The Facility

Cedar Creek is a collective of small memory care communities situated nearby Derwood, Maryland, and specializes in caring for adults who have early to late-stage memory loss conditions. We’ve created a paradigm of care that’s unparalleled in our communities, ensuring residents in need of memory care services have plenty of options available to them across our different homes.

We’ve cultivated our approach over years of helping people with different memory care conditions and found our residents thrive because of the individual attention they receive.

There are five homes under the Cedar Creek umbrella, all of which boast professional and experienced staff members who understand the unique ramifications of caring for individuals with memory loss. Residents thrive in a homelike environment that emphasizes their safety and sense of well-being.

Established in 1995

8 Private Rooms

1:4 Staff-to-Resident Ratio

Looking for Memory Care?

Cedar Creek’s locations are centrally located, easily accessible by public transit, and simple to visit any day of the week.

Cedar Creek Memory Care Facilities

When it comes to finding a memory care facility near Derwood, Cedar Creek offers five options in the surrounding area. Of the five homes, our Cedar Glen home is the closest.

Located just a 13-minute drive away from central Derwood, Cedar Glen provides a beautiful and serene setting for those with memory impairments. Our home is designed specifically to meet the needs of our residents, with a focus on safety, security, and comfort.

What sets Cedar Glen apart from other memory care facilities in the Cedar Creek family is its location: a country environment with plenty of scenic settings. The house itself, built in 1928, is on the National Historic Registry in Montgomery County, making it a point of distinction.

The quiet setting makes Cedar Glen an ideal location for dementia care services. It’s near Wootton’s Mill Park and a short drive from the Rockville town center, which is ideal for family members and friends visiting loved ones at Cedar Glen memory care home.

Planned social activities 7 days a week, such as card games or art lessons

The house itself has been retrofitted to provide a secure environment for memory care residents. It’s spacious, with expansive garden areas and comfortable common areas for residents to engage with one another.

Art, music and physical exercise are all part of the approach to memory care at Cedar Glen. Puzzles and brain games are also implemented in programming. Cedar Glen boasts many of the amenities for which assisted living has become well known. The staff members all have extensive backgrounds in memory care, with some cultivating more than two decades of experience in this care setting.

Planned social activities 7 days a week, such as card games or art lessons

Individualized Approach to Memory Care

Each Cedar Creek memory care community is capable of hosting eight to 14 residents while maintaining a high staff-to-client ratio. This means residents come to rely on the consistency among staff. Our individualized approach allows for staff members to develop personal relationships with each resident – just another way Cedar Creek stands apart from others in Montgomery County.

We also consider residents when creating plans for programming. After all, who better to know their interests than the residents themselves? We tap residents to lead group activities or help staff members with some of the daily chores around the community. Residents aren’t required to engage in activities they don’t enjoy but rather are given responsibilities to help them feel they’re contributing to the community as much as they want to. This helps them feel a sense of sharing in the space they live in and develop a sense of purpose. Feeling that belonging and sense of purpose helps residents dealing with memory loss find meaning in their day.

Moreover, by giving residents a sense of ownership over different programs and activities, they’re more likely to inspire others to participate as well. This helps residents who may be slower to get involved with activities feel a little less alone when fellow residents encourage them. Socializing is an important aspect of successfully navigating any senior living community. It helps residents when they feel connected to one another, which is why we go out of our way to promote many different activities and hobbies in each of our homes.

Activity Program Options in Memory Care

All the Cedar Creek homes near Derwood have robust activity options to ensure residents remain fully engaged. This includes personalized programs that help address memory care issues, as well as group programs that allow residents to interact with one another. All of this contributes to an enhanced approach to wellness, which helps tremendously with various memory care issues.

Examples of activity options include gardening, walking, crafting and more. Brain games are common in memory care environments, as the enhanced stimulation helps residents retain cognitive function and build new pathways in the brain. As such, puzzles and current events are common among resident groups in memory care settings. Music therapy may also be incorporated in memory care activities to give residents a way to retain important memories. While independence is an important part of ensuring residents still retain a strong sense of self, the level of assistance they receive can easily be changed as their memory care conditions progress.

Planned social activities 7 days a week, such as card games or art lessons

Looking for Memory Care?

Cedar Creek’s locations are centrally located, easily accessible by public transit, and simple to visit any day of the week.

Frequently Asked Questions

Once a resident has moved in, are there charges for extra care services that are not reflected in the daily rate?

