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Welcome to Barton House.

Barton House is designed with our residents' needs in mind. We are a one of kind caregiving model, serving Alzheimer's, dementia care, and memory care residents.
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What Sets Us Apart

Barton House Memory Care Sugarland residents

A Welcoming Design

Barton House is a memory care and assisted living facility where a person with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia is welcome. Our private resident rooms and spacious common areas create a warm environment. This is home — this is Barton House.

Joyful Moments

As a memory care Sugar Land facility, we see every day as an opportunity to look for ideas to make one’s life better. We never forget that individuals with Alzheimer’s disease are individuals first. Our goal is to make each moment matter.

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Memory Care, Dementia Care,
& Alzheimer’s Disease Experts

For over 20 years, Barton House has been working with people with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. We have a simple philosophy when it comes to caring. We focus on our strengths rather than our weaknesses. We are always kind and we never stop trying to communicate.

Tenured Staff

Compassionate caregivers with years of dementia-specific knowledge. Many of our caregivers have been with Barton House since the beginning — 1998. Our unique team embodies our philosophy of care.

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A Day In The Life
at Barton House

Do you wonder how your loved one’s day will look when they become part of the Barton House family? Learn more about our program in this example of a day in the life.
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A Day In The Life
with Charles

Dr. Charles Dowdy awakes and gets dressed with guidance from a Caregiver who has set out clothes for him to choose his outfit. He needs assistance with his socks, shoes, and belt. Today he wears khakis and a button-down shirt.

6:00 am

Dr. Dowdy was formerly a clinical psychologist and his hobby was woodworking, so he enjoys the familiar things such as doing rounds or helping to fix things. Staff creatively uses these familiar activities throughout the day by sometimes “paging” him to help with rounds (sometimes to redirect him from another Resident’s room), or engaging him to help the maintenance director “fix” things in the house.

6:00 am

Dr. Dowdy goes to the dining room for coffee and to visit with other Residents that are up that early.  He reads the newspaper while drinking his coffee. After morning coffee and his newspaper, Charles strolls through the building talking with staff and other Residents until breakfast is served.

6:30 am

Breakfast is served from 8:00 to 9:00 and is come and go for Residents. Dr. Dowdy eats around 8 am. He needs some cuing, but no assistance with eating breakfast.

8:00 am

After breakfast, he quite often goes outside in the secure backyard to putter and garden and wander on the walking paths. The backyard doors are unlocked each day, weather permitting, for Residents to come and go as they want. Staff checks on him to offer hydration, sunscreen, or a hat. He enjoys being on his own in the garden but really enjoys one-on-one sitting and talking with staff or other Residents.

 

9:00 am

Brunch is served at 11 am, and all the Residents sit and eat together.

11:00 am

Lunch time. Charles sometimes sits for this meal, and other times he is too busy to sit down. Those days our cook serves him finger foods that can be eaten on the go.

Dr. Dowdy usually experiences sundowning behavior in the afternoon, which is increased behaviors of agitation, wandering, anxiety, frustration. This can be a common occurrence with Alzheimer’s disease.

2:00 pm

After lunch the house turns the lights down from 3:00 to 4:00 pm and puts on soft music to encourage Residents to rest and nap. This is called Quiet Time. Dr. Dowdy rests in his room during this time.

3:00 pm

Exercise is offered in a group activity for all Residents. Dr. Dowdy sometimes participates, and really enjoys ball toss, balloon volleyball, and physical games. Physical activity can be helpful to folks that have challenges in communication. It is a way for the person to express themselves when words do not come easily.

4:00 pm

Dinner is served at 5 pm and Charles is gently encouraged, like at the lunch meal, to sit and eat if he wants to but we adapt with finger foods if he doesn’t.

5:00 pm

After dinner is a social time for Residents when many families visit, as well as group activities like listening to music, enjoying the back porch, reminiscing, dancing, singing, and playing board games. Dr. Dowdy enjoys these activities and is quite the singer, leading the singing groups at times.

6:00 pm

Later in the evening everyone enjoys a snack and an evening movie that is generationally appropriate.

7:30 pm

Bedtime is usually around 9-9:30 pm. Sometimes he has insomnia and wakes during the night. During these times, the staff will offer a snack and beverage, or ask for his assistance with rounds at night or sit and talk with him until he drifts off to sleep again.

9:00 pm

Uncommon Programs. Quality Experiences.

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Beauty day
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Music and singing
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Solving a puzzle
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Enjoying the garden
Time with family
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Games and fun
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Arts and crafts
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Physical fitness
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Outdoor relaxation
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Delicious home-cooked meals

Our Physical Program

Family Experiences

July 11, 2021
My priority in choosing a memory care facility was to have the people around your loved one to actually love working with people with dementia — it’s their calling, it’s their heart. This is what I found at Barton House.

