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Safe, Sound and Social
SENIOR LIVING
Samaritas Receives Grant for
Dementia Capable Care
he Michigan Health Fund awarded build upon our patient-centered approach providing
Samaritas a Healthy Aging grant to create innovative, dignified, holistic, and healthy caregiving.
Ta comprehensive Dementia Capable Care Previously, Memory Care Home residents would
program in Grand Rapids. Worldwide, 50 million gather at one of the commons areas around a loud
people have dementia, doubling every 20 years. television. Lately, the TV is dialed way down, and
In the US, it’s estimated that one out of every caregivers can be found giving residents hand
six women and one out of ten men will develop massages with lavender-scented soaps, offering
dementia. Dementia impairs the residents with lower cognition
brain, affecting attention, memory, comforting sensory stimulation.
reasoning, language, and social-
emotional abilities. Samaritas and The Health Fund
will bring Dementia Capable
Ninety-five of Samaritas Memory Care training and strategies to
Care and Skilled Nursing care specialists families providing caregiving using Google
completed training they need to be the best Glass technology. We are excited to announce
care partner for those living at different stages of an additional grant from the CTA Foundation
dementia. Care staff shared they found the training supporting personalized, home-based family
to be highly beneficial for the Senior Living residents caregiving training. Together, we will build a
and reduced staff’s personal caregiving stress stronger community for seniors adversely impacted
levels. This has allowed Samaritas Senior Living to by dementia.
senior living
Rejuvenate at Samaritas Senior Living Communities When life gets tough, and you’ve had enough, come to a At Samaritas Senior Living, we offer private rooms, a full calendar of activities,
Remember the feeling of community and security when your Samaritas Independent Living home in Bloomfield Hills, community dining and a caring staff that fast becomes just like family.
best friends were just down the hall or down the street? Traverse City, or Grand Rapids. It doesn’t cost a thing to
inquire. Contact a Samaritas Senior Living representative Whether you stroll through the beautiful courtyards and stop to smell the
Many Samaritas Senior Living residents have rekindled that at (833) 509-2700 to learn
feeling by participating in exciting enrichment workshops, about move-in specials and flowers, or dance to live music on the patio, you are free to explore your
virtual events, and lectures. Plus, we make it easy for them to rates.
socialize at their own pace. passions where you can be safe, sound and social.
Visit Samaritas.org/
Samaritas Independent Living residents reside in modern SeniorLiving to take
apartments with secured parking close to their homes. And
since they’re on a campus, they’re close to all the action. It’s a virtual tour. Take A Tour Today!
a win-win for anyone 55 and up who is tired of traditional Summer concert series held at Samaritas
home maintenance. Senior Living Traverse City in 2021 (833) 505-CARE
Start at www.samaritas.org/seniors
22 Grand Rapids | Cadillac | Saginaw | Traverse City | Bloomfield Hills or email seniors@samaritas.org
