Community Corner
Senior Star at Weber Place's Memory Care Community Adds Ground-Breaking Service
ROMEOVILLE, IL (April 14, 2014) – Senior Star at Weber Place is pleased to announce today an innovative new program with Legacy Healthcare Services that will offer in-house, on-site therapy to residents of its memory care community. The program will include occupational, speech and physical therapists from Legacy who will work in conjunction with Senior Star’s memory care staff and be dedicated to cognitive memory care. This type of specially trained team offers a more fluid and harmonious care model, leading to less caregiver burnout and more focused memory care support.
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Senior Star’s partnership with Legacy has spanned more than three years, beginning with programs and on-site therapy services in their assisted living community. Realizing that memory care services and needs are vastly different, the partnership warranted an expansion that employs a full-time therapist who is specifically trained in memory care to provide a consistent interdisciplinary approach. According to Tom Johnsrud, assistant executive director of Senior Star at Weber Place, this new program and the expertise of its staff will help slow down the progression of a debilitating disease. “Our goal is to focus on reducing the loss of function which ultimately reduces dementia-related behaviors and increases physical activity,” Johnsrud said. “With Legacy, we have a therapy partner that mirrors our goals of empowering residents and promoting their best ability to function by breaking down tasks. Having a team of specialized therapists all working with Alzheimer’s residents on a daily basis is critical to their care.” Johnsrud also noted that a vital element to on-site cognitive therapy is keeping memory care residents in their own environment, thereby reducing further anxiety and confusion.
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“By working with Senior Star's memory care staff, we are able to have all members of the residents' team actively involved on a daily basis. This results in residents who become stimulated and challenged as we are focusing on what they are best able to do,” said Henrietta Boudrous, area rehab clinical specialist for Legacy Therapy. "Having an on-site therapy department in memory care allows for a unique opportunity to enhance our interdisciplinary approach by involving a dementia care management team with specialists to address very specific needs.”
For more information about Senior Star at Weber Place, please call 815.439.2033, visit the website at www.seniorstar.com and/or like us on Facebook.
About Senior Star at Weber Place:
Senior Star at Weber Place, a Senior Star community, features 346 modernly decorated apartments spanning across 29 acres of beautifully landscaped property with many customized amenities to offer its residents in three distinctive living experiences: independent living, assisted living and memory care. For more information visit www.seniorstar.com.
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