From left: Angie Hollanda (Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce),
Sandra Durbin (Director of Health Services Park Springs Health Services), Billy
Smith, Andy Isakson (Managing Partner of Isakson Living), Brian Thomas (VP of
Construction Isakson Living), Evelyn Lee (Senior VP of SunTrust’s Aging
Services practice) and Jenna Kelly (President & CEO, Atlanta Division at
SunTrust Bank).
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| Andy Isakson |
STONE
MOUNTAIN, GA – Isakson Living announces the opening of Park Springs Health Services (PSHS), located adjacent to its
resort-style continuing care retirement community (CCRC), Park Springs.
Featuring Georgia’s first-ever, built-to-suit
household model, the state-of-the-art facility, opens with 75 percent of the
homes sold. And starting in August, the full-service healthcare facility will
launch the nation’s first “Dementia Care Matters (DCM) Butterfly Household
Model of Care”.
“For nearly
15 years we’ve been working diligently to improve the model of care for the
aging population,” said Andy Isakson,
managing partner of Isakson Living. “We’re breaking the mold in Georgia with
our household model and changing the narrative nationally with our relationship
with DCM.”
DCM, a
United Kingdom-based Culture Change organization, is disrupting the way
facilities care for people living with dementia by focusing on an emotion-based
approach.
The Butterfly Household Model of Care
emphasizes the importance of a nurturing and supportive staff, enables a better
quality of life and inspires leadership, achieving real outcomes and continued
growth. This innovative program starts with an intensive training of the PSHS
staff to understand emotion-based care so they can empathize with members
living with dementia.
"Feelings
really matter most in dementia care. People experiencing dementia become more
feeling than thinking beings. Therefore, requiring heightened emotional care
first - all we have is now,” said David
Sheard, CEO and founder of DCM and director of The Butterfly Community.
“After pioneering this in four other countries it is exciting to be arriving
into the U.S., launching our first Butterfly Home and developing this special
relationship with Isakson Living. "
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| David Sheard |
The Butterfly
Household Model of Care is a year-long initiative that focuses on a
person-centered approach and three main objectives: encouraging care-givers to
grow their emotional intelligence, connecting and interpreting a person’s
feelings and ensuring the daily life of a member is a positive experience.
Action based learning teams will develop and implement, like a butterfly, the
necessary skills to follow the model. These objectives align perfectly with
Isakson Living’s mission and focus on person-centered care.
PSHS is
comprised of four additional households focusing on adult day services,
short-term Medicare certified rehabilitation and long term Medicare certified
skilled nursing, in addition to the two Butterfly Household Models of Care.
Each household accommodates 18 members, and includes a household kitchen and
dining room, staffed with a homemaker that allows members to eat what they
want, when they want it.
In addition, each household has a living room and
access to beautiful courtyards, allowing members to come and go outside as they
please. Staff works around member’s schedules and what works well for them.
There is also a 3,100 square-foot physical therapy center, serving members as
well as the local community.
The
construction of the new Park Springs Health Services and other Park Springs
campus improvements were made possible through a $74.4 million loan from
SunTrust Bank.
“Isakson
Living and their dedicated caregivers show real passion for serving those in
their community, and we look forward to helping them achieve continued growth.”
said Evelyn Lee, senior vice
president of SunTrust’s Aging Services practice.
“With the new Park Springs
Health Services, we believe the organization will be well positioned to further
support the needs of their current residents and the growing senior population
in Georgia for years to come.”
For a complete copy of the company’s
news release, please contact:
Emma
Cathey/Liz Lapidus
Liz Lapidus
PR
404-688-1466
