The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch

About The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch

The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch in Sarasota, Florida, is a continuing-care community with independent living, assisted living, memory support and skilled nursing. Its life-plan offering provides guaranteed access to long-term care, including assisted living, memory support and skilled nursing, in private accommodations. The Highlands is the assisted-living neighborhood, while memory support is located in Isle of Skye. Residential living and multiple care levels are part of the same campus.

Independent living choices include apartment residences and single-family Club Homes, which have two-car garages. The community describes its residences as offering maintenance-free living. Listed apartment features include private bathrooms, kitchenettes, air conditioning, furnishings, cable television, telephone service and Wi-Fi or high-speed internet. The Highlands has 47 private one-bedroom suites and two private two-bedroom suites. Residents may receive help with dressing, bathing, walking, grooming, eating and medication administration. The Highlands is listed with an Extended Congregate Care specialty license and a capacity of 60 beds. Its facility listing identifies English, German, Russian and Spanish among the languages spoken.

The Highlands has lounge areas, a living room, activity rooms, a dining room and a private dining room, along with a beauty salon and barber shop. Its facility description also notes administrative offices. Other care-service listings include a 24-hour call system and supervision, assistance with transfers, and non-ambulatory care. The Highlands activity listing specifically includes arts and crafts. Other dining venues include the formal Hawthorne Room, the pub-style Kiltie Grille and the Thistle Stop cocktail venue. Listed meal services include restaurant-style and all-day dining, meal preparation and service by a professional chef, and accommodations for dietary needs such as allergies or diabetes.

The Village Commons brings together dining and cocktail venues, lifelong-learning classes and social programming, with a spiral staircase at its center. Program listings include scheduled daily, community-sponsored and resident-run activities, as well as fitness and outdoor programs, movie nights, music and arts activities. Shared amenities include a movie theater, library, game and activity rooms, an arts room, a business room, a garden, walking paths, outdoor common areas and a spa, sauna or wellness room.

The fitness center offers personal training, group classes, exercise equipment, HAR-TRU tennis courts and a heated lap pool. The 260-seat Glenridge Performing Arts Center hosts performances and other entertainment; an art gallery is also part of the Theatre District, which has year-round music, entertainment and art programming. The Kamberg Center focuses on whole-person health and wellness. Across its 150 acres, the campus includes landscaped grounds, lakes, upland preserves and pet-friendly walking trails, and is described as close to downtown Sarasota destinations. Listed practical services include housekeeping, laundry or dry cleaning, move-in coordination, concierge service, transportation and parking, family support and an emergency alert system.