Chapter 01
Omaha to the Ozarks
Phyllis Nakamura moved to Bella Vista in 2006 to care for her parents, who had retired here. Her father's stroke made the house very quiet, and there was nowhere nearby for him to spend the day.
Our story
How we got here
How a nurse from Omaha built a day center for a town full of transplants.
Our story
Back issues
Chapter 02
The lodge on Kingsland
In 2009 she leased an old golf-community lodge above Lake Windsor, widened the doors, put in a kitchen and a shower suite and opened with fourteen members. Her father was the first.
Chapter 03
A town of transplants
Our members came from eleven states. Most of their children live far away, so we built the weekly email, the video care conferences and the long-distance phone tree that families depend on.
Chapter 04
Today
Forty-some members come on a typical day. We added therapy in 2015 and the Parkinson's class in 2018, and we still get to the water every week the weather allows.
- 2009opened by the lake
- 46members on a typical day
- 11states our members moved from
- 4:1members to staff
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Readers' Choice · Best Senior Program
- Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
- Parkinson's Support Group · Partner Site
- County Chamber · Small Business of the Year
- Regional Hospital · Preferred Day Program
- Veterans Coalition · Community Partner
- Lake Trails Alliance · Accessible Outings Partner
The great room fills up at ten.
Come for a tour and stay for lunch, or bring your parent for a free day with the van included.