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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.
Atlantaās Memory Care Center of Excellence: Designed for a Sterling Life
The Grande at Sterling Estates of West Cobbāa certified Memory Care Center of Excellenceāoffers The Sterling Life to those living with Alzheimerās 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 Alzheimerās care for twenty years. Its mission is to create residential environments where people living with Alzheimerās and related disorders can flourish.
Central to this partnership is HearthstoneāsĀ Iām Still HereĀ®Ā programming, which is based on the belief that a person living with Alzheimerās or dementia, is āstill hereā and can experience a high quality of life regardless of the degree of memory loss. Through Iām Still HereĀ® programming, residents of live with purpose, discovery, and joy.
As a certified Memory Care Center of Excellence, The Grande at Sterling Estates integrates Hearthstoneās 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 theĀ Iām Still HereĀ®Ā approach, incorporating strategically placed Iām Still HereĀ®Ā 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 residentsā dining room, and the resident kitchen are decorated with muted earth-tones and furniture appropriate for residents. All the dĆ©cor 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 andĀ The Hearthstone InstituteĀ to provideĀ Iām Still HereĀ®Ā 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 Iām Still HereĀ® approach is based on the belief that a person living with Alzheimerās or dementia, is āstill hereā and can experience a high quality of life regardless of the degree of memory loss.
Experiences. Not Busy Work.
Iām Still HereĀ 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 Aās of Alzheimerās: Apathy, Anxiety, Agitation and Aggression.
Meaningful programs and activities offered withinĀ Iām Still HereĀ®Ā 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.Ā Iām Still HereĀ®Ā 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,Ā Iām Still HereĀ® 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 theyāre living with memory challenges. Using Montessori-inspired methods,Ā Iām Still HereĀ®Ā offers exciting group projects as well asĀ Iām Still HereĀ®Ā Learning Stations to provide a wide variety of opportunities for individual discovery and learning.
Daily Engagement
Dr. John Zeisel created the innovative Iām Still HereĀ® approach to change the way residents with Alzheimerās disease or other forms of dementia live engaging, meaningful and rewarding lives. Iām Still HereĀ® 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.
Iām Still Here Learning Stations
Iām Still HereĀ® 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. Theyāre 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, othersāsuch as making body scrubs and arranging flowersāencourage 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-IMPROVā¢
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 ClubĀ®
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.
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.
Atlantaās Memory Care Center of Excellence: Designed for a Sterling Life
The Grande at Sterling Estates of West Cobbāa certified Memory Care Center of Excellenceāoffers The Sterling Life to those living with Alzheimerās 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 Alzheimerās care for twenty years. Its mission is to create residential environments where people living with Alzheimerās and related disorders can flourish.
Central to this partnership is HearthstoneāsĀ Iām Still HereĀ®Ā programming, which is based on the belief that a person living with Alzheimerās or dementia, is āstill hereā and can experience a high quality of life regardless of the degree of memory loss. Through Iām Still HereĀ® programming, residents of live with purpose, discovery, and joy.
As a certified Memory Care Center of Excellence, The Grande at Sterling Estates integrates Hearthstoneās 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 theĀ Iām Still HereĀ®Ā approach, incorporating strategically placed Iām Still HereĀ®Ā 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 residentsā dining room, and the resident kitchen are decorated with muted earth-tones and furniture appropriate for residents. All the dĆ©cor 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 andĀ The Hearthstone InstituteĀ to provideĀ Iām Still HereĀ®Ā 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 Iām Still HereĀ® approach is based on the belief that a person living with Alzheimerās or dementia, is āstill hereā and can experience a high quality of life regardless of the degree of memory loss.
Experiences. Not Busy Work.
Iām Still HereĀ 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 Aās of Alzheimerās: Apathy, Anxiety, Agitation and Aggression.
Meaningful programs and activities offered withinĀ Iām Still HereĀ®Ā 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.Ā Iām Still HereĀ®Ā 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,Ā Iām Still HereĀ® 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 theyāre living with memory challenges. Using Montessori-inspired methods,Ā Iām Still HereĀ®Ā offers exciting group projects as well asĀ Iām Still HereĀ®Ā Learning Stations to provide a wide variety of opportunities for individual discovery and learning.
Daily Engagement
Dr. John Zeisel created the innovative Iām Still HereĀ® approach to change the way residents with Alzheimerās disease or other forms of dementia live engaging, meaningful and rewarding lives. Iām Still HereĀ® 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.
