Brookdale Hamilton

Memory loss doesn t have to mean all is lost. If you and your family are looking for a memory care support, Brookdale Hamilton can help. Our Alzheimer's and dementia care community with our Clare Bridge program is rooted in a person-centered approach . That means we help our residents find a sense of belonging and purpose while also helping them preserve who they are.

Where state-of-the-art care meets a passion for painting, residents stay engaged with a gentle daily structure of planned activities to help them maintain their abilities and encourage the use of their current skills. Playing brain games, dancing, cooking classes and music programs are just a few of the ways our residents enjoy their days. Along with our programming, you ll have peace of mind knowing there is trained staff on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Clare Bridge 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. These include a morning cognitive workout with discussions, brain games and physical fitness opportunities like our B-Fit program, walking programs, and dancing.

Surrounded by your favorite things and people who love you that s home. Our apartments have plenty of natural window light and some even have a garden view. We help our families make our residents apartments familiar and comfortable with a move-in guide and a suggested list of what to bring. Best of all, we re a pet-friendly community because we know it s not really home without your four-legged family members with you.

Our Clare Bridge environments feature 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.

Even with a structured routine, our residents have a lot of choices. Art classes, bingo, gardening and card games, are just a few of the activities included on the Daily Path. Our residents also enjoy devotional services, mix and mingle events and themed movie nights.

Music is an important part of life at Brookdale Hamilton with music performances and sing-a-longs, too. Residents also enjoy InTouch world travel adventures. InTouch at Brookdale brings the outside world in with an intuitively designed touch-screen computer. With easy-to-use, picture-screen prompts, our residents with physical or cognitive limitations can launch a virtual world of discovery.

Even with a structured routine, our residents have a lot of choices. Art classes, bingo, gardening and card games, are just a few of the activities included on the Daily Path. Our residents also enjoy devotional services, mix and mingle events and themed movie nights.

Music is an important part of life at Brookdale Hamilton with music performances and sing-a-longs, too. Residents also enjoy InTouch world travel adventures. InTouch at Brookdale brings the outside world in with an intuitively designed touch-screen computer. With easy-to-use, picture-screen prompts, our residents with physical or cognitive limitations can launch a virtual world of discovery.

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

Residents enjoy spending sunny days outside in our large courtyard gardens with a safe walking path. We also have a bistro cafe on campus for light snacks and beverages. And when it s time for your loved one s next hair appointment, skip the extra drive and book an appointment at our salon on-site. You can even reserve our private dining room for a special celebration with family and friends.

Along with our programming, you ll have peace of mind knowing there is trained staff on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The first thing you may notice when entering our community is that the doors to the outside remain locked 24 hours a day. Associates have the code to all exit doors, but it is not released to family members, vendors, physicians or any other visitors to the community except in states where we are required to. You will find doorbells at both

the entrance and the exit, so you can alert associates when you need to come in and go out.

As an alternative to psychotropic medications sometimes prescribed to manage behavioral expressions, we ve developed a comprehensive problem-solving process that includes an entire team dedicated to uncovering the root of the behavioral issue. 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.