Slices of Life
The best way to get a feel for life at Willamette View is to come for a visit. The next best way is to browse these stories about the people, programs and campus. Each slice highlights a different aspect of our unique culture and community.
SERVing up Safety at Willamette View
About 10 years ago, a group of Willamette View residents saw a need to have some self-sufficiency when it came to emergency preparedness, so they took it upon themselves to become proficient in breaking down doors, emergency evacuations, and disaster survival. Fast forward 10 years and they now partner with…
Four Ways Senior Living Is Like College – Or Better
Don’t be fooled by the age difference. Colleges and senior living communities have a lot in common. A culture of sharing meals? Check.Plenty of group activities for bonding with others over shared interests? Ditto.A connected campus that makes social isolation unlikely? You bet. By design, senior living communities like Willamette…
To travel more after you retire, do this first
If you want to travel far and often in your post-working years, you need a living situation that serves as a launch pad, not a money trap. But where can you find that? The answer may surprise you: In a retirement community. Forget outdated stereotypes about being “put out to…
Key to fitness after 60: Keep changing it up
Rachel Sandage knows what you’re thinking. She gets a similar reaction whenever she explains her job as Group Fitness Instructor at Willamette View, a senior living community south of downtown Portland. “So…Chair Yoga, right?” “At least you don’t have to work up a sweat.” Please. For one, fitness in this…
Willamette View Proves the Benefits of Creativity at Any Age
When it comes to art, Willamette View shows creativity can blossom at any time. Comfortably situated just south of Portland, Willamette View is a Life Plan Community (also known as a Continuing Care Retirement Community) that distinguishes itself with its active residents and engaged staff. It’s renowned for its diverse…
What if aging is the solution, not the problem?
By: Craig Van Valkenburg, Willamette View CEO Nearly all the messages we get about aging are negative: A 50th birthday card features a withered man in a walker and asserts that life is “all downhill from here.” Anti-aging products abound, promising to delay wrinkles and restore youth. Even healthier approaches…
Bringing Portland’s foodie culture in-house
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Downsizing can set you free – now get started
It’s a chore just to clean out a closet. What if you need to sort through a house full of belongings, while coping with the emotions that accompany any big life change? It’s enough to make you seek professional help. As a transition coordinator for Seniors on the Move (a…
Residents and staff at Willamette View emphasize benefits of supporting local community causes
Many of those who call Portland’s Willamette View senior living community home embrace an active lifestyle with fitness classes, arts programs and interest groups on campus, in addition to countless opportunities to socialize at events and activities. But the campus is not the only place where residents and employees alike…