursing home after an emergency situation or hospitalization.Read m...
Read More »Issues of Choice and Challenge
Dec 4, 2015Balancing Quality of Life with Safety and Risk
Vassar Byrd, Rose Villa CEO, will join a panel of professionals at the Wellspring Conference center on January 11, 2016. Presented by Making Oregon Vita...
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