Benchmark at Roseland

Families searching for Arbor Terrace Roseland will find the same building at 345 Eagle Rock Avenue listed today as Benchmark at Roseland. Benchmark Senior Living now operates it. The community offers assisted living and memory care in Roseland, in Essex County, and it also takes short respite stays for a caregiver who needs a break or a parent who wants to try the community first.

Assisted living is organized into several residential neighborhoods. Help is based on need and set through a nursing assessment, covering bathing, dressing and supervision of residents taking their own medications, with trained associates available 24 hours a day. Three meals a day plus snacks are served restaurant style, and housekeeping, linen service and utilities are part of the package. Apartments have spacious bathrooms and kitchenettes, and staff can help schedule medical appointments.

Memory care, which Benchmark calls Mind & Memory Care, has its own secure neighborhood with dementia programs built for it. The layout aims to give residents room to move on their own in familiar surroundings. Physical, occupational and speech therapy are available on site, and residents may use those providers or keep their own. Ask how the memory care day is structured and how staff respond when a resident becomes restless in the late afternoon.

Daily life includes exercise and wellness classes, creative arts, live entertainment and outings, with scheduled transportation. Shared spaces include a salon and barber shop, a library, a game room, a movie theater, a private dining room, a courtyard and landscaped walking paths, and pets are welcome with a secured dog park. Because the name changed, ask how long the current leadership has been in place, then compare options through senior living in Roseland.