What is Life Like at a Clare Bridge® Community?
Our purpose-built memory care communities are designed to cater specifically to seniors living with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. Residents can maintain their sense of purpose and make new friends while receiving support from our compassionate staff to support their current abilities.
Our memory care communities aim to create a home-like atmosphere, helping residents feel at ease and enjoy a sense of sheltered freedom. Residents and their families can decorate their apartments with cherished personal furniture, photographs, art and other meaningful life items to make it a more comfortable and personalized space. We also offer meaningful and engaging programs, encouraging residents to pursue their interests and feel at home.
It can be challenging thinking about moving someone you love to memory care. Just know you aren’t alone. Many caregivers wrestle with these feelings. The good news is that many of them feel an overwhelming sense of peace after they see a family member or friend thriving in a community. Your loved one will feel a sense of belonging and purpose, and you'll also get the support you need as an active partner of the care team.
The Memory Care Experience at Brookdale
Moving to a Brookdale Clare Bridge community can offer a supportive, understanding environment where residents and their families can find relief from the challenges of managing memory-related issues on their own. It can allow you or your loved one to redefine independence and improve overall well-being by shifting the focus from limitations to possibilities. It’s about embracing what you can do, like building friendships and receiving the support you and your loved one need.
A Customized Engagement Experience Through Daily Programming
While there is no cure, remaining as physically active as possible and cognitively and socially engaged can help maintain your loved one's well-being while living with dementia.
Here are some examples of the programming tools we use to help our Clare Bridge residents stay engaged:
- We complete a programming skills evaluation for each resident to determine level of support and prompting needed. We then cluster residents with similar skills into small groups based on ability level and interests and develop programs for each cluster group.
- Daily path programming provides a daily structure seven days a week with a minimum of six group programs per day. Examples of programming:
- Mental: Brain games through our signature BrainFit program, musical opportunities to engage in the power of memory and music, iConnect technology for engagement, associate-led social opportunities, family scrapbook with Family Connect
- Physical: Daily exercise program with B-Fit, including walking, gardening and chair yoga, community-led outings, pet visits and therapy where offered
- Spiritual: Meditation, reflection, singing, weekly church gatherings and nature walks
What are the Benefits of Our Clare Bridge Programming?
Maintaining identity and sense of self through individualized programming based on interest and ability.
Aim to preserve remaining skills, feelings of success and an increase or retention in self-esteem.
Consistent engagement in daily programming which can lead to less frustration with dementia symptoms.
With the Solace program, residents may continue to benefit from programming well into the late stages of the disease.
Managing Dementia Together
Memory Care at Brookdale
If you are still looking to better understand memory care, we can help. This is a great resource to help clear up many of those tougher questions.
Understanding the costs of memory care may help relieve much of the burden when considering Memory Care. This page will give more insight on what you should expect.
Moving to memory care may not be an easy decision for you. That's okay! We've created a resource for you to better understand when you should take this next step.