Mission Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care

The residences are described as apartment-like and arranged for individuals, couples, or shared living. Assisted living floor-plan names are Escondidos, Naranja, and Mirada. Memory-care choices include La Grande Memory Care South, a private unit in Memory Care North, and a semi-private unit in that section. Listed room features include kitchenettes, private bathrooms, furnished rooms, telephones, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, cable or satellite television, and garden views. Fireplaces, ground-floor units, and wheelchair-accessible showers are also listed.

Meals are provided, and dining arrangements include restaurant-style service, room service, guest meals, private dining, and all-day dining. Shared dining venues include a dining room, café or bistro, and bar or pub. Meal accommodations include vegetarian, vegan, kosher, gluten-free, pureed, low- or no-sodium, no-sugar, allergy-sensitive, and diabetes-specific options, as well as international cuisine. A professional chef is identified in a third-party listing.

Common areas include indoor and outdoor shared spaces, a patio, TV lounge, library, meeting room, and central fireplace. Other listed spaces include game, fitness, activity, business, and arts rooms, a movie theater, garden, walking paths, and a wellness room or spa/sauna. Activities range from fitness programs, stretching, yoga or chair yoga, Forever Fit, billiards, and Wii bowling to art classes, gardening, and book and cooking clubs. Listings also mention trivia, educational talks, current-events discussions, brain-fitness and sensory-based programs, reminiscence activities, live music, choir, dances, holiday and birthday events, religious services, and day trips.

Housekeeping, laundry or dry-cleaning, concierge service, move-in coordination, and a beauty salon and barber shop are listed. Dogs and cats are permitted, and pet care is available. The community is on US 301 near The Villages; official directions place it about 1.5 miles south of Highway 466 and 3 miles north of Highway 44. Transportation is listed for trips, with arrangements available at cost, and resident parking is available.