Dementia Nursing/Memory Care

Dementia Nursing/Memory Care
“Central Park”

Montefiore’s Dementia Special Care Unit is designed for
individuals with Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related illnesses and is in a home-like secure unit. This unit offers specialized activities, programs and services for its residents. Aptly called “Central Park”- the heart of the unit features colorful indoor trees and flowers, park benches, a lamp post, a virtual blue sky, sounds of nature, carpet that looks like grass and cobblestones –all leading to a comfortable, secure and caring setting with a focus on each resident’s individual needs.

Our thanks go to the
Morton Gross Family for their
generous support for the renovation of this area.

Nature Therapy Program and Healing Garden

Nature therapy is a non-threatening social activity that may improve memory, provides sensory stimulation and exercise, reduces stress and tension, diminishes anger, rewards nurturing behavior and may improve memory.

For residents with dementia, activities that are meaningful and help recall their pasts are important. The sights, sounds, smells, tastes and experiences of nature and gardens assist in accomplishing this. Montefiore offers a complete nature therapy program for the
36 residents on our dementia unit.

The nature therapy program involves our residents in the planting, caring for, and harvesting of an outdoor garden. It also encompasses staff members bringing nature to bed-bound residents.

The nature therapy also encompasses music, art, and aroma therapies to express feelings. Art projects done in a natural setting provide calming effects and heighten creativity.