Family & Community

According to the residents’ preferences, the community invites outside groups to meet in the community, with residents welcome to attend. Children regularly engage with residents. 

The community works with residents to accommodate their preferences to be actively engaged in community life outside the community, such as clubs, volunteering at schools, animal shelters, homeless shelters.

Residents have opportunities to engage in events outside the community, such as fairs, parades, voting, concerts, and ball games.

A kitchen, or activity kitchen is available for residents and families to cook and bake. 

There is a family council/group that meets routinely. The community actively solicits the views of family members and treats them as care partners* instead of visitors in working together to accommodate the resident’s preferences.

The community recruits family members and outside community members as volunteers.

The community has a standing culture change task force/committee/team with a broad representation of residents/family members, supervisory and direct care team members from various shifts, administration, and nursing leadership.