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Marshall Russell

Daughter of father who is resident at Barton House

May 6, 2021
Everyone in the building is a care giver. I love that!

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Katrina Bailey

Daughter of Resident who has been at Barton House for 1 year

May 6, 2021
You become a family within Barton House

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Susan Chaddick daughter of Barton House Memory Care Sugarland resident

Susan Chaddick

Daughter of Resident who has been at Barton House for 4 years

February 15, 2021
“I love the small family-like environment.”

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Joy R.

Daughter of father at Barton House

January 11, 2021
They truly love and express that love to residents and their families.

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Angela R.

Daughter of mother at Barton House

November 11, 2020
“Your care for the residents is obviously a calling and ministry.”

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Rhonda W.

Her Mom is a resident

March 11, 2020
Barton House has been an integral part of my family’s lives.

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Martha B.

Brother was a resident

July 11, 2019
“My Dad always looked nice.”

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Rhonda F.

Daughter of father who was a resident

Marsha Russell

I asked my daughter-in-law, could you please help me find the very best care for my dad? She went to work on it. She did a lot of research. She called me one day. And she said, there is a place that’s being constructed. It’s not even open yet, but she said I love their philosophy on memory care. It’s just really unique, and I think you’re going to really like these people.

I was really excited because the way that I have a construction background, and my father, who we were moving into Barton House, was an architect. We were very impressed with everybody we met.

We were very impressed with the building, with the actual layout, because it was so intentional.

An Intentional Memory Care Facility

They had designed Barton House with everything in mind to make it comfortable so that the residents can navigate easily and feel at home. It was also very home-like, the fact that they only did one thing really impressed me as well to me, the very first and most primary reason for choosing a memory care facility is the heart and soul of the staff, because what you want more than anything in my opinion. And this was my priority is to have people around your loved ones who will act, who actually love working with people with dementia, that that’s their calling. That’s what God put them here for. It’s their heart. And. You have that everything else will fall in place. And that’s what I found at Barton House.

And my father always felt at home.

He always felt loved.

I felt loved.

I was family

I would walk in Barton House and it was, “Hi, Marsha, do you want something to eat? Do you want something to drink? Are you going to be here for a while? Are you going to feed your dad today, or do you want us to do it?” They would then pull up a chair next to me and we’d all chat. People would come by. I got to know all the other residents and they were like, you know, other families and members to me, that was probably one of the biggest blessings to me was that I was embraced as well, which made me a better daughter, a better caregiver. And happy to go and see him. It wasn’t just like, Ugh, I’ve got to go see dad.

You know, it was, hi daddy, it’s Marsha. I’m here to see you.

Katrina Bailey

From the moment you step inside the house where the residents are secure and just get a feeling of peace and calm. It’s very clean. It always. You know, like a home, you know, occasionally you’re going to get those food smells, which is usually really good. And then you’re going to have, you know, just clean, not antiseptic, not unpleasant, but just like a homewood smell Barton House.

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The size of it was very important to me. They only have 24 rooms, so. If it was intimate and all the employees, all the staff know everyone in the facility and their families. I think my dad primarily likes the dining room, and since he’s moved in, he says the food is good. And he says that multiple times, usually when I see him.

But when we first were looking, we disliked the, I, the idea that the rooms were all along the outside of the building and the community space in the center, so that when the resident steps out of their room, they’re in the community space and P other people are there. They are greeted or encouraged to join.

The other really big thing that was important to us is that they have a beautiful fenced-in secure backyard. So to have a backyard where he could go and walk in a safe place was really important to us. My dad loves to garden, and he loves to walk and exercise. He calls. That feeling that my sister and I each experienced of relief.

Everyone is a caregiver

Peace. This is a good place. Has continued Bader house philosophy is that everyone is a caregiver. Everyone in the building is a caregiver. And I love that. That includes, you know, the maintenance man, Eddie, and the cooks and the staff. Everyone is a caregiver. So if dad’s having a problem or he needs something, they’re always interacting with them.

And because of that, they will interact with me, which is. Also important. So they’ll snap a picture of him having his coffee in the morning and send me a little text saying he’s off to a great start today, or they’ll call and say, can you just talk to him? He needs to hear your voice, which is so great that they recognize that he needs to hear my voice and be something.

Great communication

I’m so grateful that they pick up the phone and call me one of the ways Barton House cares for me as well as my dad is that, you know, oftentimes when we visit, it can be difficult, and not every visit is smooth. Sometimes he doesn’t remember me or stopping a bad day or any number of things and the staff.

