About 30 people attended an event at the TPC Tournament Players Club in Valencia Wednesday evening to meet the new team from Oakmont of Santa Clarita.

Owned and managed by Oakmont Senior Living, Oakmont of Santa Clarita is an independent and assisted living senior community that is planned to be open in December.

Oakmont of Santa Clarita will have 80 pet-friendly units on Newhall Ranch Road. Model apartments are expected to become available for viewing in September.

This was the first event where Oakmont of Santa Clarita introduced their team to other professionals around the Santa Clarita Valley, according to Oakmont officials.

The Oakmont of Santa Clarita team consists of four members: Melissa Koch, Mary Dembkowski, Katie Leonard and Margie Veis.

Some of the attendees included Suzanne Nelson from SCV Senior Center and Rick Paterson, the immediate past president from the SCV Committee on Aging.

Dave Perry, the Assistant Field Deputy from County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich’s local office in Santa Clarita was also among the attendees.

About Oakmont of Santa Clarita

Oakmont of Santa Clarita is a premier senior community situated on a beautifully landscaped campus. Developed by Oakmont Senior Living, Oakmont of Santa Clarita provides exceptional quality, comfort and care with five star services and amenities.

“We have just sweeping views of the valley and of Magic Mountain,” said Executive Director Margie Veis. “We’re going to have a wide range of residents that are going to be living there.”

Residents enjoy a rewarding lifestyle with individualized comprehensive support that promotes continuing independence.

“The residents will have activities that are suited to them; they will have meal time in a way that they feel that they have dignity and it’s a restaurant feel, but if they need assistance or sometimes they need a special utensil … it can be done so that they don’t lose that dignity, and they can still enjoy the socialization of a mealtime just like you or I would,” Veis said. “There will be a little additional staffing there, and the staff is specifically trained to deal with dementia and Alzheimer’s, because it takes a very special person to work with that diagnosis.”

A specific area of the community has been designated for seniors who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, and through a program called “Traditions Memory Care,” these seniors will receive specialized assistance to suit their needs.

“We will have a nurse on duty about 16 hours a day, so they’ll kind of be monitoring the wellness of your loved one,” Veis said. “If we start to see signs– maybe someone’s not eating enough or somebody’s falling –we can intervene; the family can intervene.

Oakmont Senior Living is a recognized leader in the retirement industry, having planned and developed more than 40 retirement communities in the western United States. Their company is dedicated to hearing, understanding and responding to the needs of aging seniors.