Assisted Living Services

Our Team Members

The Birches staff is specially trained, exceeding minimum regulatory standards.

Our team includes 30 Resident Assistants, six Licensed Practical Nurses, and one Registered Nurse. All of our team members participate in an extensive 10-day orientation along with several additional hours of professional education and training.

We have licensed nursing staff on hand 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and our Resident Assistants are available to assist with daily activities like bathing, dressing, and eating.

Assisted Living Culinary Services

Enjoying a delicious dinner or lingering over a glass of wine with neighbors truly makes dining something to look forward to.

One of the things we are proud of is how our Culinary department works hard to create enjoyable meal choices for our residents.

We don’t rotate through the same menu every few weeks, and we never purchase food in bulk. That allows us to accommodate resident food requests and keep mealtimes fun and interesting with fresh foods to try.

Our Culinary team creates homemade meals three times per day and offers several meal choices for residents.

Rehabilitation & Therapy Services

Rehabilitation and therapy play an important role in helping residents recover after an illness or injury.

We provide physical, occupational, and speech therapy for residents based on their care plan and health needs.

These therapies are overseen by a Registered Nurse (RN), and we partner with trusted local agencies to provide the therapies. We keep a list of Preferred Providers, but you may also select your home health agency if you prefer.

Beyond therapy, our residents enjoy group fitness activities throughout the year. This may include yoga or chair calisthenics, and each activity is designed to support our residents’ total wellbeing in body, mind, and soul.

We have three R-Zero's hospital-grade UV-C light units. R-Zero is the most powerful UV-C light disinfection device that destroys over 99.99% of pathogens.

UV-C disinfection is recommended by the CDC. It is more effective than manual disinfection, which misses more than 50% of surfaces. R-Zero Arc emits up to 109% more germ-killing light.

R-Zero's hospital-grade UV system, Arc, provides a critical layer of added protection to important senior living spaces - including private rooms and apartments, dining halls, activity rooms, lounges, and more.

Our Housekeeping team frequently clean and disinfect our community spaces, and we ramped up our safety measures with the arrival of COVID-19.

Housekeeping

In addition to keeping our community areas spotless, our housekeeping team also cleans individual apartments weekly.

We apply the same high standard of cleanliness here as we do to community spaces, and we always respect our residents’ privacy.

Apartment cleaning includes:

Kitchen area hand wiped and sanitized
Doors and door frames spot cleaned
Window sills, ledges, and blinds dusted
Hard-surfaced floors: vacuumed and damp mopped
All readily accessible floors vacuumed
Steam cleaning for non-carpeted areas as needed
Carpets spot cleaned as needed
Empty closet floors vacuumed
General dusting

Bathrooms cleaning includes:

Bathroom tile walls and showers cleaned and sanitized
Vanity and sink cleaned and sanitized
Mirrors and chrome fixtures cleaned and shined
Floors cleaned/ damp mopped, steam cleaned as needed
Toilets thoroughly cleaned

Deep Clean

Upon Request. No cost if cleaning is done every 6 months.

Carpet cleaned
Inside windows
Heavy knickknack area dusted
Upholstery cleaned upon request, larger item may be a cost

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Our Assisted Living community features many services and amenities that are specifically created to help you thrive.

Below are some of the many assisted living services you will enjoy while living at the Birches.

We are here to support you as much or as little as you need.

We can help you with daily tasks if that’s what you, your family, or your physician request. All of our residents have personalized care plans that keep your input and your needs at the center.

The Birches staff is specially trained, exceeding minimum regulatory standards.

We focus on our residents, and we always put your needs and your goals first.

Maintaining personal health and keeping an active, enriching social life are vital components of living a full life.

Medication Management by a Licensed Nurse

Enjoying a delicious dinner or lingering over a glass of wine with neighbors truly makes dining something to look forward to.

Rehabilitation and therapy play an important role in helping residents recover after an illness or injury.

We prioritize the safety of our residents always. That extends to offering housekeeping services for our residents and keeping our community spaces clean.

We have three R-Zero's hospital-grade UV-C light units. R-Zero is the most powerful UV-C light disinfection device that destroys over 99.99% of pathogens.

Housekeeping

Apartment cleaning includes:

Bathrooms cleaning includes:

Deep Clean

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