What makes memory care different?

Memory care facilities are typically assisted living facilities. There are also skilled nursing facilities that have sections that are memory care sections. And memory care recognizes just the different needs for individuals who live in that environment that have a cognitive impairment. So the units in a memory care will typically not include a kitchenette. They will be a little bit more smaller or a studio, or sometimes they’ll be in pod units, where there’ll just be rooms, and then there’ll be a nursing station that will be centered in the middle of the unit. And then they’ll typically also be secured. So the individuals who are living in a memory care can’t just go in and out because of the risk for wandering.

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