Unprecedented Dining Flexibility
Experiential Living has given senior dining a whole, new recipe, with superior food quality, more menu diversity and attentive table service for a dining experience that’s reminiscent of favorite, area restaurants right at home.
For essentially the first time ever, it’s becoming possible to dine on one’s own terms in the senior living community setting, with everyday menu options and ever-changing specials, the combination of which can satisfy most any mood or craving with a fantastic variety of readily available meal choices. Perhaps the biggest innovation in senior dining, however, is the move away from fixed dining hours in favor of more convenient, anytime dining.
That’s right; not only is it possible to eat what you want, but when you want as well. This too imparts a level of newfound flexibility, allowing residents to sleep in, for example, and opt for a late breakfast or brunch. They can also return from the day’s outings, appointments or excursions at their own discretion, and will not run the risk of finding the dining room closed and being left to fend for themselves at meal time. It’s just one more way senior dining is adapting to residents, rather than forcing resident seniors to plan their days in accordance with rigid meal times.
Flexible Spending Options for Independent Living
In the name of flexibility and a more resident-driven lifestyle, “all inclusive” pricing and pre-packaged items like meal plans are disappearing in favor of a la carte items and experiences (dining, recreation, fitness, spa/personal care services, etc.) that allow resident seniors to choose as much (or as little) as they want, and only pay for the products and services they use each month.
Discovery Senior Living’s proprietary program is called FlexChoice℠, which eliminates the decades-old sameness of “bundled” programming, instead empowering residents to design their lifestyle around the experiences that are most valuable to them.
The program enables residents to use FlexChoice℠ dollars for a multitude of services at the community all month long. Additional and/or private dining experiences, cleaning and household projects, private transportation, personal training and salon and spa services are just some of the eligible ways to spend FlexChoice℠ dollars each month.
The reasoning behind the program is simple: It’s your money, and you should get to decide how it’s spent to bring the most enjoyment each and every month. Launched at select communities in 2021, FlexChoice℠ is steadily rolling out to new independent living communities, and is just another way Discovery Senior Living is doing what others aren’t, and helping transform daily life in the community setting as a result.
