Iris Memory Care of Edmond serves older adults with Alzheimer's disease and dementia in a home-like setting right in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it sits close to local shopping, doctors, hospitals, and rehab centers, making visits from family or trips into town fairly easy, and once you walk through the doors, you'll notice the small size, with two separate buildings that each hold a maximum of 20 residents, and this helps keep things quiet and familiar, and there are open floor plans so people can move around without getting lost or confused, and the calm wall colors, private bathrooms with granite and nice tile showers, custom cabinets, and hardwood-like floors all add to the comfort and safety, with the floors made to reduce fall risks for people who sometimes have trouble walking steady.
Staff stays available all hours, including full-time nurses and certified caregivers, and the team knows a lot about Alzheimer's and dementia, which helps them give specialized care, plus each resident gets a personal care plan that can change as their needs do, with help for things like medication, bathing, dressing, grooming, walking, and wheelchairs, and families can feel sure their loved one's getting individualized attention since the caregiver-to-resident ratio is higher than in most communities, and safety systems like access control and wander management are built in, so residents don't end up in unsafe situations if they get confused or try to leave on their own.
People eat together in dining rooms set up by an open gourmet kitchen, with meals planned to be nutritious and to take into account different dietary needs, and the Life Enrichment Director keeps residents busy with art, music, gardening, spiritual support, pet therapy, games, field trips, salon visits, and outdoor strolls in the courtyards, which helps everyone keep up their spirits and connections with others, and the community uses Snoezelen® Therapy, a multi-sensory experience that can brighten moods, help cognition, or just let people relax if they're upset or agitated.
The buildings are all handicap friendly, with fire sprinklers and easy-to-clean hardwood-like floors, and you get choices between studio, single, or two-bedroom rooms, depending on your needs, and each space is designed for privacy and dignity, plus there's a game room, fitness center, shaded porches, courtyards with circular paths, washers and dryers, cable TV, WiFi, a full-service salon and barbershop, and guest parking, so families who've got to visit can do it without much hassle, and there's transportation services available for doctor appointments or trips, and on top of that, the facility offers nursing services including wound care, podiatry, and support with medications, along with respite care, both for short- and long-term stays, and independent living and assisted living services are also available, and the aim behind all this is to make daily life easier and more comfortable for people living with memory loss, to give structure, reliability, and some pleasure in daily activities, while helping families feel supported too.
