Prairie Hills Transit
Hot Springs is a wonderful retirement community and has some great housing, assisted living and nursing home facilities as well as the Hot Springs Veterans Affairs Hospital. Many spouses are separated from their mate of many years due to disabilities or other conditions that require more care. Because many of these spouses no longer drive, they rely on Prairie Hills Transit to take them to visit their spouse who is in a 24-hour care facility. While being apart after many years of marriage is difficult it makes it more tolerable because they can still visit as often as they like. The twice-monthly trip from Hot Springs to Rapid City is a special outing for Ray who goes to visit his wife at a retirement village in Rapid City. 75-year-old Ray feels especially good about these trips because he "doesn't put anyone out" and is able to visit with his wife for several hours each trip. "That's just priceless for us" he says. We sure do look forward to those personal visits.