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Sunol Creek Memory Care
5980 Sunol Blvd, Pleasanton, CA, 94566
Sunol Creek Memory Care
5980 Sunol Blvd, Pleasanton, CA, 94566
Welcome Home to Sunol Creek Memory Care – A Boutique Specialty Care Community in Pleasanton, CA.
Sunol Creek is designed, staffed and dedicated to the daily care and medical needs of those with Alzheimer’s and Dementia related illness. Since it’s opening in 2014, Sunol Creek has established itself as the East Bay’s Premier Memory Care community, proudly providing compassionate care for families in Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin and Fremont.
We know choosing the right community can be a difficult decision – there’s guilt, uncertainty and new information to absorb. Our tenured and experienced staff, including our health services director and medical director, are here to support you every step of the way.
Sunol Creek was purposefully built for memory care –each neighborhood of 20 residents has its own internal courtyard, circular indoor walking path, ample natural lighting, an activity room, integrated nurse call/delayed egress door systems and various room types.
We take great pride in the reputation our team has earned. We are the highest rated free standing memory care community in the Bay Area (4.8/5 based on 65 reviews from Facebook, Google & Yelp) and are proud of our exceptional licensing record and personalized, compassionate care. We believe resident families should not have guilt with their decision to place their family member in memory care and residents should live in dignity while both engaged and happy. Our goal is peace of mind to families.
Your loved ones are in great hands with our high staffing ratios and customized medical care. Our team is passionate about creating a warm and inviting home-like environment with many enrichment activities. Through our award-winning SPARK program, your loved one will receive round-the-clock care that encourages a comfortable, fulfilling lifestyle. From various amenities to exciting social programs, medical support, home-style quality food and more, Sunol Creek is committed to excellence.
Levels of Memory Care
Sunol Creek offers two care neighborhoods, each designed to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of our residents. With just 20 residents per neighborhood, we are unique in providing a safe and manageable neighborhood size that balances supervision with ample interaction among residents, staff and activities specialists.
Memory Care – Our “South” Neighborhood offers personalized care for those coping with early to mid-stage dementia or Alzheimer’s.
Enhanced Memory Care – Our “North” Neighborhood offers more intense medical care, complex medication management and is specifically designed to meet the needs of those with significant medical ailments and/or later stage cognitive impairment.
Health Services
The staff at Sunol Creek includes our Medical Director, Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs), and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). Our medical staff considers the resident physician’s report, medication list, and preplacement appraisal for more appropriate personal care plans. Initial care plan are drafted by our resident care coordinator and health services director and our care plans are updated 30 days after move in and within every six months or a change in condition. We present care plans to families during family care conferences and welcome their input.
Sunol Creek’s medication management program is run by our Health Services Director. We staff LVNs at every shift, and we are able to accommodate higher needs residents with wound care, catheter care, diabetes, high blood pressure as well as complex medication management.
Activities and our Award Winning SPARK Program
It is easy to identify the limits of Alzheimer’s and dementia, but through our partnership with the Center for Applied Research in Dementia, we prefer to focus on what our residents can still do, and the abilities they bring to our Community. Sunol Creek, via its unique SPARK program, offers residents a variety of Montessori Method inspired activities as well as traditional social activities, outings, and community initiatives.
Meals on Wheels, Kids Against Hunger, and reading to preschool kids are also some of the events that our residents participate in. Recently, we had an Elvis impersonator come to the community for a performance, and the residents loved it. Our furry visitors, including a St. Bernard that has earned the affectionate nickname, “Burt the Flirt”, are always a big hit!
One of the highlights of our community is our restaurant-quality meals. Our On-Site Executive Chef prepares a wide variety of entrees from our general menu but also offers additional selections for residents who may want to have something different.
Accommodations
Sunol Creek features, five apartment styles; private suites, three different configurations of private rooms with shared bathrooms and shared companion rooms, all meeting various resident needs and budgets. There are ample common areas including activity rooms, family-style dining rooms, resident “therapy” kitchens, fire places, a salon, a family meeting room and a private dining room. Sunol Creek is conveniently located one mile from downtown Pleasanton and is easily accessible from I-680. Come visit us today for a tour to call and learn more!
