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Senior living care is primarily paid with private funds. However, everyone has unique financial and payment needs. AutumnGrove Cottage will assist you in finding the resources available to you. We can suggest a number of financial planners, veterans’ benefits coordinators, and long-term insurance representatives to make sure you know all payment options available to you. 

Several long-term care insurance plans reimburse a certain amount of health service; including assisted livings like  Autumn Grove Cottage at Copperfield Having long-term care insurance allows you to choose where to receive care.

The cost of assisted living varies widely, depending on the location, services offered, size of the living space, and special needs (such as dementia care). We will be happy to give you a tour and discuss costs at Autumn Grove Cottage at Copperfield.

Every person with Alzheimer’s or dementia is unique. Like many locked units, Autumn Grove Cottage at Copperfield will keep your loved one safe; however, while our residents are secure, it is done in such a way that they do not feel locked in. Our residents are able to move freely around the cottage and into the backyard safely. We will also work with you to make sure your loved one has an individualized plan of care to discover their personal history and hobbies, allowing them to make choices and preserving their dignity through meaningful activities.      

Home Care Agencies provide personal services to elderly or disabled clients in their residence. This includes non-medical assistance in the client’s home such as cooking, cleaning, bathing, dressing, transportation, and companionship. Assisted living is defined as a combination of housing, personalized supportive services and health care designed to meet the individual needs of people who need help with the activities of daily living, but do not need the skilled medical care provided in a nursing home.

No, not all assisted livings specialize in Alzheimer’s or memory care. In order to care for people with Alzheimer’s or dementia the assisted livings need special certification. Autumn Grove Cottage at Copperfield has all the certifications and our staff is specifically trained to care for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia.

People with Alzheimer’s or dementia use behavior as a way to communicate. Once we understand why a person with Alzheimer’s or dementia exhibits a specific behavior, we can focus on meeting the need instead of focusing on the behavior. Understanding how these behaviors manifest and possible triggers will help us assist you in getting the proper help. We will work with you to see if skilled needs come into play.

Our caregiver to resident ratio is 1 caregivers to 5 residents on our day shift allowing our staff to provide quality individualized care. During the overnight shift, we have 2 caregivers assisting residents and helping prepare for the day and evening shifts needs.

Assisted living staff assists residents with the activities of daily living, but do not need the skilled medical care provided in the staff at a nursing home. The staff at Autumn Grove Cottage at Copperfield fall under the assisted living category, but are also trained specifically for Alzheimer’s and dementia-related memory care. Our caregivers are responsible for all aspects of care for our residents and are on-site 24 hours a day. No one is assigned a specific job, so that means all staff are responsible for caring for the residents, cooking, cleaning and assisting with activities of daily living.

For the safety of our residents, Autumn Grove Cottage at Copperfield has fire drills with residents every month involving every resident and staff member. Additionally, we are prepared to shelter in place pending on the natural disaster. However, should the city mandate an evacuation, Autumn Grove Cottage at Copperfield has a plan in place for a safe evacuation of our residents.