Name an Old Folk’s Home!
It’s that time again, when I ask YOU to name something or someone in my upcoming novel!
I just realized I don’t have a name for a private residence nursing facility in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where most of the action takes place in Pineapple Port #5, Pineapple Beach House. (If that is the title, I still haven’t decided. You all split right down the middle with “Beach House” and “Storm” names!)
This one could be really fun – I’ve heard a lot of great nursing home names, both real and funny. One of my favorite retirement names — that I actually SAW with my own eyes — was a 55+ community called “Terra Siesta.” Literally translated, that could mean “Dirt Nap!”
Anyhoo, I’m on chapter 20 and usually have about 30, so I’m getting close to being done.
- Put your suggestion in the comments below to enter.
- Winner gets a signed print copy + e-copy & 10 random people will win an ebook copy upon release!
- There can be multiple winners, so if you see the name you wanted to offer has already been suggested, don’t worry and feel free to suggest it again.
- Remember, the home is in North Carolina, so don’t get too Floridian with your answers.
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And below are this week’s giveaways!
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I like forever Young because after working in a nursing home there is lot of stuff going on (yes even sex) .Some of them act like teenahers
Senior Sands Resort beach living for elderly mermaids and old salts
Whispering pines nursing home
How about Life’s a Beach Nursing & Retirement Center, Of course you don’t want to finish the last of that line, and then you die. lol!
I like the name Ageless Retreat
Pineapple People’s Palace
I think just ‘Pineapple Palace’
Pina Colada Resort (for the Young at Heart)
Pineapple carriage home for the young at heart.
What about Silver Lake?
Honeybee Villas where you won’t need honey do lists to live here.
I like the alliteration like the person who said Pineapple People’s Palace, but I also like Pineapple People’s Paradise or Actively Aging Adult Community (nursing home and retirement center). Or Spirited Senior Community (Nursing and Retirement Center)
I think most of those names are too long. Instead ‘Actively Ageing’ or ‘Spirited Seniors’ or just ‘Pineapple Parlors’ well maybe not the last lol
Genesis Retirement Community or
Pineapple Grove Senior Living Community
I like The Ripe Banana Cabana. Ripe bananas are the best and so are older people. Love them. 🙂
Hi, Amy, what about FOREVER YOUNG RETREAT.
Young at Heart Community Center
Edgewater Retirement Villas
How about the Ripe Peach Cabana
Serenity Shores (and maybe they can use the Outer Banks Savings and Trust for their financing?)
How about Serenity Shores? And they can use the Outer Banks Savings & Loan!!
Serenity Shores Respite and Retirement Harbor
The Hip Home on the coast,
“Noah’s Place” because even though Noah was old, he still managed to build an ark and fill it.
While I have to give ‘props’ to my lovely, late MIL who christened her last abode “The Wrinkle Farm,” and I like the above-suggested “Ripe Banana Cabana” (I can surely relate to the brown spots!), I’ll throw out: The Sands of Tranquility (better than Senility Tranquility – LOL), or something to do with Rock of Ages.
How about The Runway? NC’s state motto is “First in Flight”, so they could be on the runway heading for their last flight!
From my husband : Outer Limits Nursing and Rest ” where there’s nothing wrong with your retirement”
From me: Lost Colony Rest Home ” Roanoke’s premiere last stop”
And yes It’s either really quirky or extremely poor taste
I like:
The Walkerville Nursing Home or:
The Blue Haired Lagoon or;
Senior Living Facility (SLF) 7099 or;
Anteroom to the Pearly Gates or;
Senior Racing Club (Mobility Chair Dodge-ems every Saturday) or;
A Home to Die For
Love “The Blue Haired Lagoon” and “Anteroom to the Pearly Gates”.
Great names!
Love how your mind works Don, I’m jealous of your entries! And sign me up for dodge-ems
‘The Charleston’ we have a rest home here by that name.
My suggestion: The Golden Years
I like High Tide Resort
Sandcastles Senior Care
Dark Waters Retirement Home
Run by Missy and the Cybermen! Or was that an unintentional Doctor Who reference?
Well I actually live on The Outer Banks of North Carolina!!! How about Tide and Time…..or Sleeping Sands. If you ha e any outer Banks questions…I’m your girl!
I like Arbor Manor of NC or Morningside Cottages of NC
Cypress Springs sounds like a good name.
Our local private pay home is The House @ 1840. Not a good name here. I am a former NH Administrator,and I like the Sandcastle Senior Care that someone else suggested. . Or, to play along with the Pineapple theme: Pineapple Point
Coconut Breeze Retirement Home
How about Golden Pond ?
How about Pineapple Haven
I like the sound of Eden Shores or Blissful Shores for the name of the senior facility.
I kinda like Paradise Retirement Inn
Pineapple Senior Dwellers is my suggestion!
Rebecca
What a wonderful life.
How about Older than Dirt Nursing Home or
Aged to Perfection Nursing Home or
Tootsie Retirement community
Inner Peace at the Outer Banks
I like Serenety Shores also.
