Suzanne Newman broadcasts this week's radio show from Chateau Retirement in Washington State, talking with CEO and President Jim Godfrey. Jim describes his start in the industry, coming from a construction background and partnering with a person who ran nursing homes in the 1980s. Jim helped redefine retirement living.

Jim says, "It's a kind of business that I felt good about, retirement. Here I am giving back to people who built this country, seniors who worked hard, and scraped, and saved, and built this country. Now I have a chance to give back something to them, and where they can live in happiness and reasonable health — depending on whatever afflictions they may have — but do do the very best to give them happy, happy final years of their lives, as enjoyable as possible."

Chateau Retirement provides independent living, assisted living, and memory care services. They have been locally owned and family operated for more than 25 years. Chateau Retirement has three communities in Washington's Seattle/Puget Sound area: Chateau Pacific in Lynnwood, Bothell Landing in Bothell, and Chateau Valley Center in Renton.

Visit them online or call 800.960.1944. Also visit Chateau's specialist page on Answers for Elders to hear more of their shows.

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