Life’s Journey Senior Living consists of four memory care communities located throughout Central Illinois. No two fingerprints are alike, and neither are the men and women who make up our community of neighbors. What sets Life’s Journey apart from other memory care communities is that we take a creative approach to dementia centered around your loved one’s needs and abilities. Safety and security are at the forefront of our minds as we develop a unique plan of care based on the principals of dignity, love, and compassion. Our emphasis is placed on imaginative approaches as opposed to forcing an individual to conform to their environment, our success rate with difficult dementias is impressive, but know that we serve all stages of care — from mild to advanced. Memory Care is our primary focus, and whether it stems from Dementia, Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, we are ready to serve you and your loved one to our fullest ability. Our communities will not only focus on providing quality and compassionate care to seniors, but it will focus on helping them find renewed purpose in their lives. All of our communities will have very specific Wellness Strategies geared towards improving the overall wellness of our residents from a proactive perspective by establishing working partnerships with specialty medical professionals. The top three targeted diagnoses for hospital readmissions for seniors that are being tracked by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services are Heart Failure, Pneumonia, and Heart Attack. Prior to opening, our communities will have established partnerships with local, qualified cardiac, pulmonary and rehabilitative specialists that will provide ongoing oversight of our residents in our clinics located within our communities. This will close the back door to unnecessary hospital (re)admissions as well as premature discharges to skilled nursing settings (nursing homes). We will be viewed as the most viable choice for post hospital placements over nursing home facilities. Upon opening we will be tracking our outcomes data to validate our Wellness Strategy Programs. This is something that is currently not being done by other assisted living companies. This will give us a huge competitive edge over other assisted living providers and will allow us to continue to enhance our Wellness Strategy Program ensuring we stay focused on resident wellness on a proactive basis. By tracking the outcomes of our Wellness Strategy Program, we will be able to provide concrete data to physicians, hospital discharge planners and other healthcare providers on our success validating our viability as the Provider of Choice in Assisted Living as well as the obvious better choice over skilled nursing care. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services has indicated that there is a possibility down the road for Medicare reimbursement for Assisted Living if it is found to be a more financially viable option over skilled nursing care and still meet the medical care needed by the senior population. Our Wellness Strategy Program will be able to provide the information they will need to make this decision – we are way ahead of the curve of our competitors with our focus on partnerships with medical specialists within our communities. Others may follow once they learn of our success, but we will definitely have the strategic advantage as a proven provider.