Daily rates are all-inclusive and do not change as care needs increase. Cedar Creek does not charge extra for personal care, medication administration, laundry services, or housekeeping. Residents do pay for their own medication, personal care items, and supplies.

We have doctors, nurses, therapists, dentists, podiatrists, and other health care professionals who visit residents at our Alzheimer’s care homes. Residents are welcome to continue to see their own doctor, but we provide the option to utilize our doctors for convenience and for more monitored medical oversight.

Cedar Creek residents may receive a doctor’s order for physical therapy, occupational therapy, or speech therapy. Therapists can come to any of our Alzheimer’s care facilities to work with our residents.

We will work with you and their doctor(s) to obtain the necessary information for the assessment. Once the decision has been made to move to Cedar Creek, we will assist you in locating a doctor who can be their new health care practitioner if needed.

We have a unique and individualized activity program, structured to meet the needs of residents with Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss. Our amazing full-time activity therapist learns about each resident’s background and finds opportunities to bring them joy. You may find our activity therapist outside working with residents in one of our retirement community’s vegetable gardens, taking residents on a journey with her iPad to explore their hometown, or leading a reminiscence group. If our activity therapist meets a resident with an interest in quilting, they start a quilting group. We also have therapists who provide cognitive stimulation and entertainers who provide music therapy for our residents. In addition, our caregivers are trained to engage residents in meaningful activities throughout the day, such as leading daily exercise or sing-a-longs, working on puzzles, and art projects. Our activity program varies based on the home and the interests of the residents, which is why we can truly say it is unique.

In most cases, residents stay with us for long-term care throughout their lives. Additionally, residents whose health status qualifies for hospice care can be assisted at our residential memory care homes by nursing support from local hospice organizations. In rare cases, when a resident’s care needs exceed the licensed capabilities of Cedar Creek, we work closely with family members to find the best alternative and promote a smooth transition to the new care facility.

What Families Say

Jane Kelley

Exceptional management. Wonderful and VERY dedicated staff. Loving environment. Creative activities. I can’t say enough positive things about my 11 year experience at this home. You will sleep well at night knowing your family member is in the best possible hands.

Joanne Irving

I cannot say enough positive things about the wonderful care and attention my mother receives from the superb staff at the Cedar Creek Homes. I feel blessed to have found them.

Mary Goldstein

Hillwood is Amazing! My Uncle has been there since October of 2019 and he is very happy. If you want your love one to be safe, happy and well cared for this is the place for them! I am so thankful for all the staff and management do for my Uncle.

Tracy Perkins

Mom moved from Auxiliary House to Hillwood when she needed more care. Both houses are managed by Cedar Creek. Fabulous company that knows dementia inside and out and cares for the residents in small homes (not institutional entities). Staff are great and have a long tenure with the company, the management is helpful and informed, and we couldn’t be happier with the care they provide. Strongly recommend. It was a great place for Mom.

Dave Chapman

My mother lives here. Ruthie and Anna are the best, not just for managing the facility and communicating to families, but for being visionary and pro-active during these very trying times. I never wonder if my mom is well cared for. Thanks to all the staff for everything they do for all the residents, not just my mom — we’re lucky to have found this home.

Ann Moseley

My mother has been in Cedar Glen for two and a half years. It was the second facility I visited and my search stopped there. It’s a genuine home, not at all institutional, where all the residents are known and loved as individuals. It’s also very professionally run and there are clearly systems in place to ensure high standards of care. Staff turnover seems almost nonexistent. It’s exactly what a care home should be and I feel so lucky to have found it.

Kathy Sabatier

My mother has been a resident at Auxiliary House for over 4 years. We feel so fortunate to have found this wonderful place where the staff care so deeply for all the residents.

Elaine Kallen Fertig

After visiting other facilities I chose Auxiliary House for my father as the staff was very one-on-one, dedicated, caring and their personal involvement with my father was outstanding – also making the family feel reassured and comfortable.

Ashley Dotson Madison

This community was great! They were very helpful and informative, and had a lot to offer for a much lower price then a lot of the other surrounding communities! Also love how all their homes are memory care homes in a small intimate environment!

Cedar Creek Memory Care is Here to Help

If your loved one has been struggling with Alzheimer’s disease or any other form of dementia, Cedar Creek may have the right solution for you. Our communities offer a safe and engaging alternative to nursing home environments and provide residents the kind of personalized attention they need to manage their memory loss symptoms.

For more information about memory care services provided through Cedar Creek or advice on how to know if it’s time to consider a memory care facility near Derwood, Maryland, call (301) 384-4017 or fill out the contact form below.