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Retirement living at Park Place of St. John looks about how you’d imagine in the friendly community. Residents spend lots of time with grandkids and great-grandkids, relaxing in the spacious common areas or in their elegant apartments, and taking part in activities designed just for them.…

Carol stands in her kitchen and discusses worry-free retirement living at Park Place of St. John. Read on to hear her story.…

Gail Larson has extensive experience choosing skilled nursing care for her loved ones, as she’d had to find care for both her mother and mother-in-law. So when it came time to help her husband Dean find the best rehab after a double knee replacement, she remembered Park Place...…

When Robert fell at his son’s home during Thanksgiving, causing several compression fractures, as well as several broken bones in his back, he wasn’t sure how much independence he would have. He pictured the long hallways at other rehabilitation stays he’d had, and he didn’t think he’d be able to leave his room. But when he arrived for his rehab stay at one of the Small Houses at Park Place in nearby St. John, Robert felt relieved.…

Frank Kray is a long-term resident of Park Place Health & Wellness Center of St. John. He’s the first to tell you a couple tough truths: He didn’t want to stop driving his car, and then he didn’t want to move on from his home. Life made these decisions for him though, and so he’s appreciative of the good things around him, and he’s every bit as willing to point out those.…

After 10 years of living with her daughter — 7 of those as a widow — Marion Froberg decided she was ready for a place of her own. She moved into a third-floor apartment at Park Place St. John on Mother’s Day weekend, with plenty of help from her children. She loved the community she found at Park Place. “Everyone is so caring,” she says of her neighbors. “And I learn so much from everyone!”…