PHOTO GALLERY: Ida Lou Harrison, Dorothy Rankin first residents of Colony Pointe

July 1, 2012 | 3:30 p.m. CDT

Ida Lou Harrison and Dorothy Rankin were the first residents to move into Colony Pointe on May 29. Colony Pointe is a new assisted-living center in Columbia located on Chapel Hill Road. The two moved together from Bluff Creek Terrace to be a part of the new facility and to be closer to their families.

Rosalyn Bolden, a certified medical assistant, cares for Dorothy Rankin on June 9 at Colony Pointe, an assisted-living center in Columbia. Rankin fell on concrete at a friend's house days earlier and is taking painkillers for her back pain. | Tatiana Fernandez

Ida Lou Harrison reads on the back patio of Colony Pointe in early June. Harrison was one of the first residents to move into the facility when it opened on May 29. | Tatiana Fernandez

This is one of the double rooms on display at Colony Pointe, a new assisted-living center in Columbia. Single rooms and large rooms for couples are also available. | Tatiana Fernandez

Dorothy Rankin, left, and Ida Lou Harrison have dinner at Colony Pointe, a new assisted-living center in Columbia, on June 11. They both lived in the same facility before becoming the first residents to move into Colony Pointe on May 29. | Tatiana Fernandez

Ida Lou Harrison, left, sits in Dorothy Rankin's room on June 11 at Colony Pointe, a new assisted-living center in Columbia. The two have been friends for years and were the first residents to move into the facility on May 29. Harrison's room is across the hall from Rankin's room. | Tatiana Fernandez