Business View Magazine - September 2015

110 Business View - September 2015 Business View - September 2015 111 Healthcare Healthcare Recognizing a growing area of service need and de- mand related to dementia and cognitive impairment, the Club sponsored its second housing project, in 2008 - the Riverside Lions Senior Residences Inc., specializing in early-stage dementia care. The building was constructed to provide quality, affordable housing and it incorporated a number of additional programs and services within both its structural and operational designs. Every detail of the building and its operations was planned to best serve the needs of persons living with dementia, including, for example, incorporating 22 percent more lighting, strategic color selection and contrasting, functional suite designs, a carefully de- veloped management approach that supports tenant and front-line staff decision making, carefully selected business partners, environments that are easy to navi- gate, and décors that support autonomy, maximize in- dependence, and support comfortable living. The new building features 48 supportive housing studio suites and 27 assisting living, one-bedroom apartments. The building also has a large commercial kitchen that serves tenants, staff, and community and business partners from both Riverside Lions Estates and River- side Lions Seniors Residences. “Supportive housing is by far the largest, most com- plex, area of operations,” says Devlin. “The program is a non-professionally based, non-medical program, with