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We recently had the opportunity to sit down with three unique and lovely centenarians and asked them what their most valuable life lessons were, and also their regrets. The conversations that followed were remarkable. They talked about the importance of God, family, community, and love. Their view on life, as people with a lot of experience, is truly an inspiration and motivation.…

Carl Sandburg High School sophomore Sophia Bonaminio was looking for a way to serve, an opportunity to use her gifts to bring happiness into the lives of others. But what she received in return was more than she expected. “Helping out the residents of Victorian Village over the past year has brought me such joy,” Sophia says. …

“I was raised around older adults,” Nicole Norton says, as she discusses a youth spent mostly with her sister, her grandma, and her great aunt, who lived in a senior apartment building. She and her sister would go door-to-door, asking if they could help take out garbage or do dishes or any other chore. That helping spirit stayed with her all her life.…

After Roger’s successful CABG and a short hospital stay, he was discharged to Victorian Village Health & Wellness Center for therapy. Roger enjoyed the Small House, home-like setting when he had visitors who came to cheer him on to health during rehab. “I couldn’t ask for anything better,” he says.…

“I had a few different choices where I could go, but I chose to go to Victorian Village,” Judy says. Victorian Village Health & Wellness Center gave Judy the opportunity to have physical therapy and occupational therapy right there where she lived. “I couldn’t get over how quickly they got me better,” she says. “The therapists over there are just wonderful.” …

Allison was a bit concerned when she found out her mother Audrey needed to stay at a rehab center after a prolonged sickness. After all, she had watched her father go to a rehab facility, and it had been what she describes as “a very bad experience.” She and her sister were given three different choices for their mom’s care, so they visited all of them. One was Victorian Village Health & Wellness Center. “It was completely different from the others,” Allison says.…