Life is a collage of memories; Memories of friends, family, holidays, special occasions, and obstacles to overcome. So when a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, it can feel as though your entire world has been rattled. The truth is that a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is life-altering for everyone involved – not just the family member affected.
Do you have questions about Alzheimer’s?
Are you curious about innovative care and therapy options?
Maybe you just want to visit and experience a memory care community to get a better sense of future options?
Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that leads to trouble with memory, thinking, and sometimes behavior. It is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60 to 80 percent of all cases. As a progressive disease, with symptoms worsening over time, Alzheimer’s has no cure. However, we can improve the quality of life for those with Alzheimer’s and their loved ones.
Whether your loved one is suffering from early-, middle-, or advanced-stage Alzheimer’s disease, the Kensington offers the specialized treatment, tools, environment, and compassion necessary to provide each individual the support they need. We love and care for your family as we do our own.
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While the exact causes of Alzheimer’s disease aren’t fully understood, scientists believe that for most people Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a combination of genetic, lifestyle and environmental factors that affect the brain over time.
Less than 1 percent of the time, Alzheimer’s is caused by specific genetic changes that virtually guarantee a person will develop the disease. These rare occurrences usually result in disease onset in middle age.
At the Kensington Falls Church, we help work through the challenges and address the concerns that come with Alzheimer’s and memory loss, treating our residents with the utmost respect and dignity. We love and care for your family as we do our own. We recognize that the family is an essential part of this journey. That’s why we have thoughtfully designed a state-of-the-art, personalized memory care program that benefits all kinds of resident and family situations.
With an exceptionally high staff-to-resident ratio, we can offer highly individualized, comfortable, and peaceful care by providing your loved one with the following unmatched support:
We believe in supporting our residents’ strengths and discovering unique ways to find the beauty in each moment.
We believe that each resident is truly valuable and important – regardless of the severity of his or her memory loss. That’s why we don’t believe in one-size-fits-all care. Instead, we curate our efforts to fit each individual. We provide individual services such as:
The Kensington is a unique memory care community, as we create individualized service plans that are specially tailored to each resident based upon their individual desires and needs – not only physical, but also cognitive, and spiritual, as we believe each to be of equal importance. To enrich our residents’ lives we offer:
We believe that each resident deserves to live in a community that is best for him or her and their individual degree of memory loss. To ensure that our residents receive the most beneficial and appropriate care for their personal circumstances, we distinguish our community into two different “neighborhoods.”
Connections is designed for residents who are experiencing early-to-middle stages of Alzheimer’s, and provides an intimate and comfortable environment. As such, the neighborhood is made to care for those who are showing intensifying signs of memory loss.
In Connections, we strive to help residents be independent and active, guiding them to find purpose and meaning with their daily interactions and socialization. We stay attuned to our residents’ maximum cognitive abilities and recall in order to make the most of their strengths and abilities, in order to support them and their families.
Designed for those residents who are showing advancing signs of memory loss, Haven provides peace and security for those with middle-to-late stages of Alzheimer’s.
We commit our efforts to a foundation of care that creates a safe and soothing space with minimal agitation and an abundance of compassion, giving individuals that require more assistance a level of care to match their needs.
Though Alzheimer’s can be a tough journey, it is one that your family doesn’t need to go through alone. At the Kensington, we are proud to serve as your caregiver-partner so that your time spent with your loved one can be full of smiles, laughter, and memorable moments. We encourage family and friends to come visit your loved one as often as possible, though you can rest assured knowing that when you are not here, your loved one is in compassionate, capable, and knowledgeable hands.
If your loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and is experiencing memory loss – no matter the stage – the Kensington is here to help.
Where your loved one can feel at home, with exceptional care from a family of staff.