Iām Still Here Learning Stations
Iām Still HereĀ® 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. Theyāre 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, othersāsuch as making body scrubs and arranging flowersāencourage 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-IMPROVā¢
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 ClubĀ®
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.
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We’re among the most proactive Active Adult Communities in Marietta, GA.
Experience the Sterling Way to Maintain Optimal Wellness
It takes determination to actively engage in a wellness program on a consistent basis, but the benefits are substantial and well-documented. Having the Sterling Way Wellness Center on campus eliminates a huge impediment to exercising on a consistent basis. Our 7,500 sq. ft. center with its indoor heated therapeutic saltwater pool and complete suite of exercise equipment and space enable our residents, with the help of our trained staff, to receive those benefits of better health and wellbeing.
Our residents who are dealing with chronic conditions when they move to Sterling Estates, in many cases, receive positive results in pain management and improvement in conditions by such engagement. Below we have outlined some of the chronic conditions many experience and how our wellness programs beginning with an agreed-upon Personal Wellness Plan can help mitigate them.
Thereās nothing more important to us at Sterling than the health and well-being of our residents. With over 25 years of experience in caring for seniors, we believe our Sterling Way wellness programs are very effective if followed, in improving your physical and mental well-being. The Sterling staff is fully committed to helping residents maintain their wellness by providing support, counsel, and professionally designed testing and training programs that help them meet or exceed their wellness goals.
Wellness Activities
Our group and individual fitness programs promote wellness of body, mind, and spirit. Theyāre great for healthy seniors; some are suitable for those requiring assistance.
How to Get Started with a Wellness Plan
Dakim Brain fitness is a platform used to improve cognitive function/memory. We use this as a tool to help strengthen attention, focus and concentration and to improve overall memory. The program supports short term memory, long term memory, language, computation, visuospatial, and executive function.
Parkinsonās
We offer a weekly evidence-based fitness classes (Ohio Health Delay the Disease Program). The classes focus on increasing physical function and delaying the disease progression. In addition to the weekly classes, we offer 1 on 1 support focusing on symptom specific exercises. Focus Areas include rigidity (stiffness), Posture, Gait, Freezing, Depression and Voice Projection.
Cardiovascular Conditions
We offer personalized programs that supports chronic conditions such as Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, and other conditions. Our Program aims to help with rebuilding strength and stamina, relaxation techniques, adopting healthier habits, breathing techniques and cardiorespiratory classes.
Balance Issues/Fall Risk/Fractures/Range of Motion
Our balance and Fall Prevention program focuses on setting realistic goals to increase activity, change environment to reduce fall risk factors, and exercises to increase strength and balance. We also have the Biodex Balance System to assist with balance testing and training to help improve balance and increase agility.
Osteoporosis/Arthritis
Physical Activity is one of the best non-drug therapies for arthritis pain; we offer classes and 1 on 1 personal training in our heated saltwater therapy pool. Our programming consists of keeping joints flexible and easing stiffness, strengthening the muscles and joints to keep them stable, and improving bone strength.
Mental Acuity
Dakim Brain Fitness is a platform used to improve cognitive function/memory. We use this as a tool to help strengthen attention, focus and concentration and to improve overall memory. The program supports short-term memory, long-term memory, language, computation, visuospatial, and executive functions.
Rehabilitation Programs
Our Wellness team is well equipped with Exercise physiologists to assist and support with various other population-specific conditions such as Vertigo, Muscular dystrophy, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Anxiety and more! Our well-rounded approach to wellness aims to support longevity and quality of life.
Spiritual Wellness
Our Sterling Estates Spiritual Wellness Program, overseen by our dedicated Spiritual Care Director, is a distinctive offering aimed at delivering vital mental support and nurturing to our residents and staff members alike. Serving as a unique differentiator, that other senior communities may not provide, our program emphasizes the mental well-being of residents that goes alongside maintaining oneās physical health. Through an array of tailored activities, counseling, and events, the program addresses the spiritual needs of residents as they go through life at Sterling Estates. Specific support groups include:
- Parkinsonās support for residents and spouse
- Dementia support for spouse and immediate family members
- Hospice support
Along with Bible studies and individual spiritual counseling our Director and outside pastors bring, this commitment underscores our dedication to the comprehensive welfare of all residents and employees at Sterling Estates.
Learn More About All Sterling Estates Has to Offer
We encourage you to come meet our residents. Let them tell you all the reasons why you should join them in living the Sterling Life! We nurture your independence so you can enjoy the freedom of easy living with a full calendar of engaging activities to fill your leisure time.
