“I have Alzheimer’s BUT, it doesn’t have me!”
~Brian LeBlanc
What You Can Expect
- Environmental Support
- Orchard’s Community Relations Director will take time to help you determine the “right-sized” Personal Space Apartment to ensure a sense of competence, security, and comfort.
- Breathe easy knowing Orchard’s entire community is secure. Multiple lush outdoor paths and garden spaces offer safety, independence, and freedom for those who need or desire to walk or roam and all residents are encouraged to continue to explore their world.
- Communities within a Community
- The unique 4 Neighborhood Groves range in support services from minimal guidance due to mild cognitive impairments through late-stage dementia disease-related progression.
- Offering 4 ability specific Activity and Engagement programs designed to sustain independence and maintain cognitive function for as long as possible.
- Dementia Specific Training
- Specialized Orchard Grove training encourages a care partnering focus on remaining abilities rather than what a person has lost due to their diagnosed illness. Dementia training includes:
- Monthly resident specific staff coaching from trainer Linn Possell of Live Well with Dementia
- Staff mentoring from Positive Approach to Care certified trainer Leslie Finkley
- The Virtual Dementia Tour from trainer Jim Fox
- Dementia Friends GA onboarding workshops from champions trainer Robin Andrews Smith
- Family & Community Education
- Grove Resident Family Support Gatherings
- One on One Family Transitions Consultations
- Dementia Support Groups
- Family Dementia Education Series
- Dementia Specific Educational Blogs
- Dementia Basics You Want to Know
- Specialized Orchard Grove training encourages a care partnering focus on remaining abilities rather than what a person has lost due to their diagnosed illness. Dementia training includes:
