EPOCH’s comprehensive Memory Care provides an exceptional lifestyle and enhances quality of life for those in all stages of memory loss. Recognized as one of the leading memory care programs, EPOCH’s approach is to bring the resident and family closer together within a comforting atmosphere that encourages family interaction, while fostering a better relationship between the resident and family.

BRIDGES® Memory Care

EPOCH’s BRIDGES Program is delivered in separate and secure neighborhoods within EPOCH assisted living communities. While offering the same luxurious surroundings and gracious amenities as the rest of the community, BRIDGES neighborhoods have special safety features and are specially designed to provide memory stimulation.

BRIDGES’ comprehensive activities program provides increased stimulation that helps relieve the common effects of Alzheimer’s: depression, agitation and wandering. We strive to find creative ways to involve residents so even daily routines are turned into fun activities with purpose. BRIDGES is also offered in our senior healthcare centers for those in the later stages of disease who need a higher level of care.

Other features of our BRIDGES Program:

• Dedicated program director
• 24-hour licensed nursing care
• High caregiver-to-resident ratio
• Specially trained memory care team
• Daily memory stimulation activities

Namaste… Honoring the Spirit Within

As the symptoms of dementia progress to the advanced stage, Namaste is a program that all EPOCH Senior Healthcare communities offer that change the way we care for residents in the last stages of their illness.

Namaste means “to honor the spirit within.” This is exactly what we do at EPOCH – honor the spirit of the residents whose lives have been changed by dementia while celebrating the person who still is. The main goal of Namaste is to keep our residents as comfortable as possible in a peaceful environment surrounded by compassionate staff and the presence of others.

Namaste is a comforting, sensory-based program offering wonderful aromas and comfortable chairs. Residents are wrapped in warm quilts and frequently receive hand and foot massages. Sometimes care is just spending time with a resident. Sometimes it’s listening to music together. Sometimes it’s as simple as an extra hug. We know that a caring touch within a circle of love reaches our residents at this time in life.

Learn more about Joyce Simard and the Namaste program