Similar to our SeniorLife Communities, Otterbein Cridersville offers long-term care. Your loved ones will receive compassionate, person-centered care tailored to each resident’s personal care needs.
Understanding what is offered in long-term care can be a bit confusing. Let’s explore what this level of care looks like in our communities.
Understanding the Difference Between Assisted Living and Long-Term Care
It might be easiest to explain long-term care by comparing it to assisted living. An individual who needs a helping hand with daily tasks such as getting dressed or bathing may be a good fit for assisted living. Someone who needs care at all hours of the day and into the night requires additional care that a long-term care team is trained to provide.
If a loved one often forgets to take medication or could benefit from support in organizing medications into a pill organizer, then assisted living could meet those needs with a medication reminder program. When it becomes too difficult for a person to administer those medications, it’s time to consider introducing long-term care.
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Memory Support Programming at Otterbein Cridersville
What happens at Otterbein when your loved one is diagnosed with a form of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease? Otterbein Cridersville provides specialized memory support programming in a comfortable environment to reduce stress and anxiety and minimize symptoms. Created specifically for those living with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease or related forms of dementia, our memory support programming fosters self-esteem and independence while delivering the consistent care your loved one requires.
Guided by devoted team members, our program continually adapts in response to resident needs and emerging research — placing quality of life at the heart of everything we do. Otterbein offers a special program, called Milestones, to ensure the highest quality of care for residents with dementia.
Key Components of Milestones at Otterbein
Milestones, a memory support program designed to provide individualized and holistic care for residents living with dementia, is offered at Otterbein Cridersville.
Here’s a breakdown of the four main components of the Milestones program:
1. Comprehensive Education Program for Partners
The first part of the Milestones program is key to its success: educating all team members who provide care to residents with memory support needs. This education program examines the disease process of dementia and explores strategies to better understand resident needs.
2. In-Depth Assessment
An in-depth assessment of each resident is conducted to gather information about individual strengths, needs, and interests. This is an important step toward ensuring a compassionate, person-centered approach to care.
3. The Path to Well-Being
Once the assessment is complete, an individualized, action-specific plan is created that incorporates all nine degrees of wellness. The Path to Well-Being includes meaningful strategies that are incorporated into each resident’s plan of care and daily routine.
4. Extensive Programming
The last component is facilitating individualized programs through an extensive resource library of engaging activities.
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Get Your Guide to Long-Term Care
To get a more in-depth understanding of long-term care options, click on the link below to get your free guide. Here’s a preview of the first few pages to give you an idea of what’s inside.
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This blog was updated in April 2026.
