Phoenix Senior Living is proud to announce that The Legacy Project, our signature resident storytelling and life-history preservation initiative, has been honored with the 2025 Argentum Best of the Best Award for Innovation in Senior Living. This prestigious national distinction recognizes programs that meaningfully elevate the resident experience and set a new benchmark for excellence across the senior living industry.
The Legacy Project was selected for its powerful, human-centered approach to capturing personal stories, strengthening family connections, and deepening the relationships between residents and the associates who serve them. It affirms Phoenix Senior Living’s commitment to honoring identity, promoting purpose, and preserving the histories that shaped the lives within our communities.
A Program Built to Preserve What Matters Most
At its heart, The Legacy Project exists to ensure that every resident’s story—rich with memories, lessons, and personal perspective—is recorded, celebrated, and shared. Through guided interviews, curated prompts, narrative-based reflection, and multimedia keepsakes, residents are invited to reflect on the moments that defined their lives.
Families receive a treasured record of their loved one’s experiences. Associates gain a deeper understanding of the individuals they support each day. Residents feel seen, valued, and honored.
This program reinforces something fundamental to Phoenix Senior Living’s mission:
a person’s life story is sacred, and preserving it strengthens the community around them.
National Visibility and Industry Conversation
The Legacy Project garnered national media attention when Senior Housing News featured it in an article titled “Capturing Legacy: How a Simple Photoshoot Transformed Our Senior Living Organization.” The piece explored how the program’s simple concept—inviting residents to share their stories with intention and dignity—sparked profound emotional connection and cultural transformation across Phoenix communities.
This coverage sparked conversation throughout the industry about the role of personal history in resident engagement and highlighted Phoenix Senior Living as a thought leader in bringing storytelling to the forefront of senior care.
Why Argentum Recognized The Legacy Project
Argentum’s Best of the Best Awards identify leading innovations that:
- Improve the resident experience
- Strengthen emotional well-being
- Foster meaningful connection
- Demonstrate measurable and replicable impact
- Advance the senior living field
The Legacy Project excelled across all categories, earning national distinction for:
- Dignity-forward program design
- Emotional and relational depth
- Intergenerational family engagement
- Scalability across diverse communities
- High associate participation and culture-building impact
This recognition underscores the program’s ability not only to enrich daily life, but to transform the way communities understand and honor their residents.
Leadership Behind the Initiative
The development and rollout of The Legacy Project were guided by Victoria James, whose thoughtful leadership helped bring structure, consistency, and sensitivity to a deeply personal program. Her passion for resident connection and her commitment to purposeful engagement were essential to building a program worthy of national distinction.
While the award honors the initiative itself, we proudly recognize Victoria’s key role in cultivating the vision, processes, and storytelling framework that made The Legacy Project exceptional.
A Milestone for Phoenix Senior Living
This national award represents a milestone for Phoenix Senior Living and reflects the strength of our ongoing commitment to the emotional, social, and psychological well-being of those we serve. The Legacy Project will continue expanding across our communities in 2025 and beyond, ensuring that every resident who wishes to share their story has the opportunity to do so.
As we move forward, The Legacy Project will remain a foundational part of our identity—an enduring reminder that each person in our care brings a lifetime of meaning, purpose, and history.
Honoring Every Story
We extend our sincere appreciation to every associate who has supported The Legacy Project and to every resident and family who have shared their stories with us. This award belongs to you.
Because at Phoenix Senior Living, we believe:
Every story deserves to be heard.
Every memory deserves to be honored.
Every legacy deserves to live on.
One Team. One Canoe. One Legacy.
