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What is the Sterling Difference?
When you’re touring senior living communities in the West Cobb marketplace, please pay close attention to the differences between Sterling Estates and the other properties. These differences are important to a senior’s happiness and wellbeing. As owners, when we designed and built Sterling Estates, we did so knowing that our friends and family members would live here. So, as you compare us to others, please ask yourself if our features and advantages will make you or your parents happier too.
Larger Acreage – Neighborhood
We’re located on 30 acres, which is on average five times larger than the competitors. With ample green space, this allows us to have more sidewalks, porches, and plenty of parking as well as a lush courtyard, bocce ball court, dog park, and raised garden beds. It is important for us to know our residents are not next to a busy road in a commercial area. Our community is surrounded by residential homes, with quick access to upscale shopping, and is a true neighborhood.
Wellness Center
We feel strongly that the physical features of our community and the services we offer to our residents really set us apart. We designed the 7,500 square foot Sterling Way Wellness Center to not only keep our residents as independent as possible but also provide a hub of socialization for them. Sterling Way wellness includes an indoor heated salt water therapeutic pool, workout machines and equipment designed specifically for seniors, Biodex balance program, chair aerobics, Dakim brain fitness and a host of other programs. We would love to share our case studies with you.
Cottages: Stress-Free Living
Moving to Sterling Estates is a positive lifestyle choice for many. No more house chores or worrying about maintenance on your home or landscaping woes. We have a large neighborhood campus with independent cottages and large two bedroom independent apartments, multiple dining venues, The Club, Wellness Center and so much more to take your retirement years to the next level of enjoyment. Because we offer care for the later stages of life, you can move in now, live independently at Sterling Estates and not have to worry if you or your spouse’s needs increase.
Dedicated Memory Care – The Grande
Our new memory care residence, The Grande, located on four acres, will open in May of 2019. It will have 36 resident suites, three specifically designed space engagement centers, and a secure interior garden and courtyard for residents’ exercise and enjoyment. Sterling Estates will be one of only two “I’m Still Here” Centers of Excellence certified by Dr. John Zeisel’s Hearthstone Institute in the state of Georgia. The “I’m Still Here” approach utilizes cutting-edge evidence based approach to programs and care for those with cognitive challenges.
Emotional Support – Chaplin
We know that our senior years can prove to be challenging when experiencing life changes. As such, we have a full-time Chaplain on staff to offer comfort, counseling, friendship and a listening ear.
Local Ownership & Management
As owners who have lived in Cobb County collectively for over 125 years, we are “hands-on” at the community level as well as deeply rooted in the local area. We are personally interested and invested in the welfare of our residents.
Floor Plans
Independent Living
All-Inclusive, Luxurious Independent Living
All the maintenance-free ease of senior apartments, with all the grandeur of East Cobb’s finest custom-built homes. Choose from our spacious floor plans for your perfect retirement.
In one of our four duplex or two triplex Cottages, you’ll enjoy a maintenance-free and worry-free lifestyle all on one level. We take care of everything, professionally maintaining the Cottages inside and out. In addition to rich exterior and interior styling, there’s the added comfort of easily accessed safety features. You’ll be able to live independently in the style you’re accustomed to, but with the added security of knowing we’re here if you need us. See premium features below in our floor plans.
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Floor Plans
Assisted Living
You Have Choices in Assisted Living
From comfortable studios to two-bedroom, two-baths, our Assisted Living homes in Marietta, GA, are beautiful and well-appointed. The suites in our Landmark residence offer you all of the comforts of home and a lot more in the way of services and conveniences. Learn about them below our floor plans.
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The Grande at Sterling Estates
This is a place where residents are empowered to live engaging, rewarding lives and families find support and peace of mind.
Atlanta’s Memory Care Center of Excellence: Designed for a Sterling Life
The Grande at Sterling Estates of West Cobb—a certified Memory Care Center of Excellence—offers The Sterling Life to those living with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Designed with purpose and attention to detail, the community promotes independence, confidence, and comfort. This is a place where residents are empowered to live engaging, rewarding lives and families find support and peace of mind, all in a beautiful setting.
