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Clare Bridge®: Our Community-Based Approach
Clare Bridge is our exclusive brand of Alzheimer’s and dementia care that serves both you and your loved one. Our mission is to help your loved one feel a strong sense of belonging, build friendships and support their current abilities through personalized and purposeful engagement.
What Our Clare Bridge Community Can Offer Your Loved One
Just because someone you love is experiencing memory loss, it doesn't mean that they should have to sacrifice their quality of life. Our residents spend their days in a secure place, surrounded by familiar people who encourage them to enjoy life, experience feelings of belonging and purpose and support current abilities through our Clare Bridge Daily Path programming.
Since we host only memory care residents, we’re built for security first.
- Our community has features like secured entrances and exits and a highly engaged staff, each of whom is specially trained for the particular needs of memory care residents.
- Our enclosed outdoor courtyard with gardens allows our residents to experience sheltered freedom as we strive to help them explore their surroundings in a secured environment.
- You’ll have peace of mind knowing there is trained staff on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Our buildings, grounds and apartments are all designed and decorated to maximize that home-sweet-home feeling for our residents.
- We have a library, beauty parlor and greenhouse all on-site, and our residents have plenty of time to enjoy them with a friend or with a great book.
- You and your family can choose from a selection of floor plans, including a companion suite option.
- Our apartments have large windows with plenty of natural light.
- You can personalize your loved one’s new home with familiar furnishings, treasured family photos and keepsakes.
Our kind and considerate staff will treat your loved one like a member of their own family.
- We carefully select our team and invest in quality training and education to help keep our care associates up-to-date on the latest dementia care techniques.
- To help your loved one experience a full life in a place where they are well known, we provide consistent care assignments so that your loved one is cared for by the same associates whenever possible.
- We aim to build a relationship-rich partnership between your family member and their care provider, which in turn promotes familiarity and regularity.
We’re pioneers in memory care and we continue to evolve and improve our programs.
- Our long list of activities isn’t just to keep our residents busy. It’s to keep them engaged with life, pursuing creative pursuits, and developing social interactions with peers.
- Through a wide range of life-affirming activities, each specially chosen to add something of value to our residents, we provide the stable kind of environment that our residents need.
Personalized Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care
Our memory care program is deeply rooted in a person-centered approach. We focus on creating feelings of belonging and purpose for your loved one while seeking to preserve their identity and sense of self. We know how difficult it can be to trust someone else to care for your loved one. That’s why we spend time learning about our residents’ pasts, their likes and dislikes, and what makes them feel loved and cherished throughout an ordinary day. This helps our team meet your family member's needs at all stages of the disease.
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Clare Bridge is our exclusive brand of dementia care created more than 30 years ago, consisting of a gentle structure of six planned programs per day that help support your love one's current abilities and help preserve their remaining skills.
Crossings is designed for seniors in the early stages of dementia, and a stepping stone between assisted living and memory care. Your loved one can enjoy activities like art and dance classes, museum excursions, journaling to explore life stories, and sharing stories around the dinner table with new friends.
Solace is skillfully crafted to meet the special needs of advanced dementia; adding an extra layer to the Clare Bridge programming including extra time for grooming, activities involving the senses, music and aromatherapy.
Assisted living communities are designed for seniors who are relatively independent, but they need some assistance with daily tasks, like bathing, dressing and managing medication. Assisted living is ideal for those who are looking to make the most of their retirement by living closer to other people in the same stage of life, while getting access to quality care, great onsite amenities, and interesting activities happening at the community.
Memory care communities are specifically designed for seniors living with Alzheimer's or dementia. They feature safe and secure environments where staff can closely monitor the health of the residents. You'll also find programs, activities, and events that are designed to help memory care residents work on their cognitive abilities, while also getting to enjoy passions and hobbies. Staff typically are specially trained to provide the quality care needed for seniors with memory loss.
Memory care features can vary from location to location. Sometimes they are stand-alone communities, and sometimes they are part of a larger community with more levels of care. They often include safety features like emergency alert systems, enclosed courtyards and keypad entry; personalized programming; easy-to-navigate features like color-coded hallways and spacious hallways; and accommodations for seniors in both the early and late stages of dementia.
As much as we wish there was a cure for Alzheimer’s, the best thing a memory care community can do is provide opportunities for your loved one to maintain or experience improvement in their current skills. Research has shown that living in a community can reduce the amount of medication a resident needs, increase their overall health and wellness with proper nutrition and exercise, and provide increased social interaction that leads to lower levels of depression and isolation.
The cost of memory care depends on several different factors, including location, floor plan and how much care your loved one needs. The good news is that our residents only pay for the services they actually need.
This is one of those tricky questions that only you can answer. It’s important to do your research before coming to a final decision. But we can tell you that as the disease progresses, the amount of time, energy and resources required to provide quality care will increase. This often creates more stress for the caregiver and could compromise the otherwise high quality of life your loved one could enjoy in a memory care community.
Our communities incorporate several features to help keep your loved one safe, like including emergency alert systems in each apartment. The majority of our communities also have enclosed outdoor courtyards so residents can explore in a secure environment.
Many caregivers think that a private suite is always the better option for their loved one, but research has shown the value of companionship for seniors living with Alzheimer's or dementia. Sharing an apartment with a roommate can sometimes give residents a greater sense of purpose and lead to deep and lasting friendships. Companion suites can also be more budget-friendly!
Most memory care communities provide educational materials and outreach for families exploring senior living options, but you still need to do your research. Consider what specific items are on your wish list, taking into consideration your loved one’s individual needs and any activities, treatments or accommodations that you believe is important. For more information on finding the right memory care community, visit our Find the Right Memory Care Community page.
