Discover Sunol Creek Memory Care – A Senior Living Community in Pleasanton, CA
Sunol Creek is designed, staffed and dedicated to the daily care and medical needs of those with Alzheimer’s and Dementia related illness. Since it’s opening in 2014, Sunol Creek has established itself as the East Bay’s Premier Memory Care community, proudly providing compassionate care for families in Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin and Fremont.
We know choosing the right community can be a difficult decision – there’s guilt, uncertainty and new information to absorb. Our tenured and experienced staff, including our health services director and medical director, are here to support you every step of the way.
Sunol Creek was purposefully built for memory care –each neighborhood of 20 residents has its own internal courtyard, circular indoor walking path, ample natural lighting, an activity room, integrated nurse call/delayed egress door systems and various room types.
We take great pride in the reputation our team has earned. We are the highest rated free-standing memory care community in the Bay Area (4.8/5 based on 65 reviews from Facebook, Google & Yelp) and are proud of our exceptional licensing record and personalized, compassionate care. We believe resident families should not have guilt with their decision to place their family member in memory care and residents should live in dignity while both engaged and happy. Our goal is peace of mind to families.
Your loved ones are in great hands with our high staffing ratios and customized medical care. Our team is passionate about creating a warm and inviting home-like environment with many enrichment activities. Through our award-winning SPARK program, your loved one will receive round-the-clock care that encourages a comfortable, fulfilling lifestyle. From various amenities to exciting social programs, medical support, home-style quality food and more, Sunol Creek is committed to excellence.
RCFE #19200484
Memory Care Pleasanton, CA
Sunol Creek offers two care neighborhoods, each designed to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of our residents. With just 20 residents per neighborhood, we are unique in providing a safe and manageable neighborhood size that balances supervision with ample interaction among residents, staff and activities specialists.
- Memory Care – Our “South” Neighborhood offers personalized care for those coping with early to mid-stage dementia or Alzheimer’s.
- Enhanced Memory Care – Our “North” Neighborhood offers more intense medical care, complex medication management and is specifically designed to meet the needs of those with significant medical ailments and/or later stage cognitive impairment.
Our Award-Winning SPARK® Program
The friendly and compassionate staff at Sunol is proud to offer our Memory Care residents our Award-winning SPARK® program. Imagine a program specially designed for seniors that not only strives to help them reach their full potential, but also provides an opportunity to spend their days with a sense of joyful purpose. Frontier Senior Living’s Award-winning SPARK® program is exactly that!
SPARK® is a research-based program inspired by the teachings and research of Maria Montessori and Dr. Cameron Camp, which focuses on giving residents meaningful ways to feel needed and be productive. We use tailor-fit assessment tools to evaluate each resident’s capabilities and strengths, so the program can best meet their specific needs.
The Four Pillars of the Frontier SPARK® Program
The effectiveness and success of our SPARK® program for Memory Care Residents is based on 4 foundational pillars.
- Social: We ensure that each resident has a role in the community that allows them to interact with others.
- Skills Focused: Our Montessori Assessment Tool uncovers remaining skills often missed by traditional evaluations.
- Procedural Memory: Skills can be learned and even improved through repetitive “procedural learning,” which allows residents to perform routine activities with less concerted effort.
- Progression & Goal Setting: Residents who work on projects or learn new things over a period of time with a set goal in mind feel more engaged and successful.
Inspiring contribution, productivity and engagement from all of our residents is our mission. Residents are encouraged to participate in a wide range of activities based on their personal interests and abilities. We celebrate our seniors as the unique individuals that they are by providing them both meaningful experiences and proven therapeutic techniques to help them retain their cognitive capabilities to the fullest extent possible.
If you would like to learn more about how your loved one can fill their days with meaning and purpose through our award-winning SPARK® program, we would love to speak with you more about it. You are cordially invited to visit our beautiful properties, take a tour and meet our friendly and compassionate staff of caregivers.
Health & Wellness Services
The staff at Sunol Creek includes our Medical Director, Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs), and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). Our medical staff considers the resident physician’s report, medication list, and preplacement appraisal for more appropriate personal care plans. Initial care plan is drafted by our resident care coordinator and health services director and our care plans are updated 30 days after move-in and within every six months or after a change in condition. We present care plans to families during family care conferences and welcome their input.
