When Barbara and Wendell August joined the Oak Crest priority list in September 2017, Irma, a category five hurricane, was causing widespread destruction, the Houston Astros were on their way to becoming the world champs and the words COVID-19 didn’t exist.
When Barbara and Wendell August joined the Oak Crest priority list in September 2017, Irma, a category five hurricane, was causing widespread destruction, the Houston Astros were on their way to becoming the world champs and the words COVID-19 didn’t exist.A lot can change within a few years, but what didn’t change was Barbara and Wendall’s desire for a maintenance-free lifestyle in a community where they could enjoy world-class amenities and peace-of-mind for the future.
“We lived in our house in Bel Air for 40 years. Over time it felt too big for just the two of us,” says Barbara. “Our kids were all grown, and we spread out in the house after they left, but there was no need for all that space.”
They also grew weary of taking care of their four-bedroom colonial.
“We painted and kept it looking nice but things were getting old and we didn’t want to invest more money into it. Plus, we liked to take care of the work ourselves but it was getting to be too much for us,” says Barbara.
In early 2020 they decided to make good on their plans to move to Oak Crest. They didn’t know it then, but their timing turned out to be perfect.
“We picked our apartment out just before the pandemic hit,” says Barbara. “The apartment we wanted became available sooner than we expected, and we didn’t want to miss out on it, so we decided to take a leap of faith and move a little sooner than we had planned, at the end of April.”
Throughout the pandemic, Oak Crest’s sales team continued to work with prospective residents and Oak Crest priority list members like Barbara and Wendell, who decided living at an Erickson Living community was a better option for retirement living than staying in their house—potentially with limited resources.
Better together
“One of the advantages of moving to an Erickson Living-managed community like Oak Crest is that you’ll be part of a family of communities,” says Sales Director Dan Plakatoris.
“We come together quickly to support each other, celebrate life and keep each other safe and connected during challenging times like a pandemic, hurricane, winter storm or heatwave. Our community has an expert team of on-site medical professionals, looking out for your physical and emotional well-being, so you and your family can rest easy,” he says.
Written by Danielle Rexrode
