Memory Care

Individuals with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, may reside on our secured memory care neighborhoods for increased structure and safety.

Our memory care neighborhoods specialize in behavior modification and intervention pilot programs including Cognitive Re-direction Strategies, Horticulture Therapy, Music Therapy, Aroma Therapy and Art Therapy.

Other residents who would benefit from a secured neighborhood stay may exhibit sexually-inappropriate behavior, wandering or lack of safety awareness, to name a few. Although these family members reside on a secured neighborhood, they still participate in whole home functions and attend outings in the community accompanied by our highly-trained staff.

A smiling man lying on a table in a restaurant with a green cap and a gray shirt. The background shows blurred patrons and restaurant interior lights.

To ensure that our residents with memory issues are given the best possible care, we work to have dedicated team members on the memory care areas on each shift. This is vital to ensuring that changes in a resident’s care needs or cognitive abilities is met. With consistent staff, family members form relationships that are built around trust which helps in making routine, as well as tough, care decisions.

Another important aspect of our memory care neighborhoods are our multi-sensory, or Snoezelen, environment. In this relaxing space, residents can experience an environment that reduces agitation and anxiety, but also engage and delight, stimulate reactions and encourage communication for our residents.

Each of our neighborhood sensory rooms are unique dependent on the residents that reside on that neighborhood. The features of the room can include varied lighting, drawing stations, rocking chairs, massage chairs, large stuffed bean bags, weighted blankets and aromatherapy oils and lotions. The residents are also able to watch waterfalls, a flickering fire or waves crashing. It was also particularly important that our rooms do not feel child-like, as many of these rooms can become when primary colors are used over and over.

Many of our residents utilize the room to reduce stimulation that can cause the agitation. Not any different than the rest of the general population, our residents like to go to a place alone that is quiet and soothing to calm down.

A woman with glasses and a younger woman are sitting and kneeling together at a table, smiling for the camera. The older woman is seated in a wheelchair, wearing a shiny puffer jacket and a pink headband. On the table in front of them, there is a plate with toast and a small cup.

We are the first facility in the area with separate memory care neighborhoods for men and women. Our Mauch Drive neighborhood is home to our ladies with Memory Care needs while our Hart Cove neighborhood is home to our fellows who thrive in a structured and secure environment. Even though we understand that our residents need the extra attention that Memory Care provides to keep them healthy and safe, we like to concentrate more on having fun, learning and experiencing as much as life has to offer. The family-like atmosphere where we enable purpose-filled lives of all is sewn throughout the fabric of our Memory Care neighborhoods as we meet each individual along their journey.

Happy elderly woman and elderly man with a walker sitting at a decorated table during a Valentine's Day celebration with people in festive costumes in the background.
A woman with curly hair and beige sweater is holding hands and smiling at an elderly man with a walker, sitting at a table in a dining area decorated with blue balloons, while other people are in the background.
A caregiver interacts with an elderly woman in a wheelchair in a communal area of a nursing home or assisted living facility, with other residents and staff visible in the background.
Two women, one young and one elderly, sitting together indoors. The elderly woman is in a wheelchair, holding a book about beach attractions, wearing a white fleece jacket with a leopard pattern, glasses, and black clogs. The young woman is kneeling beside her, smiling, and wearing a similar fleece jacket with a leopard pattern and light blue jeans. In the background, there is a woman sitting alone at a table near a window, with a gumball machine behind her.
A young girl in a purple sweater and glasses smiling and engaging in conversation with a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt in a cheerful, social setting, possibly a care facility or restaurant.
An elderly woman with glasses lying on a couch with a small brown dog wearing a pink sweater in her arms. The woman and dog are on a cream-colored shaggy blanket in a cozy room.
Two women sitting at a table with plates of food, cupcakes, and drinks, smiling and leaning towards each other for a photo, in a room with a teal wall and photos pinned on a bulletin board in the background.