Sunol Creek’s medication management program is run by our Health Services Director. We staff LVNs at every shift, and we are able to accommodate higher needs residents with wound care, catheter care, diabetes, high blood pressure as well as complex medication management.
Accommodations & Amenities
Sunol Creek features five apartment styles; private suites, three different configurations of private rooms with shared bathrooms, and shared companion rooms, all meeting various resident needs and budgets. There are ample common areas including activity rooms, family-style dining rooms, resident “therapy” kitchens, fireplaces, a salon, a family meeting room and a private dining room. Sunol Creek is conveniently located one mile from downtown Pleasanton and is easily accessible from I-680 for residents from the Castro Valley, San Ramon, and Danville, CA areas!
Sunol Creek offers a variety of amenities specially designed for memory care residents, including scheduled transportations, beautiful and secured outdoor areas, personalized, care, laundry and housekeeping and so much more. Some of our popular amenities include:
- Piano Lounge
- Salon & Spa
- Fine Restaurant-Style Dining
- Community Gardening
- Housekeeping & Laundry Services
Explore our extensive list of amenities below and experience a life that revolves around your happiness.
Top Reasons Families Choose Sunol Creek Memory Care
Sunol Creek offers the best in senior living, where luxury meets exceptional care, and the joy of living is celebrated daily. Learn about reasons why families choose us:
- Specifically designed and focused on Memory Care
- Two neighborhoods of only 20 residents, each with its own courtyard, ample natural light, circular interior walking path and activity room.
- Licensed nurses on staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and all staff trained in Dementia and Alzheimer’s behaviors and care.
- Medical Director who works closely with our Health Services Director, Executive Director and resident families to oversee all resident medical needs.
- Ability to assist a wide range of medical conditions including Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, Diabetes, CVA, post stroke and more.
- Medication assistance and management
- On-site Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy.
- Bathing, dressing, grooming (including an in-house salon), and other self-image enhancements
- Award-winning Spark Program with engaging, Montessori-Inspired activities
- Five room types to meet different needs and budgets
- Local and engaged private ownership
- Five Star Quality Care! See our reviews:
Come visit us today for a tour or contact us and learn more!
Sunol Creek Memory Care
Sunol Creek is designed, staffed and dedicated to the daily care and medical needs of those with Alzheimer’s and Dementia related illness. Since it’s opening in 2014, Sunol Creek has established itself as the East Bay’s Premier Memory Care community, proudly providing compassionate care for families in Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin and Fremont.
We know choosing the right community can be a difficult decision – there’s guilt, uncertainty and new information to absorb. Our tenured and experienced staff, including our health services director and medical director, are here to support you every step of the way.
Sunol Creek was purposefully built for memory care –each neighborhood of 20 residents has its own internal courtyard, circular indoor walking path, ample natural lighting, an activity room, integrated nurse call/delayed egress door systems and various room types.
We take great pride in the reputation our team has earned. We are the highest rated free-standing memory care community in the Bay Area (4.8/5 based on 65 reviews from Facebook, Google & Yelp) and are proud of our exceptional licensing record and personalized, compassionate care. We believe resident families should not have guilt with their decision to place their family member in memory care and residents should live in dignity while both engaged and happy. Our goal is peace of mind to families.
Your loved ones are in great hands with our high staffing ratios and customized medical care. Our team is passionate about creating a warm and inviting home-like environment with many enrichment activities. Through our award-winning SPARK program, your loved one will receive round-the-clock care that encourages a comfortable, fulfilling lifestyle. From various amenities to exciting social programs, medical support, home-style quality food and more, Sunol Creek is committed to excellence.
RCFE #19200484
Sunol Creek offers two care neighborhoods, each designed to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of our residents. With just 20 residents per neighborhood, we are unique in providing a safe and manageable neighborhood size that balances supervision with ample interaction among residents, staff and activities specialists.
- Memory Care – Our “South” Neighborhood offers personalized care for those coping with early to mid-stage dementia or Alzheimer’s.
