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Kensington Park Alzheimer's

Exceptional alzheimers care

We promise to love and care for your family as we do our own.

Experience a community that feels like home and a staff that loves and cares like they’re family.

Learn About Care Options for Your Loved One with Alzheimer’s

Our lives are made up of memories; Memories of friends, family, of good times, and obstacles overcome. So when a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, it can feel overwhelming. The truth is that a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is life-altering for everyone involved – not just the individual with the diagnosis. 

Do you have questions about Alzheimer’s?

Are you curious about innovative care and therapy options?

Maybe you just want to visit and experience a memory care community to get a better sense of future options?

A community that feels like home, but provides state-of-the-art memory care. 

Alzheimer’s FAQ

Depending on where you are in your Alzheimer’s care journey, you’re likely to have many questions. Let’s start with a few basic questions.

What is Alzheimer’s Disease?

Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that leads to trouble with memory, thinking, and sometimes behavior. It is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60 to 80 percent of all cases. As a progressive disease, with symptoms worsening over time, Alzheimer’s has no cure. However, we can improve the quality of life for those with Alzheimer’s and their loved ones.

Whether your loved one is suffering from early-, middle-, or advanced-stage Alzheimer’s disease, the Kensington offers the specialized treatment, tools, environment, and compassion necessary to provide each individual the support they need. We love and care for your family as we do our own.

Have questions?  Contact us today to learn more or schedule a call!

What are the stages of Alzheimer’s?

Alzheimer’s disease typically progresses slowly in three general stages — mild (early stage), moderate (middle-stage), and severe (late-stage). Since Alzheimer’s affects people in different ways, the timing and severity of dementia symptoms vary as each person progresses through the stages of Alzheimer’s differently.

What are the leading causes of Alzheimer’s?

While the exact causes of Alzheimer’s disease aren’t fully understood, scientists believe that for most people, Alzheimer’s disease is a combination of genetic, lifestyle and environmental factors that affect the brain over time.

Less than 1 percent of the time, Alzheimer’s is caused by specific genetic changes that virtually guarantee a person will develop the disease. These rare occurrences usually result in disease onset in middle age.

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We love and care for your family as we do our own.

Kensington Park, a Dedicated Memory Care Community

At Kensington Park, we understand the challenges and concerns that come with Alzheimer’s and memory loss and we value our residents with the utmost respect and dignity. We love and care for your family as we do our own. We recognize that the family is an essential part of this journey. That’s why we have thoughtfully designed a state-of-the-art, personalized memory care program that benefits all kinds of resident and family situations. 

With an especially high staff-to-resident ratio, we can offer highly individualized, comfortable, and peaceful care by providing your loved one with the following loving support:

3 unique levels of Memory Care: 

  • Assisted Living includes  the Kensington Club – specialized day programming 
  • Memory Care includes two unique neighborhoods of care – Connections and Haven
  • Licensed nurse on-site 24/7
  • Dedicated Director of Memory Care
  • Specialized Memory Care team
    • Full-time Memory Care Supervisor
    • Director of Nursing Services
    • Full-Time Connections Activity Coordinator
    • Full-Time Haven Activities Coordinator
    • Dedicated Activities staff 7 days a week
    • Primary Care Managers
      • Memory care training: Silverchair and Alzheimer’s Association 
  • Comprehensively trained caregivers and staff
  • Psychological and psychiatric services
  • On-site physical, occupational and speech therapies
  • Director of Family Services

We believe in supporting our residents’ strengths and working towards finding unique ways to bring beauty in each moment.

