The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey
Alzheimer’s Special Care Unit
Our Special Care Unit is designed for the treatment of people suffering from memory impairments due to Alzheimer’s Disease and related disorders. We admit residents who are in approximately the late 4th to mid 6th stages of the disease process.
Our supportive therapeutic environment is designed to maintain quality of life with emphasis on the resident's existing abilities. Our Social Activity model creates feelings of usefulness, success and pleasure thereby preserving dignity and self-esteem.
Therapeutic Environment
Our supportive environment includes an outdoor patio with a fish pond and walking path. Indoors, we feature vignette areas that include a kitchen, living room, fireplace, office and dining area. Interactive artwork is used to prevent purposeless wandering. These areas provide reminiscence and create a home-like environment. Directional signage and contrasting colors are employed to help with way finding.
Quality of Life
Our state of the art Activity Program is designed to promote success. It includes a full complement of programs supervised by a therapist trained in Activity-Based Dementia Care. Some programs include music, art, exercise, horticulture, religious programs, trips, cooking, outdoor events, Snoezelen therapy, and parties. We program seven days per week, Monday through Saturday until 8 p.m., and Sundays until 4 p.m.
Support Services
Making the decision to place a loved one in a special care unit can be difficult. Our professional staff is trained to provide support groups, offer educational information and referrals to outside support services.
Individualized Plan of Care
Our trained clinical staff gathers as much information as they can in order to provide your family member with a 24-hour daily schedule as close to his or her prior home life as possible. We pay special attention to bathing and grooming rituals, menu likes and dislikes, preferred activities and those areas that provide your loved one with peace and tranquility.
Physician and Nursing Services
Our expert medical staff is trained in dementia care. Each shift is professionally supervised by a registered nurse who has expertise in dementia care. A Dementia Capable Registered Nurse Coordinator oversees the full program. We staff with extra Certified Nurse Aides enabling the ability to cue each resident to maintain their independence for as long as possible.
Peace of mind is the knowledge that your family member is receiving the best that Alzheimer's Care has to offer. We welcome you to tour our safe, secure, state of the art environment that is based upon the latest research available.
The Special Care Unit is endorsed by the Northern New Jersey Alzheimer's Chapter
Overview of the Special Care Unit Activities (Cognitive, Physical and Social):
| Physically Stimulating Activities The purpose of this type of activity is to provide: Increased range of motion Increased mobility Strength training Socialization Teamwork These types of activities occur daily on the SCU and they include: Sit and Be Fit Exercise Movement to Music Sit & Stretch Active Games: bowling, basketball toss, etc. Intellectual and Educationally Stimulating Activities
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Socially Stimulating Activities
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Sensory Stimulating Activities
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Special thanks to our benefactors without whom the Alzheimer's
Special Care Unit would not have been possible:
The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey
United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ
Women's League of Daughters of Israel
To make an appointment to tour our Special Care Unit, or for more information, please contact:
Adena Twersky, Director of Admissions at 973-400-3307 or Admissions@doigc.org