About Resident Care
As an advocate for your patients and their care partners, you help them navigate the complex healthcare system, educate them on health conditions, and coordinate care with other professionals and organizations. And like you, rather than waiting until an acute care episode, Brookdale aims to provide encouragement for and access to preventive care to help residents manage chronic conditions and avoid unnecessary hospitalizations. We want to work alongside you and support improved health outcomes for the patients and families you serve.
Expert Care at Every Level
At every level of our organization, we rely on guidance from experienced clinicians to help optimize the health and wellness of our residents. At the community level, teams work with each resident individually to help create, monitor and maintain a personalized, comprehensive service plan. These local teams are supported and guided by district, regional, divisional and national clinical leaders.*
*Positions vary by community and district. Check with your local community for details.
The Brookdale Advantage
Our Integrated Approach
We apply a uniform approach for various conditions, including 11 comprehensive, evidence-based clinical programs for chronic condition management, and adhere to treatment plans including services such as medication management, dietary guidelines and exercise.
Electronic Health Records (EHR) allow us to improve communications, reporting and tracking of conditions and incidents. We also have the ability to oversee and manage medications through Electronic Medication Administration Records (eMAR) and provide timely clinical responses to changes in condition.
We embrace a proactive, whole-person approach to care and other non-medical interventions needed to help maintain or improve your patient's health. For example, our Optimum Life® program helps enables your patient to maximize their health and well-being with engagement in activities and relationships that support six dimensions of wellness.
Brookdale offers opportunities for residents to enjoy close and lasting relationships. To help foster feelings of belonging and kinship, we support one-on-one connections, resident-led small groups, self-directed endeavors and associate-led large groups.
Brookdale HealthPlus is our unique care coordination program offered in select communities that helps avoid potential gaps in care by providing more clinical oversight and coordinating and facilitating urgent, preventive and routine care services for residents within the community. We apply customized clinical pathways for residents to maintain a consistent standard of care for clinical needs, including everything from allergies to post-COVID recovery. We also have tools to indicate signs and symptoms that trigger when to implement interventions and notify a physician.
The difference can be remarkable when your patient comes to live at Brookdale. We’re ready to collaborate and find the ideal community that helps meet your patient’s needs. We’ve successfully done this for residents in approximately 640+ communities, delivering a wide range of innovative programs and services across the care continuum, so you can feel confident that your patient will receive care to help them lead a healthier and happier life.