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Featured Amenities

  • Emergency Alert System
  • Pet Friendly
  • Fitness Center
  • Transportation
  • Parking
  • Library
  • Concierge Service

Levels of Care

  • CCRC Rental
  • Skilled Nursing
  • Memory Care
  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living

Exceptional Senior Living

You’re looking for more than a community that checks off most of your boxes. You’re looking for the right fit, a community of friends that feels like your tribe. Come find out if Brookdale University Park in Birmingham, Alabama, is for you. We are a continuing care retirement community, or CCRC, which means you have independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing and rehabilitation all on one campus.

As a resident, you have the freedom to experiment with new hobbies, reignite your sense of purpose and enjoy new experiences and connections with interesting new friends. Maybe you want to take a painting class or check out a tech class and learn about podcasts. Here you can. And with a selection of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom pet-friendly apartments, you can find just the home that fits your style. Plus, you’ll have peace of mind knowing our staff is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to be alerted to an emergency.


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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 doesn't mean that they should have to sacrifice their quality of life. Our residents spend their days in a secure environment, surrounded by familiar people who encourage them to enjoy life, experience feelings of belonging and purpose and help to support their current skills through our daily path of engagement.

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Benefits of Our Clare Bridge Community
A Secure Setting

Your loved one may experience a sense of "sheltered freedom" within our purpose-built community.

  • Our community setting was designed to encourage secured independence and exploration.
  • We have special features including walkways designed to lead residents to places of activity, an enclosed courtyard and garden, way-finding cues and soothing wall colors.
  • For peace of mind, we have trained staff on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Supportive and Engaging Care Environments

Here, your loved one will be welcomed into a supportive and welcoming atmosphere.

  • Residents enjoy private apartments with plenty of natural light and peaceful views and our dining room with large spacious windows.
  • As your loved one transitions between care, we keep our floor plans the same to help reduce stress during the transition. 
  • With our beautiful gardens, your loved one can relax and enjoy a beautiful day with great friends.
Consistent Care Assignments

Our compassionate care team is dedicated to helping your loved one live their best life with a sense of meaning and purpose.

  • We provide consistent care assignments whenever possible to help residents feel seen and well-known.
  • Relationship-rich care helps our team anticipate resident needs and address any behavioral expressions that could possibly arise due to their dementia.
Engaging Programs

Our Clare Bridge Daily Path is an evidence-based program that offers a gentle daily structure of six planned activities.

  • We partner with volunteers and organizations outside our walls and engage in multigenerational activities with local schools and youth groups.
  • Activities are both lightly challenging and stimulating to help your loved one preserve their current abilities. 
  • We want to help your loved one continue to experience independence, so we customize their programs to fit their needs and interests.

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Personalized Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care

If you need memory care and support, we can help. Our Alzheimer’s and dementia care community can help your family member find a sense of belonging and purpose while also helping them preserve who they are. We do this by providing your loved one with the same care partner whenever possible to encourage familiarity and relationship-rich care. Whether it’s our Clare Bridge program for mid to late stages of dementia or our Solace program for the advanced stages of dementia, we have purposeful programs with the compassionate care you and your family need.


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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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