A kind word, a gentle touch, exceptonal care

The caring hands of our trained staff will handle your loved ones with gracous care. From the moment you walk into a Garden View Care Center you will sense a difference.

Garden View Care Centers are spacious, elegantly designed and are maintained by a dedicated and loving staff of individuals who care. Garden View Care Center maintains an ongoing training program which focuses on the specialized meeds of people who need help coping with dementia.

At Garden View Care Centers the philosophy behind the care extends beyond the medical needs of a patient to the emotional, social and spiritual needs of both paitents and their families.

When is skilled nursing needed?

"Skilled Care" - is required when a person needs 24 hour nursing assistance. Typically, the person needs assistance with most, if not all, activities of daily living (ADL's). This includes eating, bathing, dressing, walking, and toileting. In most situations person requiring skilled care has complex medical needs, or has substantial memory impairment.

Rehabilitation Services

Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind.

The Garden View Care Center's rehabilitation team believes in encouraging progress towards a recovery as quickly as possible. Daily-prescribed therapies are carried out by our trained proffessionals in spacious holistic therapy rooms.

Our specialized therapy programs and treatment plans are individualized to each patient's needs and implemented by the finest interdisciplinary teams anywhere in the midwest. Common conditions requiring rehabilitation are:

Total Joint Replacement
Recovery from a "hip fracture"
Stroke
Orthopedic Surgeries
Neurological Disorders
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Multiple Trauma Injuries

Many residents plan their rehabilitation services at the same time they are planning their total joint replacement surgery. Planning ahead for skilled care rehabilitation is easy. Just call Garden View Care Center to schedule a tour. We can help coordinate your medical needs with your primary care physician and orthopedic surgeon.

What is Alzheimer's disease?

Alzheimer's is a progressive disease of the brain that makes it hard for people to remember, think and use language. Symptoms include loss of memory (initially short-term memory), problems with language, confusion, difficulty with common tasks, disorientation to time and place, problems with abstract thinking, and personality changes. There are many other neurological and physical symptoms, too. Alzheimer's is the seventh leading cause of death among adults aged 65 and older. It is estimated that one in five people between 75 and 84 have Alzheimer's; nearly half the people over 85 have Alzheimer's to some extent. Many well-known people have been afflicted including former President Ronald Reagan; Actors Charlton Heston, Rita Hayworth, and Burgess Meredith; Senator Barry Goldwater; Boxer Sugar Ray Robinson; Classical Composer Aaron Copeland; and Writer E. B. White.

While there is no cure for Alzheimer's, the progress of the disease can be dramatically slowed with the help of new medicines and innovative care programs such as Garden View Care Centers Dementia Care for people with Alzheimer's disease. With proper care, people can live and thrive with
Alzheimer's for many, many years.

How can Garden View Care Centers help?

One key to helping people with Alzheimer's is activity. That's why Garden View Care Centers originated the area's ONLY 10 hour a day, 7 days a week, activity-based Dementia Care Program.

Family involvement is also vital in helping people with Alzheimer's continue to thrive. Garden View Care Centers one-of-a-kind family orientation program was developed in cooperation with Saint Louis University. This program helps families to understand dementia and Alzheimer's disease, form realistic expectations for their family member, help with ongoing developing symptoms, and share in activites.

Learn More.

Tour one of the Garden View Care Centers, see our innovative Dementia Care Program in action and tak to our dementia care professionals.

There is no better place to get help than Garden View Care Centers. There is a difference in dementia care. It's Garden View Care Centers.

Dementia Care

Dementia describes diseases that cause people to lose some of their memories. Among diseases that cause dementia are Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease, multi-infarct dementia (MID), Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and Pick's disease.

At Garden View Care Centers, we understand these diseases, and we know how to help. Garden View Caare Center specializes in helping families that are caring for loved ones with dementia or Alzheimer's Disease. Our strengths lie in our knowledge of the disease, our philosophy of care, and our ability to create a sense of pride, a sense of purpose and a sense of security for your loved one. Garden View Care Center's Dementia Care Program encourages independence, promotes socialization and enhances self-esteem.

As an added service to our families, Garden View Care Center maintains a relationship with the Alzheimer's Association to provide a professional Dementia Support Group. The support group meets each month at each location, and offers a sharing and caring knowledge base of professionals and family members who understand the dynamics of living with and caring for indivuals suffering from dementia.

Activity is the key!

Activity is the key to helping people with dementia thrive and stay healthy. That's why Garden View Care Centers originated the area's ONLY 10 hour a day, 7 days a week, activity-based Dementia Care Program.