Assisted Living & Memory Care FAQs

Here at SilverCrest our focus is nurturing senior independence and self-sufficiency to the greatest degree achievable for each resident, with a goal of encouraging socialization and activity while enabling seniors to enjoy a lifestyle offering comfort, dignity and purpose, guided by professionals.

• Our care staff includes Qualified Medication Administration Personnel (QMAP), Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and a Licensed Nurse, all of whom are certified to provide specialized Alzheimer’s/memory care and senior care programming.
• As a company policy, SilverCrest maintains staffing ratios that exceed state requirements.

We also offer disability, palliative and hospice for residents who may need these services at some time, as well as providing temporary respite care for families who currently provide home care to loved ones.

While the answer to this varies greatly from family to family, a fair sign that it may be time to choose assisted living is when your elderly loved one is no longer able to perform essential activities of daily living. This includes simple actions such as walking, dressing oneself, or eating.

Rest assured that at SilverCrest Assisted Living and Memory Care, located in the Katy and Cypress, Texas area, our associates will assist with each of these tasks while doing our best to help your loved one maintain their independence.

Assisted living mainly refers to services that support an elder’s daily activities and some healthcare services, such as medication management and mobility assistance.

On the other hand, memory care is a more specialized form of assisted living, as it focuses on providing individuals with dementia or Alzheimer’s with intensive care and a safe, secure environment.

Residents of our assisted living community will often experience changes in condition over time, whether it be the loss of mobility or gradual cognitive impairment.

No matter what, our trained senior living team are prepared to adapt to any changes your loved one may undergo. We’ll be there to assist and do anything we can to help improve their condition so that they may enjoy the best quality of life possible.

We absolutely encourage you to remain close to your elder loved one! Once they have moved into their delightful apartment in SilverCrest’s assisted living community in Katy and Cypress, Texas, we work to ensure your family becomes a part of ours.

To do that, we host numerous family nights and an assortment of parties, events, happy hours, and more so that our residents and their families can enjoy spending time together here.

Our efforts have been so successful that many of our residents’ family members visit their loved ones everyday!

We understand how concerned our residents’ families are regarding their safety, which is why we take numerous measures to ensure they remain safe and secure while they enjoy their time here at SilverCrest Assisted Living and Memory Care.

One of the most important steps we take is maintaining a 1:5 direct care ratio between our associates and residents, ensuring there is diligent oversight over the well-being of our residents.

In addition, SilverCrest employs caregivers who have trained in best practices for assisted living and memory care and are alert to the common conditions and hazards elderly individuals face.

SilverCrest’s assisted living community, located in the Katy and Cypress, Texas area, is also designed with the safety of our residents in mind. Our spaces are made up of smaller, compact areas, ensuring they are easy to traverse, even for memory care residents who may enjoy walking around.

Our residential apartments are also designed and outfitted to ensure residents are safe and comfortable while in their apartment. Furthermore, the front gates and egress doors are all locked and secured, ensuring that residents can only travel from the premises with someone to accompany them.

We provide our support through every step of the move in process to our assisted living community, ensuring all necessary information is exchanged.

In addition, we make sure to connect with every involved family member and medical provider to ensure you are always up to date.

Finally, we assist in helping our residents move in and get acclimated with their new home and community at SilverCrest, in Katy and Cypress, Texas.

We provide well-designed and thoughtfully prepared living spaces that contain all the amenities our assisted living community residents will want and need.

Each living area is designed with comfort and safety in mind, ensuring residents are able to enjoy the pleasures of independent living while also receiving assistance from our direct care providers whenever they need help. Residents can choose from one of our three spacious floor plans:

• The Metropolitan – This floor plan contains two units, each with a single private room and bathroom attached, providing incredible comfort and independence for residents. Living area dimensions are 10 feet 6 inches by 14 feet 2 inches, while each bathroom is 7 feet 6 inches by 10 feet by 1 inch. One room also provides a 5-foot closet, while the second attached unit has a closet that is 3 feet by 6 inches. In total, each of these lovely units provides 182 square feet of excellent living space.
• The Carnegie – This floor plan also contains two units with single private apartment rooms and a larger shared bathroom. Each unit’s living area is 14 feet 2 inches by 10 feet and has a 3 feet 8 inches closet. The shared bathroom provides side-by-side sinks with a long, wide mirror as well as a full 8 feet, 2 inches by 11 feet, 5-inch area. Providing a total area of 177 square feet, each unit is spacious and easy to share, perfect for couples and senior friends to enjoy.
• The Broadway – This floor plan is our biggest and most comfortable for assisted living community residents, boasting a shared double room with a total of 360 square feet and plenty of space for sleeping and sitting areas. It also offers a large 6-foot 6-inch by 14-foot 2-inch bathroom, as well as a 4-foot 7-inch closet. The Broadway can provide an excellent residence for prospective residents who would like to share a living space.

Every space is designed to provide a degree of independence and comfort, depending on what our residents and their families prefer. In addition, each unit is equipped with bathroom grab bars and non-slip surfaces throughout each room to ensure residents are safe.

In addition to providing excellent assisted living spaces, we are also a skilled nursing facility with direct caregivers available to provide fast, responsive personal care for every resident’s needs and can even help with activities of daily living, such as standing, bathing, dressing, or eating.

Our trained nurses are also experienced in providing memory care and medical care to seniors with chronic health conditions and disorders, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia, ensuring families that their elder loved ones are safe and comfortable through our skilled nursing care staff.

SilverCrest Assisted Living and Memory Care, located in the Katy and Cypress, Texas area, provides the best possible board and care for our assisted living community members and their families.