High Desert Manor I

High Desert Manor I sits on Driftwood Drive in Palmdale, California, and is a small, residential care home with space for four residents, and the community aims to build a peaceful, comfortable place with a feeling like home. The staff, who speak English, Spanish, Russian, and Filipino, help with things like dressing, bathing, medication, and moving between spaces, working around the clock so residents can feel safe and cared for, whether they need some help or much more, such as diabetic care, high acuity care, incontinence care, and behavioral care for those with complex needs. The community has features set up for people with Alzheimer's or dementia, like a Wander Guard system that keeps folks from wandering off, a secured property with alarms, and tailored memory care with staff trained to manage more difficult behavior, as well as daily programs for memory, music therapy, pet visits, board games, gardening club, holiday parties, trivia, and day trips around town. Private bedrooms have private wheelchair-accessible showers and baths, and the home offers both private and semi-private room options with air conditioning, TV, and Wi-Fi. There are both indoor and outdoor common areas, garden space, a book room, a game room, a hot tub and steam room, regular social events, religious or devotional services on-site covering traditions like Christian, Adventist, Islamic, and Buddhist, and even a beauty shop with a mobile stylist for haircuts and grooming. High Desert Manor I serves three home-cooked meals a day, can handle special diets, and offers snacks and room service, and also has been awarded for meals and overall service quality. Folks with pets like small cats or dogs (15 pounds and under) can bring them and get help caring for them, and the home allows smoking outside. The facility's transportation system gives rides to medical visits, errands, and religious services, with resident parking and wheelchair-friendly vans when needed. Staff support residents who need one or two-person transfers, and there are mechanical lifts if required. Residents get daily housekeeping, laundry service, and help with their individualized care plan, and there are on-site nurses, a doctor on call, and the ability to request hospice care or short-term stays for respite. The place aims for a clean, relaxing, and friendly atmosphere, with people described as kind and joyful. The style is small-scale and home-like, so each resident gets close support, and the size helps with calm and privacy. High Desert Manor I welcomes both men and women, and will work to support folks well as their care needs may get more complex.