Barton House Cares

It’s always willing to just listen to me after I’ve said goodbye to dad and hugged me, or, you know, have a cup of coffee or whatever, just to kind of recalibrate me because go, you know, spending that time. It’s so precious, but you’re very aware that it’s fleeting because Alzheimer’s doesn’t get better.

So every minute I’m with my dad, I want it to be the best, but sometimes it doesn’t work, and I’m always grateful for an encouraging word or, you know, just, just a hug or, you know, just, just encouraging to be encouraging. And the staff that’s very nurturing that way to me. So I know they’re being that way to my dad.

Susan Chaddick

Barton House is in my own neighborhood, so when I went to work every day, I drove right by it when they were building it. And it made me curious. And then when it became apparent that we were going to have to find a place for my mother because her Alzheimer’s was advancing and it was a little more than my stepfather could handle.

Barton House is an amazing concept

So we started looking and I started looking at different areas and checking out things. And my husband said you need to stop on that Barton House and see what that’s about. So we went in and it was just the minute I walked in the place, and my sister also — this quiet and the peace feeling of it was just amazing. And their whole concept was amazing.

Catered to Memory Care

They totally catered to memory care people — to the whole setup. The track in the back, the rooms, the way that eat five meals a day for the nutrition, it just spoke to me. I mean, it’s like God said, this is it. So she’s been there for four years now.

You become a family within Barton House

They (Barton House) really encourage the families to eat with them, because it’s like all families, you become a family within Barton House of yourself.

They (Barton House) would have like an accordion come and play. And they had bubbles and the people liked it. They have exercise programs where they do the chair exercises. And I did a lot go to the exercise classes with them because I was, it was a time I got off work and I went by and that’s where they were doing their exercises. And, you know, I encouraged them on, along with the entertainment person.

Finding Barton House was God-driven

I’ve not taken one of my friends there and I have because I’m a nurse, I have lots of nursing friends, and every one of them have left that place and said, “Oh, Susan, you were so lucky to have found that place. And I said it was God-driven.

Joy R.

Two years ago my Dad came to live at Barton House.

I love the small, family-like environment. You feel like you are in someone’s home, complete with happy voices, music, and yummy smells. My Dad is always groomed and dressed in clean clothes, no matter what time of the day I drop by. The staff is 100% dedicated to know each resident as an individual.

Activities are planned throughout the day. Entertaining programs are scheduled several times a week to keep them engaged.

I would recommend Barton House to anyone looking for a place for a loved one with Alzheimer’s to live.

Angela R.

“I felt so safe leaving her in their loving hands. The house was always clean, the staff was always friendly and helpful and my mother was always happy.

I like the family atmosphere. The way they meet the individual needs and desires of each resident. They truly love them and express that love to them and their families.”

Rhonda W.

“Your care for the residents is obviously a “calling” and ministry. You love on them – you are patient and kind. You offer dignity and give respect to folks with this disease.

Thank you for caring for my mom.  Your staff is remarkable!”

Martha B.

“Barton House has been an integral part of my family’s lives. We will always be so grateful and thankful for the love and care that was given to David there and for the friendships that were forged along the way. May God bless each of you is our prayer.”

Rhonda F.

“The nurses called me about everything, even the smallest bump. The staff was always friendly and my Dad always looked nice and did not smell. I was welcome to visit him 24/7. Dad’s care and safety during Hurricane Harvey was amazing. I was flooded in, but they texted me for 3 days about their dry status. Other facilities were not so lucky. I even recommended Barton House in my funeral message.”

Meet May

In her early twenties, May traveled with the USO to entertain our U.S. troops.

Her skill as a musician and singer lifted many lives.

Later raising two children she watched them as they became involved in different businesses.

May’s bright spirit and smile still lights up a room at Barton House.

We believe this is her time to receive back the love she graced upon others.

Meet Charlie

Charlie took over his father’s hardware store in the late 1940s and built an even bigger business.

People said it was due to Charlie’s willingness to help others in his community.

He became a father to three daughters and 4 grandchildren.

Charlie survived battles with cancer and other challenges.

At Barton House, we are reminded of how lucky we are to have such great individuals as Charlie.

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Covid Information

Continuing an Environment of Caring in Times of COVID-19


Safety of Residents and Staff

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to evolve, our communities are focused on keeping our Residents and staff safe while also maintaining Resident engagement and daily fulfillment. We are taking a cautious approach, balancing the highest level of safety within the least restrictive environment.

We will continue to follow and augment State and C.D.C. safety recommendations:

Screening: We screen every employee every day. We require our staff to complete a questionnaire (inquiring about possible symptoms, recent travel and exposure), have their temperature and oxygen level checked before entering the building. Staff are also required to clean their cell phones, keys and wash their hands while being observed. We monitor our Residents’ health closely with temperature and oxygen level checks at least twice a day. We help our Residents wash their hands throughout the day and encourage them to wear a mask or face covering.

