Make Our Home Your Home!
Perhaps this will be the year you or a loved one decides to move into our secure and comfortable home. A quaint home like atmosphere is VISIBLE as soon as you enter the FRITZ REUTER RETIREMENT COMMUNITY. You’ll find residents chatting in the temperature controlled solarium, or watching our fish in the aquarium while listening to our cockatiels chirping in their cage or just relaxing and viewing their favorite television shows. A very congenial ambience is present in all 3 levels of our community.
Our flexible entrance fees and monthly service charge guarantee TOTAL LIFE CARE with no additional charges except beauty parlor/barber, telephone and cable. It is the most affordable community due to the fact that we are tax exempt and not for profit.
Continuous care.... Independent Apartments, Residential and Skilled Nursing .... Our modern apartments are comprised of studios, 1 and 2 bedrooms. Residents moving into the apartments may live independently for as long as they are able. The main meal is included in the entrance fee and is served in our beautiful dining room. Housekeeping and laundry services are available as well as an emergency call bell system in each bedroom and bathroom. Each apartment has its own private balcony.
Our retirees live independently in their apartments for as long as they are able to. Should the time come and they can no longer live without assistance they will then be able to move into our Residential facility which is connected to the apartment building.
In the Residential facility, residents reside in a private room or 2-room suite with bath, receive three (3) meals served in our dining room, all housekeeping and laundry is included. Also, all medical assistance is provided at NO EXTRA CHARGE. When a resident moves into the Residential unit, they drop their secondary health insurance since all medical bills will be paid for by the Fritz Reuter Community. Assistance with bathing, dressing, ambulation and medications is all provided at no extra cost. Most importantly, we do not “nickel & dime” you if any additional care is ever needed. One may enter directly into our Residential community if assistance is needed.
Specialists that visit our community on a regular basis include our medical director, dentist, ophthalmologist, physical therapist, podiatrist, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, speech and occupational thera- pists, lab and x-ray technicians.
Home cooked meals are prepared daily in our state-of-the-art kitchen which is supervised by our state-certified dietician who makes sure that all meals are well- balanced and nutritious. If residents require special diets, we provide meals to fit their special needs.
Upon availability, one may enter directly into our Nursing Care Unit at a very reasonable 1-time entrance fee and monthly service charge. Most importantly, there are no additional charges for whatever care you may need.
Our Recreational Staff makes sure that our residents are motivated both physically and mentally. We have regularly scheduled exercise classes and an exercise room with toning equipment, circulation table, treadmill, stationary bicycles with back supports, etc. Literary discussions, artistic presentations and lectures, bridge, and trivia, are available on a monthly schedule.
“I’m not ready yet,” is the most common remark that seniors make in regard to deciding to move into a retirement community. I tell them, “when you think you are ready, it may be too late,” says Noreen Wendt, Marketing Director. Making the decision to move out of your house is very traumatic. However, if you move into a retirement community and then need to move again into a nursing home, it is very difficult especially after one has become acclimated to the community . ONE MOVE TO FRITZ REUTER IS ALL THAT IT WILL EVER TAKE AND YOUR WORRIES ARE OVER.
According to David Kolk, Administrator of Fritz Reuter, “What sets Fritz Reuter apart from other lifecare communities is the personal, familylike atmosphere. Unlike the larger, corporate owned communities, our staff is able to know the individual needs and preferences of our residents. Our residents thoroughly enjoy the personal attention and the sense of security in knowing that they are an integral part of a community where high quality care is a hallmark.
”We have 2 beauty parlors, 3 dining rooms, banking facility, billiards and a community room , arts & crafts, chapel, greenhouse, library, ballroom/theater, and a climate controlled solarium plus a beautiful garden with relaxing pond for our resident’s enjoyment.
Additional Unique Feature: our well known affiliated organization, Schuetzen Park Corporation, located on our premises, can offer exceptional low cost catering/rental accommodations to our residents as well as the general public. Banquet and ballrooms are available for any type of special individual, family or corporate event.
According to Robert Jones, “I loved my home on Staten Island. It served me well for 30 years... however, the house seemed to become bigger than necessary with burdensome responsibilities and expenses. Add to the equation my retirement and my weaning youthful abilities like shoveling snow and mowing the lawn. And finally add one more defining brick called loneliness and isolation. I needed a life change in very a big way.” “That change came either by fate or a guiding hand from a source on high. I was introduced to Fritz Reuter Life Care Retirement Community on a tour by Noreen Wendt a year ago. I was impressed then and am in love with the home now that I’m a permanent resident. I never ate nutritious food at home (I don’t cook). Something magical about the preparations in the Fritz Reuter kitchen makes these dishes delicious.
”One move to Fritz Reuter is all that it will ever take and you’re taken care of for your entire life. Isn’t that what you or your loved ones deserve? Most importantly, don’t wait until something happens to you. Make the move when you are mentally and physically able to enjoy the rest of your life without any worries.
Please call Noreen Wendt at 201-867-3585 for further information and schedule a private tour. Please visit our website @ www.fritzreuter.com.
“I have freedom, entering into the independent living section, to come and go as I please. I can have socialization if I wish and privacy when I don’t. The nutritious main meal is always a treat. Truthfully, most importantly I know that when and if my health deteriorates along with my capabilities, Fritz Reuter will continue to take care of me and preserve my quality of life for… the rest of my life. That is a huge reward that awaits all of us here.”
Bob Jones, Staten Island