Living at Albanella
Albanella Home is developing an accessible residential community for older adults in San Antonio, Texas, with support planned around each person.
Illustrative photograph. Not the Albanella residence.
One Home, Five Planned Pillars
The planned model brings dignified housing, daily support, coordinated health and care, nutrition, transportation, wellness, family involvement, safety and meaningful community life together around each person.
The Home
Accessible residential living planned around dignity, independence and daily life.
Daily Life Support
Planned support for everyday routines, nutrition and transportation.
Care Coordination
Person-centered coordination with qualified health and care partners.
Wellness & Community
Wellness, enrichment, connection and meaningful community life.
Family Partnership
Family navigation, respite planning, benefits referrals and ongoing connection.
Each element is part of a planned model and will be delivered only within the licenses and qualified partnerships it requires.
The Home
At its core, Albanella is planned as an accessible residential community for older adults: a home, organized around the people who will live there.
Planning includes accessible residential design, property development, furnishing, operational readiness and connection with the surrounding community.
Accessibility and safe mobility
Room for each person's preferences, history and choices
Connection with neighbors and the wider community
Property acquisition and construction are part of current development work.
Daily Life Support
Planned support designed to help older adults maintain their routines and their independence.
Everyday support is planned to come together around each person, so the pieces of daily life stay connected.
Daily living
Help with everyday routines, planned around each person’s choices.
Nutrition
Meals, nutrition and hydration; food-safety standards are planned under the policy framework.
Transportation
Coordinated transportation; transportation and driver policies are in development.
Case management
Coordination that keeps each person’s support connected.
Respite
Planned respite that gives family caregivers time to rest.
Care Coordination
Health and care are planned to be coordinated around each person through qualified partners, with each person, not the institution, at the center.
Person-centered plans
Planning shaped by each person’s preferences, history and choices.
Provider coordination
Coordination with qualified, credentialed health and care providers.
Telehealth
Access to telehealth through qualified partners.
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation coordinated with qualified partners.
Memory support
Memory support coordinated with qualified partners.
Palliative and hospice coordination
Coordination with qualified palliative and hospice partners.
About regulated services
In the planned model, health and care services are coordinated through qualified partners. Any regulated service will operate only within the licenses, credentials and agreements it requires, and will not begin before they are in place.
Person-Centered Practice
Support will be shaped by each person’s preferences, history, identity and choices. Albanella is developing the practices and the workforce to match.
Person-centered planning
Individual assessment and planning, with privacy, confidentiality and consent.
Dementia-informed practice
Practices grounded in training to support people living with dementia.
Trauma-informed practice
Practices grounded in training in trauma-informed approaches.
Culturally informed practice
Respect for cultural diversity, identity and language, with language access.
Bilingual caregiver workforce
Preparing a bilingual caregiver workforce and local career pathways.
These are development goals. Training, competencies and credentials will be documented before future operations begin.
Wellness & Community
Life at Albanella is planned to include wellness, enrichment and meaningful community life, with room to learn, connect, contribute, celebrate and enjoy each day.
Keep learning
Room to keep learning, exploring and staying curious.
Good company
Conversation and friendship as part of everyday life.
Staying active
Wellness woven into ordinary days, indoors and out.
Time outdoors
Fresh air, shared time and connection with the wider community.
Enjoying life
Space to celebrate, share traditions and enjoy each day.
Illustrative scenes. They do not show Albanella residents, programs or events.
Family Partnership
Families are planned in as partners, with a trusted ally, clear communication and support of their own.
Family navigation
Help understanding options, services and next steps.
Ongoing partnership
Planned partnership with families, caregivers, volunteers and the community.
Respite planning
Planning that gives family caregivers time to rest.
Benefits referrals
Referrals to benefits resources through qualified organizations.
Family communication
Planned procedures for incidents and family notification.
Caregiver education and peer support groups are described within the veteran-sensitive pathway in development.
“We will not measure success only by rooms built or services delivered, but by residents who feel known, families supported and a community strengthened.”
Director and Authorized Signer, Albanella Home
Safety, Rights & Trust
Albanella is building a documented system of rights, safety and accountability to support every program before it launches.
Rights and dignity
Rights and responsibilities
Non-discrimination, accessibility and language access
Privacy, confidentiality and consent
Complaints and appeals
Protection and safety
Prevention of abuse, neglect and exploitation
Incident reporting and family notification
Emergency and disaster continuity
Infection prevention, falls and safe mobility
Background checks, training and supervision
Each policy will be approved, adapted to the applicable license and program, and communicated before it takes effect. Concerns will be documented, protected from retaliation, investigated and escalated to the appropriate authorities.
Framework established. Adoption and program-specific adaptation are pending.
Common Questions
Answers reflect where Albanella is today. If your question isn’t here, we’d be glad to hear from you.
Not yet. Albanella Home is an initiative in development in San Antonio, Texas. Current work includes property acquisition, construction, partnerships, financing, licensing and operational readiness.
Albanella is being planned as an accessible residential community for older adults, bringing dignified housing, daily support, care coordination, nutrition, transportation, family involvement, wellness, safety and meaningful community life together around each person.
Health and care are planned to be coordinated around each person through qualified partners. Any regulated service will operate only within the licenses, credentials and agreements it requires.
The planned model coordinates health and care through qualified partners. Albanella will not represent or begin a regulated service unless the required licenses, credentials and agreements are in place.
No license is represented as established at this stage. Required licenses will be verified and in place before any regulated service begins.
The planned model includes family navigation, respite planning, benefits referrals, ongoing communication and partnership with families and caregivers.
Albanella is developing a veteran-sensitive pathway within the broader residential model, with housing support, transportation, caregiver support, wellness, referrals and connection through qualified public and community partners.
Let’s stay connected.
Older adults, families and caregivers are welcome to reach out as Albanella develops.