Apartment Living Features

The Elks National Home
1-800-552-4140

Apartment and Building Features:

All apartments have safety features
such as emergency call bells,
smoke detectors, and fire alarms

Wall to wall
carpeting in living
room and bedrooms

Fully equipped kitchens
including frost-free
refrigerator, built in ice maker,
stove, microwave, and sink.

Vinyl flooring in the kitchen and baths

Enclosed veranda
connecting to main
building

PLUS:

The following services are included in your monthly fee:

All utilities except telephone and cable TV.
One meal per day (your choice of breakfast, lunch, or dinner)
Emergency call system 24-hour response
Campus security
Scheduled group transportation (occasional charge for special trips or admission fees)
Bus to local churches on Sunday and in-house religious services
Use of all activity areas including library, exercise room, seven-hole executive golf course, card and game room, private dining area, main lobby, resident gathering areas, and more
Maintenance of apartment exteriors and housecleaning of public areas
Appliance maintenance

The following services are available on a fee-for-service basis:

Security for your future health care needs:

Temporary assisted living is available for an additional fee
Apartment residents who develop a need for more personal attention or permanent assisted living may transfer to the residential section or assisted living unit.

Health Care:

If you need temporary care (minor illness, recuperating from surgery or an accident), the Home's nursing staff, aides, and orderlies will tend to your every need in the Special Care unit.
Once you are a permanent resident, after passing a three-month evaluation period, you will be eligible for day-to-day assisted living in Special Care, should you need help.
Catered Care is also available. This is limited assistance given to a resident in his/her own room or apartment. Basic Catered Care is $15.00 per day.
You may see the physicians who visit the "Home" during their regular visits to the Home. You will be responsible for any Medicare deductibles and any medicine and supplies you receive.
Numerous physicians and specialists are available in Bedford, Roanoke and Lynchburg.
The charge for in-patient care in the Special Care unit is $65 per day, in addition to your monthly fee.
Bedford Memorial Hospital is near the Home for residents who need hospital care.
Hospitals are also located in Roanoke and Lynchburg (25 miles away).
The Home's Medical Records Department will help you with Medicare and other insurance claims for outside medical treatment.
The Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center is located 35 miles from Bedford.