08/27/2019| by Will Maddox|
Nonprofits
Buckner and Baylor Scott and White are partnering at Ventana, Dallas’ first
luxury senior living towers. The $140 million residential community opened last
week, and includes other partnerships with Cooper Clinic and Chef Stephen Pyles
as well.
The two
twelve-story towers include 189 independent living apartments, assisted living,
memory care, and skilled nursing. There are one-, two- and three-bedroom
apartments that range from 950 to 2,000 square feet.
There
is also a rehab facility with in house therapy team, three Stephen Pyles –
inspired restaurants, an indoor heated pool, spa and salon, movie theater, and
outdoor lounges. The restaurants range from a quicker bistro to formal dining.
The gym is a partnership with Cooper Clinic and includes training staff that
perform fitness assessments and individualized workouts at different machines.
The
skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care areas are broken down into
smaller “houses” with around a dozen units, their own kitchen and social areas,
and other amenities fit for that particular population. Displays and
manipulatives on the memory care floor are meant to evoke the past, and skilled
nursing has mechanical lifts to transport immobile residents from their bed to
the shower without all the manpower.
The
towers are integrated with Baylor Scott and White Health, with a BSW
geriatrician who will be the medical director for long-term care and skilled nursing.
BSW’s Signature Medicine program offers concierge services with same or next
day appointments and 24/7 access to a physician. There are also BSW HouseCalls
physicians, nurse practitioners, and physicians assistants who will travel to
Ventana for patients who are unable to make the trip the office. BSW will also
provide chaplain services for residents.
Chief
Operating Officer at Baylor Scott and White Health John McWhorter says the
integrated medical care will keep residents out of the hospital. A quarter of
emergency department visits for this population are due to dehydration,
syncope, or another condition that does not require the emergency room and can
most likely be treated at home. The house call program can intercept those
cases before they get to the ER. McWhorter also emphasized that Baylor’s
MyBSWHealth app will integrate the family into the care of the resident. “They
will have access to records, physicians notes on the house calls, and can check
on their loved ones,” he says. “They feel like they are part of the care
program.”
“Baylor
Scott & White Health and Buckner both operate as not-for-profit ministries
that serve, heal and strengthen the community,” said Chuck Childress, executive
director, Ventana by Buckner via release. “Our members will enjoy health and
wellness services as excellent as the community’s luxurious features and
amenities.”
Buckner’s
founder R.C. Buckner was one of the founders of Baylor University Medical
Center, and this collaboration is a continuation of that relationship. Baylor
and Buckner work together on everything from mission trips and donating medical
equipment to assisting at a pregnancy crisis center.
“Because
of our long history of collaboration and the fact Baylor Scott White is
recognized as a healthcare leader in the Dallas market, working together on
Ventana by Buckner was a natural collaboration,” Childress continued via
statement. “During our planning stages for Ventana, Buckner Retirement Services
reached out to BSWH with a proposal, and our MOU grew from there in order to
provide our members with elite healthcare that they’ve already trusted in
Dallas for years.”
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