The Facility:

Our featured job is located at McCrite Plaza Retirement Community located in Topeka, KS. McCrite offers a professional therapist a rewarding work environment in a quiet community.  McCrite is a family owned and operated retirement community, offering its residents the benefit of being able to age in place.  “The goal of aging in place has been the driving force in providing a full continuum of care. Security, safety and a full range of services allow resident’s needs to be met on a continuing basis.  The retirement apartments were built on the concept of medically based independent and assisted living, so that the resident can remain in their own gracious apartment with personal belongings.  If the need should arise for Residential Health Care, Skilled Medicare, Rehabilitation, Hospice or Memory Care, it is immediately available in the same caring, comfortable and safe environment.”  (www.mccriteretirement.com)

The complete continuum of care includes Independent Living, Home Health, Assisted Living, and Skilled Care. Services also include complete rehabilitation for residents Medicare Part A.  As a therapist with Key Rehab, you would be able to eval and treat the therapy patients in the Independent and Assistive Living Apartments, as well as those receiving skilled care in the Health Center.  This allows you, as a therapist, to get to know each resident throughout their aging process and to help them remain as independent as possible.  Enjoy working with a wide range of diagnosis, skill levels, and in various settings.

To read more about McCrite Plaza Retirement Community, please visit their website at (http://www.mccriteretirement.com)

The City:

Topeka, KS is a thriving city of 122,000 people located just 45 minutes west of Kansas City along interstate 70. With cultural amenities to rival big cities, Topekans revel in outdoor activities, excellent healthcare facilities, technologically advanced education, and a below-average cost of living…making Topeka one of the most livable cities in the Midwest.  If the arts are what you favor, enjoy Topeka’s Kansas Expocentre, the Performing Arts Center, the Civic Theatre and Academy, multiple Museums, and the Symphony Orchestra.  Or, if you prefer the outdoor life, with seven reservoirs within a fifty-mile radius, there’s plenty of opportunity for boating, water skiing, rowing and swimming. Over 90 parks offer fishing, hunting, boating, hiking, jogging, soccer, softball, tennis, community centers, and swimming pools and there are over a half-dozen public and private golf courses in the city.

Most commutes to work are under 15 minutes each way, leaving citizens of Topeka and Shawnee County plenty of time for leisure and recreational activities on a daily basis. New restaurants and clubs, a full array of sports teams and volunteer opportunities, and myriad activities for families and senior citizens combine to make Topeka attractive to all ages.

The six public school districts in Topeka/Shawnee County offer curricula that reflect current educational trends and technology for pre-school through high school graduation. Computer labs, up-to-date science labs, interdisciplinary team teaching, award winning debate and library programs and championship athletic programs.  Topeka is also a hub of higher education allowing Shawnee County residents access to a wide spectrum of undergraduate and graduate level programs.  Topeka is home to Washburn University, Friends University (Topeka campus), and University of Phoenix (Topeka Campus).  Numerous technical schools are located within a 50-mile radius of Topeka. Kaw Area Technical School (KATS) is located in Topeka and is closely aligned with Washburn University.  Topeka is also the state capital for Kansas which allows you many opportunities to network on the state political scene, if you or your family wishes!

To read more about Topeka, visit www.topekachamber.org.