Four Crucial Reasons Your Community Needs Boomer-Appeal, NOW! You’re undoubtedly aware that earlier this year Boomers began turning age 65 at a rate of about 10,000 per day, a pace that will continue for about 20 years. Many of them will eventually become residents of senior living communities. That equates to a long-term growth opportunity ...
Read moreWe were very honored Saturday, August 13, 2011, at the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Arizona North Chapter Annual Awards Dinner. First place in the Senior Living category was awarded to Principal LuAnn Thoma-Holec, ASID, for senior living interior design of the independent living bistro at MorningStar Senior Living’s Dayton Place community located in ...
Read moreWe are pleased to announce several strategic changes that we’ve implemented over the past several months to better serve clients and meet the growing demand for our unique, highly specialized senior living interior design service. Moved to New, Larger Design Studio Thoma-Holec Design has moved into a new, larger 4,200 SF space in Mesa, Arizona. ...
Read moreDayton Place in Denver, is featured in the December/January 2011 issue. Before opening Thoma-Holec Design, LLC in Gold Canyon, Arizona in 2006, interior designer LuAnn Thoma-Holec spent many years doing model home merchandising. “I helped sell a lot of homes, and made a lot of builders wealthy,” she reflects. In 1996, working as vice-president of a large interior firm’s model ...
Read morePictures are worth more than a thousand words! And… as you know, it can take more than a thousand words to accurately describe the furnishings, colors, textures, style, and mood of an interior space. Photo realistic images take away the uncertainties that clients or residents may have about a project. A 3-D photo realistic rendering ...
Read moreRemodeling or repositioning a community is always a challenge. Just the process is difficult, time consuming and often surprising. You may assume that the wall that you want removed is nonbearing, but then as the demolition begins, a support column is discovered. That electrical or plumbing should not be located there, but yet, it ...
Read moreInternet café, bistro, ice cream parlor, no matter what you call them, all residents love them! Alternative dining venues for long term care communities are one of the fastest growing amenities in new construction and existing communities today. Often as people age, they eat less, which can lead to undernourishment and health concerns. Environments that ...
Read moreOf course it is about the residents! Every person involved in the senior living industry, whether it be a marketing director, caregiver or housekeeper, has to have a passion for the senior resident, or else their work is just like any other meaningless job. The Assisted Living Federation of America’s (ALFA) supports the unique philosophy ...
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