- APARTMENT & COTTAGE LIVING
- ASSISTED LIVING/PERSONAL CARE
- MEMORY SUPPORT SERVICES
- SKILLED NURSING CARE
- OUTREACH/COMMUNITY SERVICES
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
THE APARTMENTS & COTTAGES

ASSISTED LIVING/PERSONAL CARE

MEMORY SUPPORT SERVICES

SKILLED NURSING CARE

IN-HOME SERVICES
MEALS-ON-WHEELS

At Methodist Senior Services, we recognize that not all elders who need God’s touch are living in our retirement communities. Through our Outreach Ministries, we extend services, benefits, resources, time, prayer, and community to elders in the areas that surround our statewide campuses. Each location offers its own unique outreach to their community, but a few include meal delivery, housekeeping, handyman services, yard work, home safety assessments, pharmacy services, therapy services and emergency call systems. For more information on what services are available in your area, contact the home office or your local campus.
THERAPY SERVICES
INPATIENT/RESIDENTIAL CARE

- Traceway Retirement Community (Tupelo)
- Trinity Healthcare (Columbus)
- Dugan (West Point)
- Martha Coker Home (Yazoo City)
OUTPATIENT/COMMUNITY CARE

- Traceway Retirement Community (Tupelo)
- Trinity Healthcare (Columbus)
- Dugan (West Point)
PHARMACY SERVICES

Who we are?
NextAge Mississippi® was developed and is operated by Mississippi Methodist Senior Services, Inc. NextAge Mississippi® is a “one-stop resource” that provides information, support, services, and relationships to older Mississippians and their families as they grow and live into elder hood – their next age.
Our Mission
NextAge Mississippi’s® mission is to serve older adults in the spirit of Christian love. We want to provide support to promote independence for elders who live at home and in retirement communities. We want to change the negative mindset of “old age” into looking forward to becoming the Next Age
What we strive for
Information, resources, and support for seniors difficult to find. NextAge Mississippi® will change this paradigm by:
- Help eliminate ageism that devalues older adults through a system of senior/elder support, intergenerational connections and learning opportunities.
- Provide vetted and certified information and support for seniors and their families to encourage their continued growth, autonomy, and independence.
- Help seniors navigate the maze of networks/medical systems for resources and support.
- Help seniors grow and live into the best times of their lives, supported with what they need and relationships for rich and meaningful lives in the homes of their choice.
Our Services
NextAge Mississippi® focuses on three specific areas for the needs of seniors:
- One-Stop Information/Navigating the Medical System
- Home Services: Traceway At Home
GREEN HOUSE® INITIATIVE
Because its approach seemed the best way to honor elders, Methodist Senior Services decided to pursue a new way of delivering care based upon the Eden principles developed by Dr. William Thomas. The Green House® concept arising from these principles is designed to de-institutionalize nursing home life and provide an environment where elders engage in meaningful life activities, eliminating the plagues of "loneliness, helplessness and boredom". The idea is to deliver care and services in a facility that is home, not “home-like.”
Life revolves around the elders who live there, as opposed to traditional skilled nursing models which revolve around the efficient delivery of medical treatment. Think of a Green House® home as the world’s most efficient home health delivery system, and the concept begins to make sense.
Recent studies have shown that residents prefer private rooms, and research shows there are a number of reasons privacy adds to the quality of life for elders in skilled nursing facilities. One study conducted by the IDEAS Institute with funding from the Commonwealth Fund indicated private rooms are also cost effective. To read this groundbreaking study, click here.
The relationship of the private rooms to the Hearth allows the elders to control their own level of social engagement by closing their door for privacy, opening it to observe activities in the Hearth, or to join the group and engage in various activities of life such as social interaction, menu planning, meal preparation, setting the table and recreational activities.
An open kitchen with breakfast bar and a large family-style dining table invites residents to linger over a cup of coffee and visit with their housemates. Gone are the meals prepared somewhere else and shipped in on carts and trays. In our Green House® home, meals are prepared from scratch using favorite recipes. The aroma of home-cooked meals fills the air, and there’s always a snack close by, any time, day or night.

The primary caregiver in each home is a universal worker called a Shahbaz. Each Shahbaz is a certified nursing assistant who has received more than 150 additional hours of training in such areas as CPR, Safe Serve food handling, first aid, basic home maintenance, and being part of a self-managed work team. Nursing, therapy, clinical and medical support are delivered like home health—they make “house calls.” The mid-level bureaucracy typically found in an institution is gone in the Green House® model. The dollars already in the system are allocated closer to the elder, where they make a bigger difference.
MSS is challenging conventional practices by investing heavily in training employees who work most closely with the elders. Our goal is to produce a stable workforce of committed persons who are called to serve older adults. Staff who feel valued and appreciated, who have a significant voice in the operation of our homes are happy employees who take pride in their work and see it as an opportunity for ministry. They tend to become long-term employees. In this way the Green House® concept is addressing an upcoming crisis: a shortage of caregivers. For more information, click here to view a report produced by Genworth® Financial on this topic.
Each Green House® Home meets all regulatory guidelines and falls within Mississippi Medicaid reimbursement levels. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, has endorsed the concept, as has the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
For more information about this innovative model, visit the Green House® Project’s homepage.