Magnolia Springs Lexington

78.5 is the average age at Magnolia Springs. Our residents live an active supported lifestyle. Our community was founded on the philosophy that each residents' life is to be celebrated and that we promote and support all eight dimensions of wellness.

AL: 1:20 3 caregivers during the day not including our nurse Lois Justice and her assistant Amelia Bower. Drops down to two caregivers at 9pm. MC: 1:9 3 caregivers during the day not including our RN Diane France. Drops down to two caregivers after 9pm.

We welcome all pets under 25 pounds. Dogs must be leashed when outside of resident apartments but relief areas are provided in several locations outside of the building.

3 staff during the day and at 9pm drops down to 2.

We offer family style dining in memory care. We have red table clothes to stimulate appetite. We try to seat residents with similar seniors on their level. If mild/moderate level they would be together so they can enjoy conversation and socialization. If later stages we will have our staff sit with them through the meal and prompt them throughout the time they dine. We will use adaptive silverware if needed to make the resident as successful as possible.

We are located in a residential neighborhood and across from Lexington's newest fire station.

We are not affiliated with any local hospitals but have great professional working relationships with all local hospitals. Families at Magnolia springs can chose whatever hospital they prefer: Top hospitals that are in our area are: -CHI St. Joe -UK -Baptist Health For acute rehab: Cardinal Hill

Families are able to call our building 24 hours a day. They can ask the caregivers directly with any concerns with their loved ones. Most of our families are on a texting or call basis with our resident service Director Lois Justice or Memory Care director Diane France. We want our families to feel included in their loved ones care and up to date on how they are doing.

We use a program called HeartFelt Connections for dementia training. It is more of a personalized plan for each resident based on what their individual needs are and what works best for them to redirect.

We offer transportation to local shopping, doctors' appointments and religious services. Our transportation runs seven days a week.

All of our residents are given an alert pendant to press if they need assistance. This feature works in any area of the community, not just their apartment. Also, our front desk is staffed with a concierge from 8am until 7pm each day. Outside of those hours our doors are secured and residents and families may access that with a special access card. In addition to the external security, our hallways and common areas also are equipped with cameras to monitor the residents well-being. All apartments are equipped with safety features in the bathrooms (grab bars, walk-in showers, shower seats).

Families are able to call our building 24 hours a day. They can ask the caregivers directly with any concerns with their loved ones. Most of our families are on a texting or call basis with our resident service Director Lois Justice or Memory Care director Diane France. We want our families to feel included in their loved ones care and up to date on how they are doing. We have many families who also partner with Advanced Care House Calls our NP group that will come in to see their loved ones here on site. Diane and Elizabeth our NP communicate on the residents she see’s weekly. Diane will help facilitate communication if a family or loved one cannot be present for the appointment.

-Helping hands program listed above -Music Therapy -Daily exercise -Reminisce therapy -Massage therapy -Cooking classes -Gardening classes where we use what we garden in a farm to table meal. -Walking club -Joy Ride weekly: Our memory care residents get to go out on our community shuttle and drive through horse farms.

Our RN and director of Memory care Diane France. We do a pre-assessment before a resident comes into the community. We do another assessment on move in day to see if needs have changed. We also do one 30 days after move in and have the family come in for a round-table meeting with every department head to go over how the 1st thirty days in our community as gone. From there, we do them quarterly or more as needs change. A family can request an assessment at anytime.

We have over 130 choices daily to chose from. Over 90% of our menu is fresh made. We give our residents a restaurant style experience. They come down to dine during the time frames the restaurant is open and are served just like being at a restaurant. What you see on the menu for specials today, you will not see again next week. We also have a bistro area with all grab and go snacks for our residents to enjoy 24/7.

-Resident ambassador program: Being a new resident can be very intimidating. Every senior here has been the new kid at one time. We have our resident ambassadors that help new residents get acclimated into the community. -Helping Hands Program: Many of our assisted living residents love to have purpose and enjoy volunteering time. The Assisted Living residents in helping hands assist with activities in memory care. For example: We have a lady who use to be an art teacher, she goes over there and completes projects with memory care residents and staff. -Walking club -Bingo -Movie night daily -Competitive chair volleyball -Bridge club -Ladies tea -Quilting club -Prayer Group -Staying alive fitness -Chair Yoga -Art/canvas painting classes

We work with Relias to do monthly modules with our staff to stay up to date with all of our training and compliance. We also do monthly team meetings and bring in expert speakers to also assist with training.

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Our memory care offers secured doors. They have many areas that allow them to wander our memory care safely.