AVIVA Merrillville

AVIVA Merrillville, located in Merrillville, IN offers assisted living & memory care. Visit Provider Website

Residents wear a keyless entry device that opens their own door, carries an emergency alarm, and includes a locator for anyone who wanders, so your mom can move around the building on her own while staff still know where she is. AVIVA Merrillville sits in Lake County and serves families in Merrillville, IN along with nearby Crown Point and Schererville.

Memory Care at AVIVA Merrillville

Its own team describes this as a memory care-only community, caring for dementia from early to end stage. That matters when you want to make this decision once: your dad wouldn't be one of a few residents with dementia in a building designed around something else, and the intent is that he stays as things change. Certified Dementia Practitioners are on staff, and the community names these supports:

• 24-hour supervision and emergency response
• Secured entrances and exits
• Licensed staff on-site 24 hours a day
• Care coordination with healthcare providers
• Physical therapy
• Special programs and outings for memory loss

Pricing at AVIVA Merrillville

AVIVA Senior Living, who runs AVIVA Merrillville, states memory care rates starting at $3,240 per month, and shows the same figure on two of its own pages, so you have a real floor to budget against rather than a guess. What that rate doesn't tell you is where your mom lands above it once someone has assessed how much help she needs, and their site says nothing about a community fee either way. One request through Get Pricing gets you the current monthly number and what her level of care adds to it, so you can line AVIVA Merrillville up against the others on your list on the same terms.

Daily Life at AVIVA Merrillville

The activity list is specific rather than vague: karaoke, cooking classes, hand massages and gentle yoga sessions, alongside special programs and outings put together for memory loss. Picking the two your mom would actually join tells you more about fit than a tour does, since a woman who cooked all her life often takes to one class and ignores the rest. Housekeeping and laundry are handled, and cable TV and Wi-Fi are on the amenity list.

Dining at AVIVA Merrillville

Meals are cooked on site by the community's chefs and served restaurant style, and AVIVA Merrillville says it caters to allergies, intolerances and other special dietary needs. If your dad is on a low-sodium or diabetic diet, or struggles with textures, raise it early, because in memory care the dining room is where a large part of his day happens. The number of meals a day covered by the monthly rate isn't stated on their site, and getting that answer alongside the price tells you whether the figure covers all his food or only part of it.

Short Stays at AVIVA Merrillville

AVIVA Merrillville runs short-term respite stays for someone recovering after a hospital stay, or for when you need a break from caregiving, and describes them as a hotel-like stay with a qualified Certified Dementia Practitioner on hand. No rate is attached to one anywhere on their website, and the two pages that mention short stays don't agree on whether it's priced by the day, so there's nothing public to compare. A request through Get Pricing gets you the figure and the unit behind it, which is what tells you whether a two-week break is actually workable.