Brookdale Emerson

There are plenty of active seniors out there who are ready, willing and able to take on the world with just a bit of help. If you re living a mostly independent lifestyle, but you could use an extra hand with some of your day-to-day activities, Brookdale Emerson with both assisted living and memory care could be right for you.

So go ahead and take a tai chi class or join your friends for a movie night with popcorn. We ll take care of the rest so you can focus on fun ways to spend your day. Your basic utilities and maintenance are all included so you won t have as many bills to worry about. You ll also find comfort knowing that staff is on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Plus, you ll enjoy a great selection of apartments with plenty of space and great window light.

You ll have the care you need if you need it so you can focus on the fun. You could start your morning with coffee in the courtyard before joining a Flex Your Brain session. Or how about bingo or a tech class? Maybe you ve always wanted to learn to play poker. Now you can join the poker club. How about Rummikub or bingo? You can do that, too, and then join friends for happy hour. You can be as involved as much or as little as you choose. If you need to run errands but you don t like driving in traffic, use our transportation services to get you where you need to go.

You ll have a selection of floor plans to choose from, including studio, one- bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. You can even choose a companion suite option if you want. Here you ll be able to make your apartment your own with your personal style. We can even help you hang pictures to help you settle in. With a private bathroom and plenty of natural window light and space, some apartments even have garden views.

After a little exercise with a fitness class, enjoy a coffee on the patio. If you have a passion for gardening, check out our courtyard gardens, or take a walk along our walking paths. Pick out your next favorite book in our library or join friends for a game of Scrabble in the living room. We even have a wellness center on-site for your convenience.

For memory care residents, we offer a program, also known as Clare Bridge, rooted in a person-centered approach, which means we help our residents find a sense of belonging and purpose while also helping them preserve who they are. The Daily Path is an evidence-based approach that offers a gentle daily structure of six planned programs per day, which maintain our residents' abilities and encourage the use of their current skills. The walking club, craft classes, dancing and music performances are just a few of the activities available for our memory care residents.

Select apartments have a kitchen with a microwave, refrigerator and sink if you want to prepare a light meal. Or head down to the dining room for meals that are all about you your suggestions, your feedback and even your own family recipes.

People living with dementia are at a greater risk for poor nutrition and weight loss. That s why we use mealtime for our memory care residents as an opportunity to offer healthy menu choices and create a sense of belonging. With our memory care dining program, our residents enjoy dementia-friendly menus with familiar and easy-to-manage selections.

Select apartments have a kitchen with a microwave, refrigerator and sink if you want to prepare a light meal. Or head down to the dining room for meals that are all about you your suggestions, your feedback and even your own family recipes.

People living with dementia are at a greater risk for poor nutrition and weight loss. That s why we use mealtime for our memory care residents as an opportunity to offer healthy menu choices and create a sense of belonging. With our memory care dining program, our residents enjoy dementia-friendly menus with familiar and easy-to-manage selections.

And next time you want to have your hair done, book your appointment at our on-site beauty salon. We even have a private dining room you can reserve for special celebrations with family and friends. It s just one more way we help you live your best life.

When you want to get out and do a little shopping, our campus is in the heart of northern New Jersey, right next door to an organic farm on Old Hook Road. You ll have easy access to local markets and stores, and we re less than a half hour from New York City.

Our memory care community features areas of the community that are set up for safe engagement in gardening, kitchen work, handyman help, and other household and normal daily tasks. Life skills activities provide a sense of purpose, meaning and belonging as residents complete tasks related to everyday life.

Along with our programming, you ll find comfort knowing that our trained staff is on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

With assisted living, you ll have help with managing your medications, dressing and bathing, as well as services like housekeeping and meals. It's about redefining your independence, full of friendships and time for rediscovering an old passion or finding a new one. Your wellness is supported by collaborative care partnerships between your family, our care associates and other healthcare providers.

And if you need memory care in the future, you ll have person-centered Alzheimer's and dementia care within the same community campus. With gentle guidance and visual reminders, our memory care communities provide a secure, safe space with a daily path of engagement that meets our resident's skill levels.

As part of our commitment to relationship-rich care in our memory care community, we ve developed a comprehensive problem-solving process as an alternative to psychotropic medications sometimes prescribed to manage behavioral expressions associated with dementia. Sometimes addressing basic issues like pain, hunger or thirst or even an environment that s too hot or too cold, will resolve problems without the need to resort to medication.