We believe that each resident is extremely valuable and important – regardless of the extent of his or her memory loss. That’s why we don’t believe in one-size-fits-all care. Instead, we match it to best fit each individual. We provide individual services such as:

  • Extensive support programs
    • Wheelchair assistance
    • Two-person or three-person assists
    • Wound care
    • Hospice
  • Medication and diabetes management 
  • Rehabilitation
    • Physical
    • Occupational
    • Speech
  • Accommodation of special diets all overseen by a registered dietitian
    • Diabetic
    • Renal
    • Gluten-free
    • Vegetarian
    • Open seating with table linens and fiestaware
    • Hydration program
    • Focus on healthy meals that include foods high in antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids and B complex vitamins

State-of-the-Art Alzheimer’s Therapies

Kensington Park is a unique memory care community, we create individualized service plans that are specially tailored to each resident based upon their personal desires and needs – not only physical, but also cognitive, and spiritual, as we believe each to be of equal importance. To enrich our residents’ lives we offer:

  • 14 and 45 day post-move in family meetings, then every 6 months
  • Regular family nights
  • Regular support groups facilitated by our Director of Family Services
  • In house board-certified Music therapy
  • Art therapy
  • Pocket Programming (Specialized small-group activities)
  • Early Intervention Kensington Club
  • Memory care begins in our Assisted Living neighborhood, specifically designed for residents with new diagnosis of dementia-related cognitive disorders

Early Intervention Kensington Club

Our full time, designated Kensington Club coordinator designs and implements individualized programming aimed to slow progression of the disease. This gathering meets in a designated space 7 days a week with between ten to twelve residents. With a small group setting such as this, it provides an intimate environment where smiles and new friends can be made.

  • Special outings to museums, restaurants, theaters, local parks and other attractions
  • Daily activities such as baking, gardening, exercising, discussing current events, lectures, art and music, and specialized brain fitness activities that stimulate cognitive ability and memory

Specialized Memory Care Communities

We believe that each resident deserves to live in a community that is best suited for them and their individual degree of memory loss. To ensure that our residents receive the most beneficial and appropriate care for their individual circumstances, we distinguish our community into two different “neighborhoods.”

The Connections Neighborhood

Connections is designed for residents who are experiencing early-to-middle stages of Alzheimer’s, and provides an intimate and comfortable environment. As such, the neighborhood is made to care for those who are showing intensifying signs of memory loss. 

  • Anxiety
  • Fear of getting lost
  • Isolation 
  • Depression
  • Decreased confidence
  • Difficulty completing everyday tasks without reminders
  • Agitation and confusion in the later afternoon/early evening (“sun-downing”)

In Connections, we strive to help residents be independent and active, guiding them to find purpose and meaning with their daily interactions and socialization. We stay attuned to our residents’ maximum cognitive abilities and recall in order to make the most of their strengths and abilities, in order to support them and their families. 

  • Structure and routine for each day
  • Fully secured
  • Comfortable home-like spaces, filled with sounds and smells found in our homes such as laughter, music, pets, and baking
  • Areas for fresh air and sunshine
  • Pets welcome
  • Resources to monitor whereabouts

The Haven Neighborhood

Designed for those residents who are showing advancing signs of memory loss, Haven provides peace and security for those with middle-to-late stages of Alzheimer’s. 

  • Difficulty identifying family and friends
  • Difficulty managing daily activities and good hygiene
  • Agitation and confusion in the later afternoon/early evening (“sun-downing”)

We commit our efforts to a foundation of care that creates a safe and soothing space with minimal agitation and an abundance of compassion, giving individuals that require more assistance a level of care to match their needs. 

  • Structure and routine for each day
  • Fully secured
  • Resources to monitor whereabouts
  • Comfortable home-like spaces, filled with sounds and smells found in our homes such as laughter, music, pets, and baking
  • Pets welcome
  • Lots of natural light and areas for fresh air
  • Adaptive design features (to help with recognition)

We Love and Care for Your Family As We Do Our Own

Though Alzheimer’s can be a tough journey, it is one that your family doesn’t need to go through alone. At the Kensington, we are proud to serve as your caregiver-partner so that your time spent with your loved one can be full of smiles, laughter, and memorable moments. We encourage family and friends to come visit your loved one as often as possible, though you can rest assured knowing that when you are not here, your loved one is in compassionate, capable, and knowledgeable hands. 

If your loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and is experiencing memory loss – no matter the stage – the Kensington is here to help.

A Community Centered on Loving Care

Where your loved one can feel at home, with an exceptionally caring team.

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