Brookdale Columbus
3607 Weems Road Columbus, GA 31909
Brookdale Columbus
Brookdale Columbus is a memory care provider in Columbus, GA. The staff at Brookdale Columbus provide supervision and are able to remind residents to attend to activities of daily living such as grooming and toileting. Staff are on service 24 hours a day. There are activities appropriate for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia that help keep residents active and engaged. Brookdale Columbus was designed specifically to provide memory care. It is a secured property. Residents who are prone to wandering can be accepted. Brookdale Columbus may be able to accommodate residents who are physically aggressive. The community may also be able to accept residents who exhibit bizarre or difficult behaviors. Brookdale Columbus can administer insulin or other injected medications Brookdale Columbus may allow residents to keep a dog or cat. Pet care is provided. At Brookdale Columbus, you can rest assured because a nurse is on staff and a doctor is on call. Devotional services are provided to residents.
Features at a glance
- Accepts Cats
- Accepts Dogs
- Handles Aggressive Behavior
- Handles Exit Seeking
- Free Standing Community
- Purpose Built Community
- Secured Community
- Can Administer Insulin
- Can Administer Medications
- Reminders And Monitoring
- Visiting Nurse
- Wheelchair Accessibility
- Behavioral Care
- Can Administer Injections
Residents
- Male
- Female
Staffing
- Nurses on Staff
- Doctor on Call
- 24-Hour Awake Staff
- Visiting Nurse
- Visiting Podiatrist
- Visiting Physical Therapist
- Visiting Occupational Therapist
- Visiting Speech Therapist
- ADL Assistance
- On-Site RNs / LPNs
- Medication care managers / Medication Technicians
- Medical Director: MD
- Medical Director: Nurse Practitioner
- Full time activity director
Facility Care Level
Care Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
Light Care | Light Care Can manage most activities of daily living, may require cueing or supervision; requires assistance with provision of basic needs, i.e. medications, nutrition, hygiene, housekeeping, mobility, etc. |
Medium Care | Medium Care May be able to manage some activities but requires assistance and supervision with activities of daily living; may require cueing or supervision; requires assistance with provision of basic needs, i.e. medications, nutrition, hygiene, housekeeping, mobility, etc. |
Heavy Care | Heavy Care Requires total care with most or all activities of daily living, with complex care nursing needs and/or behavioral management difficulties. |
Additional Services
Care available for behavioral problems/symptoms
This community can accept residents who are an elopement risk. This community can accept residents who act out physically.
Diabetic Care
Diabetic residents must be able to manage their own care, including blood sugar tests and insulin injections. The community can help residents monitor their blood sugar but cannot give insulin injections. This community can administer insulin injections and blood sugar tests, although are it is not necessarily able to offer sliding scale therapy. This community offers diabetes care and can offer insulin injections, including sliding scale therapy.
Incontinence Care
Incontinent residents must be able to manage incontinence themselves. This staff at this community can remind incontinent residents to use the restroom. This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Memory Care Offered
This community employs technology to prevent residents from wandering and becoming lost, for example bracelets that will ring an alarm if the resident leaves the community. The memory care area of this community is secured to protect the safety of residents who wander. This community's memory care section can accept residents with major behavior issues. The community's memory care area was purpose built to care for residents with Alzheimer's and dementia. The community's memory care section is in its own building.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community can provide standby assistance for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community can provide a 1 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community can provide a 2 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community is equipped to use mechanical lifts transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Services
This community is provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
Transportation
- Resident Parking Available
- Complimentary Transportation
- Transportation at Cost
Smoking
- Allowed Outdoors
Meals
- Guest meals
- Special Diets: Organic
- Restaurant style dining
- Special Diets: Low / No sodium
- Special Diets: Low / No Sugar
Additional Amenities
- Activities Onsite
- Activities Offsite
- Devotional Services Onsite
- Devotional Services Offsite
- Outdoor Common Areas
- Indoor Common Areas
- Meals Provided
- Kosher
- Vegetarian
- Beautician Onsite
Other Services
- Full Tubs
- Respite Offered
- Aging in Place
Activities Provided
- ForeverFit
- Stretching classes
- Art classes
- Brain fitness / Dakim
- Educational lectures / life long learning
- Gardening Club
- Intergenerational Programs
- Karaoke
- Pet-focused programs
- Trips and outings / field trips
- Trivia
- Wii Bowling
Average Room Pricing at Brookdale Columbus
Room Type | Memory Care |
|---|---|
Studio | $7,000 |
1 Bedroom | $7,000 |
Semi-Private | $5,970 |
Estimated Fees at Brookdale Columbus
Fee Type | Memory Care |
|---|---|
Respite Fee | $200 |
2nd Person Fee | $1,000 |
Community Fee | $2,500 |
Nearby Cities
City | Distance | Number of Facilities |
|---|---|---|
| Jonesboro | 102 miles | 1 |
| Leesburg | 80.9 miles | 1 |
| Union City | 92.4 miles | 1 |
| Albany | 86.4 miles | 1 |
| Hampton | 85.8 miles | 1 |
| Dallas | 131 miles | 1 |
| Macon | 98.1 miles | 1 |
General Pricing Information for Brookdale Columbus
Room Type | Average Cost |
|---|---|
Studio | $7,000 |
1 Bedroom | $7,000 |
Semi-Private | $5,970 |
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