Just Like Home's Dogwood Home is a brand-new boutique-style residential assisted living and memory care community. Our community perfectly combines elegantly designed living with personalized care. Rates are all-inclusive: all meals, cleaning, entertainment and care are furnished by a licensed health care agency with loving staff who specialize in Dementia and Alzheimer's care. Rates are fixed for the resident's lifetime tenancy at Dogwood Home. Situated on a gorgeous, private acre, Dogwood Home is a one-story, ranch-style, 3000 square foot community located in the suburban Fairfield County neighborhood of Shelton, CT. 

The Dogwood Home Specializes in Memory Care. Whatever stage of memory loss your senior may be experiencing, rest-assured that our caretakers are well-trained in Dementia and Alzheimer's memory issues and are extremely warm, embracing, loving, patient and kind. Your senior can age-in-place at the Dogwood Home-as we provide 24-hour care and assistance with eating, dressing, medicine, bathing, personal hygiene, housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, and daily interaction with engaging activities. We offer a personal touch to each resident's needs and work with the senior, their family members and health practitioners to create the right plan of care for each resident. 

Our community is truly a family, consisting of six seniors who live in private, furnished rooms with private bathrooms. This allows for a peaceful family environment. In our custom-built home, each senior has a private bedroom that is tastefully decorated and appointed with an adjustable bed, as well as a large bathroom with a roll-in â€œsteplessâ€ shower. We even have a walk-in whirlpool tub with a seat for those who enjoy a good therapeutic soak. The formal living room has a piano for sing-a-longs and cozy fireplace. Our dining room is intimate, where guests are encouraged to break bread with us. A beautiful, sun-drenched den is where the seniors congregate, do arts and crafts, puzzles, brain games, daily exercise and watch movies together, and more. We have an on-site hair salon, so our seniors can have their hair cut or styled right at home. We welcome anytime. This is your loved one's home. You will have the freedom and access to visit anytime that you would like. We welcome you to come and enjoy a meal with your loved one.

AMENITIES<ul>
<li>Private Bedroom, with En Suite Bathroom</li>
<li>Dementia-specific purpose-built community </li>
<li>24-hour CCTV security</li>
<li>Secured Community with magnetic door locks throughout the house for security and safety</li>
<li>Fire alarm system with sprinklers</li>
<li>Full house emergency generator</li>
<li>24 hour loving care staff</li>
<li>Community areas for socializing</li>
<li>Expansive backyard deck for sunbathing and fresh air</li>
<li>On-site beauty salon/barber</li>
<li>Beautifully landscaped grounds</li>
<li>Delicious and nutritious meals</li>
<li>Healthy snacks, all-day, anytime</li>
<li>Complimentary meals for residents' families and friends</li>
<li>Intimate homelike dining</li>
<li>Comfy recliner chairs in our den</li>
<li>Private bedrooms with big screen TVs and complimentary cable</li>
<li>Professionally decorated bedrooms -residents can bring their own items to add to the dÃ©cor</li>
<li>Brand new adjustable beds</li>
<li>Modern amenities-all with roll-in showers</li>
<li>Daily housekeeping</li>
<li>Daily memory activities</li>
<li>Daily exercise activities</li>
<li>Daily interaction with engaging activities</li>
<li>In-home entertainment</li>
<li>Pet therapy</li>
<li>Respite care available</li></ul>

Just Like Home's Dogwood Home

Conveniently located in Shelton and offering the best in accommodations and services, Benchmark at Split Rock offers seniors a beautiful setting in which to comfortably - and safely - enjoy retirement living.

Benchmark at Split Rock is a Benchmark Senior Living community. As our name implies, we are committed to setting standards of excellence in senior housing. At Benchmark, it is our mission to provide world-class amenities, innovative programs and personalized services.

<h2>Featured Amenities</h2>

When new residents decide to join our community, they are given the option of several apartment homes in which to live. No matter which floorplan is chosen, our residents are happy to find plenty of space to make their own and modern finishes that give each home a luxurious feel. And family members are thrilled with the safety features available in each home, and the peace of mind those features provide.

For the enjoyment of our residents, Benchmark at Split Rock boasts a number of community areas which may include, but are not limited to, a wellness center, general store, recreation room, music room, library and outdoor gazebo. We also offer a robust schedule of fun daily activities and events to keep the mind, body and soul active and engaged.

<h2>Available Services</h2>

All residences at Benchmark at Split Rock are provided with weekly housekeeping and linen services, allowing our seniors to spend more time to enjoy themselves and less time dealing with the hassle of home maintenance. Area transportation is also provided, and is an easy way for our seniors to reach personal appointments and run errands.

Our residents also have access to a number of other helpful services 24 hours a day. Each of our seniors receive a personalized service plan, so that the level of care provided always meets their individual needs and preferences. Such services may include help with medication management, dressing, personal hygiene and other activities of daily living.

We invite you to come and see what sets Benchmark at Split Rock apart.

Set at the heart of it all, Benchmark at Split Rock welcomes you to connect - with friends, with nature, with your passions and your talents. Our brand new, state-of-the-art community will be a place where innovation and tradition meet.

 Nestled among the shops and restaurants at Split Rock, we are just a short drive from the ocean waters of the Connecticut coastline. We&#39;re a part of it all, and just a few miles away from all the nearby things you want to experience.

Our residents will be able to enjoy all the comforts of senior living in Shelton, CT while their loved ones can be assured they are receiving the level of care that best meets their needs with traditional assisted living services or our specialized memory care program.

Benchmark at Split Rock

Beautiful brand new ranch-style home in a lovely Shelton neighborhood for just six seniors. We are all about bringing joy to our seniors with memory care issues. Two around-the-clock caregivers serve the six seniors. It is Just Like Home. It is their home. Everyone has their own room and bathroom. Shared living room, sunny den, kitchen, large deck on an acre of property. Come for a tour and stay for lunch.

Just Like Home's Long Hill Home

Our Wesley Heights community at our Wesley Village Campus offers both independent living cottages and assisted living options to provide multiple levels of service all in one location. Not ready to move into one of our other buildings on campus? A cottage may be just the right choice for you!


Wesley Heights at Wesley Village

Hewitt Health & Rehabilitation Center

Bishop Wicke Health &amp; Rehabilitation Center is conveniently located close to Connecticut Route 8 in Shelton, Connecticut, just a short drive from the Housatonic River and Roosevelt Forest. Visitors appreciate the facility's single-floor layout and note that the residents' living quarters feel like apartments. The community has open dining and gathering areas for residents and their families to enjoy, and there are a variety of activity offerings, such as health talks, getting-to-know-you social events and a drumming circle. Residents can also choose to attend worship services.

Bishop Wicke Health Center

Apple Rehab Shelton Lakes

Brightview Shelton

Crosby Commons at Wesley Village

Bishop Wicke offers short-term rehab and skilled nursing care, including specialized programs for surgical recovery, orthopedics, cardiac and respiratory rehab, heart failure and more. The facility is located on the Wesley Village Campus at 584 Long Hill Avenue in Shelton and is owned and operated by United Methodist Homes (UMH), a local, not-for-profit organization.