Checklist for Moving a Parent or Loved One to Memory Care
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With our new memory care expansion, private memory care suites and welcoming gathering places are designed to offer the kind of effective and compassionate care that your loved one deserves. Our Gold Seal health center will offer Alzheimer’s care and dementia care to seniors in Longwood, Florida – continuing the commitment to quality care that has awarded our health services the coveted Florida Gold Seal from the Governor’s Panel on Excellence in Long-Term Care.
Our state-of-the-art memory care facility will provide valuable resources and specialized programming, but that’s not where our care starts. We start by getting to know the individual. Once we understand the unique person we serve, their story and their personality, we design individualized programming to inspire meaning and joy in their days.
Complete the contact form for more information about what it means to redefine memory care at Village on the Green.
People who are cognitively challenged, whether from Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, require an additional level of care and security than those who simply need help with activities of daily living. Memory care residences at Village on the Green will be designed to ensure that residents feel safe and secure. Our program will be structured to build confidence in an environment that promotes choice and celebrates accomplishments.
Our fully trained team members will get to know your loved one — their history, their likes and dislikes, and preferred schedule. This nurturing relationship often improves interactions, helps reduce behavior problems, and can result in a reduction in medication needs.
Dementia refers to the loss of cognitive functions (thinking, reasoning, the ability to remember) that is severe enough to interfere with a person’s daily functioning. This group of symptoms may accompany certain diseases or conditions. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form (and cause) of dementia. It is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, characterized by loss of function and death of nerve cells in several brain areas. This leads to loss of recent memories and new learning first, and eventually old memories, too.
On February 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published interim guidance entitled “Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) or Persons Under Investigation (PUI) for COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings.” The CDC regularly updated their Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes with multiple updates from 2020 through 2023 year-to-date. This information and directives from our state licensing agencies and professional trade organizations have been utilized to develop the following policy and procedure for Lifespace Communities, Inc., its affiliates, and subsidiaries (“Lifespace”). Additional guidance from 11-120 2 from our local, state, and federal agencies has also been incorporated into the Lifespace policy. On 07/03/2023, Florida adopted policy 59AER23-2 Emergency Rule for standards for the appropriate use of facial covering for infection control in skilled and assisted living settings.
In addition to this policy guidance, Florida communities are expected to comply with local, state, and national rules and regulations related to COVID-19. This policy also addresses the Emergency Temporary Standards introduced by OSHA in July 2021.
CMS updated its guidance for Masks and Face Coverings in Health Care Settings on May 2023.
Individuals with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection or other respiratory infection (e.g., those with runny nose, cough, sneeze); or individuals who had close contact (residents and visitors) or a higher-risk exposure (HCP) with someone with SARS-CoV-2 infection for ten days after their exposure indicating:
Florida Emergency Rule 59AER23-2 standards for the appropriate use of facial covering for infection control in skilled and assisted living settings indicates:
Florida Standards for Facial Coverings for Infection Control
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