Pear Valley Senior Living

Pear Valley Senior Living is located in the Twin Creeks neighborhood of Central Point, Oregon — part of the beautiful Rogue River Valley. The Rogue River Valley is popular among retirees for its mild climate and connection to the natural environment. Central Point is adjacent to Medford and just a 25-minute drive from Ashland, home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival!

Pear Valley Senior Living offers assisted living and memory care community amenities that enhance the home-like environment while encouraging the social interaction of community living. We also encourage social and family connections and the changing environment in which those are maintained — which is why we are proud to offer amenities such as free wireless internet access and senior programming that allows elders to stay connected and visit the world from home.

What is assisted living? Assisted living, was originally created in the 1980’s as a less expensive, more homelike alternative to the traditional nursing home.

Although regulations vary from state to state, assisted living provides a wide array of services designed to keep an elder as independent as possible, for as long as possible. In most cases, assisted living helps seniors stay more active, social, and engaged in life than they otherwise would be living alone. Not to mention the added security of 24-hour staff, assistance with medications, and communication between healthcare providers.

Benefits of Central Point, Oregon, assisted living include:

• Tailoring of services to the individual needs of the elder
• Maintenance of an elder’s lifestyle and connection to the greater community (assistance with transportation, shopping, recreation, and volunteerism are just a few examples)
• Social programs designed to keep an elder active and engaged in life and their surroundings
• Extended ‘family’ to care and watch out for the elder’s safety and well-being
• Regular communication with long-distance family members
• Help prevent major disasters that sometimes happen when elders live alone
• Monitoring of health and general well-being changes

Memory care, sometimes referred to as Alzheimer’s care, is typically an assisted living or residential care setting that is designed specifically to care for those with Alzheimer’s or other dementias. Any type of dementia (and there are over 70 known types) requires special care and understanding from the caregiver.

Memory Care settings may provide physical and emotional relief as well as peace of mind for families with a memory-challenged relative. Our memory care team members undergo our dementia-specific training when learning how to provide assistance services.

Pear Valley Senior Living’s memory care is a comfortable living environment where elders are free to wander and use the memory care neighborhood and secure courtyard. Our Life Stations are designed with elders with cognitive impairments’ needs in mind. Enjoy gardening or caring for plants, tinker at the workbench, assist the team with making cookies at the therapy kitchen or enjoy the tactile sensations of “touchable art.” All elders are invited to even lead memory care programming as they are able–giving them a sense of purpose.

Benefits of a Central Point, Oregon, community-based memory care setting include:

• secured entry to minimize risk of wandering
• regular human interaction and programs to engage the memory-challenged individual in daily life, minimizing withdrawal
• nutrition, exercise, social stimulation, and support
• elder well-being monitoring and communication with family and health care providers
• freedom from caring for a loved one’s daily needs, so families can focus on spending quality and joyful times with the individual