Sonoma County, California is about to be home to a new type of memory care community with a focus on wellness and preventative health for seniors, situated at 6575 Oakmont Drive, Santa Rosa.
That's the vision for MD Senior Wellness, a 27-bed community that is currently under development. The community's founder, Dr. Rajesh Kalra, is a physician who has worked at Kaiser Permanente, where he was formerly the director of pain medicine.
He described the concept of the Aroha Memory Care Facility as "wellness-based lifestyle medicine."
"I am board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, pain management, lifestyle medicine and obesity medicine," Dr. Kalra told Senior Housing News.
MD Senior Wellness will offer residents an "elevated concept of good nutrition" by advocating for a healthy diet, helping residents sleep seven to eight hours a night, and aiding them in forging social connections.
Joining Kalra in the business is his wife Nisha, a dentist who will practice oral care with residents to help fill "a gap in what's being provided for seniors," he said.
