Brookdale East Mesa

Brookdale East Mesa is an assisted living facility with a focus on memory care for people living with Alzheimer's or other types of dementia. The community, led by key contact Lisa Bulka, is purpose-built and free-standing, licensed under number AL6354, and has room for up to 56 residents. Certified by ALTCS, Brookdale East Mesa is affiliated with Mercy Care, United Health, and Banner Health. The facility supports aging in place, allowing residents to stay as care needs increase, whether they need light, medium, or heavy assistance, including diabetic and incontinence care, plus behavioral support for those with complex needs. The staff offers 24-hour care and includes a nurse on-site, along with a doctor and dentist on call, and has podiatry, physical, occupational, and speech therapy services right there on the premises. Residents who have challenges like wandering, physically acting out, or needing help with insulin can be cared for here, as the property uses secure technology like alarmed bracelets, keypad entry, and specially designed memory care spaces with features to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.

There are private studios and friendship suites, all wheelchair accessible, with step-in showers, handrails, and rooms that offer heating and cooling controls. Brookdale East Mesa welcomes pets and has pet care support, including designated areas and pet-friendly programs. Residents can move about secure indoor and outdoor spaces, from a game room, library, and clubhouse to walking paths, landscaped gardens, and an enclosed courtyard. The property is all one level, making it easy to get around, and there's parking for residents who drive. Meals are provided with options like anytime dining, private rooms for family gatherings, and special diets, with snacks and drinks always available. Residents can get help with medication, bathing, meals, laundry, and housekeeping, and enjoy concierge and postal services. The facility has Wi-Fi throughout.

Brookdale East Mesa runs several signature programs for those with dementia, such as Clare Bridge, which offers a schedule of six structured activities daily to keep minds and bodies active-things like brain games, fitness classes, and social or craft activities. The Solace program provides extra time and attention for people in the later stages of dementia. Trained staff follow consistent care assignments so families know the same people help their loved ones most days, and everyone receives individual care planning based on their needs.

For recreation and socializing, the schedule has a mix of events: gardening, arts and crafts, intergenerational programs, trips, brain fitness, and more, plus indoor and outdoor common spaces to gather. There are beauty and barber shops, devotional services, and postal services as well. Residents who need higher levels of care or hospice can be supported in place. Brookdale East Mesa also offers adult day services and respite stays, so shorter visits are possible. Estimated rates start at $3,750 a month for a studio and $4,750 for semi-private rooms. The staff here works to make the place feel like home and supports each resident in their own way.

Brookdale East Mesa is managed by Brookdale.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) is the largest senior living operator in the United States, managing over 640 communities with capacity for approximately 59,000 residents across 41 states and employing around 36,000 associates. Founded in 1978 and publicly traded since 2005, Brookdale solidified its market leadership through major acquisitions including American Retirement Corporation (2006) and Emeritus Senior Living (2014), making it the only national full-spectrum senior living company. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Brookdale has topped the American Seniors Housing Association's ASHA 50 list and Argentum's largest providers list for multiple consecutive years.

The company's comprehensive care continuum includes independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Brookdale's signature Clare Bridge program, developed over 30 years ago by dementia-care experts, provides specialized Alzheimer's and dementia care through two distinct levels: Clare Bridge communities for comprehensive memory support and the Clare Bridge Solace program for advanced-stage dementia residents. The program is recognized by the Alzheimer's Association® for incorporating evidence-based Dementia Care Practice Recommendations and features secure environments, enclosed courtyards, Daily Path programming with six structured activities daily, and the InTouch technology platform offering personalized brain-stimulating games and therapeutic content.

Brookdale's holistic Optimum Life® wellness approach balances six dimensions—Purposeful, Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual, and Intellectual—implemented through signature programs including B-Fit (eight exercise class options), Brain Fit (mental fitness workouts), My Life Story (resident storytelling), EngagementPlus (interest-based connections), Growing Together (collaborative learning), and The Ageless Spirit (kindness and gratitude practices). The Embrace Family Partnership provides caregiver education and support for families of memory care residents.

The company's Brookdale HealthPlus® care coordination model, winner of the 2024 Argentum Best of the Best Award placing it among the top 1% of operators, is a technology-enabled healthcare service featuring dedicated RN Care Managers who proactively manage residents' health, coordinate care transitions, and help prevent avoidable hospitalizations. Communities using HealthPlus report 78% fewer urgent care visits, 36% fewer hospitalizations, and 63% more completed annual wellness visits. The Personal Solutions program delivers hygiene products, medications, and daily necessities directly to residents' doors with discreet packaging and monthly billing convenience.

Following a strategic divestiture of its home health and hospice operations to HCA Healthcare (completed December 2023), Brookdale now focuses exclusively on senior living operations while maintaining its position as the industry's largest operator, committed to its mission of enriching lives with compassion, respect, excellence, and integrity.