Memory Care
Finding the Right Memory Care Community for Your Loved One
Memory care is specialized senior living designed for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and other forms of cognitive impairment. As memory loss progresses, a loved one may need more supervision, structure, and assistance than can safely be provided at home or in traditional assisted living.
The Way to Aging provides FREE Senior Placement Services to families throughout California and North Texas.
A quality Memory Care Community provides a secure and supportive environment while helping residents maintain as much independence, dignity, and quality of life as possible. Services may include 24-hour supervision, medication management, assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and eating, as well as structured activities designed for individuals experiencing cognitive decline.
Looking for a Memory Care Place for Mom or Dad?
Making the decision to place a loved one in a Memory Care Community is one of the most difficult decisions someone has to make. Many people wait until there is a crisis and they find themselves having to make a rushed decision when placing their loved one in a community. Please allow us to help you through these challenging times and find placement for your loved one FREE of charge to you. Not all Dementias are the same and you need a Memory Care community that specializes in your loved one’s type of Dementia.
Some communities are not able to care for Dementia clients with aggression and agitation behaviors. It is important to know what questions to ask when placing your loved one in a Memory Care setting.
Please call us before calling a Memory Care Community. As a Gerontologist and previous Executive Director for Assisted Living and Memory Care Communities, we know how to navigate the industry, we are able to guide clients to reputable Communities FREE of charge and advocate for our clients when matching them to a Memory Care Community that meets their needs. Our priority is our client’s well-being, comfort, and happiness.
When Is It Time to Consider Memory Care?
Families may want to explore Memory Care when a loved one begins experiencing increased confusion, wandering, unsafe behaviors, frequent falls, medication mistakes, changes in judgment, difficulty completing daily activities, or agitation and other behavioral changes associated with dementia.
Choosing the right community is especially important because not every Memory Care Community provides the same level of dementia care. Families should consider caregiver training, staffing, safety measures, experience managing challenging behaviors, activities, community reputation, costs, and whether the community can accommodate increasing care needs.
Yolanda Lawler, MASM, RCFE, is a gerontologist and former Executive Director of Assisted Living and Memory Care communities. She helps seniors and families navigate assisted living, memory care, residential care and geriatric care management.
Free Memory Care Placement Help
At The Way to Aging, we help families navigate the difficult process of finding appropriate Memory Care. Our experience in gerontology, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and senior placement allows us to evaluate your loved one’s individual needs and help identify communities that may be an appropriate fit.
Our FREE Senior Placement Service helps families compare Memory Care options, understand services and costs, ask the right questions, and make informed decisions. You do not have to navigate Memory Care alone. Contact The Way to Aging for a complimentary consultation and personalized help finding Memory Care for your loved one.
Things to Consider
Some considerations to be taken for Memory Care options are finances, community’s reputation, team’s longevity, team’s training, services offered. Most communities charge for care separately, as your loved one decline, you must take into consideration the higher cost of care for the additional services as well as yearly rent increases. You want to ensure the community is able to care for your loved one through end of life to avoid having to move later. Making the decision to place a loved one in a Memory Care facility is a difficult one; please allow us to help you through these challenging times. Call Us Today 949-278-6181