Young at Heart
FAIRVIEW HOMESTEAD would be my suggestion
I was going to rack my brain for a name,but after reading Don Vitz’s
“The Blue Haired Lagoon”, and cracking up. I’m not so sure I could come up with a better name ☺
Another of his I liked as well “Anteroom to the Pearly Gates”.
Very peaceful and reassuring.
Anyway, I’ll mull over names as I feed my dogs and do other chores, but I still doubt I can come up with anything better than his.
Great names Don!
Sea Glass Treasurers
How about Golden Sunsets
Autumn Life Style. It’s their life style the way they want it.
Sundown Rest
Thanks, Patti
Ramosp@comcast.net
Pineapple Party for Seniors
Blue Hair Lagoon is hard to beat tho.
Trinity Village and that is the name of the one my friend was at here in NC.
Greener Pastures
Silver Shores Beach Community (a relaxation reservation for the Mature Set)
I really like “Sunset Treasures”.
Happy Acres is my pick.
The Magnolia House, just a bit of “Old Southern Charm”
Pineapple Acres or Pineapple Sweets (ed play on Suites)
Pineapple’s pensioner paradise, or
Pinaoldada
Pineapple Beach Senior Express
Hi,
Please consider Pineapple Pensione. Pineapple with a Mediterranean flair.
My suggestion is Orchid Pines
I looked up trees of N. Carolina, and the Sweet Gum appealed to me, so I would suggest naming the retirement center Sweet Gum Retirement Home and Nursing Center.
A play on dentures as well? Lol
Blue Lagoon
Sand Castles Senior Care
Morning Glory Senior Retreat
Pineapple Port Center for Seniors
Serenity Shores
Forever Young at Heart Senior Care
My uncle was in a residential home that was called The Caring Place. As the name implies, the residents are cared for in an above and beyond way.
Laughing gull haven (laughing gull is actual bird on NC coast)
Elder Care-o-lina (the inner treasure of Outer Banks)
Casa de Ancianos
Literally, Old Folk’s Home
The Phoenix nursing home
The Dew Drop In Nursing Home.
Autumn Retreat or a name with Autumn in it as these are truly the autumn years of life. A season of color and last rays of vibrancy before the onset of winter. Such is life.
Wrinkles and Sprinkles
At Heaven’s Gate
Ebb and Flow
Rusty Banks
How about Shady Stroll? It sounds peaceful to me.
Ultima Somno
I have a thing for latin…lol
Casa de Kill Devil Hills
Chicamacomico Cocoon
Sleepy Sands Senior Living or Serene Sands Senior Living!
Oh, or Sunshine Gardens, which is the actual name of an old folks’ home in my hometown!
Is the state tree a pine? You could do Whispering Pines, esp if you have an auditorily0-challenged character or two there
Miss Ella’s.
(In honor of my favorite Calabash seafood restaurant)
Saw this one in Australia, The Old Codgers Rest Home.
How about Shady PInes
I like Outer Limits.
How about The Pineapple Port Fountain of Youth
Aging with Grace and Flatulence
The Lodge for Loving Care.
Sunset Golden Pearl Retirement Village where you can live out your sunset years.
Most “Seniors”/Nursing Homes in my travels have been call “Manor” or “Estate”. My guess it that the owners want to assure the families that this Nursing Home is “upper crust’ / La-Dee-Ah / prestigious enough to impress their friends. My mom was living in “Highland Estates” – an active Senior’s residence”. She had her own suite, but meals were served in a common dining area (if you missed a meal, with out letting the staff know you would absent, then nurses started looking for you to make sure everything was OK.
My suggestions would be:
– Pineapple Port Manor or Pineapple Port Estate, or
– Outer Banks Manor or Outer Banks Estate, or
– Pineapple Beach House Manor or Pineapple Beach House Estate.
The “tag line “an active senior’s residence” can cover a myriad of antics and activities that could and mostly did happen in my Mom’s place — and even blind, she was right in the middle of all of the fun!!
I look forward to your new book — May the Senior Games Comence
I vote Silver Haven.
I vote Silver Haven Senior Living
From Birth to Earth: Pineapple Sands
Hatteras Retreat in honor of the most famous Lighthouse of the Outer Banks.
Outer Banks Opulent Living
How a out Garden of Joy?
I would choose Pineapple Paradise Home
I like:
Serenity Shores
Golden Shores
The Sand Castles
Golden Acres
Laughing Gull Haven
Thanks for the fun contest, my entries are:
“Tar Heel Terrace”
“Old North House”
(North Carolina state nicknames)
I like Pineapple Haven as has been suggested …… another name (not sure if it’s been suggested) Fountain of Youth Retirement Community
“Heavenly Home for the Aged”…or just “Heavenly Home”.
Tranquil Acres would be a nice name.
I want to put a vote in for Dons suggestion of “Blue Haired Lagoon”. It’s funny and quirky!
Kitty Hawk Respite
Sleepy Day Senior Living
Sunrise Sunset Village
Not Dead Yet
How does Lively Location sound?
I like Silver Shores Manor.
Oceanside Plantation Home
How about ‘Almost Heaven Homes’, it has a nice ring to it! 🙂
My Last Resort
Mi Casa
My answer would be, “Utopia Loving Care”, your Home away from Home.
