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Arrowhead Senior Living Brings Top-Notch Senior Care With Lake Of The Ozarks Roots

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Joe Perkin, a Vice President of Midwest Health, knows the Lake of the Ozarks.

He grew up here, after all, and his wife Erica’s family has been here since before anybody can remember. Joe proposed to Erica on the tiny island at the 7 Mile Marker, across the channel from The Horny Toad & Shady Gators. Joe took Erica there to propose because he was a little concerned she might be a flight risk. His fears were well-founded.

“She said ‘No,’” he recalls, laughing.

“I was terrified,” Erica adds.

But Erica’s fiery determination was no match for Joe’s gentle powers of persuasion, and within minutes, she was wearing a ring: a good thing, since a celebration was awaiting them back on the mainland. Now, 21 years later, Erica says she’s glad Joe didn’t let her bail out.

Joe’s first job was in a senior care facility. They called him a “Nutrition Specialist,” but what that really meant was he rolled silverware and carried trays of food to residents. Soon, he was managing a Lake of the Ozarks facility. It was there that Erica strode into his office one day and told him she was pregnant with their first, Sophia.

Now the Perkins live in Kansas City; they go to as many Royals and Chiefs games as they can, and Sophia is in her freshman year at KU. And Joe is spending more time at Lake of the Ozarks lately, overseeing the finishing touches on one of the biggest developments at the Lake in the last several years: Arrowhead Senior Living.

A Midwest Health property, Arrowhead is the first step in what developer Gary Mitchell plans to be a massive undertaking to turn the former Dogwood Hills Golf Resort into a sprawling lifestyle center on the west side of Osage Beach, down Route KK. But regardless of what happens across the street, Arrowhead Senior Living stands on its own two feet.

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The property is stunning: large, timber-framed architecture sets the tone, and the immaculate interior is decorated throughout with real arrowheads and arrowhead-themed artwork, much of which was found at Lake of the Ozarks area markets, shows, and even yard sales. With 90 Assisted Living units (16 of which are in memory care) and 50 skilled nursing (long-term care) suites, Arrowhead has plenty of room to welcome senior residents with a wide range of needs. They have a state-of-the-art stepdown unit too, for senior residents who have been released from hospital care, with 30 rapid-recovery suites. Lake Regional Hospital is thrilled about the chance to refer patients to Arrowhead, Joe says. The new facility’s proximity to the hospital will likely be appealing to patients needing to move to stepdown, from the hospital.

Arrowhead Senior Living Grand Opening In Osage Beach: Peek Inside [PHOTOS]

A massive new, luxury senior living community, Arrowhead Senior Living celebrated its Grand Opening event on Saturday, Feb. 16. Arrowhead is located on Route KK in Osage Beach, across from the former Dogwood Hills Golf Course, and is the first phase in a planned $385 million development for the area.

For more information or to inquire about residency, call 573-552-0338 or visit arrowheadosage.com.

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But it’s not just the decor that impresses: Arrowhead is designed by a company that has 40 years of experience in senior care. Midwest Health has more than 60 communities across five states. Arrowhead is now the largest.

Features like a dining area that feels nothing like a cafeteria and everything like a cafe, memory care rooms with always-on floor-level lighting and a space that encourages residents to get out of their room and mingle, a clear separation between “back of the house” and “front of the house”… these are birthed from experience, and speak to Midwest Health’s incredible attention to detail.

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For Jim Klausman, CEO of Midwest health and cofounder with Butch Eaton, excellence is simply the only option. Jim is involved in the most intricate details of his company; he’s not just watching dollars and cents, he’s also making sure every place is achieving next-level quality of care. Jim is an achiever in a way most of us can only dream to be.

Jim and his wife Joleen—who embodies Midwesterner warmth—are Lake of the Ozarks people too. They live near the company’s headquarters, in Topeka, Kan., but they have a Lake house at the 20 Mile Marker.

“We’ve made some of our best friends because of our Lake home,” Jolene says. They bought the house in the ‘90s, and she says they want to spend as much time as possible at the Lake. It was only a matter of time until Jim’s company built here.

Arrowhead Senior Living is senior care like the Lake of the Ozarks has never seen, and is now accepting both Medicaid and private-pay residents. For more information, call 573-552-0338 or visit arrowheadosage.com


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