New ABHM Memory Care Meets Growing Demand

If you or a loved one lives with memory care issues, you understand how important it is to have access to quality memory care services. As part of our tradition of service to seniors, ABHM has developed comprehensive memory care programs to help those facing dementia and Alzheimer’s live to their greatest potential. In the following article you will learn how each ABHM community is meeting the ever-growing demand for memory care services.

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Elm Crest

Elm Crest: Harlan, Iowa
Elm Crest’s Sondergard Memory Care offers 16 private resident rooms with a long tradition of service to residents and families. Our memory care is one of the only secured memory care centers in the area and gives families peace of mind that their loved one is safe and comfortable.

The Community at Franklin Park

The Community at Franklin Park:Denver, Colorado
The Community at Franklin Park converted the top floor of their community into a comprehensive memory care center. The new memory care center offers residents and families 21 private and semi-private resident rooms from which to choose. This newly redeveloped area of the community often provides services to a low-income population and those using Medicaid, and ensures they have access to and receive quality healthcare.

Mountain Vista

Mountain Vista: Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Mountain Vista, similar to other ABHM communities, recently unveiled a new building dedicated to assisted-living memory care, with 22 private memory care suites and an expanded program of support serices. The new assisted-living memory care center enables residents to age in place and stay in a familiar setting even as their healthcare needs change.

Maple Crest

Maple Crest: Omaha, Nebraska
Maple Crest residents and the people of the Benson neighborhood of Omaha have come to depend on us for more than 65 years. Today the community provides long-term care, short-term rehab and an expanded memory care center. The 38 residents of the memory care center—many of whom rely on Medicaid as their primary insurance—enjoy an area of the community that has been redeveloped and designed to meet their specific needs.

Tudor Oaks

Tudor Oaks: Muskego, Wisconsin
Tudor Oaks residents have access to the comprehensive line of senior living and healthcare services including 22 private resident rooms dedicated to memory care. Residents and families of memory care also have easy access to a secure outside patio that makes it possible for residents to enjoy the Wisconsin seasons.

Trail Ridge

Trail Ridge: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Trail Ridge campus has recently undergone an extensive redevelopment and now offers residents and families the comfort of their own memory care building. The new memory care center provides 22 private rooms along with generous common areas and new dining all designed to create a safe and comfortable living environment.

Thorne Crest

Thorne Crest: Albert Lea, Minnesota
Thorne Crest senior living community is set in a beautiful neighborhood and now offers residents access to a brand new memory care center. This small and intimate area of the community provides nine residents with a comfortable environment where they can easily become familiar with staff, neighbors and their surroundings.

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