FAQs.

Living alone may result in low social interaction, which is proven to be extremely hard on your health. In contrast, Woodland Creek at The Crossings offers a community of friends, social interactions and meaningful activities. If you don’t want to cook, you can arrange to have all your meals and snacks made to order in our restaurant and at the Bistro. And if your family worries about your safety, we have staff on-site 24/7.

Guests are always welcome in your home and are more than welcome to enjoy recreational facilities, dining, amenities and activities with you. In addition, we have guest rooms that can be reserved and rented for family, friends and prospective residents.

Yes! They’re family too! We’re a pet-friendly campus and welcome dogs, cats, birds and fish upon approval. Be sure to ask about the pet policy and approval process when you visit.

We encourage our residents to participate in the community’s resident council. Residents can actively participate in decisions that affect programming, dining, activities, outings and more.

When you think your loved one may need more assistance than Independent Living provides, start with a physician’s evaluation. Once medical and daily living needs are assessed, our professional team will meet with you and your loved one to answer questions, provide information, and help you reach the best decision for your loved one and your family.

Our Assisted Living options are ideal for people who can still live independently but need extra assistance with daily tasks – taking medication, bathing, dressing, meals, housekeeping, transportation and other everyday needs. A trained licensed nurse and certified nurse aides are available 24/7 to provide an individualized level of support, while helping your loved one preserve an active lifestyle filled with friends, neighbors and family.

In a Skilled Nursing neighborhood, residents who require intensive therapies to manage well-being and health receive professional, compassionate support from licensed medical professionals, including RNs, LPNs, certified nurse aides and certified medication aides. We also offer custom programs that encourage maximum social interaction and preserve dignity.

Rehabilitation is short-term Skilled Nursing for those who need greater care while recovering from a hospital stay, and those recovering from illness, injury, surgery or stroke. Your team will include a doctor, nurse, social worker and dietician, together with therapists who’ll provide care, guide the rehabilitation process, and work in partnership with you and your family members.

Memory loss, whether from Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, affects more than just one person. So care provided at The Crossings – from dining to staffing to activities – is designed around the needs of memory loss. Specially trained professionals work together with the resident and their family members to create structure, familiar schedules and surroundings, all in a secure and uniquely safe environment that promotes purpose and celebrates accomplishments. If additional Skilled Nursing is needed, we deliver compassionate and highly specialized care attuned to the needs of each patient in the adjacent Skilled Nursing center.

Dementia refers to the loss of cognitive functions (thinking, reasoning, the ability to remember) that are severe enough to interfere with daily functioning. Dementia itself isn’t a disease, though it often accompanies diseases like Alzheimer’s. Dementia is irreversible when caused by disease or certain injuries. It may be partially or fully reversible when caused by drugs, alcohol, depression or imbalances in substances such as hormones or vitamins. In contrast, Alzheimer’s disease is responsible for 60%-80% of dementia, per WebMD and others. It’s a progressive, degenerative brain disease that affects parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. 1 in 8 people over age 65 has Alzheimer’s, which affects women more than men.

Yes, those who provide services in this specialized area are people with a knack for working with Memory Support residents. Carefully selected and trained Memory Support staff members are person-centered to a very high degree. These caregivers have a certain compassionate temperament, together with exceptional patience, gentleness, and a passion for consistently providing dignified and respectful care to our Memory Support residents and their families.

Physical therapy, to help you regain strength, mobility and balance. Occupational therapy, aimed at improving the ability to perform everyday tasks. And speech therapy, to enhance communication and eating or swallowing skills. Among our specialties are IV therapy and wound care.

Though similar in terms of helping to restore strength and mobility, occupational therapy helps you adapt to your social and physical environment through training or retraining (when necessary) in areas such as dressing, bathing, eating and grooming; activities for memory, orientation and cognitive integration; and exercises to maintain normal joint movement to reduce the effects of arthritis or other conditions.

Our skilled speech and language pathologists address a major concern that can emerge with aging in addition to communication issues, which is swallowing dysfunction. You’ll have treatment plans designed to help with your specific degree of language ability, give precise alternate communication strategies and, when appropriate, provide diet recommendations.

Your treatment plan will be individualized to address your condition and specific rehabilitation needs, based on medical certification by your doctor. After admission, the therapy team will meet to review your treatment plan and recommend a schedule of appropriate services. It would not be unusual for a healthy postoperative 64-year-old woman (for example, after a hip replacement) to have an hour of physical and occupational therapy every day, 6 times per week, for 3 weeks. On the other hand, a frail 88-year-old man recovering from the same surgery, with complications, might recover much more slowly, and a schedule of 20 minutes per day, alternating days if he gets too tired, may be more appropriate. We’ll work quite closely with the most important person on the team: you.

The team includes a doctor, nurse, social worker, dietician and appropriate therapists who’ll provide care, guide the rehabilitation process, and work in partnership with the resident – and often very successfully together with family members as well.