NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Sunshine Meadows in Buhler is still looking for clients to fill its new Selah Memory Care unit that opened last week.
"We're looking for people to serve that still are able to get around," said Nathan Spencer with Sunshine Meadows. "They don't need a wheelchair. They can move around independently and then also, they can do their own activities of daily living as far as like getting dressed and feeding themselves and stuff like that. That's kind of a level of care that this will be, but obviously still having a diagnosis of Dementia or Alzheimer's and have that cognitive decline and need the special services."
There are still eight openings in the twelve bed unit, according to Spencer.
"Studies have shown that the more interaction that you have, the more you know," Spencer said. "That one-on-one activity and keeping the mind active, it's something that can delay the downward spiral."
This would enter that person into the continuum of care there as well, so that they could be moved when the need arises.
"Once they would get to a place where they wouldn't qualify for the criteria back there, really that being the mobility and the ADL's, then we would look at transitioning them over to our nursing in general or even in our memory care that we have inside of our skilled nursing building," Spencer said.
If you have further questions about the new Selah Memory Care unit, contact Sunshine Meadows at (620) 543-2251.