Brookdale Troutdale

Memory loss doesn t have to mean all is lost. If you need memory care and support, Brookdale Troutdale in Troutdale, Oregon, can help. Our Alzheimer s and dementia care community, also known as Clare Bridge, is rooted in a person-centered approach . It 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, and music programs are just a few of the ways our residents spend their days. With two different floor plans to choose from, our apartments have lots of natural window light and plenty of room to help your family member personalize their space. 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. But routine doesn t have to mean boring. Our residents have a lot of choices. Bowling, movement and fitness classes, music with sing-a-longs and chair yoga are just a few of activities included on the Daily Path.

Surrounded by your favorite things and people who love you that s home. Our apartments have lots of window light and you and your family have a choice of two floorplan options and all apartments include private bathrooms. We help our families make our residents apartments familiar and comfortable with a move-in guide and a suggested list of what to bring.

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.

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.

You or your family member can start your day with coffee in our secure courtyard garden or find your next favorite book in our library. Or maybe you want to play cards with friends or work on a puzzle in the game room. When you re ready to have your hair or nails done, book an appointment at our on-site salon, another convenient service available right here on campus. We even have an arts and crafts studio here so you can work on creative projects and an ice cream parlor when you re ready for a sundae or a milkshake.

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 a Clare Bridge 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.