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Facility Number 440708314 1906 Glen Canyon Road Santa Cruz, CA 95060 tel: (831) 438-5353 fax: (831) 438-4410 |
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You will be reminded of a charming American Plan
resort - planned especially for this clientele; yet The Mansion costs
less than most nursing homes. The philosophy at The Mansion is to provide
residents a safe, secure, dignified and loving environment. It is the
way it is because Dede Beam, Owner - Administrator, looking for a place for her mother and not finding
what she hoped to see, then built what she had envisioned. (Sadly, her mother
died before The Mansion was completed.) Ten years before The Mansion
was completed, Dede joined numerous groups dealing with senior issues,
namely, Family Services, Ombudsman’s Program, Senior Network Services,
American Cancer Society, Dominican Hospital Auxiliary in Pastoral Care.
She is a past Board Member of the local Alzheimer’s Association
and served on a State Task Force for Special Care Units.
A New phrase is being used more and more frequently: “Behavior of
the Alzheimer’s Type”, which means short-term memory loss, agitation,
wandering, and other strange behaviors. A few years ago, it was illegal
for a place like The Mansion to have a locked gate. It was a resident’s
right to walk away, despite the obvious danger to himself, if he happened
to be demented. The Mansion was selected in 1990 as one of six facilities
statewide, both locked and unlocked, in which Alzheimer’s people
came under intensive observation. Now standards are set under which “Special
Care Units” are permitted to serve this group behind fences and locked
gates, under certain specified conditions. The Mansion is one of these
special places.
In the progress of the disease, a time comes when home care is no longer a practical solution – two lives, instead of just one, are being affected. This is the time when Residential care must be looked at, and the time when a call to tour The Mansion could be made. These factors can make your choice a win-win solution for the family as well as the demented person:
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