Cielito Lindo
Affordable Senior Living Care with Mexican Charm and Beauty
Introduction
Cielito Lindo is just one element of Rancho los Labradores; an amazingly affordable assisted living facility and continuous care retirement community (CCRC), but our residents think of it as more of a country club styled resort than a CCRC. This location offers the perfect balance between isolation and easy access to one of the most amazing cities in the world; offering peace, privacy and safety, yet very ready access to San Miguel De Allende (just 8 miles away) via the free daily shuttle (4 times a day), Uber and taxis..
We are nestled within Rancho los Labradores which is a one-of-a-kind gated community just north of beautiful San Miguel de Allende. Retirees, most often US and Canadian expatriates, enjoy the tropical climate and Mexican charm of their villas, the cobblestone streets, and the fabulous amenities. If and when the need arises for some sort of care assistance, it can be acquired ‘a la carte’ from Cielito Lindo. Those still desiring independent living, but perhaps not all the responsibility that comes with owning or leasing a villa, enjoy long-term arrangements in one of the exquisite suites in the Rancho Los Labradores Hotel.
Cielito Lindo provides the ‘a la carte’ assisted living services to those living in villas and the hotel. Cielito Lindo also offers spacious and lovely suites for assisted living and memory care, plus all the various care services that are required. The enclosed gardens, patios and therapy pools provide lots of beautiful outdoor living space to enjoy while ensuring the safety of and assistance for our residents when required. Collectively, the surrounding Rancho los Labradores villas, hotel and community facilities along with Cielito Lindo provide a comprehensive and highly flexible senior living solution that is affordable, friendly, safe, and overall, just a lovely place to be no matter what your stage of life or particular needs.
If you are interested in finding out more, we would be delighted to provide you with whatever information and support you need in the manner and timing that you wish. There is no high-pressure sales here. We are passionate about what we do, and see it as a ‘calling’, not just a job. So it really would be our pleasure to help you become more informed about retirement and/or care in Mexico.
Download your free guide, ‘The Expatriate Guide to Senior Living in Mexico’. You can also read this guide online here.
Please give us a call and let us help you explore your options. +1.888.406.7990 (US & CDN) or 001.881.406.7990 (MX)
What Sets Us Apart
We believe that our philosophies and approach towards independent and assisted living set us apart from most if not all other facilities you will encounter. Here are some points to back up that assertion.
Total Assistance – We understand that the caregiver role is incredibly heartbreaking, challenging and depleting in so many regards. Likewise, it can be emotionally overwhelming. That is why we offer a broad spectrum of support to the caregiver and the family as well as the resident.
Flexibility and Continuity – We truly understand that there is no universal solution, nor will things remain the same forever. With that in mind, our offering is extremely flexible. We offer services to those living independently in our villas or hotel, we offer long-term independent living in our hotel for those not wanting the complexity and cost of a villa, but still wanting greater independence than in Cielito Lindo, we offer independent and assisted Living within Cielito Lindo with any variety of support and care services desired, and we offer Memory Care and Hospice. Individuals can have the lifestyle they want and the support and care they need, as those needs arise.
Assisted Loving – No, that is not a typo, nor do we mean to be cute or trite. It is genuinely how we approach assisted living. It is one of the benefits that comes naturally being in Mexico. We don’t just clinically go through the motions of caregiving, rather, we are culturally ingrained with deep respect, and love for our elders and instinctively treat them with warmth, respect, dignity and loving care.
Cost – It is startling to find out just how expensive assisted living services can be. In fact, it is so costly that it is not uncommon for some families to experience financial ruin after a couple of years of care, or equally upsetting, they have to settle for a much lower quality of care than they believed their loved-one deserves. The cost of care in Mexico can by 60% or less of what you would pay in the US, not to mention the outstanding quality of care we can offer. Even more significantly, most facilities in the USA charge another 25%-35% for Memory Care over Assisted Living.
Warmth, Beauty and Charm – True, we have an ideal climate here in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. But what is even more important is the aesthetic beauty and warmth of our facilities, the architecture, the gardens, the suites, and the lovely surrounding facilities.
Staff – We have a full complement of qualified staff and maintain a 3 to 1 ratio of residents to staff. But what is of even more important to note is that our onsite team includes a full time Physical Therapist, Psychologist and Doctor. Practically no other facility offers this level of highly qualified care as part of the full-time team.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Clearly, there is no single solution that universally fits everyones needs. We think we are pretty unique in how we address this.
