TigerPlace

 

TigerPlace

What is TigerPlace?
TigerPlace is 32-unit retirement community. Resident units are a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments with kitchenettes and full baths. Residents receive housekeeping, laundry and dining services as part of their base rent. In addition, they contract with Sinclair Home Care, the home-health agency of the University of Missouri Health Care, for health care services as their needs warrant.

Initiated as a multidisciplinary service, education and research project at the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, TigerPlace is a model of (gerontological/geriatric) education, research, care delivery and environmental design for the 21st century. It is also a center for students, scholars, policy makers and entrepreneurs to research the new "Aging-in-Place" model in eldercare.

What is meant by "Aging in Place"?
 The "Aging-in-Place" model allows the elderly to receive health care in their preferred place of living. As their care needs increase, residents contract for more care in the same setting, eliminating the need for a move to a more restrictive living environment such as a nursing home.

TigerPlace Project contacts:

TigerPlace Project Director for SON:
Marilyn Rantz, RN, PhD, FAAN
TigerPlace Project Director for Americare Systems, Inc.:
Jean Summers
TigerPlace Project Coordinator for SON:
Donna Otto, RN, MSN
Americare Systems, Inc. Chairman:
Richard Montgomery

For more information on TigerPlace e-mail:
TigerPlace@missouri.edu or go to their web site at http://www.tigerplace.net

 

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