First Class Memory Care Home
1747 Greenwood Avenue
Torrance, CA 90503
Established in 2017
This bright 6-resident home is the first home established by Family Connect Care. Years of planning and designing means that it enjoys every detail, including the beautiful backyard with walls used for art therapy, a living wall, and rubberized exercise floor. Book a tour. Something to see!
License #198602377
How we Support Entire Families
SUPPORT GROUPS
LAUREN'S PODCAST
ARTICLES & INSIGHTS
In addition to all that Family Connect Memory Care homes offer,
this home also includes…
Garden Therapy Living Wall
Outdoor rubberized exercise track
Herb & Vegetable Garden Therapy
Cognitive Exercise Art Wall
All Family Connect Care Memory Homes feature ...
1:2 Ratio!
One care associate to every two residents
Certified Care Associates
All Care Associates are certified in Alzheimer's, dementia, memory care, Parkinson's, TBI, and medication management
Full Time Licensed Nurses
With immediate access to Medical Director
No Point-Based or Tier Pricing System
We are all-inclusive
Safety & Security
We offer a secure, safe home with motion monitoring, alarms, Wander Guard systems.
Chef & Personalized Menus
Our meals support health and cognitive stimulation, as well as personalized preferences
Our exclusive and patented Stimuli program focuses on holistic and sensory (smell, touch, taste, hearing, sight) activities to stimulate and recapture the individual traits that seem lost. Our Hydration program encourages choice, playfulness, creativity and HEALTH!
Live Love Art Therapy
Not just fun, but theraputic. Music, art, and film have a way of triggering places in memory while validating the here-and-now
Engaging Therapies
Pets, dancing, baking, gardening, and aromatherapy are just a few of the activities that form our days. Personalized plans for preferences and abilities
Health & Prevention
Including Medication Management, UTI monitoring programs, daily custom exercise with a certified therapist
Hygiene & Grooming
Daily laundry and housekeeping with hair styling and manicurist available
Private or Semi Private Rooms
Furnished rooms, or bring your own – increasing a sense of familiarity
Beautiful Outdoors
Dementia gardens, outdoor dining, rubberized walking path, or just taking in the sunshine and the birds singing.
Bright and Stimulating
Thoughtful colors, furniture, spacing and features to support our programs and philosophy.
Communication,Community,WiFi
Communication as needed by phone, email, text, or FB. We offer monthly mixers bringing friends and family together
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Testimonials
Family Connect opens new memory care home in Solvang. A labor of Love…
By Lisa Andre. Originally published in Santa Ynez Valley News on 1/11/22 Family Connect has opened it newest adult memory care home in Solvang, adding to the organization's three other state-of-the-art locations in Torrance.The newest location, located at 659 Chalk...
Is it Good to Work with a Placement Agency?
We often get asked “Is it better to work with a placement agency that has contracts with all local homes and communities, because they’re completely unbiased?” Traditional placement agencies do not have contracts with all local homes and communities. Facilities,...
Care Management Before and After Placements
Family Connect Care provides transitional care management throughout and after placement In all placements, our goal is to get it right the first time. Moving is a stressful experience, even more so for the elderly and memory-impaired, so we do our best to achieve the...
Related News / Posts
When a loved one with dementia ‘wants to go home’
By Lauren Mahakian Contributing writer. Originally published in Santa Ynez Valley News on 1/5/2023 “I want to go home.” These five simple words can be very tough to hear from any loved one. We never want the people we care about to feel uneasy, unsafe, or scared. And...
Home to Hospice to Passing. Thank you FCMC.
A letter from a resident's spouse-- Thank God for Lauren and the Chalk Hill care home. And I do! There comes a time for all of us caregivers when we realize that the care for our loved ones exceeds our ability. I had exhausted options for in-home care and day...
Solvang: a beautiful, safe, HOME
A heart-felt letter from a resident's daughter -- Lauren, I’ve been writing this letter, in my mind, for more than a year. My mom, Judy, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s/dementia several years ago. I had no idea what that meant as far as my mom’s future and her...
