Glenn’s Trumpet Notes

Quail Park of Lynnwood

Along driveway to hilltop entrance to Quail Park of Lynnwood

Want quiet privacy in the city? Try Quail Park of Lynnwood (QPL), where I played my one-hour Christmas trumpet show, “Things Remembered,” on 15 December 2019. About 25 residents attended; meanwhile, the Seattle Seahawks played the Carolina Panthers, and others watched the game elsewhere on TV. The award-winning QPL is situated on a hill between Highway 99 and I-5, but you’d never know it if you didn’t see the sign pointing up the driveway through the trees. Drive up there into the sunshine at the top.

When I did so, I found that they are building new facilities and enlarging the complex. QPL offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care. There are 85 existing apartments and 45 memory care suites. The expansion will add another 96 apartments, along with 26 luxury cottages. Please see https://www.quailparkoflynnwood.com.

Candace Hartzell, Life Enhancement Director, invited me to play there. My “Things Remembered” show is one of six that I perform. It consists of 25 familiar pieces—14 Christmas songs and 11 others, mostly from popular musicals and movies from the residents’ era. I used my Getzen trumpet (c.1977) and Super Olds cornet (1954), along with two mutes, and my Yamaha Allen Vizzutti mouthpiece.

Veterans Administration Benefits 

I have now played my trumpet shows at 15 different retirement communities from Issaquah to Edmonds, and QPL’s website is the first one I’ve seen that includes information which encourages veterans to use their benefits in order to live there. Here is some of that information:

Types of Benefits Administered by Veterans Benefits Administration

• Education benefits
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Home loans
• Health care
• Life insurance
• Burial benefits
• Service-connected compensation and non-service connected pension
• Survivor’s Benefits (Dependency and Indemnity Compensation, and Death Pension)

Additional Benefits Available to Veterans

• Social Security Administration (SSA)
• Preference in federal hiring
• Unemployment insurance (if actively seeking work)
• Military retirement, medical severance and separation pay
• State programs including tuition assistance, emergency funds, PTSD and grief counseling, soldiers’ homes and elder care, fiduciary and guardianship, license plates, hunting and fishing licenses, park passes, burial plots, claim assistance, access to discharge papers and other Veteran records

For detailed information about Service-Connected (S/A) Compensation, please see https://www.quailparkoflynnwood.com/va-benefits/

Partner Communities
QPL is part of the Living Care Lifestyles family of retirement communities. Living Care Lifestyles offers Senior Care and Memory Care in Arizona, California, Oregon, Texas and Washington. There are three Living Care communities in WA: Browns Point (Tacoma); West Seattle; and Lynnwood. The one in Lynnwood has received the Readers’ Choice Award for Independent Living from the Everett Herald.

Retirement and Assisted Living Apartments

• Option for color customization of accent walls
• Full-size kitchens
• Major stainless steel appliances – range, microwave, refrigerator and dishwasher
• Lovely wood cabinetry and granite countertops – kitchen and bath
• Full-size washer and dryer
• Walk-in closets
• Walk-in showers with seat
• Kitchenettes in studios
• Air-conditioning in all apartments

These Retirement and Assisted Living Apartments come in four floor plans:

• Studio – 364-598 s.f.
• One Bedroom – 592-794 s.f.
• One Bedroom Deluxe – 818-1,014 s.f.
• Two Bedroom – 893-1,031 s.f.

Memory Care apts (23 suites) come in two floor plans:

• Adjoining Shower – 374 s.f.
• Private – 374-469 s.f.

Expansion floor plans fall into four types: EAL Suites (377 to 399 s.f./unit); Coho Studio Suite (499 s.f./unit); Chinook Suites (579 to 582 s.f./unit); and Sockeye Suite (828 s.f./unit).

The amenities at Lynnwood include pool, bistro and pub, movie theater, pet friendly, salon, 12-hour anytime dining, daily nurse, 24-hour awake team, maintenance 7 days a week, weekly housekeeping and linen service, concierge, and transportation.

Photos are courtesy of Quail Park of Lynnwood, including existing facilities and renderings of expansion facilities. For more photos, see https://www.quailparkoflynnwood.com/photos/. Please click on any photo to enlarge it.

Existing Facilities

Renderings of Expansion Facilities Under Construction