"The Residential Alternative to Long Term Institutional Care for the Elderly"

What makes us different from the typical assisted living?

 

New Dawn Memory Care

• Nurse on site 24 hours a day

• Medical Director on staff

• Home Health

• Occupational Therapy, Speech and Physical Therapy

• Diabetic Management

• The highest staffing ratio in the area — 1:4

• Hospice Care

• Our residents readmit to hospitals is 0%

• Admissions 24/7

• IN2L-webcam, video chat and email accessible to residents,

• families and healthcare professionals

• Resident is accompanied by New Dawn staff when going out to

• the hospital to ensure their safety and their health issues are

• communicated properly

• Continuing coordination of care while in the hospital or in rehab

• Deficiency free surveys by the Department of Health and

• Pharmacy Consultant

• Special Diets—Dietician Consultant

• EMR (electronic medical records)

• Rounding Psychiatrist

• CATT-Specialized Activity Programming with a 1:16 ratio

• Fall Detection System

• Secured building using state of the art equipment and monitoring

• GPS system

 

Typical Assisted Living

• Nurse on call after 5pm

• Medical Director contracted

• Not able to manage insulin dependent residents

• Staffing ratio—1:8

• Medication management by a licensed nurse 24 hours a day.

• QMAP (qualified medication administration persons) who passed

• a state approved course to administer medications.

• Scheduled lab services

• Oxygen management

• High levels of incontinence

• Daily housekeeping and laundry

• Staff certified by the Alzheimer's Association

• Accepted by most Long Term Care Insurance

• State of the art technology allowing families to have the most up to

• date medical information on their loved one.

 

What does this mean for you?

All residents will have a thorough physical by our physician and both mental and physical assessments will be conducted by our Director of Health and Wellness. The New Dawn Assessment is designed by, RN, founder of AL Wizard who provides New Dawn with our EMRs (electronic medical records). This software helps our community understand the time  required to care for a resident with their activities of daily living (ADL). This system will be carefully explained to the families prior to admission and used to develop the resident care plan.

 

Why not skilled nursing?

Many healthcare professionals seek assistance from the skilled nursing facilities for their patients but here at New Dawn we believe we can manage these residents in assisted living and provide them with quality of life while living in a home like setting. The nurse on site 24 hours a day allows us to manage PRN medications as well as diabetic management. Our staff is trained to help with transfers and with our team of psychiatrists and psychologist, behavior management can be controlled here on site.

 

How does the environment play a role in

memory care?

The design of the three buildings enhance the physical and mental well being of each resident. Each building is identical with rectangular shaped interior hallways that allow residents to walk continually indoors as they like. Intimate dining rooms in each building and open style kitchens allow residents to enjoy the sights and smells of cooking. The visible sunroom from the dining room provides an outdoor feeling from the inside. The specialty designed accessories and uncluttered areas allow residents to feel a sense of calm in their home.

 

New Dawn wins AASHA award for design

of the future

• Each of the three cottages on the property have 16 separate apartments

• with bathrooms to give residents their privacy

• Circular open spaces within the community for residents to roam without

• becoming frustrated

• “Participatory” design of kitchens, laundry rooms and family spaces to

• promote daily household activities

• Secured backyard spaces to allow residents to engage in activities

• outside while still in a secured environment.

What we can do to help?

• We are able to do assessments 24 hours a day, seven days a week and

• admissions can be done in less than 24 hours.

• We can manage psychotropic and PRN medications

• Provide them with support and education on the disease process.

• Nurse around the clock and medical director on staff.

• New Dawn is accepted by most Long Term Care insurance including policies

• than pertain to skilled nursing because we have a nurse on premises around

• the clock.

 

Purposeful Activities

New Dawn feels that there is nothing more important then making our residents feel they have a sense of purpose in our community. Our Life Care Team is trained in the “New Dawn Philosophy” to recreate an environment where staff seeks to understand the feelings and needs of residents that maximize each resident’s quality of life. If you tour our community you may find residents baking bread, painting benches for our outdoor areas or using our web cam to visit with a loved one who lives far away. New Dawn has taken a typical “activity calendar” and made it specialized for the residents that live in our community.

 

The IN2L System

The IN2L System is a cognitive development computer which adapts to residents unique abilities and interests. With the touch screen component, residents are able to self initiate different programs such as games, watching old news clips and or simply drawing on the screen.

 

Unique Programming

• IN2L Computer: a cognitive development computer which allows

• residents to interact with the programs such as our flight simulator and

• web chats

• Music therapy

• Timeless Memories: individualized art program for those with memory

• impairments by those certified through the Memories in the Making

• Alzheimer’s Association Art Program

• Pet Therapy: Residents care for the dogs we have on site

• Family Involvement: weekly emails are sent to families with pictures of

• their loved one participating in activities. Our Facebook is updated weekly • for our families and friends.

• Beauty salon on site

• Monthly themes: experience life of other cultures

• Men’s and Women’s Club