Because nothing says home like cozy, comfortable spaces and people who care. If you and your family are looking for a memory care community, Brookdale Vestal West can help. Our Alzheimer's and dementia care community, also known as Clare Bridge, is rooted in a person-centered approach . That means we help our residents find a sense of purpose and belonging while also helping them preserve who they are.
For people living with dementia, small moments can have a big purpose. Our 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. Brain games, dancing and music programs are just a few of the activities are residents enjoy. Along with our programming, you ll have peace of mind knowing that trained staff is on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And best of all, our pet-friendly apartments can be personalized with familiar furniture and belongings so your loved one will feel secure and comfortable.
The Clare Bridge Daily Path is an evidence-based approach that offers a gentle daily structure of six planned programs per day, our routine that helps our residents maintain their abilities, encourage the use of their current skills, and offer a sense of security and accomplishment. Working in small cluster groups, each resident is surrounded by others with the same cognitive abilities, to give them a feeling of fitting in. Activities include a morning cognitive workout with discussions, brain games and physical fitness and movement classes like our B-Fit program, walking programs, and dancing.
A place that is familiar and comforting that s home. Our apartments have plenty of natural window light and some even have a garden view. We help families make our residents apartments familiar and comfortable with a move-in guide and a suggested list of what to bring. Plus, we re a pet-friendly community because we know it s not really home without our four-legged family members with us.
You loved one can spend time gardening in our gardens with raised flower beds for easy access. Or your loved one can enjoy spending sunny days outside in our large courtyard with walking paths and then meet up with friends in the game room to work on a puzzle. We even have our own theater on campus for movie matinees. And for your convenience, we also have a pharmacy on-site.
Music is an important part of life at Brookdale Vestal West with sing-a-longs around our piano, karaoke and music trivia. Residents also enjoy InTouch, which 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.
When it comes to daily activities, your loved one will have plenty of options to enjoy. Gardening, watercolor painting and chair yoga are just a few of activities included on the Daily Path. Our residents also enjoy devotional services, puzzles and crafting classes like jewelry-making, too.
Music is an important part of life at Brookdale Vestal West with sing-a-longs around our piano, karaoke and music trivia. Residents also enjoy InTouch, which 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.
When it comes to daily activities, your loved one will have plenty of options to enjoy. Gardening, watercolor painting and chair yoga are just a few of activities included on the Daily Path. Our residents also enjoy devotional services, puzzles and crafting classes like jewelry-making, too.
Did you know 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. Your loved one will enjoy an award-winning dining program that includes dementia-friendly menus with familiar and easy-to-manage selections, small dining rooms with consistent pre-selected seating and personal dining assistance.
If your loved one enjoys art and crafts, he or she can work on projects in our art studio. And our residents love our convenient on-site beauty salon and barbershop for hair appointments. And don t forget, if you want, you and your family can reserve our private dining room for special celebrations.
Our Clare Bridge environments feature areas of the community that are set up for safe engagement in gardening, kitchen work, handyman help like a woodworking station, 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.
We have purposeful programs that offer the care you and your family need for different stages of dementia. 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.
Our exclusive Personalized Service System allows us to provide individually customized plans for your family member. Your customized plan means you only pay for the services you need and want. And we re flexible, so when your needs decrease or increase, your plan and its cost do, too.
We are committed to building person-centered partnerships with relationship-rich care. In our care model, we build relationships with trust, loving concern and a sense of family. We listen to your loved one as we problem-solve behavioral expressions that may arise. Knowing and being present in relationships with your loved one gives us a strong foundation to anticipate any unmet needs and lessen behavioral symptoms.
