Christian & Missionary Alliance Foundation Inc

Causes: Human Services, Seniors, Supportive Housing for Older Adults

Mission: Shell point retirement community is a continuing care retirement community with a full range of wellness, recreational, social and spiritual programs and the services of a professional staff. In carrying out our mission, shell point aspires to excellence by caring, serving and satisfying our residents and employees. Shell point provides a broad continuum of quality residential alternatives and services, designed to enhance the independence and dignity of its residents through spiritual, social, recreational, and physical programs. Shell point currently provides these services to more than 2,400 senior adults in a community comprised of three adjacent neighborhoods with independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing. Shell point provides employment and opportunity for continued growth and personal development to approximately 1,200 people from a variety of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.

Programs: Health care services--a major factor which brings a resident to a continuing care facility is access to life-care. Shell point, with five physicians on staff offers the very best in gerontological care. The 219-bed pavilion at shell point provides a variety of healthcare services including physical therapy, long-term nursing care, alzheimer's and memory care, and hospice care. In addition, the pavilion offers professionally staffed activities programs, a waterfront dining room, beauty salon, and family and resident involvement in care planning. Shell point also offers three assisted living facilities for the resident whose quality of life is improved by supportive services. Kings crown is a 120 unit facility on the island, the arbor is a 132 unit building located in the woodlands, and the springs is a 105 unit located at the entrance of our campus. Each offers beautifully designed apartments, elegant dining rooms with table service, individualized personal care, 24-hour nurse availability, specialized activities programs, and weekly housekeeping. Shell point also offers a full-service medical center, dental clinic, professionally staffed social services, medicare/insurance billing.

property maintenance & management--as one of the top retirement communities in the country, shell point recognizes the importance of maintaining and managing the property to the high level of standards our residents have come to expect. In addition to general preventive maintenance, there is specialty maintenance on staff to service air conditioning, plumbing, and electrical. There are also 24-hour emergency maintenance services. Shell point provides weekly housekeeping and laundry services to our residents. Landscape management is on-going with mowing, trimming, planting, mulching, pest control, and fertilizing. Security plays a very important role in the overall feeling of wellbeing. Shell point is a gated community with 24-hour staffed entrance gates and surveillance. Property lines that are bordered by water are monitored with infra-red devices.

food service program --a very important service to the life care community is its food service program. Many residents cannot leave the facility and dining becomes a social event. In addition to the beautifully appointed dining rooms, shell point offers its residents special services such as catering, meal delivery, and take-home meals for holidays and large gatherings. Residents may also arrange private functions for special events such as birthday and anniversary celebrations in one of the private dining rooms.

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