Programming with Meaning: The Hearthstone Way
After careful consideration and extensive research, The Grande at Sterling Estates of West Cobb partnered with The Hearthstone Institute to provide our Memory Care programming. Founded in 1992 by renowned memory care expert Dr. John Zeisel, Hearthstone has been a recognized leader in Alzheimer’s care for twenty years. Its mission is to create residential environments where people living with Alzheimer’s and related disorders can flourish.
Central to this partnership is Hearthstone’s I’m Still Here® programming, which is based on the belief that a person living with Alzheimer’s or dementia, is “still here” and can experience a high quality of life regardless of the degree of memory loss. Through I’m Still Here® programming, residents of live with purpose, discovery, and joy.
As a certified Memory Care Center of Excellence, The Grande at Sterling Estates integrates Hearthstone’s transformational, evidence-based training programs into our daily routines, creating opportunities for true engagement and increased quality of life for our residents living with memory challenges.
A Memory Care Facility Designed with Care and Purpose
The Grande, one of only 27 Hearthstone-certified Memory Care Centers of Excellence in the country, was designed in consultation with Dr. Zeisel to be as welcoming as it is purposeful. The single-story building offers 36 resident suites, but most importantly, the layout facilitates the I’m Still Here® approach, incorporating strategically placed I’m Still Here® Learning Stations geared to ease of movement and interaction among the residents. The hallways are wide and tall with transom windows that deliver plenty of reflective sunlight along the way to resident rooms or the engagement stations. The community also features a secure central interior therapeutic garden and courtyard.
The common rooms, the residents’ dining room, and the resident kitchen are decorated with muted earth-tones and furniture appropriate for residents. All the décor textures and furniture colors have been selected to reduce depression and agitation.
Our Approach
To provide the most exceptional experience for our residents and their families, Sterling Estates partnered with Dr. John Zeisel and The Hearthstone Institute to provide I’m Still Here® programming within our new Memory Care community. Hearthstone is a recognized world leader in the development and utilization of non-pharmacologic interventions for persons with memory challenges. This is the quality and integrity in Memory Care that we demand for our residents. Nothing less will do.
The I’m Still Here® approach is based on the belief that a person living with Alzheimer’s or dementia, is “still here” and can experience a high quality of life regardless of the degree of memory loss.
Experiences. Not Busy Work.
I’m Still Here recognizes that meaningful engagement for our Memory Care residents increases their quality of life. More importantly, it decreases the severity and frequency of most common symptoms of dementia known as the four A’s of Alzheimer’s: Apathy, Anxiety, Agitation and Aggression.
Meaningful programs and activities offered within I’m Still Here® replace busy work with:
- a full social life
- new learning experiences
- group participation in varied and enjoyable activities that include favorite hobbies and pastimes
People living with memory loss often feel as though they no longer have a voice or choice. I’m Still Here® offers numerous opportunities every day for residents to express their preferences and choices. The result? Increased feelings of confidence, significance, and well-being. Our residents matter.
Daily Interactive Programming and Continued Learning
At The Grande at Sterling Estates of West Cobb, we know that no two people in our care have the same needs, abilities, or likes. Understanding that each resident is unique, I’m Still Here® provides three unique Hearthstone programs, providing residents with different interactive experiences every day, throughout the day:
- Discovery provides new learning experiences and individual learning stations along with art and culture for self-expression
- Vitality welcomes residents to take part in exercise groups, stimulating discussions, social clubs, and more.
- Serenity delivers sensory experiences, cognitive stimulation, and artwork and photography that generate creative reminiscence.
Studies have shown that most people remain curious throughout their lives and enjoy learning new things, even if they’re living with memory challenges. Using Montessori-inspired methods, I’m Still Here® offers exciting group projects as well as I’m Still Here® Learning Stations to provide a wide variety of opportunities for individual discovery and learning.
Daily Engagement
Dr. John Zeisel created the innovative I’m Still Here® approach to change the way residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia live engaging, meaningful and rewarding lives. I’m Still Here® asserts that a joyful, fulfilling, active life is still possible for adults with cognitive challenges. To that end, we provide residents with innovative tools, programs and games designed to facilitate engagement every day.
