Brookdale Durham

Our Community

Our campus includes the following accommodations and levels of care:

• Assisted Living accommodations for those who may need some extra help with daily living activities. We balance assistance with independence, providing just the right amount care needed.
• Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program where skilled associates provide residents with a structured routine of activities that help maintain their abilities, encourage the use of their current skills and experience daily moments of success with a sense of purpose.

If you find you need more specialized care, we offer additional care options without the concern of looking for services at a new location.

We Balance Independence with Assistance

We feature well-appointed common areas, including our spacious lobby with vaulted ceilings and our family room with a cozy fireplace, game tables, and a comfortable seating area. Our elegant dining room features restaurant-style dining with table linens and wait staff.

We also have a private dining room for residents to enjoy family celebrations as well as a beauty salon and barbershop on-site, a sun room and a library lined with volumes of books and periodicals. We feature a selection of studio, one-bedroom and companion suite apartments. Our light-filled residences offer individual climate control, walk-in showers with safety bars and generous closet space. Our Assisted Living apartments feature a kitchenette with a microwave,refrigerator and sink. We also welcome small pets to our community.

Dining well is part of living well at Brookdale Durham. We offer restaurant-style dining for our residents with chef-prepared meals, and our chefs are always eager share their culinary talents to create new dishes for our residents to enjoy.

We serve three delicious meals daily with with a selection of menu choices. Menus change weekly and dishes are crafted to reflect the bounty of the season. Our chef is always open to suggestions and encourages our residents to share ideas for menu planning.

We offer an engaging calendar of activities, including our spelling bees, Saturday cinema, bingo, bell choir and Carol’s Flower Club. We also feature ice cream socials and bridge as well as outings to restaurants, shopping, movies and plays.

We Offer Sophisticated Comfort and Care

Fitness and wellness programs are an important part of our commitment to our residents’ experience. Brookdale’s Optimum Life is a holistic initiative that balances six key dimensions of wellness — purposeful, emotional, physical, social, spiritual and intellectual — to help you live a lifestyle that promotes health, wholeness and fulfillment.

Brookdale is committed to evidence-based programs, like our signature B-Fit exercise program and Brookdale Celebrates. Our Brookdale Celebrates program combines inspired culinary and educational offerings with themed experiences, special events and group activities spotlighting different cultures and cuisines.

We serve our community by creating meaningful connections with residents and providing exceptional service and care. For our associates, this opportunity to serve others is more than a job; it’s a passion.

Levels of Care

There may come a time when you or your loved need additional help. At Brookdale Durham, we offer Assisted Living and Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care so you’ll be prepared, if or when you need more assistance.

Assisted Living

We can help you and your family as you consider a move.  We understand you may be concerned about the health and safety of your senior loved one. You may feel a little overwhelmed with demands on your time or the guilt of not being able to do more. You or your loved one may fear moving and losing independence, the comforts of home, or connections with friends and family.

Assisted Living services are the unique contribution we can make to your loved one’s well-being and quality of life. At Brookdale Durham, we serve our residents by providing just the right amount of assistance and care to make their lives easier, while enabling them to live as independently as possible. Our associates are here to support the care that you and other family members already provide.

It all begins with a personal service assessment.  We take the time to listen to our residents, so we can understand their needs. Then we establish clinical, dining and program support that works for them in a meaningful way.

We partner with our residents, recognizing their individual needs and preferences, and adjust services to meet their changing needs. So whether it’s a unique snack, the celebration of a favorite season or a lifelong interest, we value the privilege of knowing our residents and building relationships with them to create a truly personalized living experience.

With our exclusive personal service system, you can live your life the way you want with a customized care plan. You only pay for the services you need and want, plus you have the flexibility to change your plan.

We provide care that balances independence with assistance and delivers service with compassion, understanding and respect. With comfortable accommodations and an impressive line of features and amenities, Brookdale residents enjoy life with the confidence of knowing we are here, partnering with you and your family, to customize solutions that support our residents’ needs as they evolve.

Memory Care

We understand your concerns for your loved one’s safety and well-being, and we understand the weight of the responsibility of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or other types of dementia. Let us help you and your loved one with our compassionate, specialized care.

Brookdale offers programs and safe environments for those with Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia. We believe no matter where an individual is on life’s journey, each has the right to live in a dignified manner and to enjoy meaningful experiences every day.

Deeply rooted in a person-centered approach, our Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care program, also called the Clare Bridge program, focuses on sustaining feelings of belonging, purpose and safety while seeking to preserve a sense of self.

The Clare Bridge Daily Path provides residents with a structured routine of activities that help maintain their abilities and encourage the use of their current skills.

The Daily Path includes programs such as discussion groups as a mental workout and daily physical exercise such as dancing. The Daily Path gives each resident purpose and a sense of security that they are right where they need to be.

Designed by a team of culinary associates, experts in memory care and registered dieticians, our unique dining program promotes a positive and successful dining experience with the following features:

• Dementia-friendly menus with selections that are easy to manage
• Individualized dining assistance
• The supportive dining environment encourages familiarity and socialization

Through our unique memory care programs, we offer comfort from the struggles of dementia for you and your loved one with customized care to meet your loved one’s specific needs. Our skilled associates provide compassionate and attentive dementia care, and enable residents to experience daily moments of success.

Learn More About Us

Let us help you or your loved one experience an engaging lifestyle with care, when needed. For more information about our services or to schedule a tour, complete the online form or call today.