South Knoxville Senior Living

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3020 Heatherton Way Knoxville, TN 37920

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South Knoxville Senior Living

South Knoxville Senior Living is a memory care provider in Knoxville, TN. 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. It is a secured property. South Knoxville Senior Living may allow residents to keep a dog or cat.

Features at a glance

Accepts Cats
Accepts Dogs
Secured Community
Wheelchair Accessibility

Staffing

24-Hour Awake Staff
On-Site RNs / LPNs
Medication care managers / Medication Technicians
Visiting optometrist
Nutritionist / Dietician
Medical Director: MD
Medical Director: Nurse Practitioner
Full time activity director
ADL Assistance

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

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.