I’m Still Here Learning Stations
I’m Still Here® Learning Stations are engaging places where residents have the opportunity to learn new information, revisit previous knowledge, participate in familiar tasks or experience completely new adventures. They’re located throughout The Grande to encourage independent or social engagement.
Each Learning Station is thoughtfully designed to offer topics, tasks and information based on current interests or subjects of study. While some stations emphasize opportunities to learn new information, others—such as making body scrubs and arranging flowers—encourage residents to express their creativity.
The materials at the stations are changed and updated regularly to provide an ever-changing variety of interesting and engaging things to learn and do. There are puzzles, art projects, recipes and more.
In addition to offering individualized learning experiences, Learning Stations also provide residents with an opportunity to teach and share their knowledge with others.
Scripted-IMPROV™
Scripted-IMPROV uses theater arts and creativity to support joyful, meaningful, and fulfilling lives for those with memory loss. This engaging program features drama (mini plays), props, music, dancing, and role-playing to bring smiles, laughter, and unexpected responses from our residents with memory loss.
Meet Me at the Movies!
Grab your popcorn and drink and Meet Me at the Movies! This is an enjoyable theater experience designed to stimulate and engage our residents. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet Me at the Movies! is an interactive film experience. Short clips from classic films and TV shows are shown, followed by audience discussion and reminiscence, guided by one of our team members. From classic Hollywood hits to foreign films, action-adventure movies to cult classics, residents of The Grande at Sterling Estates of West Cobb are treated to showings of some of their favorite movies and TV shows.
It Takes a Village
It Takes a Village embraces our local West Cobb and Marietta communities as a powerful way to help our residents. We visit museums, the symphony, and other cultural venues. This is a rich opportunity to get out to our Marietta community, visit with our neighbors, and have some fun, too.
Hearthside Book Club®
The Hearthside Book Club incorporates specialized reading materials specially adjusted for individuals with varying stages of dementia. The books have built-in questions, cues, and other helpful features that help our staff engage with our residents, creating positive interaction. The Hearthside Book Club includes many favorite topics such as: Alfred Hitchcock, James Cagney, and Glenn Miller biographies, Books that Became Movies, Rosie the Riveter, Tourism, and more.
Resources
Additional information and resources regarding the services and assistance available at our Sterling Estates communities.
Life-Enhancing Technology
We have Wi-Fi available in our common areas and a 165-inch screen TV for webinars. All residents also have access to our community-wide emergency call system. Sterling Estates is also forging new alliances with local universities to provide cutting-edge technologies to our residents for improved health and fitness as they become available.
Encompassing Family Values
Enjoy a retirement that also includes your family. Sterling Estates of West Cobb and East Cobb in Marietta, GA, are communities your adult children and grandkids will feel right at home in, too.
When we build a Sterling community, our first thought is always of our family. Is this a place that they would enjoy, a place that they would find special and want to visit? Is this a home for their parents or grandparents that they will take pride in knowing we are living
That’s because we believe that family and hope are what make a life Sterling. A Sterling Life is also one where interacting with friends, service, helping others, faith, and dependability are appreciated. These are the kinds of communities that we create.
A Sterling community is one where everyone in the family loves to visit. It’s where grandchildren want to swim in the pool, play bocce ball or shuffleboard with their grandparents and adult children enjoy walking the lovely paths, visiting the large residents garden or sitting on the comfortable patios with their parents, and where everyone enjoys breaking bread together in the wonderful dining venues.
If you visit a Sterling community when grandchildren are on summer vacation, you’ll see them playing lacrosse, baseball, or football out front or in the back on the spacious manicured lawns. There’s always something intergenerational going on here because that’s what a Sterling Life is all about.
Refundable Contract
Unlike many active adult retirement community choices in Marietta, a Sterling Life comes with a refundable contract.
Independent Living at Sterling Estates of West Cobb only requires a one-year rental contract with a membership fee. We do require 120 days’ notice should you decide to leave, but only 30 days if it’s a medical emergency.
If you choose a Cottage, at the end of your contract period, at the present time 65% of your entrance fee is refunded when the unit is re-rented. This makes living at Sterling West Cobb a way to preserve assets for yourself and your estate.
