Assisted Living Community Specializing in Dementia, Alzheimer's Celebrates Groundbreaking
Officials anticipate the facility will open next summer at 351 Lily Cache Ln. in Bolingbrook.
On a dusty construction site at 351 Lily Cache Ln., Bolingbrook and Autumn Leaves officials celebrated a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new, $10.2 million memory care center Tuesday. Autumn Leaves is an assistant living community that specializes in treating those with dementia or Alzheimer's. Its building and programming are designed to minimize confusion, promote social interaction and offer an open, home-like environment. The facility's staff is specially trained to work with dementia and Alzheimer's patients, both to certified dementia practitioner and internal standards. Rooms are organized into "themed neighborhoods" to help residents remember where they live. Themes include music, balloons and animals. Carpets and decorations in…
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Mickey
9:13 am on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
I wish this would have been built several years ago. My dad just passed away last month. He had alzheimer. But he didn't die from that. He died from a fatal fall at the meadow brook nursing home. He would forget he couldn't walk.. It caused a hema toma on his kidney & a lacerated spleen. Those alarms are only good in letting one know when someone falls, not to save a life. Sometimes when I was … more ›