FAQ

Assisted living communities encourage and foster independence for people with a range of abilities. Nursing homes, by contrast, cater to people with complex and highly demanding health needs. Memory care facilities, on the other hand, are specifically designed for those with dementia and Alzheimer's who require more specialized care and activities. These facilities generally offer more personalized attention, better security, specialized activities, and more one-on-one care than nursing homes.

8 Residents to 1 Caregiver.

At San Gabriel, nothing is more important to us than having a compassionate, qualified staff. All staff members and team members receive ongoing monthly dementia training. All staff members must have 12 hours annually at a minimum.

Our manager will do a face-to-face assessment with the potential resident and their family members.

Yes! Care plans are completed annually and anytime things change with a resident's needs.

We are an all-inclusive community, so every person receives the same level of care. Our team provides for all personal care needs at no additional charge. Even if your loved one’s personal needs change, our expert team of caregivers will ensure that they have everything they need to feel safe, comfortable, and healthy.

As an all-inclusive facility, your monthly fee includes caring, compassionate personal care, access to in-house physical therapy, delicious, healthy meals and snacks, daily cleaning services, and daily activities, crafts, games and therapies. Our team can also work with you to ensure that you maximize the benefits of your long-term or nursing home insurance plan, as well.

Daily activities are available to engage residents both cognitively and physically. Please follow our Facebook page to see some of the amazing things our team comes up with each week!

We offer a wide variety of different games, crafts, and activities each day. Every activity is simplified as needed so that each resident feels successful.

Engagement is the secret to helping people with behavior issues. We all want to feel useful and needed. At San Gabriel we provide many opportunities for our residents to engage in meaningful and purposeful activities, and our staff works hard to support residents and families through the difficulties that can come with dementia.

Our meals are served family-style in our beautiful dining rooms. They are a time to connect and socialize. Our team can work with special diets.

Of course! Engaging activities offered daily and dining room socialization. Residents form bonds with other residents and families often visit to create memories with us.

Our buildings are designed in a manner that allows for wandering throughout the building and not coming to dead end hallways. This allows the residents to freely walk around. Fall prevention is something we look at on a resident by resident basis. This may include therapy so they can be more steady on their feet, gentle reminders throughout the apartment to remind them to ask for help or to use their walker, etc.

Our nurses monitor the residents' well being on the clinical side daily as they are also the ones who administer all medications. Having a small number of residents allows our staff to spend more time with each resident and really get to know them better which leads to knowing when something is changing in their health and well-being.

All staff are trained in how to assess a situation when a resident has fallen or had an incident. All staff are also trained in how to respond to emergencies such as fires and tornados.

We work closely with the family/POA as well as the physicians to try and find an adequate approach to a resident’s behavior. We have a geriatric psychiatrist who can be contacted via televisits as well. If a resident is considered a safety risk we would work to get them into an inpatient behavioral health hospital to try to get medications on board that will help with the behaviors.

If there are changes in needs or care the POA/family is notified. In addition, since we are small and do not have “closed door” offices, a family often sees us and talks to us (nurse, manager) when visiting their loved one because we let them in and out.

We are in contact with families by phone or by email as well as in person during their visits.

Families are encouraged to join activities at any time.

Each care plan is discussed and reviewed by the family.

Observe the environment, staff interactions with residents, and overall atmosphere.

Ensure staff are properly trained in dementia care techniques and communication strategies.

Evaluate which facility can best address their unique challenges and preferences.

Verify the facility meets all necessary regulatory standards.