When Needs Change
If your health care needs change, we’re here to help. As experts in senior care, we make sure our residents get the coordinated care they need.
Our staff works with many referral sources in the community, and we’re quite knowledgeable about all of the area’s medical facilities.
Whether a resident needs to talk to a case manager, a nursing home administrator, or wants a specialist recommendation, we can usually provide good counsel.
Long-Term Care Insurance
Sterling Estates helps you maximize the benefits you’ve paid for.
We work closely with long-term insurance companies to help our residents obtain the maximum benefits from the funds they have paid for years to secure their futures. We’re happy to help file initial and ongoing claims for each of our eligible residents.
At Sterling Estates, service to our residents is of the utmost importance. We want to provide whatever assistance we can to help you become part of our family.
Veterans Benefits
Benefits for veterans and their spouses are available for care here in Greater Atlanta, GA. Sterling Estates will help you find out if you’re eligible.
Sterling Estates of West Cobb and East Cobb are home to many men and women who served so honorably in our armed services, and/or their spouses. Many of them qualify for the Department of Veterans Affairs Aid and Attendance pension, commonly referred to as the A&A program. You may, too, if you are a Veteran or a spouse of a Veteran.
Many perceive these benefits as only being available for those who were wounded or disabled while serving in the military, and their spouses. In fact, many other veterans and their spouses can receive this benefit.
The A&A Program was created by our government to provide financial aid to Veterans and their surviving spouses who need caregiver assistance with the activities of daily living.
That’s the kind of support we provide our Assisted Living residents at Sterling Estates of West Cobb.
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Is Health Care Tax Deductible?
Under many circumstances, Health Care can be tax deductible.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD some useful information concerning tax deductibility of Assisted Living expenses. Then talk to your accountant or financial advisor to make certain that you get accurate and actionable information regarding your particular circumstances.
Health Care Provider Referrals
Healthcare professionals trust the Sterling Estates continuum of living and care. We’re proud of the many referrals we receive.
Discharge planners, case managers, doctors, lawyers, and accountants have all recommended us to their patients and clients. We would be delighted to give you references.
The quality of our Assisted Living services, the strengths of our wellness program, the loveliness of our community, and the caliber of our staff speak more than words ever could.
If you’d like to learn more about us, please call us or FILL OUT OUR CONTACT FORM. We’d be delighted to give you more information and a personal tour.
Sterling Estates of East Cobb: 678-946-4454
Sterling Estates of West Cobb: (770) 255-7000
Staying Together
At Sterling Estates, we keep couples together. Life Care communities shouldn’t split up loving partners if they need different living options.
Residents of our Independent Living Cottages, and Independent Living flats are always guaranteed priority access to an Assisted Living Suite in our Main Assisted Living Residence should the need ever arise for an individual resident, a couple, or a spouse.
Assisted Living Suites have a set monthly fee but residents are only charged for those Assisted Living services that they and our care staff feel are necessary.
At Sterling Estates, we pride ourselves on doing everything possible to meet the changing needs of our residents.
Moving to the Area
You might be new to the area, but it won’t take long to feel part of our neighborhood.
Come experience the welcoming warmth of our senior care communities. At Sterling Estates, we understand the importance of family. We’ve built comfortable, secure accommodations for members of our families. We wanted to create a place where hope abounds and seniors can feel that the best is yet to come. We wanted to offer them a Sterling Life.
Not only do we offer wonderful accommodations, delicious meals, and an abundance of activities, we’ve developed a state-of-the-art wellness program; we call the Sterling Way that can play a substantial role in the quality of your parents’ lives going forward.
Arrange for a tour of our West Cobb or East Cobb community. You’ll quickly see why so many children and grandchildren love visiting their parents and grandparents here. There’s plenty here to do at any age—from the swimming pool to the walking paths and exercise facilities.
To learn more about Sterling Estates call us or click here to SCHEDULE A TOUR or REQUEST MORE INFORMATION online.
Sterling Estates of East Cobb: 678-946-4454
Sterling Estates of West Cobb: (770) 255-7000
Services and Amenities
Whether you’re part of Independent Living or Assisted Living communities, you’ll enjoy retirement living to its fullest with our unparalleled wealth of services and amenities.