- Enhanced Memory Care – Our “North” Neighborhood offers more intense medical care, complex medication management and is specifically designed to meet the needs of those with significant medical ailments and/or later stage cognitive impairment.
The friendly and compassionate staff at Sunol is proud to offer our Memory Care residents our Award-winning SPARK® program. Imagine a program specially designed for seniors that not only strives to help them reach their full potential, but also provides an opportunity to spend their days with a sense of joyful purpose. Frontier Senior Living’s Award-winning SPARK® program is exactly that!
SPARK® is a research-based program inspired by the teachings and research of Maria Montessori and Dr. Cameron Camp, which focuses on giving residents meaningful ways to feel needed and be productive. We use tailor-fit assessment tools to evaluate each resident’s capabilities and strengths, so the program can best meet their specific needs.
The Four Pillars of the Frontier SPARK® Program
The effectiveness and success of our SPARK® program for Memory Care Residents is based on 4 foundational pillars.
- Social: We ensure that each resident has a role in the community that allows them to interact with others.
- Skills Focused: Our Montessori Assessment Tool uncovers remaining skills often missed by traditional evaluations.
- Procedural Memory: Skills can be learned and even improved through repetitive “procedural learning,” which allows residents to perform routine activities with less concerted effort.
- Progression & Goal Setting: Residents who work on projects or learn new things over a period of time with a set goal in mind feel more engaged and successful.
Inspiring contribution, productivity and engagement from all of our residents is our mission. Residents are encouraged to participate in a wide range of activities based on their personal interests and abilities. We celebrate our seniors as the unique individuals that they are by providing them both meaningful experiences and proven therapeutic techniques to help them retain their cognitive capabilities to the fullest extent possible.
If you would like to learn more about how your loved one can fill their days with meaning and purpose through our award-winning SPARK® program, we would love to speak with you more about it. You are cordially invited to visit our beautiful properties, take a tour and meet our friendly and compassionate staff of caregivers.
The staff at Sunol Creek includes our Medical Director, Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs), and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). Our medical staff considers the resident physician’s report, medication list, and preplacement appraisal for more appropriate personal care plans. Initial care plan is drafted by our resident care coordinator and health services director and our care plans are updated 30 days after move-in and within every six months or after a change in condition. We present care plans to families during family care conferences and welcome their input.
Sunol Creek’s medication management program is run by our Health Services Director. We staff LVNs at every shift, and we are able to accommodate higher needs residents with wound care, catheter care, diabetes, high blood pressure as well as complex medication management.
Sunol Creek features five apartment styles; private suites, three different configurations of private rooms with shared bathrooms, and shared companion rooms, all meeting various resident needs and budgets. There are ample common areas including activity rooms, family-style dining rooms, resident “therapy” kitchens, fireplaces, a salon, a family meeting room and a private dining room. Sunol Creek is conveniently located one mile from downtown Pleasanton and is easily accessible from I-680 for residents from the Castro Valley, San Ramon, and Danville, CA areas!
Sunol Creek offers a variety of amenities specially designed for memory care residents, including scheduled transportations, beautiful and secured outdoor areas, personalized, care, laundry and housekeeping and so much more. Some of our popular amenities include:
- Piano Lounge
- Salon & Spa
- Fine Restaurant-Style Dining
- Community Gardening
- Housekeeping & Laundry Services
Explore our extensive list of amenities below and experience a life that revolves around your happiness.
Sunol Creek offers the best in senior living, where luxury meets exceptional care, and the joy of living is celebrated daily. Learn about reasons why families choose us:
- Specifically designed and focused on Memory Care
- Two neighborhoods of only 20 residents, each with its own courtyard, ample natural light, circular interior walking path and activity room.
- Licensed nurses on staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and all staff trained in Dementia and Alzheimer’s behaviors and care.
- Medical Director who works closely with our Health Services Director, Executive Director and resident families to oversee all resident medical needs.
- Ability to assist a wide range of medical conditions including Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, Diabetes, CVA, post stroke and more.
- Medication assistance and management
- On-site Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy.
