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On September 12, members of Gloria Dei Communities visited Thurgood Marshall Elementary and Benjamin Franklin Elementary in Philadelphia[Read More]
Posted on December 22, 2016 | Posted Under: Memory and Personal Video
I went on vacation and it was so wonderful. I had a lovely room. I went down to a beautiful dining room, had my meal, picked off a menu. I would come back to the room and it was clean, my bed was made. It was great. We went and did activities. Read More
Posted on December 22, 2016 | Posted Under: Memory and Personal Video
When someone comes to us and feels that their family member’s needs are such that they’re thinking they need a Memory Care unit, we have a conversation. Traditionally, we’ll spend as much as two hours with that family to kind of get a feel and a picture of what their needs are…Have they been to a physician? Read More
Posted on December 22, 2016 | Posted Under: Memory and Personal Video
Traditionally, it’s the rare instance that the actual resident comes to us. Usually, it’s a family member that’s looking for care for a parent or a loved one, relative, or even a friend, that they’ve come to the point where the loved one needs care. Either they’re in their home and they’re not making it any more, that there’s need, or they’re coming from a rehab setting after an acute illness that they’re not ready to go back home, or that that illness that they’ve experienced, they’ve not been able to bounce back to go back to an independent setting. Read More
Posted on December 22, 2016 | Posted Under: Memory and Personal Video
When we first opened our Memory Care unit back in 2010, one of our clients came to us. He had dementia, but it was due to head trauma. He was not expected to do very well. His wife fully anticipated having him stay with us for the duration of his life. Read More
Posted on December 22, 2016 | Posted Under: Memory and Personal Video
“It’s paramount. In my career the most wonderful thing you can do for a family is to hold their hand through the entire process and to be there for them. It’s very rewarding. We’ve had families over the years, and now I even have the next generation. I’ve had the parents, and because of the time that I’ve been here, I now have had the children come to us to stay and live out their years. Read More
Posted on December 22, 2016 | Posted Under: Memory and Personal Video
“Our Memory Care Unit is a secure unit. But it’s not just about someone needing an environment that is such that they cannot exit. Our Memory Care is so much more than that. Our Memory Care is for those that…suffer from dementia, Alzheimer’s, Multi Infarct Dementia, Lewy Body could benefit from an environment that is geared to those types of diagnoses. Read More
Posted on December 22, 2016 | Posted Under: Memory and Personal Video
A family member came to us, a daughter. She was very concerned about her father, and she felt that he was dying. She had heard about our program at Gloria Dei and wanted us to go to the rehab that her father was at to evaluate him to see if he would be appropriate to come to us. Read More
Posted on December 21, 2016 | Posted Under: Memory and Personal Video
“They go out on trips, they go out to eat, they go to movies. Coming into the facility we have mobile art displays that come in. We have guest speakers that come in on various topics. We have, of course, lots of arts and crafts, bingo, lots of games to keep their minds stimulated: Current events and trivia. Read More
