The Residents of Prairie Pines Lodge enjoy all the benefits of a retirement community without having to pay an entrance fee or buy an apartment. Many retirement communities require an entrance fee or a buy-in plus a high monthly payment. Those entrance fees may be only partially refundable and the buy-in or purchase of your unity may one day leave you or your family with a time-consuming sale.
Each apartment is self-contained, featuring residential style carpeting in the living room, dining area and bedrooms. Draperies for all windows are provided. A locked sliding glass door from the living room to a concrete patio awaits each resident’s own special touch to decorate with outdoor furniture, plants and flowers. Tile covers both the kitchen and bathing areas. The kitchens are fully equipped with the most convenient appliances and genuine wood cabinets. The bathing area includes a decorator vanity, quality fixtures, medicine cabinet, a linen cupboard, hook-up for an apartment size stackable washer/dryer unity and a fiberglass shower or tub/shower unity.
Your security is of prime concern to Prairie Pines and so a 24-hour/day call system is provided. Smoke alarms are provided in each apartment and a monitored fire alarm system is installed in the building. Residents may receive visitors anytime day or night. However, for the security of the residents, the main entry doors will be locked in the evening. Residents have the additional security of having their doors open onto an interior hallway. The paved parking area for residents and guests is well-lit and maintained by our own staff.
Your new home at Prairie Pines Lodge cannot be compared to conventional apartments because of the substantial amount of common areas built for use by all residents. The beautifully decorated main lobby, central dining room, private dining room, activity/craft room, fitness room, ice cream parlor and beauty/barbershop are available for activities with friends and family as well as planned group activities which are provided. Prairie Pines is owned and managed by Chadron Community Hospital & Health Services and we are committed to meeting the needs of the retired. We believe you’ll find a refreshingly different kind of retirement – a blend of independent living with an added dimension of security. Garages are available for the security and protection of you vehicle. Resident who wish to, or need to, may give up their automobiles, since transportation will be provided.
You, as a resident, can come and go as you please – free to do all the things you’ve wanted to do. Your apartment will be monitored for you if you are away. And of course, all residents have the right and privilege of privacy if they so desire.
