Emerson House Portland

About This Provider

Emerson House is a locally owned and operated memory care community; we opened our doors in 2000 and the building itself was constructed solely with memory care in mind. There are 3-floors at Emerson House, the upper two floors can house 24 residents each and our 1st floor can house 5 residents (it’s more like an adult care home on 1st floor, the folks living on that floor typically do better in lower stimulation environments). The floorplan on the upper floors is circular, allowing residents to wander to their hearts’ content without ever hitting any dead ends. The resident apartments are on the outside wall with the activity space/living room, med/chart room and dining room are in the center of the community.

Higher needs floor:

The resident population on the higher needs floor simply require more hands-on assistance with activities of daily living (toileting, grooming, dressing, eating). The residents are more prone to wandering throughout the community and entering other rooms “shopping”. We have a rich life enrichment schedule on the 3rd floor as well but have augmented the activities to ensure residents can feel successful in completing them when they choose to participate.

Higher functioning floor:

The resident population on the higher functioning floor (2nd floor) are still at a point where they can still do a lot for themselves but need med management, some queuing, and reminders throughout the day. We work hard to fill the days of those living on this floor with meaningful activities that will help keep them where they are at for as long as possible. It is uncertain how the world will look “post-COVID-19”, but our pre COVID-19 life enrichment calendar was full of wonderful therapies led by an amazing array of outside providers who each brought something unique to the table for our resident population. We had horticultural therapy, music therapy (truly, the most fun!), two different types of art therapy (local art group Geezer Gallery and Memories in the Making through the Alzheimer’s Association), we even had a creative writing group who came up with witty stories with loads of twists and turns. Our programming now still fills each day, and we are adapting to use some video messaging applications to “invite” some of those providers (like music therapy) back into the community where they make such a great impact on the lives of the residents in our care.

1st floor:

Our 1st floor is small, it has 5 total beds and feels more like an adult care home than a memory care community. The residents on the 1st floor do better in smaller settings, they thrive in a quieter environment with less stimuli.

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Emerson House Portland is located at 3577 Se Division, Portland, OR 97202, provides the following services: Memory Care.