Memory Care Community in Lansdowne, PA

A Lansdowne family usually calls three places in one afternoon when they start looking at memory care community. What separates them is rarely the tour — it is whether the home is licensed in Delaware County, who writes the care plan, and whether the price on the website survives the first invoice.

Price the memory care community market in Delaware County honestly and the band is wide: $4,200 – $7,800 a month for personal care, about $6,300 for assisted living, $30 – $34 an hour for home care that stops at 40 hours. We quote one all-inclusive figure from $5,900 and we are a Lansdowne number, in the borough.

Seniors living with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or cognitive decline who need a secure, specialized environment with trained caregivers. For memory care community in Lansdowne that usually looks like secure, small-home environment with 6 residents maximum, specially trained caregivers in dementia and alzheimer's care, nurse-led medication management and behavioral support — with the plan written by a nurse rather than assigned by a sales office. Families near Lansdowne Theater tend to compare us with the large Delaware County campuses first; the difference they notice is six residents instead of sixty.

For memory care community to be safe, the medication list has to be owned by one clinician. Here the nurse orders, pours, documents and reconciles it with the pharmacy, and calls the physicians at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (5 min) directly rather than passing messages through a family.