The Lantern at Morning Pointe Louisville

The Lantern at Morning Pointe Louisville, located in Louisville, KY offers memory care. Visit Provider Website

On South Hurstbourne Parkway in Louisville, KY, The Lantern at Morning Pointe Louisville shares a campus with a separate assisted living community next door. The Lantern itself does memory care and nothing else, and it calls itself an Alzheimer's Center of Excellence.

It isn't an assisted living building with a memory care wing. The whole community is built for people living with Alzheimer's and dementia, and everything is on one level.

Nurses and Care at The Lantern at Morning Pointe Louisville

Licensed nurses are on campus around the clock. Licensed, clinical or care staff are there 24 hours a day, so your loved one isn't waiting until morning if something happens at three. Nurses look after health, wellness and medication. A pharmacist reviews medications, and they're tracked in an electronic record. Physical, occupational and speech therapy come to your loved one on site. So do medical testing, behavioral health and pharmacy services, which means fewer car trips. Every staff member is trained in dementia care. Memory care here uses two methods. Best Friends is a dementia care approach built on treating each resident as a friend, knowing their life story and keeping them engaged. Teepa Snow's Positive Approach to Care is a set of hands-on and communication techniques for people living with dementia.

Rooms and Safety at The Lantern at Morning Pointe Louisville

There are two floor plans, the Lantern Studio and the Companion Suite, and residents bring their own furniture. Every resident wears a 24-hour emergency pendant. For time outside, there are screened patios and courtyards.

A Day at The Lantern at Morning Pointe Louisville

Days follow the Meaningful Day program. There's daily exercise, activities for the senses and the mind, live entertainment, planned outings and volunteering. There are also activities with local schools that bring young and old together. Families can keep up through LifeLoop, an app that helps residents, families and staff stay in touch. You can see what your loved one did instead of waiting on a phone call.

Meals at The Lantern at Morning Pointe Louisville

Meals are restaurant-style in a central dining room. The culinary team cooks with local farm-fresh food. They can serve no-salt-added and reduced-concentrated-sweets diets, which means low-salt and low-sugar. They also use special dishware, high-contrast place settings and the right size portions. Meals are served in a calm room without much noise or bustle. It's all meant to help someone finish a meal on their own.

Pricing at The Lantern at Morning Pointe Louisville

The Lantern doesn't list memory care prices on its website. A request through Get Pricing gets you the real figure. You'll also learn whether it's one all-in price or a base price plus care levels. That tells you whether the bill can rise next year, even if your loved one's needs haven't changed.

Help for Caregivers at The Lantern at Morning Pointe Louisville

A caregiver support group meets here on the last Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m., and it's open to any caregiver, not only resident families. There's also a separate Caregiver Cafe webinar series you can join online. Dates can change.

What Families Say About The Lantern at Morning Pointe Louisville

Activities are what a few families mention first. One describes activities that include residents who wander, rather than trying to settle them down. Another mentions nurses who knew dementia well and were there around the clock.