Guide to Retirement Living: Taylor Community
What is the most important thing to know about your community?
Taylor Community is the only premier nonprofit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC)/Lifeplan community in the beautiful Lakes Region of New Hampshire, with locations in both Laconia and Wolfeboro. Establishing a plan for your future safety and care is essential, and coming to a community like Taylor ensures that you will have access to the very best care available, when and if you need that support in the future.
Taylor Community is growing! Can you talk about that?
Taylor’s population has grown dramatically in the past few years, which requires us to ensure we are developing both the facilities and programming necessary to keep up with that growth and maintain the quality living experience for which we are known.
We have been providing a full continuum of high-quality care in Laconia for many years. Our goal has been to provide that same continuum in Wolfeboro. With opening earlier this fall of The Residence at Back Bay, a beautiful, 65,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art health care building housing assisted living, memory care and nursing suites, we now have that continuum in place in that community.
Last year we also opened our Recreation and Aquatic Center on the Back Bay campus, bringing a 3-lane lap pool, a fully equipped fitness center, space for fitness classes, programs and meetings, and outdoor seating areas to residents of our Wolfeboro campuses. This gave us the opportunity to enhance the wellness options we are providing to residents on the Wolfeboro side of the lake.
What programming changes have you made to keep up with that growth and the influx of new residents?
As our population is growing, we are seeing a shift in demographics. Lifeplan communities are growing in popularity, and we are seeing a surge in interest from residents who are choosing the active, fun, maintenance-free lifestyle these communities offer at a younger age — and residents who truly ascribe to the philosophy that age is simply a state of mind! We are also finding that folks who move to Taylor are no longer just coming from the Lakes Region — they are moving to Taylor from all over the country. Those dynamics have caused us to rethink and expand our resident life and wellness offerings to include more active, diverse offerings.
Our pickup Corn Hole League has become wildly popular, and we recently crowned our 4th Annual Bocce Tournament Champions in front of a raucous crowd. While classical music performances always draw a crowd on our campuses, jazz, bluegrass and the blues are taking center stage for many of our concerts. Our hiking group can be found on local trails every Thursday, spring through fall, and our cycling, cross-country skiing and golfing groups are all active, depending on the season. And Taylor buses are frequently seen out and about all over New Hampshire and beyond, at theater events, concerts, attractions, restaurants and museums. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. With countless events, programs, clubs and interest groups, there is never a shortage of good times to be had at Taylor!