Top Reasons Families Choose Sunol Creek Memory Care:
♦ Specifically designed and focused on Memory Care
♦ Two neighborhoods of only 20 residents, each with its own courtyard, ample natural light, circular interior walking path and activity room.
♦ Licensed nurses on staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and all staff trained in Dementia and Alzheimer’s behaviors and care.
♦ Medical Director who works closely with our Health Services Director, Executive Director and resident families to oversee all resident medical needs.
♦ Ability to assist a wide range of medical conditions including Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, Diabetes, CVA, post stroke and more.
♦ Medication assistance and management
♦ On-site Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy.
♦ Bathing, dressing, grooming (including an in house salon), and other self-image enhancements
♦ Award-winning Spark Program with engaging, Montessori-Inspired activities
♦ Five room types to meet different needs and budgets
♦ Local and engaged private ownership
♦ Five Star Quality Care!
There are 28 hospitals within 25 miles of Sunol Creek. The two closest hospitals are Stanford Health Care – Valleycare which is 3.3 miles away and Washington Hospital which is 8.2 miles away.
Some of the key amenities available at Sunol Creek are:
- Pool
- Fitness Programs
- Clubs & Communities
- Outdoor Areas
- Beauty & Barber
Services and Amenities
Services
- Social Outings
- Activity Center
- Housekeeping
- Complimentary Transportation
- Transportation at Cost
- Spanish
Activities & Fitness
- Pet Friendly
- Library & Computer Lounge
- Visiting Chaplain or Priest
- Karaoke
- Live Musical Performances
- Yoga / Chair Yoga
Dining & Nutrition
- All-Day Dining
- Meals Provided
- Guest Meals
- Professional Chef
- Vegetarian
- Low / No Sodium
Accommodations
- Wheelchair Accessible Showers
- Respite or Short Term Stays Offered
- Wi-Fi/high-speed internet
- Handicap Accessible
- Air Conditioned
- Beauty Salon
Care
- Diabetic care
- Incontinence care
- Ambulatory care
- Memory care
- Medication management
- Hospice available on-site
Neighborhood
- Piano or Organ
- Raised Garden Beds
Thank you Sunol Creek Memory Care for what you do as a team, and for the residents.. you all work so hard at your job. Thank you Jackie for always putting a smile and everyone’s face. You have a great work ethic. Your enthusiasm, care and understanding is what a great place like Sunol creek needs!...
Thank you Sunol Creek Memory Care for what you do as a team, and for the residents.. you all work so hard at your job. Thank you Jackie for always putting a smile and everyone’s face. You have a great work ethic. Your enthusiasm, care and understanding is what a great place like Sunol creek needs!
Read moreI just witnessed such kindness and care by the Sunol Creek Memory Care Team at the Moore Pumpkin Patch The seniors picked out pumpkins 🎃!!! Lovely !
Sunol Creek Memory Care gets all 5 stars from me. It is a beautiful facility. But more than that, the staff is excellent. They treat the clients with love and respect. I would highly recommend you visit the facility if you need care for a loved one.
I highly recommend Sunol Creek Memory Care as I find their staff to be of high integrity and compassionate for those in residence. You can rest in confidence that your loved ones are being cared for. Go see for yourself. Real people doing real life - TOGETHER. That's what it is all about.I would l...
I highly recommend Sunol Creek Memory Care as I find their staff to be of high integrity and compassionate for those in residence. You can rest in confidence that your loved ones are being cared for. Go see for yourself. Real people doing real life - TOGETHER. That's what it is all about.I would like to update my post as my husband is now also at Sunol Creek (as is my dad of 9 years) and his dementia is a different form. I can confidently say that I sleep well at night knowing that he is very well cared for.Nurse Heidi is highly skilled in her position and very knowledgeable in all aspects of care, doctors, hospitals, medicare, hospice and follows the doctors prescription orders.The Administrator Jessica has been in the profession for many years and the staff and moral and care that she hires is always top notch. She has worked very hard to create a beautiful community. I can truly say that she is right where she is supposed to be. I hope she continues to share her wisdom and knowledge to other communities as well.The admitting/marketing director Susan held my hand through the entire step of the way as I admitted my husband into their care. She helped me through the process and was always there when I needed her. We also shed a tear as well as this was very hard for me.Last but not least...you must say Hi to Ricky. She is warm, welcoming and her voice is like biting into a warm chocolate brownie, warm and comforting. She is always there to help and cares deeply.Thank you all....I am beyond blessed to know you all. God Bless you.
