Memory Care Services
What Is Memory Care?
In a memory care community, such as the ones we offer in Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, the atmosphere is designed with the residents’ peace of mind as a high priority. The staff provide meals and assist with personal care like in an assisted living community, but they also have special training to deal with the unique issues associated with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.
Residents in memory care receive specialized care, including more frequent check-ins, and are given extra structure and support throughout the day. The staff ensures that residents are getting to their meals and attending activities. The facilities are equipped with alarmed doors, enclosed outdoor spaces, and elevator codes to keep residents from wandering and getting lost.
Avista Memory Care Benefits
At Avista Senior Living, we strive to provide quality care for our residents and excellent service for their loved ones. Some of the many benefits of choosing Avista Senior Living include:
- Personalized service based on our residents life history, needs, and interests
- Highly trained and caring staff
- Regular training and education for our staff as well as our residents and their families on concepts like:
The VITAL 5 Pillars of Success For Memory Care Settings
The 6 Cs of Personal Care
And much more
- Excellent programs and activities that help provide meaning for our residents
- Thoughtfully designed communities
- A caring, warm environment to thrive in
- Innovative memory care programs
We recognize the emotional and physical stress of providing at-home care for a loved one with advanced mental deterioration. Avista gives your loved one the most significant degree of care and much-needed support for you.
Advantages of Memory Care:
- Safety and security protocols to help prevent wandering
- Open design to lower confusion
- Staff trained in dementia care
- Encouraging dementia therapies
- Coordinated care with other health care providers
- Person-centered dementia care
Person-centered care for seniors with dementia is an individualized approach. Our staff can better help residents by understanding their specific preferences, past experiences, abilities, and needs. Our team develops a relationship with residents and their family members to fully understand the person, allowing us to customize a care plan to meet each resident’s needs.
Why we partner with SafelyYou for our Memory Care residents
Those living with dementia fall an average of four times per year. Most can’t tell you how they fell, which makes it hard to know what happened—and even harder to keep it from happening again. But SafelyYou real-time, AI-enabled cameras record only the events surrounding an on-the-ground event, so staff can see how a fall happened and determine its severity, preventing unnecessary ER visits, reducing costs, and helping to keep repeat falls from occurring. And SafelyYou clinical experts partner with on-site staff to help develop fall prevention strategies and create more person-centered care.
Learn more about our partnership with SafelyYou here.
Download Additional Resources
Ultimate Guide to Dementia and Memory Care
Download our e-book to better understand dementia. This guide is designed to help loved ones through their journey of being both a family member and caregiver, and may provide insight to support you through this process, which may help you and your loved ones enjoy life to the fullest, even after a dementia diagnosis.
Signs It's Time to Consider Memory Care
Moving people with early stages of dementia into memory care communities sooner results in a better outcome for residents’ mental, physical, and emotional well-being. There are several signs to help identify when it’s time for this level of care as opposed to assisted living.