Surround Yourself with Sterling Services and Amenities
Assisted Living Rich in Services and Amenities
You won’t find a finer array of offerings this side of Duluth, GA. At Sterling Estates of East Cobb, you’ll get the appropriate level of assistance from a highly supportive staff while engaging in a lifestyle that allows you independence, opportunity for personal growth, and enhanced wellness. You can create a Sterling Life here—a life filled with hope and happiness.
Feels Like Home
The Main Residence is in the middle of 10 landscaped acres, and surrounded by fourteen cottage homes. Common spaces include a variety of different rooms and areas for social interaction, relaxation, meaningful activities, and learning.
Amenities Plus
From our spacious Salon to our outdoor gardens, Sterling Estates offers comfort and convenience to its Assisted Living residents.
We invite local organizations from choirs to theater and civic organizations to hold performances, activities and meetings in our spacious common areas. On a regular basis, we take our residents to events of interest such as plays, concerts and other community events throughout the greater Atlanta area.
Wellness Center
Our Sterling Way Wellness Center is a 5,000-square-foot hub of activity that is designed, programmed, and staffed to enhance each resident’s physical wellbeing.
Included are an indoor pool, workout area, locker rooms, and wellness room. To learn more about our Sterling Way wellness programs, click here. We encourage and empower each Assisted Living resident at Sterling Estates to stay active and independent.
Saltwater Aerobic Pool
Our indoor, heated, saltwater aerobic pool offers residents the health and rehab benefits of aquatic therapy.
The elimination of fear of falling while exercising along with the weightlessness experienced are two of the reasons why seniors benefit so greatly from aquatic exercise. The saltwater is also better than chlorinated pools for seniors’ sensitive skin. While all residents benefit from participation, those who experience some of the most dramatic health improvements are sometimes the ones who haven’t been in a pool in years.
Exercise Programs
Individual and group exercise programs are offered by our trained staff and focus on each resident’s own particular needs.
Whether it’s a group chair exercise class, fall prevention and conditioning classes, or a more individualized regimen, we are committed to helping you take control of your own health and wellbeing. To learn more about our Sterling Way exercise programs, click here.
Dining & Nutrition
Eating well at Sterling Estates is all about fresh, colorful food, our chef’s culinary creativity, and dining with friends and family.
Our dietary staff prepares meals to meet individual dietary requirements, foster high energy levels, and boost immunity. To learn more about the Sterling dining experience for Assisted Living residents, click here.
Other Community Amenities
Other amenities include an onsite Hair Salon, a nurse on staff, and a Casual Café for dining alternatives.
We also offer:
- Community kitchen, outdoor grill, and private dining room for family gatherings and special occasions
- Lavish landscaping with fountain and English Courtyard, raised-bed planting gardens and walking paths
- Full calendar of educational, spiritual, wellness, and social programs
- Click here to view our monthly Activity Calendar
- Scheduled transportation in a 10-mile radius
Assisted Living Features
We offer medication monitoring, as well as assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming and other activities of daily living, as necessary.
Other features include:
- 3 meals daily with restaurant-style service, overlooking our lavish courtyard and elegant terrace
- Rental fee inclusive of all utilities and cable, except telephone
- Emergency notification systems with personal pendants & bathroom pull-cords
- Weekly housekeeping and linen service, as well as personal laundry
- Laundry facilities available for residents’ personal use
- Temperature-controlled storage available
- Small pets are more than welcome (we love them, too)
Sterling Is More Than Our Name
Sterling describes our exceptional services and amenities. Whether you choose a floor plan from among our various Cottages or Main Residence senior apartments, you’ll find everything you need right here in our Marietta, GA, community.
Learn More About Your Sterling Life
We’ve only touched the surface in describing all that makes a Sterling Life such a fulfilling experience. If you’d like to learn more about life at Sterling Estates and about our senior apartments, click here to contact us online or call (678) 946-4454.
