Memory care offers seniors with dementia and Alzheimer’s numerous benefits, including cognitive stimulation, emergency monitoring, and support from specially-trained staff. This can lead to other benefits like a higher quality of life, less use of antipsychotic medications, and improved medical care for other health issues. Some of the most prominent benefits of memory care are explained in more detail below.

• Care Coordination: Your loved one’s team will work together, including your aging parent as appropriate, to ensure comprehensive care.
• Staff Knowledge and Competency: The staff can demonstrate training and the necessary skill set to prepare them to work with people who have cognitive impairments.
• Activity Programming Based on Abilities: Activities are available that suit your aging loved one’s cognitive ability, memory, attention span, language, reasoning ability, and physical function.
• Behavior Management: The behaviors associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are addressed first through non-pharmacological means, such as taking a look at scheduling, environment, and other possible triggers for the behavior.
• Safe and Supportive Physical Environment: The physical environment is managed by the staff to reduce stress and overstimulation, and to keep all residents safe.

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