Assisted livings for Alzheimer’s care provide room and board, housekeeping, social activities, supervision and assistance with basic activities like personal hygiene, dressing, eating and walking. A facility that specializes in Alzheimer’s or dementia care should also have safety precautions in place to allow for safe wandering. Caregivers are trained in handling behaviors associated with dementia, such as Sundowner’s syndrome or combativeness.
These assisted livings are considered nonmedical facilities and are not required to have nurses, certified nursing assistants or doctors on staff although many facilities, like AutumnGrove Cottage, do have medical staff either onsite or on call.
Click on any of the questions below to read the answers and watch the videos.
Paying for Assisted Living Care
Video 2: Does Long-Term Care Insurance pay for my loved one’s stay at AutumnGrove Cottage?
Video 3: How much does an assisted living, like AutumnGrove Cottage, cost?
Deciding on Types of Care Services
Video 5: What activities are available and who develops them?
Video 8: What is the difference between an assisted living and adult day care?
Video 10: What is the staffing ratio at AutumnGrove Cottage?
Differences in Assisted Living Services
Video 11: What is the difference between staff at a nursing home and the AutumnGrove Cottage staff?
Video 12: What are “levels of care” and what does that mean to me?
Video 14: Do all assisted livings specialize in Alzheimer’s Care?
Video 15: Does AutumnGrove Cottage have restrooms in the resident’s room?
Video 16: Does AutumnGrove Cottage do background checks on their caregivers?
Video 17: Is drug screening a requirement for all caregivers as well?
Video 18: What about licensing? Do all assisted livings need to be licensed?
Video 19: What happens if a caregiver does not show up for their shift?
Video 20: What happens to our loved one in case of a fire or natural disaster?
