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Suite Living Senior Care of Little Canada Suite Living Senior Care of Little Canada will feature a total of 32 private units with 18 of them providing high acuity assisted living services and the other 14 providing memory care services. The building will be single-story, wood frame construction with high quality finishes that resembles a single-family residential design. The facility will focus on providing a more intimate setting where residents are encouraged to interact with one another in a homelike environment while enjoying serene outdoor wooded views. The project will also feature amenities and services for the convenience of the residents including dining facilities, sitting rooms, beauty shop, outdoor living areas, visiting physicians and home cooked meals. The assisted living residents will be able to enjoy a home-like atmosphere in a setting that allows them the freedom to participate in many amenities that not only help assist them in their daily care needs but also provide them with a higher quality of life than that offered in a more institutional setting. The memory care residents are provided with their own secure area of the building that has it’s own separate amenities like a congregate dining room, activity/craft area and a secure memory garden/patio. These residents benefit from a life enrichment program that is specially designed for residents with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Staff at Suite Living of Little Canada will be trained in serving those with Alzheimer’s/Dementia, Parkinson’s and other specialty needs usually unmet by other senior care facilities. Suite Living will employ about 25 full-time equivalent and part-time positions. Through a simple floor plan design and a unique staffing structure, Suite Living can provide a highly acute level of care in a less institutionalized setting. At Suite Living, our goal is to provide our residents the right care at the right time. The property is located at 93 West Little Canada Road in Little Canada, a commuter town located just 7.3 miles outside of St. Paul and 12.0 miles from downtown Minneapolis. The property is in Ramsey County, the 2nd most populous county in Minnesota with a population in excess of 538,000 and 218,169 households. As of 2014 estimates, 12.9% of the population was 65 and older.