Cedar Creek Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care Center

I really love Cedar Creek. The staff truly cares about the residents. Debbie, the administrator, does an amazing job of providing a safe comfortable place for seniors with memory difficulties. Theresa, the head nurse, is very careful about seeing that medications are given correctly and is always accessible for questions. Communication with staff is great. There is more outdoor space than any other care home I visited in Santa Clara county. I think residents are happier in Cedar Creek than in other memory care facilities because they have space to move around. It feels like they are in their own community. Staff encourages residents to come in to their offices to visit or to «work» if they feel they want to. It is not unusual to see a resident behind the counter seated next to the receptionist. Actually, it is not always easy to know who is a resident. Residents are treated with respect. Every caregiver I met was kind, effective and seemed to enjoy working at Cedar Creek. The food is very good and the fact that visitors get to eat for free is a nice perk. It was a blessing for my father to be able to live in Cedar Creek. He did so much better than when he was in Belmont Village.

What a great facility! Private pay type place and excellent attention given to clients. I’m a geriatric care consultant so I was very happy to see clients so engaged and cared for. Highly recommended for patients with Alzheimer’s/Dementia

I was here visiting on New Year’s Day 2012. The residents were in the activity room for an afternoon of New Year’s 2012 celebration. My daughter (‘LaniGrooves’ & drum accompanist, Tadd) were playing here this afternoon for an hour.
The staff were tending to the needs of the residents as well as engaging them in music & dance.
What a beautiful thing it was to see the residents engaging, smiling, dancing, playing simple hand instruments and having fun.
What joy it brought me to see the room full of residents and some of them be boping, tapping hands, boping heads, clapping and some walking around.
During the time I was there residents were being brought from their rooms and the beautiful look on some of their faces when they came in to the room that was filled with joy and music was priceless.
* * * * * 5 star rating for joy, love, smiles, dance, & music that filled Cedar Creek Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care Center on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2012.

My Dad was diagnosed with dementia about a year ago, and it became evident all too quickly that caring for him at home was not an option. Since he had lived in Walnut Creek, I found a place for him in his old neighborhood after looking at multiple facilities in the East
Bay. The place he went to was really nice, I thought, but the drive from San Jose to the East Bay was not sustainable over time, so I needed to move him closer to me in San Jose.
Cedar Creek was recommended to me by a different South Bay memory care unit that was unable to accommodate Dad. I eventually chose Cedar Creek after attending a family event they held, where I was able to meet the family members of multiple residents. Every single family member I met praised Cedar Creek highly for the level of care they gave. When Dad joined the community I could understand the lavish praise. Although I had been happy with the East Bay facility, it was soon obvious that Dad was receiving better care in a much better organized facility. It was a classic case of ‘you don’t know what you don’t know’ – I was not looking for hallway cameras, or chairs to sit in in the wide straight corridors, or someone to greet me every time I walked in, who would take things I brought for Dad and label them so they would not get lost – I didn’t know how valuable these things were, but they turned out to be very important.
Not only was the staff organized, but they were wonderful and gentle with my Dad. They also made me feel welcome every time I visited. I have to say that watching someone you love succumb to a dreadful disease is a horrible thing, but Cedar Creek has family events almost monthly, which fosters support for those who observe. They are also so warm and open that I felt that if Dad needed to be taken care of, then at least he was taken care of in the best possible place.
Kudos to Cedar Creek for caring about both their residents and their resident’s families.