Cleaning: We have enhanced our cleaning products with regard for their effectiveness in killing COVID-19 particles and proper sanitization and disinfection, using the EPA’s specific list of disinfectants for use against the coronavirus. We are using this list and training staff on how long cleaning solutions must be kept on a surface before wiping it off to ensure its effectiveness. We prioritize cleaning high-touch areas and horizontal surfaces, cleaning them several times a day.

Physical Distancing: We encourage 6 foot distancing between Residents and with staff unless they are providing direct care to a Resident.

Testing: We test all Residents and staff for COVID-19 every three weeks, and more as needed. Our nurses utilize a PCR test, which we send to a private lab to expedite results.

Physical Changes: We have installed ultraviolet lights in our air conditioners that supply air to the common areas of the houses. This method is believed to be helpful in killing bacteria that is cycled through the systems and pushed back into the house. We’ve also enhanced our HVAC filters to near HEPA levels, trying to add additional layers of protection to keep COVID-19 out of the building. Most importantly, air purifiers have been added to common areas and each resident room.

PPE: Staff members wear masks at all times and we encourage Residents to wear masks when outside their rooms. We also encourage physical distancing between our Residents. Staff wears additional protective equipment when deemed necessary while caring for our Residents. Staff are continually trained on when and how to use personal protective equipment (PPE).

Individual Needs Stay Paramount

The uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 affects us all. At our communities, we are not letting it stop us from safely offering a life well-lived. Above all, we are providing the utmost attention to the safety and well-being of our Residents. Our Program has always revolved around the individualized needs of each Resident and this has not changed during COVID-19. Residents are still able to connect with each other and staff while maintaining a safe physical distance. Weather permitting, we enjoy the patio and large backyard. We continue to keep our Residents engaged through cognitive, physical, recreational experiences. We offer enjoyment and connection throughout the day even during these unprecedented times.

Visitors

Since early March we have restricted facility access to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Essential Visitors: Healthcare providers including physicians, home health, private duty services, physical therapy and hospice staff have not been allowed in the communities unless there is an acute, essential need for our Residents. These services continue as needed through FaceTime, tele-med and phone conversations. If physical access is absolutely necessary, the individual will complete our questionnaire and screening for temperature and oxygen stats. No one is allowed in the community if they fail to meet our screening criteria.

Families: We are happy to help schedule window visits, FaceTime, Zoom and phone calls with your loved ones based on what is allowed and prudent. To ensure the proper support from our staff, our visits are scheduled ahead of time.

Tours and Move-Ins

Tours: We recognize that regardless of the changes with COVID-19, your need for senior living hasn’t changed. For the safety of you, our Residents and staff, we are currently offering virtual tours where you can see our community, as well as meet our staff. Please contact our Community Relations Director to set up a virtual tour.

Move-Ins: We are accepting a limited number of move-ins (unless otherwise instructed by public health department). New Residents must be tested for COVID-19 prior to move-in. Upon admission, we will place a new resident in their room to quarantine as an additional precaution.

We will share community-specific information with residents and families as our quarantine measures continue to evolve with new information of COVID-19.

We are honored to care for your family member and loved one.

 

Comments we’ve received from our families during COVID-19.

“We appreciate all of your efforts. Your team clearly is a leader in the response to COVID. Thank you for keeping our loved ones safe.”

Joseph

“Thank you, thank you, thank you for ALL you have done and are doing to keep the residents and staff in a safe environment! The continuous learning and improvements empower caregivers and families to do better at home and in our communities.”

Tommy

“I appreciate you taking the time to update us and share them with my family living in AL, GA, VA, MD, FL…we are extremely grateful and comforted by your proactive and decisive measures! We’ll continue to keep you in prayer for health, safety and more.”

Rebecca

“In keeping with the parade theme you had, the employees there are super heroes. They are plowing forward in the midst of this horrible virus and taking care of their patients selflessly. I just wanted to acknowledge their bravery and dedication and thank them from the bottom of my heart for the goodness in their hearts and their dedication to their patients and jobs.”

Abigail

“Thank you! You locked down early & your diligence has paid well.

The Bader support group continues meeting once a month by Zoom. We all appreciate you so much. Everyone comments on how grateful we are that our parents are at Barton House!

We appreciate everything: sending us pictures, calls, alerts to bring supplies/clothes as needed, staying in virtual contact with hospice.
Blessings to each of you.”

Marsha

“Thank you for all y’all and all the staff are doing for my mom and the other residents. We truly appreciate your hard work.”

Carol

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