The Bosque Haven Blog
What we are learning while we build. Written by us, not by a marketing department.
What You Will Find Here
2 kinds of writing, and we try to keep them separate.
The first is practical help for families. How to tell when it is time. What questions to ask on a tour. How to talk to a parent who does not want to move. Things we wish someone had told our own family.
The second is progress on the house. Construction updates, licensing milestones, and the decisions we are making about how this place will run. If you are considering Bosque Haven for someone you love, you should be able to watch us build it.
We write when there is something worth saying, and post shorter construction updates on Facebook and Instagram in between. We will not send you anything you did not ask for.
Recent Posts
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What Memory Care Costs in Rio Rancho, and What the Price Does Not Include
Three different sources publish three different averages for memory care in Rio Rancho, and they disagree by more than 16,000 dollars a year. Here is what drives the spread and what to ask on every tour.
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New Mexico’s Dementia Roadmap Calls for 25 New Beds Over 5 Years. We will be 16 of Them.
New Mexico’s draft dementia roadmap raises demand 3 years before it raises capacity, and its funding section is still unwritten. My take on the plan.
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Why We Believe a Window is More Than Just Glass
A coworker once called our workplace a warehouse for lives. That line stayed with me, and it shaped how we designed every room in this house.
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More Than Just a Haircut: Why Personal Care Matters
My mom joked she should be buried with a box of hair dye. Underneath the joke is something real about dignity, and what it costs when care homes overlook it.
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The 16-Bedroom Difference
Sixteen private bedrooms, sixteen private bathrooms. Why we would not compromise on that, and what crowded hallways do to the people who work in them.
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Bringing Heartfelt Senior Care to New Mexico
A year of research, podcasts, and conversations with people already doing this work. Here is how we decided to build a residential care home in Rio Rancho.
Following Along
We post construction photos and shorter updates on Facebook and Instagram between blog posts.
Have a Question We Should Answer Here?
If you are wrestling with something, other families are too. Tell us and we will write about it.