Thanks for entering me in your giveaway.
How about “Senior Shores of the OB. (Outer Banks)
how about wise beyond their years? The other one I liked was young at heart.
Whispering Pines, place I worked once upon a time, looked nice, but all sorts of actions were constantly going on there, regular Peyton Place both with staff and residents!
Kaui Haven
Kaui is Hawaiian for Youthful even though you aren’t in Hawaii! It is Pineapple Port!
Terrace Grove is a name I think is fun. You could even call it Terrace Grove Retirement – like going out into nature for the end.
How about the Happy Pineapple Retirement Home?(maximizing your senior years enjoyment)
Eagles’ Nest
Over The Hill Gang at Pineapple Cove Lodge
Pina Colada Acres – first thing I thought of when thinking pineapple.
If you choose to keep your title, what about “Pineapple Express”, Pointe Break, Happy Escape Resort, Pineapple Upside down resort
Golden Years Manor
Leisure Living Manor
Rest Haven
Shady Haven
The Haven
The Oasis
Golden Shores retirement village
how about Peaceful acres retirement home or Peaceful shores
I like the alliteration of Duck Dowagers but since the Outer Banks is a far cry from Downton Abbey, maybe
The Duck Inn Cover
Serenity Park of Kill Devil Hills
Roses in Bloom Resort would be a nice name
Healthy living for seniors facility
Fruits of the earth
How about park vista or crossroads
How about Serenity Heights.
Sunshine Villa or Carolina Manor
Duck Down Retreat or Duck Down Paradise: “Enjoy rest, repair and recreation at the Outer Banks’ premier comfort zone for seniors in (or near) Duck.”
At Heavens Gate
Not Ready to Rest Home
The Waiting Room
Senior Warehouse
Pineapple Express Senior Living.
Sunsetters or Sun Setters
My Sisters Place (I think that one might be a real place for referrals to rest homes)
Upside Down Place or Upside Down Pineapple (from Pineapple Upside Down Cake)
Home Away From Home
End of the Road (rather negative unless the place is at the end of a road)
Shady Rest (from the old TV show Petticoat Junction)
Pineapple Junction
Pineapple Fields
Pineapple Place or Palace
I like Pointe Harbor House of Roanoke Sound.
Feel free to be me
I think it should be The Pineapple and Sweet Tea Retirement Community
Heaven’s Bank
I like The Golden Years
The Outer Rest Home
Salty Sands Nursing Home
Playa Cansada
Playa de piña
Playa de piña y sal
La casa de piña
Shady Oaks (this is really just a take on Shady Pines, the seniors home Dorothy threatens to send Sophia to on Golden Girls. We don’t want any trouble so I changed it up)
I haven’t read all the comments so I don’t know what everyone has said, but I thought maybe “Pineapple’s Welcome Home” might be good. The pineapple is the sign of a welcoming home, so maybe…
I think salad days would be good
My Dad was at Pine Haven Homes- so how about Pineapple Haven
Seaside Manor or Home for old crows and old geezers.
Serenity Hills or Serenity Pines
I decided I’d throw a couple in, even though I doubt any are better than Don Vitz’s “Blue Haired Lagoon”
But here goes…. my two:
End of the Road Rock’n Retreat ( as in a Rocking chair )
Cradle and Ladle Rest Home
The “While Away Manor” or “While Away Seaside Manor”
or
“Wile Away Manor” or “Wile Away Seaside Residence”
both spellings’ are correct
I love Terra Siesta! ❤️? Or Moonshine by the Sea. ?
Shiny, Happy Seniors!!!
The Wright Retirement Community
I’m picking the name Safe Harbour.
I like Whispering Tides
How about Mango Manor.
From my husband whom I share my favorite reads with, “Rusty Mellows”. Which sounds to me like a place for aging hippy car guys ; ) or “Rusty Shores”.When I think of the Carolina’s “Magnolia Shores”
Mammoth Courtland Regional sounds like a great facility in a mystery book!
Outer Residence Home
or Pineapple Home
How about:
The Settle Inn and Stay Awhile
Recess Rest Home (where seniors go to stay and play)
Finally Home (the last home you will ever need)
I recommend The Sandbar.
Over the Dune would be a good play on over the hill combined with a reference to the sand dunes that are a popular tourist attraction in that area.
u should name it the UPSIDE PINEAPPLE SENIOR RESORT
I like Hatteras House, Serenity Shores, and Dogwood Place (dogwood is the state tree)
The Welcome Home Nursing Home
Loving Hands Retirement Village
Margaritaville
Pineappleport Shores
Pineapple acres
Pineapple Haven for Active Seniors
Restful Shores
This is not a duplicate….sorry it did not let me send first time!
Margaritaville
Pineappleport Shores
Pineapple acres
Pineapple Haven for Active Seniors
Restful Shores
Sandy Shores Senior Center
Over the pineapple retirement villas??
Driftwood Manor?
Beach Break Residence?
antiguo pedo retirement commmuity
My sister suggested Pineapple Pudding Palace. I am partial to Residence on the Hill (or on the Dunes). I love the premise.
how about Pineapple Place ?
“Hurricane Beach Resort”