AZ ASSISTED LIVING & MEMORY CARE

AZ Assisted Living & Memory Care is a licensed assisted living home on North 139th Drive in Goodyear, Arizona. State licensing records from the Arizona Department of Health Services list a capacity of 10 residents and approval to provide directed care, the highest of Arizona's three assisted living service levels, which allows the community to serve residents who are unable to direct their own care, including many people living with dementia.

AZ Assisted Living & Memory Care is a family-owned residential care home on North 139th Drive in Goodyear that offers both assisted living and memory care. The owner is a registered nurse who is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Professionally trained staff are on duty around the clock, and each resident has an individualized care plan along with health and medication management. The home arranges physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and provides transportation to appointments and shopping.

Residents enjoy restaurant-style dining with nutritious meals and snacks, daily housekeeping and laundry, and activities that include creative projects, music programs, and social events. The home also holds family support meetings so relatives stay involved in care. In Arizona, assisted living homes are residential settings that serve ten or fewer residents, and they are licensed by the Department of Health Services at the same three service levels as larger centers.

Supervisory care covers general supervision and help in an emergency, personal care adds hands-on help with activities such as bathing, dressing, and medications, and directed care is for residents who can no longer recognize danger or direct their own care. A small home usually means a shared living room and dining table, fewer residents per caregiver, and a quieter daily routine than a large community.

Offering assisted living and memory care in the same home means a resident whose memory changes over time may be able to move to the memory care setting without moving to another home. It helps to ask how that transition is decided and who is involved. Arizona rules require an assisted living facility to prepare a written service plan for each resident that describes the care and services to be provided, and to review and update it as needs change.

Families can ask to take part in that review and to learn who to call when something in the plan no longer fits. Families can look up a community's license and inspection history on the state's AZ Care Check website before a visit, and reading recent inspection reports can show how a community has responded to any past findings. The Goodyear address keeps the community within reach of the area's hospitals, shopping, and services.

On a tour of AZ Assisted Living & Memory Care, ask how the move-in assessment works, how the service plan is reviewed as needs change, how staffing looks on nights and weekends, and how families are kept informed. For day-to-day life and appointments, it helps to know what is close by. Measured in straight-line distance from the address using OpenStreetMap data, the nearest hospital is Abrazo West Campus, under a mile away; the nearest urgent care clinic is Banner Urgent Care, about a mile away; the nearest pharmacy is CVS Pharmacy, under a mile away; the nearest grocery store is Safeway, about a mile away; the nearest park is Thomas Park, under a mile away; the nearest public library is Georgia T.

Lord Libary, about 1.5 miles away. Actual driving distance will be somewhat longer depending on the route. Local Senior Advisor is a free service to families. If you would like help comparing AZ Assisted Living & Memory Care with other communities in Goodyear, or deciding which level of care fits, reach out for a short conversation.