Memory Care for Alzheimer's and Dementia

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A memory care unit can be a stand alone facility or a secured part of an assisted living community, continuing care community, or skilled nursing facility. This care setting is intended for individuals with dementia and other cognitive impairments who are in need of specialized physical, social and daily care. Memory care communities feature security measures that safely prevent patients from wandering outside or off of the premises unattended.

A Senior Living Advisor will contact you to provide qualified facilities in your area. You will work directly with the memory care facility of your choice to create care plans outlining services, costs, and payment options that best meet your needs for the next phase of life.

Memory Care: The Greatest Gift We Could Give Mom
Mom's progression of Alzheimer's disease over the last eight years had been pretty much textbook. But nothing would prepare us for the challenge of placing her in memory care.
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Choosing a Long-Term Care Facility: Tips from a Certified Nursing Assistant
On senior living tours, guides often direct your attention to the shiny features they’re proudest of. These offerings may be great, but it is crucial to use an evidence-based method to determine the quality of care your loved one will receive.
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When Is It Time to Place a Loved One with Dementia in a Long-Term Care Facility?
Family members often struggle with decisions regarding memory care. There is no downside to placing a senior with dementia in a facility too soon, however there are many consequences of waiting too long.
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Senior Housing Options for Dementia Patients
Deciding what type of long-term care an aging loved one needs is far more complex when dementia is a factor. Explore senior housing options and the limitations of each when considering the appropriate level of care for a senior with dementia.
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Our family can't agree on whether or not mom should move to assisted living. What's the solution?
My elderly mother has dementia. How do I get my siblings to stop fighting me about moving mom to assisted living? We are at a standstill.
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Questions & Answers About Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) offer independent living, assisted living, nursing care, rehabilitative services on a single campus to accomodate seniors as they age and their housing and health care needs change.
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Wandering Top Tips: Professional Caregivers and Memory Care Facilities Can Help
The AgingCare.com forum is filled with people coming together to share valuable information. We’ve compiled experienced caregivers’ best tips for recognizing when outside help is needed to keep a wandering senior safe.
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Dementia Care Settings Can Enrich Patients' Lives
Although family members are hesitant and even resistant to placing their loved one with dementia in adult day care or an assisted living facility, these settings offer plenty of engaging and useful activities that can enhance their quality of life.
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Questions to Ask When Choosing a Memory Care Facility
Memory care facilities provide increased levels of care and safety for individuals with Alzheimer's and dementia. This list of core concerns can help you efficiently evaluate each facility you consider.
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Why Size Matters When Choosing the Right Memory Care Community
Choosing the right memory care community for a loved one with dementia can be daunting. There are many things to consider, but here's why you should always take size into account when making your decision.
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How Different Countries Infuse Dignity into Dementia Care
Different countries take different approaches to making dementia care dignified. Here are four examples of what dignified dementia care looks like in different places around the world.
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Good Times at the Memory Café
The Memory Café sounds like the name of a 1950s diner, but this term is the official moniker of a new breed of social gathering for seniors and their caregivers that has begun cropping up around the country. ‘Support group' is a tidy, if slightly imprecise, way of explaining the true function of a Memory Cafe. The difference between a Memory Café and a support group is that a Café gathering is more about the camaraderie and less about the disease.
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An In-Depth Look at Using Cameras to Monitor Professional Caregivers
There are personal, professional, ethical and legal aspects to consider when deciding whether to use so-called “granny cams” to monitor the care seniors receive in their own homes and in long-term care facilities.
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Memory Care Tricks from an Unlikely Literary Source
I recently found a few interesting memory care tricks from an unlikely literary source: "And The Mountains Echoed," by Khaled Hosseini.
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Seniors Behaving Badly in Long-Term Care Facilities
It’s impossible to anticipate how a senior may interact with other residents and staff in settings like assisted living facilities and nursing homes, but staff should be prepared to handle difficult interpersonal issues and defuse tensions.
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