4 safety and security benefits of living in Applewood
Everyone deserves to feel safe and secure in their home and community. This becomes especially important as you approach retirement and want to lock up and leave with peace of mind.
At Applewood, we’re committed to providing security and support systems that are unparalleled for an independent retirement living community. Here’s why you’ll feel safe and secure when you call Applewood home:
1. Gated Community
Our residents tell us that one of the key reasons they love living at Applewood is the peace of mind and reassurance our gated community provides. Our automatic gates ensure access is only available to residents and their guests. Plus, our 24-hour CCTV system helps to make everyone in our village feel extra safe after hours.
2. On-site staff
Often, having people close by or a phone call away can help you feel reassured and comforted should a safety, security or health emergency arise.
This is especially comforting for the times you’re enjoying a well-deserved holiday. You can rest assured that our Village Managers will keep an eye on your home while you’re away.
Applewood offers onsite staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our staff are fully qualified to assist in the case of an emergency and can escalate any medical or security issues if required.
3. Alarm and emergency call systems
Your home and community spaces within our village are fitted with home burglar alarms and personal duress systems. These systems ensure our residents are supported and swiftly assisted should any type of emergency take place, and give our residents extra peace of mind if they are away from home for any length of time.
“When you go away, you just put the alarm on and off you go, and everything is taken care of.”
Applewood also has inactivity alarms that alert our onsite-staff if there has been no movement within a resident’s home for a certain period of time.
Our duress service extends beyond medical emergencies and can be used to report situations in the village such as water leaks, electrical faults and power outages.
For added peace of mind in the occurrence of a health emergency, residents can carry a help pendant with them at all times. All they need to do is click the button for immediate emergency assistance.
“The extended security offerings that are available to us are a great comfort. The duress alarms inside are great, and they’re conveniently located if we need those at any time.”
4. Supportive network of like-minded people
Most importantly, our residents feel safe because they live within a community of like-minded people, who share similar values and look out for one another.
Beyond the security and emergency systems we have put in place, our residents have developed their own measures to ensure their friends and neighbours are safe and well, which often involves checking in on neighbours if they haven’t seen them in a while. This is because the people who call Applewood home genuinely care about the health and wellbeing of their neighbours.
“That’s what I love about this place. Everyone is involved and everyone is looking out for you.”'
Supporting the health, security, and peace of mind of our residents is a big priority at Applewood. We not only want our residents to feel safe at all times, we also want their family and friends to be comforted in the fact that their family member is living in a safe and secure environment that cares about their wellbeing. For this reason, we will always go above and beyond to implement the best safety, security and emergency measures within our village.