Contact us online or call 770-255-7000
Contact UsHow We Can Help
We’re among the most proactive Active Adult Communities in Marietta, GA.
Experience the Sterling Way to Maintain Optimal Wellness
It takes determination to actively engage in a wellness program on a consistent basis, but the benefits are substantial and well-documented. Having the Sterling Way Wellness Center on campus eliminates a huge impediment to exercising on a consistent basis. Our 5,000 sq. ft. center with its indoor heated therapeutic saltwater pool and complete suite of exercise equipment and space enable our residents, with the help of our trained staff, to receive those benefits of better health and wellbeing.
Our residents that are dealing with chronic conditions when they move to Sterling Estates, in many cases, receive positive results in pain management and improvement in conditions by such engagement. Below we have outlined some of the chronic conditions many experiences and how our wellness programs beginning with an agreed-upon Personal Wellness Plan can help mitigate them.
Thereās nothing more important to us at Sterling than the health and well-being of our residents. With over 25 years of experience in caring for seniors, we believe our Sterling Way Wellness Programs are very effective, if followed, in improving your physical and mental well-being. The Sterling staff is fully committed to helping residents maintain their wellness by providing support, counsel, and professionally designed testing and training programs that help them meet or exceed their wellness goals.
Wellness Activities
Our group and individual fitness programs promote wellness of body, mind, and spirit. Theyāre great for healthy seniors; some are suitable for those requiring assistance. Watch this video that explains all the effective exercise programs that will impact/improve your physical well-being.
How to Get Started with a Wellness Plan
Dakim Brain fitness is a platform used to improve cognitive function/memory. We use this as a tool to help strengthen attention, focus and concentration and to improve overall memory. The program supports short term memory, long term memory, language, computation, visuospatial, and executive function.
Parkinsonās
We offer a weekly evidence-based fitness classes (Ohio Health Delay the Disease Program). The classes focus on increasing physical function and delaying the disease progression. In addition to the weekly classes, we offer 1 on 1 support focusing on symptom specific exercises. Focus Areas include rigidity (stiffness), Posture, Gait, Freezing, Depression and Voice Projection.
Cardiovascular Conditions
We offer personalized programs that supports chronic conditions such as Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, and other conditions. Our Program aims to help with rebuilding strength and stamina, relaxation techniques, adopting healthier habits, breathing techniques and cardiorespiratory classes.
Balance Issues/Fall Risk/Fractures/Range of Motion
Our balance and Fall Prevention program focuses on setting realistic goals to increase activity, change environment to reduce fall risk factors, and exercises to increase strength and balance. We also have the Biodex Balance System to assist with balance testing and training to help improve balance and increase agility.
Osteoporosis/Arthritis
Physical Activity is one of the best non-drug therapies for arthritis pain; we offer classes and 1 on 1 personal training in our heated saltwater therapy pool. Our programming consists of keeping joints flexible and easing stiffness, strengthening the muscles and joints to keep them stable, and improving bone strength.
Rehabilitation Programs
Our Wellness team is well equipped with Exercise Physiologist to assist and support with various other population specific conditions such as Vertigo, Muscular dystrophy, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Anxiety and more!Our well-rounded approach to wellness aims to support longevity and quality of life.
Spiritual Wellness
Our Sterling Estates Spiritual Wellness Program, overseen by our dedicated Spiritual Care Director, is a distinctive offering aimed at delivering vital mental support and nurturing to our residents and staff members alike. Serving as a unique differentiator, that other senior communities may not provide, our program emphasizes the mental well-being of residents that goes alongside maintaining oneās physical health. Through an array of tailored activities, counseling, and events, the program addresses the spiritual needs of residents as they go through life at Sterling Estates. Specific support groups include:
- Parkinsonās support for residents and spouse
- Dementia support for spouse and immediate family members
- Hospice support
Along with Bible studies and individual spiritual counseling our Director and outside pastors bring, this commitment underscores our dedication to the comprehensive welfare of all residents and employees at Sterling Estates.
Learn More About All Sterling Estates Has to Offer
We encourage you to come meet our residents. Let them tell you all the reasons why you should join them in living the Sterling Life! We nurture your independence so you can enjoy the freedom of easy living with a full calendar of engaging activities to fill your leisure time.
Contact us online or call 770-255-7000
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Sterling Estates of East Cobb
4220 Lower Roswell Road
Marietta, GA 30068
678-946-4454
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