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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.

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Benefits of Our Clare Bridge Community
A Secure Setting

Our purpose-built community allows our residents living with dementia or other cognitive challenges to comfortably and securely explore their surroundings.

  • Your loved one can enjoy our home-like common areas and enclosed outdoor courtyard. 
  • We incorporate large circular paths with way-finding cues designed to lead residents to areas of activity. 
  • You’ll have peace of mind knowing trained staff is on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Supportive and Engaging Care Environments

We carefully designed our community to give your family member the comfort of familiar surroundings.

  • We have community areas set up for comfortable engagement in gardening, kitchen work, handyman help and other daily tasks. 
  • Life skills activities provide a sense of purpose, meaning and belonging to your loved one. 
  • Your family member can feel a sense of comfort and familiarity in their apartment with their treasured keepsakes, family photos and favorite furnishings.
Consistent Care Assignments

Our attentive staff supports your loved one through gentle guidance and reminders.

  • We aim to create person-centered partnerships between your loved one and their care partners.
  • To encourage familiarity, we assign the same care partners to your loved one whenever possible. 
  • Our team of associates can support your loved one throughout their day, whether during meals, taking medication, bathing or getting around the community.
Engaging Programs

The Clare Bridge Daily Path is an evidence-based approach that offers residents a gentle daily structure of six planned programs, each stimulating and challenging to support their current abilities.

  • Activities may include morning mental workouts, painting and pet therapy and 
  • Your loved one can take part in InTouch technology programs, an intuitively designed touch-screen computer that brings the outside world in with easy-to-use picture-screen prompts.

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Personalized Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care

If your loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, our memory care community provides specialized care from a staff that is trained to address the unique needs of seniors living with dementia. Through a person-centered approach, we help each resident find a sense of belonging and purpose while also helping them preserve who they are.


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Common Questions About Memory Care

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.

A companion suite can offer your loved one something special: friendship. Sharing space often brings comfort, joyful routines and a true sense of purpose. It’s a meaningful way to connect—and can be a budget-friendly option too. 

Memory care communities often share helpful resources, while you know your loved one most. Think about your loved one’s daily routines, favorite activities and care needs. Make a list of what’s important—and use it to guide your search with confidence. For more information, visit our Find the Right Memory Care Community page.

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