Retirement Center
Shannondale Retirement Center Offers Monthly Rental Plans, Membership Fee Plans and Full Health Care Programs. You may select either a monthly rental plan or the membership fee plan at Shannondale Retirement Center. A selected number of single rooms, efficiency and one-bedroom apartments are available on a monthly basis with no prior membership payment. All plans have the same basic daily services. Three tempting meals served each day are prepared in our own kitchens and served restaurant style at your table in a beautiful, spacious dining room.Varied social, spiritual, and cultural activities at no extra cost add to the personal care you receive at Shannondale.

A nurse is on duty 24 hours a day and a physician is available weekly. Optional lifetime health care benefits provide complete access to Shannondale Health Care Center, a 200-bed skilled nursing facility located immediately adjacent to the Retirement Center.

Enjoy Creative, Social, Religious & Cultural Activities
For your enjoyment, crafts instruction, art classes and exhibits, decorating and gardening; bridge and related games, shuffleboard and croquet; lectures, movies, slides, travelogues, and educational films as varied as the content of the University film library; vocal and instrumental soloists and ensembles from the city symphony, the U.T. music department and by some of the area’s best choral groups; a room full of well selected books which are replenished regularly; scheduled exercise sessions; Sunday and midweek worship services led by visiting ministers as well as Shannondale’s chaplain’s resident-planned devotional groups and parties. A pleasing and personal enrichment is certain with a high level of participation in the many and varied programs encouraged by the activities director.

Other Services & More
Complete maintenance with weekly housekeeping services including linen changes; beautician, barber, manicurist, podiatrist and seamstress visits; hand-rails, night lights and emergency call buttons; sundries shop, personal items, postage, checks cashed; own laundry or outside pick-up service; transportation to shopping centers, doctor and dental appointments, and more.

Basic Admission Information
An applicant or married couple may enter at age 62 or older. Residents must be in reasonably good health-as certified by a medical examination before entering - and able to care for their own personal needs.