Golden
Oaks

We are able to personalize and customize dietary needs and wants. We prepare meals and snacks based on preference and suggestions. We encourage all of our residents to continue to enjoy eating the foods that bring them comfort. We also accommodate special diets and restrictions.

Golden Oaks is a locked, and secured home. For safety we have installed audio and visual security monitoring system in all common areas and all exterior areas of the home. We provide 24 hour awake nursing care by licensed professionals. State statutes do not allow cameras in private rooms.

We strive to keep families a part of every step and process after you have decided to make Golden Oaks home. We encourage families to visit as much as possible as well as attend all of our events and special moments with their loved ones. We ask that families members be a part of the care planning process.

We offer a 1 or 2 to 6 caregiver to resident ratio. With a home maximum occupancy of 12 we believe that this ratio allows for direct personal care and quality time that each person needs and deserves to live comfortably at Golden Oaks.

All of our staff is certified by the state and have undergone specific training for their position prior to being hired by Golden Oaks. They are further trained in the “Golden Oaks way” at the start of employment. Subsequently, we require and provide ongoing training on topics related to the success of providing quality care to the members of our home. Some of those trainings include working with those with dementia, resident rights, infection control, how to recognize abuse and neglect, workplace safety and emergency preparedness and disaster training. Additionally there are continuing education courses required by the state that are relevant to the license of each employee.

Golden Oaks is a locked and secured home, specifically to prevent those who are prone to wandering. We are equipped with security camera system, door alarms, and a low resident to staff ratio that allows staff to better keep an eye out for anyone looking to take an unsafe walk outside.

We offer daily activities that promote healthy living and engagement. We take recommendations and preferences from the you and your loved one of activities they enjoyed or still enjoy doing and incorporate those into the activities program. We offer social, cognitive and motor skill development activities such as trivia games, board games, memory games, gardening, music therapy, chair yoga, daily exercise, religious activities, educational games and family table talk of topics they want to discuss.

All staff are required to complete training courses with the Alzheimer’s Association at the start of employment and quarterly. Each staff member must provide the training certificated provided by the agency. Staff in-services are provided by licensed facilitators on Alzheimer’s and Dementia care.

We have on staff a part-time registered nurse, a full-time licensed practical nurse who are available to asses changes in medical condition. We have a medical doctor available to discuss any changes. If treatment is needed, it is possible that a visit to the doctor or hospital may be required. An assessment is completed before admission, annually and if there is a significant change in behavior or apparent state of wellness. The you and your loved on are involved in this process.