Services and Amenities
Surround Yourself with Sterling Amenities and Services
Whether you’re part of Independent Living or Assisted Living communities, you’ll enjoy retirement living to its fullest with our unparalleled wealth of services and amenities.
The Club and Amenities
Our Hampton residence includes 29 one- and two-bedroom apartments and a large clubhouse with a unique dining venue, The Club.
The Hampton features include:
Large, Multi-Dimensional Clubhouse
- Conveniently located on the first floor
- Full-service dining and pub experience in The Club
- Multiple large-screen TVs for sports and movie viewing
- Outdoor pizza oven and grill for steaks, seafood, and chicken specialties
Spacious One- and Two-Bedroom Apartments
- Spacious apartments with latest design innovations
- Designer finishes in fully appointed kitchen and living areas
- Gracious 9- and 10-foot ceilings with attractive crown molding
- Large walk-in closets
- Individual washer/dryers
- Private covered balconies and patios
Hampton Amenities
- Multipurpose Meeting Room
- Woodworking/Arts/Craft Room
- Two shuffleboard courts
- Beautifully landscaped gardens overlooking patio and sitting wall
Wellness Center
Our 7,500-square-foot Sterling Way Wellness Center offers group and individual fitness programs to promote wellness of body, mind, and spirit. They’re great for healthy seniors; some are suitable for those requiring assistance.
Indoor, Heated Saltwater Aerobic Pool
Our indoor heated saltwater aerobic pool offers residents the health and rehab benefits of soothing, low-impact aquatic therapy.
Because seniors need not worry about falling when exercising in the water and are more comfortable and confident as a result of the weightlessness, they generally benefit more from aquatic exercise than they do from land-based exercise. Saltwater is also better for seniors’ sensitive skin than chlorinated pools. While all residents benefit from participation, those who experience some of the most dramatic health improvements are sometimes the ones who haven’t been in a pool in years.
Exercise Programs
Individual and group exercise programs are offered by our trained staff and focus on each resident’s own particular needs.
Whether it’s a group chair exercise class, fall prevention and conditioning classes, or a more individualized regimen, we are committed to helping you take control of your own health and wellbeing. To learn more about our exercise programs, click here.
Dining & Nutrition
Eating well at Sterling Estates is all about fresh, colorful food, our Chef’s culinary creativity in the kitchen, and dining with friends and family.
Our dietary staff prepares meals to meet individual dietary requirements and foster high energy levels and boost immunity. To learn more about the Sterling dining experience, click here.
Other Community Amenities
Other amenities include appealing, varied monthly meal plans for your dining pleasure in our Main Dining venues.
You’ll also enjoy:
- Elegant Main Dining Room, with Private Dining Room for entertaining family and friends
- The Sterling Grill, a casual bistro where residents and their friends can enjoy an upscale dinner of steaks, burgers, salads and other fun dishes and entrees
- Casual Café in the Wellness Center
- Library & Business Center
- Club & Game Rooms
- Lavish landscaping, gardens, courtyards and walking paths
- Hair Salon
- Massage Therapists Available
- Personal Trainer
- Transportation Services
- Utilities
- Cable Television
- Wi-Fi Available
- Complete Maintenance
- Housekeeping Services
- Licensed registered nurse and LPN on staff
Everything You’d Want in a Great Neighborhood
Sterling Estates of West Cobb has everything a neighborhood in Marietta and greater Atlanta should.
More than 10 acres of lovely walking paths, green space, and courtyards. Charming homes. Spacious senior apartments. Excellent dining. A beautifully landscaped campus. And thoughtfully designed and decorated common spaces with a variety of different rooms and areas for social interaction, relaxation, activities, and learning.
Assisted Living and Apartment Services
We offer medication monitoring, as well as assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming and other activities of daily living, as necessary.
Other services include:
- Licensed registered nurse and LPN on staff 3 meals daily with restaurant-style service in our elegant dining room
- Rental fee includes all utilities and cable, except telephone
- Complete internet Wi-Fi coverage
- Emergency notification systems with personal pendants & bathroom pull-cords
- Weekly housekeeping and linen service, as well as personal laundry
- Laundry facilities available for residents’ personal use
- Complete Maintenance Small pets are more than welcome (we love them, too)
