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Independent/Assisted Living and Memory Care Senior Living

These centers provide apartment living with meal services, Our focus is to foster independence and well being by ensuring
activities and transportation for senior adults capable of living that residents maintain individual choice. Data/outcomes were
independently, or private rooms or homes with personal assis- not tracked for Bloomfield Hills or Traverse City.
tance for those who can live independently with some support.

Program Independent/Assisted Targets Traverse Bloomfield Grand Rapids Rapids Overall
Grand
Living Outcomes
Memory Care
Hills
City
Outcomes
Without Falls <90% NA NA 72% 86% 79%
Using Psychotropic Medications <20% NA NA 19% 8% 14%

Without Harmful Medication Errors 100% NA NA 98% 92% 95%

Family/Resident Satisfaction 110 pts 99 107 101 92 100

Residents in assisted/independent living environments are more op plans for each facility to reduce the number of falls. Samaritas
likely to have falls as their strength and balance is just beginning continues its efforts to reduce psychotropic medications. Each res-
to suffer. In addition, some residents have dementia, and often ident is evaluated for behaviors, previous mental health diagnoses
do not remember to use supportive devices. We continue to devel- and pain.

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