Read moreWhen my family finally made the choice to transition my dad to a facility, we had Susan, the Marketing Director, out to our home. Well let me tell you, she is good at what she does. We were sold a bill of goods that SCMC was unable to live up to. When my father became agitated and anxious, which i...
When my family finally made the choice to transition my dad to a facility, we had Susan, the Marketing Director, out to our home. Well let me tell you, she is good at what she does. We were sold a bill of goods that SCMC was unable to live up to. When my father became agitated and anxious, which is VERY common in dementia patients, the Head Nurse, Heidi's solution was to put him on Ativan. Our doctors refused to prescribe it, as it is terrible for dementia patients. The staff at SCMC's solution? We were asked to hire a one-on-one caregiver to sit with my dad for 9 hours a day, 5 days a week to solve the issue. (Actually, they wanted the sitter there for 12 hours a day, every day, but I refused.) So on top of the ghastly amount we were already paying, we were forced to almost double our fees in order to keep my dad there. And to top it all off, when we finally decided to move him to a smaller facility (best decision we ever made), they sent my dad off with half of his clothes missing, dressed him in someone else's shirt and shoes (that were two full sizes too big), sets of bedding that were not his, and his glasses were nowhere to be found. It was just a slap in the face of what was already a horrible 4 months in their care.One of Susan's big selling points is that SCMC has never asked one of their residents to leave; that they stick it out and work with the family to find the best solution for their loved one's care. This is an absolute farce. Their way of keeping this stat is to make things miserable for the families until they are forced to leave. If you care for your loved one, I absolutely recommend you pass on this overrated excuse for Senior care.
Read moreThere are few decisions more painful in life than admitting it is time to place your loved one in a facility for their health, safety, and continued love of life, for whatever time that might be. I spent many months searching the internet, reading reviews, and typing my list of questions. I inte...
There are few decisions more painful in life than admitting it is time to place your loved one in a facility for their health, safety, and continued love of life, for whatever time that might be. I spent many months searching the internet, reading reviews, and typing my list of questions. I interviewed 12 facilities in the east bay, and as my list dwindled to 3 which I thought my mother would enjoy and I felt secure about having her in their care. I made unannounced visits to those selected facilities to see the day-to-day working of the staff with residents and the levels of engagement offered. When seeking memory care, I found that it was not necessarily a personnel issue that affected my choice but the thoughtfulness of the building itself. The ability for residents to walk freely and not be stopped by metal doors was a critical consideration for me. Many of the facilities had no freedom to any garden area or fresh air. Sunol Creek Memory Care, a small community, was the only place I had found that was a circular hallway surrounding a lovely garden, with Barbeques, tables, umbrellas, and, yes, fresh air and sunshine. Sunol Creek, although small, has a higher level of staff when compared to more expansive facilities. The care, cleaning, maintenance, cooking, nursing, marketing staffs are diligent in earning and maintaining the trust you have placed in them. The Health Services Director, Hiedi, or as most of the families call her, our "beautiful Nurse Hiedi," is one of those rare individuals who never puts anything above the care of our loved ones or, as she calls them, "her family." Her nursing credentials are impressive, her knowledge of Dementia and Alzheimer's behaviors, medications, and professional working relationship many Doctors make her invaluable in the care of the residents and a mentor to nursing and care staff. Hiedi makes all the residents light up with her infectious smile. She even wears glitter-dusted tennis shoes because my mother loves shiny things. I would never intrust my mothers' life to someone I would not trust with my own. Thank you, Hiedi. When it is your time to make a painful decision, consider Sunol Creek Memory Care.
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