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Community overview

The Altenheim Senior Health Care Community is a continuing-care community in Louisville’s Highlands, offering independent living, personal care and skilled nursing. Care is planned individually, and the community says residents may remain there if their needs change.

Search description

The Altenheim Senior Health Care Community offers independent living, personal care and skilled nursing in Louisville’s Highlands.

Care & support

The community describes independent living, personal care and skilled nursing as care settings. It also lists assisted living, medication management, memory care, hospice care and short-term respite.

Care & support

Within its nursing facility, The Altenheim describes secure memory care with therapeutic, rehabilitative and recreational programs for people with dementia.

Care & support

Staff help residents with activities of daily living and with social, recreational and spiritual needs. The team also provides care and support for residents and their families.

Care & support

Available support services for individual care include physical, occupational, speech and respiratory/oxygen therapy, as well as pharmacy services.

Rooms & living spaces

Independent-living and personal-care apartments and suites are described as bright and modern, with spacious bathrooms, showers and kitchenettes.

Rooms & living spaces

Rooms in the nursing facility are private or semi-private and include flat-screen televisions, free basic cable and Wi-Fi for residents and visitors.

Everyday life

Residents and families can have private gatherings in modern common areas.

Everyday life

Group outing examples include tours of Louisville and rides through parks.

Dining & meals

Dining includes a seasonal resident menu, with deli sandwiches, chef salads, classic hamburgers, fresh fruit and other snacks always available. Residents can choose what they prefer to eat.

Dining & meals

A dietitian reviews each resident’s intake for weight gain and loss and makes recommendations for healthy changes.

Activities & connection

Residents help the director plan monthly activities. The program changes as the resident population changes to meet residents’ needs.

Activities & connection

Recent examples include a genealogy club, religious activities, Zumba and tai chi, Derby Dinner and Kentucky Center plays, knitting and quilting, cookouts, pet therapy, Wii bowling and Bingo outings. Other examples include chaplain services, Fun with Toddlers, music and dancing, board games, a Raptor Rehab educational event and a Mega Cavern Lights Under Louisville outing.

Shared spaces & amenities

Other support services include a hair salon, linen and housekeeping services, and personal laundry.

Location & getting around

German immigrants purchased a home with acreage in the Highlands in 1905 after recognizing a need to care for elders; The Altenheim opened as a retirement community in 1906. The original Stewart home remains part of the community, alongside modern additions and apartments that preserve the historic mansion.