Our LIFE CARE Services
All of the following services and features of Gianna Homes-Sursum Corda are included in the Daily Rate fees.
Care
Healthcare is a 'ministry' of caring and love and it is our distinct honor and privilege to care for those suffering with dementia. Dementia care is best provided by caring for the whole person-care for physical needs and must be accompanied by spiritual and emotional care.
Staff
We have a Registered Nurse (RN) on staff, and an RN on call 24 hours a day
Our Health Care Staff to Resident ratio is among the highest in the entire industry.
Nutrition and Hydration
We provide three (3) meals per day plus snacks throughout the day and encourage the drinking of fluids by offering them frequently throughout the day.
Home cooked nutritious meals every day (special diet accommodation provided)
Regular Snacks
Highly Monitored Hydration Program
Residential Environment
Research has proven that a loving, structured, and intimate home environment successfully fulfills the needs of both the individual affected by Alzheimer's and their family members.
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| An enclosed elevator provides residents with safe access to lower level activities and therapies as well as enclosed vehicle transfer. |
Our walk-out rambler, situated on one and one-half acres of wooded land, is a secure environment that offers the intimacy of a home setting.
We provide patient, personal care. Our high staff to resident ratio allows us to cater to our residents' needs without imposing a strict program or schedule. We firmly believe individualized care is a must for a disease that is associated with such varying feelings and emotions as insecurity, fear, anger and depression.
- A Structured Home Environment
- A Non-invasive Security System
- Private and Semi-Private Suites
- Laundry and Housekeeping Services
- Handicap Accessibility thoughout the home
Safety and Security Services
There is an extensive security system installed throughout the home for resident safety and protection. We are also monitored for continual, 24-hour fire and 911 services.
The home has been remodeled for total handicap accessibility. There is ample room for residents to wander or find a comfortable spot for privacy, activities, or family get-togethers.
Emotional Care
We encourage as much independence as possible. Because we maintain a high staff to resident ratio, we can give residents time to respond to requests and instructions. As a resident progresses through the disease, we offer the level of care that he or she needs up to and including the point when the resident is dependant upon us for his or her total care.
We do not believe in using medications to 'control' behaviors but only to enhance an individual's quality of life. We use redirection, activities, spirituality, and unconditional love to work with difficult behaviors. And we have had very impressive results.
Life Experiences, Residential Activities
We believe activities that revolve around the daily jobs and duties that one would do at home can enrich a resident's quality of life.
We strive to encourage residents to participate in their own personal cares, as well as share in some of the cooking, cleaning, laundry, and other daily activities of our household.
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Our staff also provides recreational activities throughout the day which vary from exercises, walks, barbecues on the patio, picking flowers in the garden, outings, reading, mind joggers, and more.
We do not attempt to provide structured activity throughout the entire day. Gianna Homes-Sursum Corda is not a nursing home. We are a home and we have set up our environment here to reflect just that.
We frequently provide intergenerational activities and encourage families to spend time with their loved one in residence at Gianna Homes. If a resident has a high activity level we encourage the families to hire a companion and will help them in locating someone to do this and will train and orient them to the resident.
We host family events throughout the year so all the different families can get to know each other. We have a lending library with books and videos for the families and staff to use as they please.
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Physical / Medical Care
We provide as much care as the resident needs, based upon his or her level of independence.
We prepare a care and service plan with each family when an individual moves into our home. This plan includes the level of care, special needs, routines, and family requests. This plan is reviewed and updated with the family and the Director of Nursing as needed.
We do not believe in using restraints at Gianna Homes-Susum Corda. We will consider bed rails if it will enhance the resident's safety and if the family and doctor have agreed to this.
Medications are monitored by the Director of Nursing on a regular basis.
The Director of Nursing and our staffing team monitor all conditions and changes. The RN notifies families of any care needs or changes.
We support the family members of our residents on an ongoing basis and address their questions and concerns as they arise. We encourage families to join an Alzheimer's Association support group. We communicate with families regularly through formal and informal meetings to keep them apprised of their loved one's well-being. At a minimum, we have a Care Conference every 6 months-more frequently for families who request them.
Spiritual Care
We have volunteer pastors and priests from the community come in regularly for communion/spiritual services.
Daily Devotions
(We carefully listen to the resident and his or her family's spiritual views to help us develop a therapeutic support system that provides spiritual care and comfort.)
Spa & Personal Services
- Manicures and pedicures by staff
- Perm/ Color/ Hi Lights (as billed by the operator)
- Personal care and hygiene
- All toiletries
- All incontinence products
- Haircuts and styles
Therapies
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| Pet Therapy | Music Therapy |
A music therapist visits our home as often as three times each week to interact with our residents.
We use the Full Circle Therapy program on a weekly and/or daily basis.
We promote the Eden Alternative in our home and have a bird and two cats in residence.
Personal Care Items
- Incontinence Products
- Personal Hygiene Care Products
- Cosmetics
Evening Socialization
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