Cielito Lindo is nestled within the private estate of Rancho Labradores with cobble stone streets lined with beautiful Mexican style villas. Within Rancho Laradores, there are natural water features, a theater, an ecumenical chapel, offices and studios, swimming pools, El Cafe where many of the locals meet nearly daily to dine and socialize, a weekly produce and flower mart, regular shuttles to and from downtown San Miguel and the Hotel Rancho Labradores.
The hotel has suites suitable for short and long term stays and even independent living with support. Each villa is entirely unique. The residents are primarily ex-pat retirees looking for an affordable, warm, beautiful, peaceful and safe lifestyle with the rich culture and the beauty of San Miguel de Allende readily accessible when desired.
In some cases one member of a household requires a certain degree of support, and this can be provided ‘a la carte’ by Cielito Lindo as needed. In other cases, it is understood that a member of the household will need progressively more care, and so it makes all the more sense to be located right by Cielito Lindo as a transition to greater care occurs over some period of time.
This flexibility, right from the start, and have evolving needs along the way, is one of the unique features of Cielito Lindo.
Independent
Villas
A la carte services for seniors who want to live in a two bedroom independent home, with access to meals, caregiver support, and social activities.
Independent
Living
We provide fabulous suites and any degree of assistance you might need or desire while you enjoy our long-term accommodations in the Labradores Hotel.
Assisted
Living
Trained caregivers provide assisted living care by providing assistance with activities of daily living, meal, preventative medical medication management,
Memory
Center
Specifically designed memory care environments with regular physical and cognitive exercises to help with dementia asset preservation.
Hospice
Care
Trained specialists manage pain and provide palliative care during the last months of life where the treatment focus shifts from cure to comfort.
In Mexico?
Ok, to be honest, there are plenty of reasons why Mexico may not be an answer for everyone. But on the other hand, don’t be too quick to discount Cielito Lindo as a viable option. If you are concerned about safety, language, and/or logistics then hang in there, we might still be the solution for you.
Furthermore, if you coming to your wits end trying to find the right combination of incredible, loving, proactive, high quality care at an affordable price, then Cielito Lindo is a top candidate to meet your needs. This is especially true if you are prioritizing factors such as loving care, beautiful location, fabulous facilities, wonderful suites, high quality care and affordability over other factors that might be a little adverse, such as lack of local access unless you relocate also, international travel, international complexities, working in another language (at times) and so on.
Again, it is not for everyone, but it certainly is for some, especially when you consider the fabulous care at half the cost.
We have put together some information that will resolve a lot of the mystery and concern you may have up to this point.
Download your free copy of ‘The Expatriate Guide to Senior Living in Mexico’
Additionally, please feel free to give us a call at +1 888.406.7990 or email us at information.cielitolindo@gmail.com.
Book Recommendation
“Where is Whitney Now? A Husband’s Alzheimer’s Journal and Caregiver Guide” takes the reader through the arduous twelve year journey of caregiver Don Cramer. In his struggle to keep his own life balanced and thriving as he cares for his treasured wife, both of their lives are slowly erased by the unrelenting steamroller of early onset Alzheimer’s. Whitney was only 57 when she was diagnosed.
A 2014 Merrill Lynch survey revealed that Alzheimer’s is the scariest, most feared of all diseases, by a wide margin. Relentless and incurable, it affects those with the diagnosis and everyone around them. But little has been written about the day-to-day challenges that face the caregiver; the constant vigilance, the need to take on ever-increasing responsibilities, the social and financial pressures, the heartbreaking estrangement, the desperate need for help, plus understanding how to cope with the massive changes they face as a loved one’s brain is compromised.
Where is Whitney Now? is an intimate, heartfelt, no-holds-barred recounting of the Cramers’ seemingly charmed lives, and the frightening erosion of the life they had planned. When Whitney suddenly slipped beyond Don’s ability to manage her care, it required an immediate, gut-wrenching move to the enchanting colonial hill town of San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico, where he had located a remarkable Alzheimer’s facility to provide the loving care for Whitney he had thought impossible.
What happens in San Miguel is compelling, heartbreaking and inspiring. Where is Whitney Now? interweaves the story of the Cramers’ first ten years with Alzheimer’s along with Don’s journal entries of Whitney’s continuing decline since arriving in Mexico. The story reveals his jumble of emotions, his care-taking strategies, his profound sense of loss, and the search for his own new place in the world.
It is a fascinating read: sobering, and ultimately transformative. As we watch Whitney slip away, we have a front row seat on the unstoppable rollercoaster of the escalating demands required to handle a future they could not have imagined.
Don ultimately ended up living in San Miguel de Allende after determining that Cielito Lindo was the right place for his beloved wife, Whitney.
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