The Cottages Of Carmel

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A retirement community offering Assisted Living and Memory Care.

The Cottages of Carmel located in the heart of Carmel, California is a luxury boutique retirement community that offers Assisted Living and Memory Care on a newly built and intimate senior campus in a picturesque location. The Cottages of Carmel is conveniently located near Carmel shopping, dining, entertainment, art galleries, walking trails and healthcare. Just imagine your favorite boutique hotel, then add extraordinary cuisine, fun events, interesting classes and unsurpassed customized care. Choose from spacious studio, one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartments, wonderfully appointed with a kitchenette, large living room and bathrooms as well as gas fireplaces and terraces in most apartments. Whether you like quaint and cozy or spacious and airy, The Cottages of Carmel has an apartment suite designed just for you. Residents of The Cottages of Carmel, the only retirement community located in Carmel, enjoy services and amenities catered specifically to each individual. We’ve got everything at your fingertips, including a well-stocked library, concierge, beauty salon, putting green and elegant dining room.

10/29/2026

The Cottages of Carmel
Pick Your Poison Happy Hour

What a great way to kick off the Halloween week with Spooktacular Cocktail Hour!
Two types of drinks were served. Voodoo Punch & Vampire's Kiss.
Drinks were served by Community Life: Director, Kathy Odom. Activity Assistant, Iramed & Memory Care Coordinator, Harmoni.
Everyone enjoyed the drinks and the Halloween music!

10/18/2026

The Cottages of Carmel

Trip to Earthbound Farms Pumpkin Patch.

It was beautiful sunny fall afternoon. Our Stillwater Cottage residents took a trip to Earthbound Farms Pumpkin Patch.
Everyone was amazed at all the varieties of pumpkins and squash. Everyone enjoyed picking their own personal pumpkin.
There was much fun and smiles on everyone!

10/07/2026

The Cottages of Carmel Lunch Outing:

A beautiful Indian Summer day in Carmel Valley. It was a great day to have lunch out on the patio of Baja Cantina.
Our seniors Jim, Jane, Susie enjoyed some Mexican Cuisine and a pitcher of margaritas.
There was much conversation with much laughter!

10/01/2026

Family Night at The Cottages of Carmel.

Candied Apple Workshop:

On September 30th The Cottages of Carmel held a "Candied Apple Workshop" for Family Night.

Sharon Runde of Sugar Science also a fourth generation baker conducted the workshop.
The workshop took place on the Bixby Patio, which was decorated with checkered tablecloths, paper apples for centerpieces and hanging paper apples.

This workshop was very festive and hands on. Each resident & family member were given a apple, variety of coatings (caramel,chocolate).
A variety of decorations for the apples(sprinkles, nuts, marshmallows). Then the fun began! Everyone started dipping & decorating their apples. Some residents could not resist eating their apple.
It was quite the finger-licking workshop!

09/27/2026

Cheers To Our Centenarians

The Cottages of Carmel celebrated two wonderful people who are centenarians. Roland Martin (103 ) and Carol Preszler (100)

On September 23rd we had a Happy Hour called "Cheers To Our Centenarians".
We toasted Carol & Roland with ch*****ne and delicious appetizers were served.
Both of them were very grateful to have lived a long and interesting life. Carol was a teacher for many of years and traveled to many places around the world. Roland was a B-17 Bomber Pilot during World War II. Roland was shot down in 1943 and POW for 22 months. Roland worked for Sony Corporation.

So many life stories were shared. Suzanne daughter of Carol shared her mom's life story. Best friend(Ralph) of Roland Martin shared stories also.

Great time was held by all!

09/21/2026

The Cottages of Carmel
Assisted Living Week

Assisted Living week was filled with staff and community events. We started the week off "Best Looking Scrub". Tuesday was "Twin Day". We started the day with coffee and donuts for everyone. Wednesday was "Wacky Wednesday. Everyone could dress up in their most wackiest clothes. Ice Cream Bars were served that afternoon. Thursday was dress in your "Favorite Sport Wear". Later on that day Daniella Hill hosted a Nacho Bar for staff and residents.
Our last event was Marvel Comic day. Staff got to dress in their favorite Marvel Comic character.

Assisted Living days at The Cottages of Carmel were filled with much fun and laughter for everyone!

09/01/2026

Fun Sun Hats

What a fun Saturday at The Cottages of Carmel! Caregiver, Uri Resendiz did a Arts & Crafts class on "Making Sun Hats".

The Club Room was packed with ladies waiting to make their own special hat! There was a large variety of flowers and ribbon to adorn the hats. All the ladies were having so much fun picking out certain flowers and the ribbon to match the color of their flowers.

Everyone's hat looked amazing!

Special thanks to Uri for making this a special day for our ladies at The Cottages Of Carmel!

08/28/2026

Family Night at The Cottages of Carmel

Family Night for the month of August for The Cottages of Carmel was a Hawaiian Luau! We had such a huge turnout for this event!
The Cottages Bixby Lounge, Patio and Dining Room was decorated with Hawaiian flair! It was beautiful warm evening and everyone was dressed for the occasion. Everyone received an Hawaiian lei when entering the Bixby Lounge.
Hawaiian Ukulele music by Keith Brown. Between songs Keith spoke on the traditions of the Hawaiian Islands. Everyone enjoyed the music! Then it was time for the Hawaiian dinner. To start off the meal was Egg Drop Soup and Tropical Mango Vinaigrette Salad. The main dish was Hawaiian BBQ Pork Sliders with Hawaiian Spam Fried Rice and Stir Fried Vegetables. Last but not least dessert, which was Pineapple Lemon Crunch Cake.
A great time was held by all!

08/17/2026

The Cottages of Carmel started a new program called "Breaking Bread". The program is where staff members spend time with residents during lunch,dinner or breakfast. They can put their own creative spin on how or when, or even put a special theme to it. That's what Miguel Morales, Concierge at The Cottages decided to do! A cultural breakfast surprise with our residents. Miguel brought in delicious Conchas and Croissants for our residents for his "Breaking Bread" All the residents enjoyed their morning breakfast with Miguel. Especially residents Jane and Susie. Everyone is looking forward to the next one!

08/02/2026

"Bee At A Picnic" Family Night

"Bee At A Picnic" was a huge success! The Cottage of Carmel Bixby Patio was decorated with red white checkered tablecloths and flower streamers. Our main dining room was also decorated for a delicious dinner. The main entrée was Honey Walnut Shrimp to go with our bee theme.
We had beekeeper Tim Knauf to speak on bee's. Tim has two apiaries. One in Carmel Valley & the other in Marina. Tim also brought an observation hive with a queen bee inside. Family & residents were fascinated by how big the queen bee is compared to the other bee's. Tim explained that all the bee's have a certain jobs.
Everyone had lots of great questions for Tim. After the lecture everyone went into the dining room for special entrée of Honey Walnut Shrimp. Everyone was given a jar of honey to take home. A great evening was held by all!

Address

26245 Carmel Rancho Boulevard
Carmel - By - The - Sea, CA
93923

Telephone

+18312310080

Website

https://ivyliving.com/carmel/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=Profile-Link&utm_medium&utm_audience=Public

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