John Clarke Senior Living has provided a safe and caring home for older adults since its opening in 1980. Fifty apartments for adults 55+ offer affordable apartments enriched by van trips to the stores for those who no longer drive, on-campus events, and field trips to local landmarks. In our 60-bed Nursing Center we provide skilled care tailored to individual needs whether it is for short-term rehabilitative care or one’s forever home.  

 

By including John Clarke Senior Living in your estate plans you help ensure that seniors have compassionate assistance with daily living, a connected community, access to vital medical care as they age, and the support needed for a dignified death. Your gift also supports a vibrant campus for healthy aging where residents enjoy nutritious meals, salon treatments, spiritual guidance from an onsite chaplain, and engaging activities ranging from cultural endeavors to those on the bocce court and putting green. 

 

Members of The Good Life Guild ensure that John Clarke Senior Living continues to provide compassionate care and a vibrant community for older adults who face health challenges, financial hardship, and distance from loved ones leaving them feeling forgotten when connection matters most. Your gift allows us to provide that connection and transforms the challenge of aging into a legacy of care, comfort, and belonging.  

 

 

Leave a Legacy 

Whether you’re 18 or 108, everyone should have a will in place.   Many donors choose to leave a legacy and make their most impactful gift through their will. If you already have a will, it is not necessary to rewrite your entire will to make a bequest to John Clarke Senior Living. You can simply instruct your attorney to prepare a codicil (an amendment) to your current will.   

  

A bequest can also specify how the gift is to be used, such as for general purposes, for activities, for building maintenance, or where needed most. 

 

Sample Language Suggestions

The following are several examples of bequests and their appropriate language. We cannot provide you with legal advice and these examples are provided for educational purposes only, to demonstrate how simple it is to designate John Clarke Senior Living as a beneficiary in your will. Please consult with a qualified attorney as to the best way to accurately and effectively document your testamentary wishes. Thank you for considering a gift to John Clarke Senior Living. 

 

For a specific amount 

“I give ___________dollars to John Clarke Retirement Center dba John Clarke Senior Living, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation, EIN # 05-0382511, with an address of 600 Valley Road, Middletown RI 02842. 

  

For a percentage of your estate: 

“I give ____________% of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to John Clarke Retirement Center dba John Clarke Senior Living, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation, EIN # 05-0382511, with an address of 600 Valley Road, Middletown RI 02842. 

  

For a contingent (alternative) bequest if your originally designated beneficiary does not survive you 

“If ____________(name) is not living on the ninetieth day after the day of my death, I give all the rest of the property I own at my death John Clarke Retirement Center dba John Clarke Senior Living, a Rhode Island nonprofit corporation, EIN # 05-0382511, with an address of 600 Valley Road, Middletown RI 02842.” 

  

If your bequest is unrestricted 

Consider adding this sentence: “This bequest should be used at the discretion of the CEO, Executive Director and President of the Board.” 

  

To designate a specific use for your bequest 

Consider adding the sentence: “The purpose of this bequest is to ____________. Should it not be possible to use this bequest as devised, they may be expended at the discretion of the CEO, Executive Director and President of the Board.”