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Auberge du Soleil: Quality living accommodation for seniors in the Greater Moncton Region
by Heather Ferguson The City of Dieppe is now home to the newly built, multi-million dollar senior care residence, Auberge du Soleil. Located at 125 Aucoin Street at the corner of Dieppe Boulevard, Auberge du Soleil’s handsome building complex is situated on immaculately landscaped grounds surrounded by nature. Next to the Fox Creek Golf Course and overlooking a scenic brook, it exudes a country lifestyle just minutes away from all the amenities of Downtown Dieppe. Developed to accommodate the rapidly growing senior demographic in the ever-expanding City of Dieppe, Auberge du Soleil is the answer to an increasing demand for quality living accommodation for the senior population in the Greater Moncton Area. On December 1, 2008, Auberge du Soleil will celebrate a special Grand Opening event with a ribbon cutting ceremony that will commence at 2 pm in the presence of municipal, provincial, and federal dignitaries as well as invited guests. An open house for the general public will follow the ribbon cutting ceremony.Auberge du Soleil is the first and only special care residence of its kind in the City of Dieppe. It is a government-licensed facility offering subsidized level one and level two care to seniors. It also has special accommodation for non-subsidized housing to seniors of independent means who desire carefree living while requiring the security, companionship, activities, outings, meals, and medication monitoring provided by Auberge du Soleil. A 157-unit residence consisting of single rooms, each with a full or half bath as well as suites for couples, Auberge du Soleil encourages residents to decorate their rooms with furnishing and personal items from home and offers a complete roster of features and services that include: • Bilingual services • Some rooms with balconies • Wheelchair accessible, non-smoking environment • Cable entry in each room • 24 hr supervised/individualized care • Emergency call system in each room • Medication supervision/administration • Health care supervised by a Registered Nurse • Physician consultations • Therapeutic whirlpool bath in each wing • Personal laundry and housekeeping • Nutritious, balanced meals/snacks • Special diets accommodated • Meals served in rooms for residents with short-term illness • Social/physical activities and outings • Storage room available in building • In-floor radiant heat • Elevator, sprinkler system, parking • Landscaping including patio, outdoor dining area, swings and two gazebos, one open to the elements and the other screened in Special “family days” will feature outdoor BBQ’s on the patio in the summer, and all outings will be conducted via Auberge du Soleil’s very own bus perfect for transportation to area malls for shopping expeditions or to various attractions and events. Auberge du Soleil is architecturally designed in a Y configuration so that each unit has panoramic views unobstructed by neighbouring wings. Its handsome exterior is clad in Cape Cod wood and century stone and its interiors boast 9' ceilings, heated floors, Boston headers, and custom-made furniture. Auberge du Soleil presents all of its communal amenities centrally located at the core of the facility with colour-coded hallways for easy access radiating out from the centre. At the heart of the complex on the first floor is an 80-person capacity diningroom that offers two sittings per meal and is facilitated by a modern, stainless steel restaurant-style kitchen. An onsite pharmacy monitors the medications of all residents, and a huge sitting-room with elegant furnishings around a cosy fireplace opens out to a spacious sunroom on the first level. A library with full Internet service, a hair salon, a craft room, and a laundry occupy the central core of the second floor which also includes a huge, multi-function room with its own kitchenette perfect for religious services, parlour games, or family get-togethers. Sunrooms on each level at the end of every wing offer terrific views with plush seating for relaxing, reading, or listening to music which is piped in throughout the complex. Luxuriously appointed with all the attention to details and charmingly decorated by Interior Designer Martine Losier, Auberge du Soleil is a state-of-the-art special care residence that is most certainly second to none throughout the entire Greater Moncton Area and can compare without a doubt to any facility of its kind in all of Canada. Auberge du Soleil is run by the private corporation, Investissements ChrisCat Investments Ltd. and is owned and operated by Catherine Girouard, B.Sc. Nursing, RN, and Christine LeBlanc, M.P.E., M.Ed., in partnership with Dr. Marc Girouard, Dr. Jean-Bernard LeBlanc, and Claude Poirier. Catherine Girouard is the Director of Nursing at Auberge du Soleil and brings to her post many years of experience in health care for seniors. Christine LeBlanc is the General Director of this unique facility . The previous co-owner of a senior care facility in Moncton, Christine LeBlanc brings to her role of General Director a background in Education and Administration. At Auberge du Soleil, Catherine and Christine will oversee a staff of 50-plus employees when operating at full capacity. Up to 90% of them will have had experience in special care. Requirements for prospective employees include CPR and first-aid training, a police check, and onsite training that is ongoing. Some staff members have a diploma in caregiver courses from area community colleges ensure that staff is well-equipped to maintain a safe and happy environment for each resident. With a mission to “enable residents to live life to its fullest by offering high quality services in an environment of compassion, security, and respect,” Auberge du Soleil’s vision is that it “be a place where residents enjoy living, where employees enjoy working, and where family members enjoy visiting!” says Christine LeBlanc. Auberge du Soleil is the realization of thorough planning in conceptualization and design. Developed by the Vesta group which is comprised of a three-way partnership that includes developer Claude Poirier and Dr. Marc Girouard, Auberge du Soleil is the latest in an impressive list of projects that this stellar company can take credit for. The Domaine du Faison Complex, the Essex Place Apartments, Domicile du Mascaret in Dieppe, Caledonia Self Storage on Price Street in Moncton, the DSS Building in Shediac, and a series of subdivision developments in Shediac and in the Greater Moncton Area mark the achievement of a company that is changing the face of the community in which we live and work. For more information on Auberge du Soleil, contact them at (506) 858-8558 or e-mail at christineleblanc@rogers.com and arrange for your very own personalized tour of this exceptional special care residence. It’s where a brand new future awaits! How To Find: Auberge du SoleilThis Listing Proudly Sponored By:Have something to say about this business? Leave a Comment or Review about this BusinessWe ask that you:
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