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Specialized Dementia Care

Late-Stage Memory Care, Delivered with Empathy.

A dementia-specific environment within a residential footprint: secured thresholds, cued wayfinding, low-stimulation evenings, and caregivers trained in Alzheimer's Association best practice.

GA Dept. of Community Health LicensedAlzheimer's Association PartnerBetter Business Bureau AccreditedCPR & First Aid Certified StaffRegistered Memory Care Provider

The Memory Hub Concept

Six residents, one dementia-specific environment

A memory care wing inside a large community still has hallways, intercoms, and shift changes. Our hub keeps the sensory load of a house while adding the safety architecture of specialized care.

  • Behavior-tracking log reviewed by the administrator every 7 days
  • Sundowning protocol with individualized evening routines
  • Secured egress with delayed-release doors and motion monitoring
Abstract clay render of secured architectural thresholds in green and gold

Clinical Standards

What specialized actually means here

Six operating standards you can verify on tour — each one produces a document you are welcome to read.

Behavior tracking, reviewed weekly

Caregivers log agitation, wandering, refusals, sleep, and intake. The administrator reviews the pattern every seven days and adjusts the plan before a crisis forms.

Sundowning protocol

Lighting steps down on a schedule, evening tasks are simplified to one instruction at a time, and each resident has a documented calming sequence that works for them.

Secured thresholds

Delayed-release exterior doors, motion monitoring at night, enclosed outdoor space, and cued wayfinding so residents can move freely without leaving unsafely.

Dementia-trained staff

Caregivers complete dementia-specific training beyond Georgia's minimum hours, covering redirection, hand-under-hand assistance, and refusal without confrontation.

Clinical partnerships

Standing relationships with geriatric psychiatry, home health, and hospice partners in DeKalb and Gwinnett so acuity increases do not force a transfer.

Life-history intake

A 30-minute family session captures career, faith, music, food, and the names that still land — the raw material for a routine that feels familiar.

Daily Life

Predictable days lower anxiety

Repetition is the therapy. The rhythm below stays consistent so residents can anticipate what comes next even when they cannot recall it.

  1. Morning

    Same caregiver, same greeting, same order of tasks. Breakfast served at the table, never in isolation.

  2. Midday

    Purposeful activity — folding, sorting, watering, baking — that preserves competence rather than entertaining passively.

  3. Afternoon

    Rest, music from the resident's era, and secured outdoor time before the light shifts.

  4. Evening

    Sundowning protocol: dimmed lighting, single-step instructions, and the individualized calming sequence.

Pricing & Consultation

From $5,900 / month

Set by assessed acuity and reviewed only at the annual care-plan meeting or after a documented clinical change — never reclassified mid-year to raise a rate.

Prerequisites
A documented dementia diagnosis, current care plan, and a 30-minute family intake to capture life history and triggers.
Timeline
Acuity review within 72 hours. Staged move-in over 3 days to reduce transfer trauma.
Included
Room and board, all meals, personal care, medication administration, incontinence supplies, activities, local medical transport, and administrator oversight.

Request the Memory Care Brochure

Includes our staffing plan, sundowning protocol summary, and acuity pricing table.

For example: “I'm the daughter and power of attorney; Mom is mid-stage and wandering at night.”

We use your details only to respond to this inquiry. We never sell family information.

See a memory care hub in person, on a weekday afternoon.

Afternoons show you the hardest part of the day. That is exactly when we want you to visit.