Broad Reach Healthcare Happenings

Minding Your Business - By Amy Tagliaferri

The Victorian Assisted Living at Broad Reach

389 Orleans Rd. North Chatham

508-945- 1211 BroadReachHealth.org StefanieMurray@BroadReachHealth.org

Twenty-five years ago, the Victorian Assisted Living opened its doors. The Victorian is 40 studio apartments and suites with lots of common space.

“There’s a living room, a lounge, a dining room (with an executive chef who prepares gourmet meals), a library, and we hold church services, too,” said Stefanie Murray, the facilities executive director. “The common rooms and the outside porch and courtyards encourage visiting with each other or with company. The residents’ children and grandchildren come to visit all the time, often with pets. The Victorian is a home; it is their home. A home we just work in every day.” The Victorian is modeled for seniors who wish to maintain an independent lifestyle but may need some assistance now and again. It offers 24-hour staffing, medication monitoring, three meals a day (and snacks), transportation if needed to medical appointments, personal care assistance and an emergency alarm system.

“Chatham is a very tight-knit community, the residents at the Victorian all knew each other before they came here,” added Murray. “I know them all too. I grew up here.” Murray worked at another assisted living facility on the Cape, and when they shut their doors, she came on here as the activities director, eventually moving into the executive director position.

Murray said the residents don’t sit around. “The 40 folks who live here like to have fun. We go on field trips all the time; we got to the Orpheum, shopping at thrift shops and the shops downtown, weekly grocery store trips and sometimes just for scenic rides.” Some of the residents still drive too, Murray told me.

“We are very social! I do monthly wine tastings with the kitchen preparing meals that complement the wine. We have a happy hour on Fridays, too. The Victorian is a very cozy and personal place.” You can tell Murray loves her job. She and the staff are friends with the residents. “Everything they need is right here and if not at the Victorian, it’s right across the

street.

The proximity of the Liberty Commons’ medical facility is another advantage. Liberty Commons covers the gamut of healthcare needs facing senior citizens, from rehab and convalescence to long term, with all the medical services you need. “This whole company has very high standards,” said Murray. “We are decidedly very non-corporate. We care.”

“I feel like I’m walking in to see my grandparents every day!”

The Victorian Assisted Living at Broad Reach               

389 Orleans Rd. North Chatham

508-945-1211

StefanieMurray@BroadReachHealth.org

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