- Bathing, dressing, grooming (including an in-house salon), and other self-image enhancements
- Award-winning Spark Program with engaging, Montessori-Inspired activities
- Five room types to meet different needs and budgets
- Local and engaged private ownership
- Five Star Quality Care! See our reviews:
Come visit us today for a tour or contact us and learn more!
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Awards & Recognition
Frontier’s Award-Winning SPARK™ Program
Imagine a program specially designed for seniors that not only strives to help them reach their full potential, but also provides an opportunity to spend their days with a sense of joyful purpose. SPARK™ places ultimate focus on supporting our residents’ ideas, choices, and independence. We empower residents to create a community that speaks to them. Our staff foster the natural spark within each individual by encouraging new idea and helping to make these ideas reality.
Everyday Thriving: A SPARK Lifestyle Inspired by Montessori Methods
Our award-winning, purpose-driven program for seniors. Inspired by Montessori Methods, SPARK™ focuses on engagement, social lifestyle and inclusion within the community at large.
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- Based on science and research
- Based on rehabilitation techniques
- Keeps seniors socially engaged in a meaningful way
- Aims at increasing engagement and skills as we age
- Uses proprietary assessment tools that go beyond traditional methods
The effectiveness and success of our SPARK™ program for Assisted Living and Memory Care residents is based on these 4 foundational pillars:
SOCIAL ROLES
Everyone has a desire to be useful, so we ensure that each resident has a role in the community. Working the front desk or serving neighbors are examples of meaningful tasks that empower and connect residents.
SKILLS FOCUSED
Our Montessori Assessment Tool, created by the Center for Applied Research in Dementia, uncovers remaining skills often missed by traditional assessments. We can than strengthen and build on those identified skills.
PROCEDURAL MEMORY
Skills can be learned or improved through “procedural learning.” This repetition then allows routine activities to be performed with less need for concerted concentration.
PROGRESSION AND GOAL SETTING
By working on projects or learning topics over a longer period of time, always progressing toward a goal, residents become fully engaged and feel more successful.
Finding clean, aromatic hand sanitizer has never been easier. Through our award-winning SPARK® program, our Sunol Memory Care residents get to craft amazing, creative products that everyone can use, including our homemade hand sanitizer.
Named, “The Pink Splash,” our delicately crafted hand sanitizer is a solution in a bottle, delivering anti-bacterial properties for those looking for a nice hand refresh. Our arts & crafting committees absolutely love making their own signature items and work together to produce each and every product. One group actually creates the solution, while the other group pours the mixture into the bottle, ensuring everyone is involved and a part of the creative process.
In our Frontier Senior Living communities, the SPARK® program seeks to encourage dignity, choice and independence in all of our residents. We believe that all residents, regardless of stage of life, have SPARK within them. It is our mission to help them find it through a genuine sense of purpose and meaning.
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Levels of Care
Memory Care
Our community specializes in Memory Care for residents with Alzheimer’s Disease or Dementia-related illness.
Through our award-winning SPARK program, your loved one will receive round-the-clock care that encourages a happy, fulfilling lifestyle.
Amenities & Events
Featured Amenities
Beauty salon
Cable
Housekeeping & linen services
Telephone
Transportation to Doctor's appointments
Wi-Fi
Studio bedroom
One Bedroom
Shared Room
Events
Arts and Crafts
Bingo
Book Club
Cooking Classes
Donation Drives
Family Movie Night
Group Exercise Classes
Happy Hours
Holiday Celebrations
Lunch Outings
Men's Club
Musical Performances
National Food Day Celebrations
Pet Therapy
Pizza Parties
Recognition of Residents' Birthdays
Root Beer Float Party
Sporting Event Party
Technology Classes
What's Happening
Sing-Along
Music is a big part of our community. Residents enjoy relaxing while listening to a wide variety of music.
What's Happening
Baking
Baking is a great way to increase engagement among residents at are our community. Come join us for a baking session and the chance to enjoy a sweet treat!
What's Happening
Crafts
Come join us for weekly art sessions to create beautiful pieces of artwork. We look forward to seeing your creativity flourish!
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