Leading their own life: Marylanders with dementiaShare this content:linkedingoogleEmailPrintThe Brighter SideRemaining social can be a struggle for residents who are grappling with dementia, but one senior-care provider may have found a way to alleviate it.
Copper Ridge in Skyesville, MD, an assisted living and rehab center, has been hosting social clubs for about a year for those suffering from the brain condition.
The idea is to put those suffering from dementia into a more relaxed setting than group therapy or individual counseling, allowing them to socialize without the pressure of remembering names or dates.
The facility was able to kick off its club with the help of a $5,000 grant from the Greater Maryland Alzheimer's Association.
It's proved so popular, however, that with the money spent, it has incorporated those dollars into its annual budget, according to the newspaper.
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Lynn Peel didn’t just want a small house-style memory care community —she wanted a small house.
That’s why the standalone memory care community she runs, The Mooring on Foreside, in Cumberland Foreside, Maine, has only 12 residents.
It is the 2017 Senior Housing News Architecture and Design Award winner for “Best Standalone Memory Care.” And it is giving residents deeply personalized care.
The Mooring’s key break from the small house model is using only one house, as opposed to a series of houses.
In small house nomenclature, each of these houses is a “pod.” The typical small house community includes multiple pods, all the same size, so that everything residents need is in their small house.