Cherry Hill Memory Care

Cherry Hill Memory Care is a specialized assisted living facility designed to address residents' memory care needs. The floor plan is organized into "neighborhoods", each containing 16 residents. Neighborhoods ring around an interior courtyard, with no dead ends, providing safe and secure access to outdoor space and fresh air. This layout coincides with current evidence-based design research in optimizing the emotional and physical well-being of residents with dementia and other memory care needs. Empirical studies have demonstrated that access to natural environments results in lower instances of anxiety, anger, fatigue, confusion, and total mood disturbance (Browning, Ryan & Clancy, 2014) while also encouraging exercise and organic interactions with staff and other residents.