Our Community
A Wonderful Selection
We understand that every senior has a unique journey. We work to get to know every resident in both our assisted living and memory care communities to ensure they have the care they need to live a healthy, happy life.
Our campus includes the following accommodations and levels of care:
- For those who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, our memory care community provides specialized care from a staff that is continuously trained in handling the unique needs of seniors with memory-related issues. Residents with Alzheimer’s or related memory challenges reside in a supportive environment with familiar surroundings. By helping seniors achieve daily moments of achievement, residents find new meaning and purpose in their daily lives.
Our homelike memory care community offers senior apartments on one floor for easy access. Our spacious apartments include private and companion suites that feature a 24-hour emergency response system, private baths, and some feature kitchenettes with refrigerators.
Our purpose built community incorporates special features, such as — large circular paths designed to lead residents to areas of activity, enclosed, outdoor courtyards, way finding cues, small spaces decorated like home and shadow boxes for residents personal mementos to identify their personal space.
Residents can relax by the fire in the family room, or enjoy a good book in the library. Our secured courtyard is beautifully landscaped with pathways, flower beds, gazebos and benches. These activities give residents and their loved ones the opportunity to get to know one another and enjoy each other’s company.
We also offer a wide range of activities each month, home cooked meals and off-site excursions. Everything is done for a reason but most especially to give residents a sense of freedom and independence, all within a safe environment over which our staff keeps careful watch.
Our memory care community is truly a home and we are one big happy family. So whether you want to relax in your private apartment or socialize in one of our many common areas, we have a space to fill your needs.
We are dedicated to serving the special care needs of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. From our building design to our carefully selected staff and specialized programming and management, we focus on the individual needs of each resident and family we serve.
Optimum Life
Brookdale’s unique Optimum Life approach to resident activities balances six key dimensions of wellness – purposeful, emotional, physical, social, spiritual and intellectual. Intended as a journey of self-examination and discovery, it includes services, features and benefits that allow each resident to reach these goals, regardless of real or perceived limitations.
Partnering with the Local Community
We believe that it is important to keep our residents plugged in with the “greater community” and it is best for the greater community to create space for seniors as well. Our residents eagerly participate in numerous fund-raising and volunteer efforts.
Our Staff
Our staff at Brookdale Richland Hills is chosen for their caregiving skills and their caring attitudes. They are carefully selected and trained to manage the challenges associated with dementia, which can sometimes be difficult. The Clare Bridge Daily Path provides a gentle structure to each day that targets specific needs of those with Alzheimer’s and various types and levels of dementia. It features:
- Morning Mental Workout — Daily late morning mental exercises including discussions, brain stimulating games, and reminiscing.
- Daily Physical Activity — A variety of exercise opportunities including group exercises, walking programs and dancing.
- Daily Life Skills — Individual or group activities that provide a sense of purpose, meaning, and belonging.
- Person Centered Life Enrichment Programming — Activities are designed using the resident’s own social history information as a foundation.
Our staff is trained to understand and manage unpredictable behaviors and the need for an individualized approach for every resident, depending on the progression of the disease. We understand that creative problem solving is needed when providing dignity and quality of life to individuals with memory loss. For this we have dedicated dementia care specialists on staff to support our staff, residents and families.
