What is Designated Assisted Living-Dementia?
Designated Assisted Living-Dementia residences are for individuals with moderate to severe dementia, who may have a high risk of wandering and unpredictable behaviours but who are not a safety risk to themselves or others. Dementia Cottages are a place where you can be provided care as you move through the later stages of dementia or other forms of cognitive impairment: • you may begin to lack awareness of personal space and the privacy of others, • your behaviours may become unpredictable, • you may begin wandering more with a greater risk of leaving the facility where you may not be safe, and • your behaviours may put you and others at risk. Dementia Cottages have private bedrooms and shared kitchen, living room, bathroom, laundry room and courtyard spaces. Individuals with dementia experience less severe behavioural symptoms in these environments.
