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The
Masonic Homes of California's Union City community occupies a beautiful
305-acre hilltop site 40 miles east of San Francisco. The grounds are
gated and include 10 buildings. This campus offers Independent Living,
Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing, secure Alzheimer's/Dementia care and
hospice to approximately 300 residents.
The community includes a wide range of services and amenities for
residents and was designed with their needs in mind. The Ralph Head
Building—formerly known as the Administration Building—houses gracious
public areas that include: an extensive library, game rooms, an ice
cream parlor, a bingo parlor, gift shops, a carpentry workshop and a
movie screening room. This wing also showcases the many beautiful
antiques donated to the Masonic Homes over the past 100 years.
The Sedam Building houses medical and dental clinics, beauty and
barber shops, a spacious dining room and a meditation chapel. The
Siminoff Center holds the lodge room and worship center; the Lorber
Building offers 125 beds for Skilled Nursing care. The Traditions unit
houses 16 individuals suffering from Alzheimer\'s or other forms of
dementia. The Wollenberg/Grider Health Center includes a hydrotherapy
pool, other rehabilitation services, a fully-equipped and staffed
exercise room, a pharmacy and 26 Assisted Living apartments; and the
Adams Building houses 38 apartments, a complete ceramics studio, a
computer learning center and recreation facilities.
"My wife and I have been singularly blessed to be
here. People I hardly know always stop me and ask 'How can I help you?
How can I help her?'... I've never had so many offers for help in my
life... I have so many friends here."
— male resident of Union City talking about his experience when his wife was ill
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