Brookdale Valencia

Brookdale Valencia sits in a quiet spot in Albuquerque and offers several living choices for seniors, like independent living, assisted living, and memory care, so whether someone wants a more active retirement or needs some help with daily tasks, they've usually got plans to fit. The community has skilled nursing and homecare onsite, as well as additional healthcare services that include nurses, podiatrists, dentists, hospice care, and respite options for folks needing short-term help. Staff stay available around the clock and provide care like help with bathing, hygiene, and grooming, plus medication reminders, which helps set anxious minds at ease, since there's always someone nearby. Seniors get to use wheelchair accessible showers, and the whole place is pet-friendly, which is nice for folks who love their animal companions. People who live at Brookdale Valencia can join in a full activity schedule, including art classes where residents even teach, special themed events celebrating different countries and foods, and group gatherings, all encouraging everyone to build friendships and fight off loneliness. There're both indoor and outdoor common areas, spaces for meals where food is prepared for residents, and beauty and barber services onsite. The community offers transportation services free of charge so getting to doctor visits or errands doesn't have to be a worry. There's also a focus on wellness with programs like Optimum Life® and Celebrations, which support emotional, physical, spiritual, and social health, and they include both independent and assisted living residents, along with memory care folks who have more specific needs. The setting is quiet and peaceful, with a gated neighborhood meant for extra security, though there isn't much detailed info about extra perks like laundry, doormen, or specific floor layouts. Some features and amenities aren't listed in detail, like the exact parking situation, but the focus seems to stay on offering a safe, comfortable, and supportive home for seniors, whether they're looking to keep busy or simply want steady help each day.

Brookdale Valencia 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.