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Questions about Brookdale Camino del Sol
What ongoing training does the staff receive in dementia care?
Providing excellent dementia care is a complex task that requires ongoing guidance and teaching for Clare Bridge associates. All associates receive initial and on-going training in proper techniques, approach and care of persons with dementia. All executive directors also attend Brookdale’s Clare Bridge Leadership Competency Training.
What programs or activities does Brookdale Camino del Sol offer to keep residents engaged? How does the staff engage residents' long-term memories?
With activities happening from 8am to 7pm seven days a week the community has twice the number of programs then most other senior livings. Each resident comes to us with distinct interests and individual talents. Life skills programming is a philosophical approach to honoring these interests and offering residents the opportunity to continue using their talents. The goal is to offer residents daily experiences that replicate their long-held routines and provide a sense of usefulness, pleasure, and success.
Who assesses residents' health and cognitive functioning? How often is that assessment repeated?
The communities Health and Wellness Director, a Registered Nurse, assesses the residents prior to move-in, 14 days following move-in and every 90 days. In addition, if there is a change of condition an assessment will be completed.
What techniques does Brookdale Camino del Sol use to support memory care residents during mealtimes?
Designed by a team of culinary associates, experts specializing in dementia care and registered dieticians, the unique Clare Bridge Dining program sustains the resident’s opportunity to enjoy and master the dining experience. The program offers such specialized aspects as: • Dementia-Friendly Menus providing diverse offerings that help prevent weight-loss; selections are easy to manage, familiar and appealing to the senses. • Individualized Dining Assistance includes evaluating each resident to determine the level of prompting assistance needed to preserve their use of utensils as long as possible. • The Supportive Dining Environment, which incorporates small dining rooms with consistent seating to support the challenges of those with dementia, encourages familiarity and socialization while supporting the needs of the residents through the assignment of resident care assistants. Music, centerpieces, warm, scented wash towels and fresh linens enhance the dining experience.
How does Brookdale Camino del Sol keep residents' families informed about their loved ones' health?
We hold regularly scheduled care conferences to verify that the resident is receiving the care and services they want and need. Our community leadership team coordinates individualized wellness needs in collaboration with the residents additional care providers.
Describe the neighborhood around Brookdale Camino del Sol. Is it located in a residential neighborhood, a business district, a rural setting, or other type of locale?
Located inside Sun City West and less than a mile from Del Webb Hospital.
Services and Amenities of Brookdale Camino del Sol
Room and housing options
- Studio Apartments
General
- Resident Capacity: 52
- Minimum Age: 65
- Pets: No Pets Allowed
Licenses
- Licenses: Arizona Directed Care
- State Licenses: AL2003
About Brookdale Camino del Sol
At Brookdale Camino del Sol we know that memory losses due to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia are progressive and residents' needs are continually changing. That's why we provide balance in our residents' capabilities, personalities, and preferences to create daily routines that enhance their spirits and increase their sense of purpose. We believe the amount of satisfaction our Alzheimer's and dementia care residents receive from the tasks that fill their days goes a long way to maintaining their sense of purpose and overall satisfaction with life. An integral part of this is our promise to encourage each resident to find Daily Moments of Success. To help our residents achieve these moments, our associates receive the tools and training needed in such key areas as specialized dining and the ongoing monitoring of healthcare and behavioral needs, to name a few.
We provide Alzheimer's and dementia care residents with the lifestyle, housing, and services they need in comfortable surroundings combined with the amenities, programs, and care to help stimulate recognition, recall, and wellness in a safe environment. Through years of caring for individuals with dementia, our professional care staff has learned to create optimal surroundings and approaches to care. Familiar environments that our residents have enjoyed throughout their lives are recreated to help them feel reassured and comfortable. The Alzheimer's and dementia care programs at Brookdale Camino del Sol are built to embrace, not restrict our residents' desire to wander and to provide a sense of belonging.
What Makes Us Special
Each side of the building has its own large home with living room, kitchen, library, life stations (woodshop, games, puzzles, sensory lights and sounds.
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