Memory Care Homes
5 and 6-Resident State-of-Art Homes in Torrance and Solvang, California, offering all-inclusive specialty services. Learn more.
Care Management at Home
For the many families that prefer that their loved one stay at home, Care Management is a great option. Our Memory Care Certified Staff will provide an Assessment of the patient’s condition, offer Recommendations, design a Personalized Care Plan, and Coordination and Advocacy with the extensive medical and care teams. We will monitor and guide. We will even incorporate aspects and provide access to many of our Stimuli™ activities and menus that make our memory homes so successful. You are not alone.
Support Groups
Join a SUPPORT GROUP led by LAUREN Mahakian, Facilitator & Educator for Alzheimer’s Association, Los Angeles. Get the care you need. 
Podcast & Articles
Unlocking the Doors of Dementia with LAUREN™
Stay up to date with our INSIGHTS ON DEMENTIA and many of LAUREN’S published articles in her Newspaper Columns
Read our Latest Posts on our Education page!
Stimulate your Neurons and Keep your Brain SHARP
Lauren Mahakian offers great advise on how to keep the brain challenged. Great exercises that can be practiced daily.
Identifying dysphagia, seeking care
By Lauren Mahakian Contributing writer. Originally published in Santa Ynez Valley News on 4/28/2021 The English language is filled with both simple and complex words. When someone uses an overly complex word in ordinary circumstances, they’re sometimes accused of...
Respect is the key to communicating with those with dementia
By Lauren Mahakian Contributing writer. Originally published in PV News on 4/22/2021 I’m fascinated by how we learn to communicate. We start naturally by developing language skills as infants through our interaction with others. We develop comprehension long...
Other Services
IN-PERSON Support Groups
in SANTA YNEZ:
1st & 3rd Thursdays of each month.
10:00 am to 11:30 am.
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
IN-PERSON Support Groups in TORRANCE
2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month.
10:00 am to 11:30 am.
FCMC Boutique at 3414 West 226th Street, Torrance
(Park on Madrona Ave.)
These groups are part of our Memory, Coffee and Compassion Support Group™. Casual and welcoming groups filled with honesty and authenticity. Led by LAUREN MAHAKIAN, Care Manager, certified dementia practitioner, and facilitator/educator for the Alzheimer’s Association.
ONLINE:
1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month.
This online option is also part of our Memory, Coffee and Compassion Support Group™ organized by LAUREN MAHAKIAN.
Lauren Writes for the Santa Ynez Valley News.
Lauren is thrilled to open her fourth home in the valley were she spent many of her younger years. She is looking to learn more about her neighbors and to serve them with her new construction, state of the art, 6-resident home opening in Spring 2021 in Chalk Hill – Solvang. As she serves her residents, she continues to serve families with valuable information in the Santa Ynez Valley News column.
Lauren Writes for PV News.
Great articles in PV News by Lauren Mahakian, contributing writer. She addresses everything from Dietary choices, Stimulating Activities, Emotional Guidance and Safety Precautions when caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and Cognitive Disorders.
Great article by Duane Plank in the El Segundo Herald. Learn more about Family Connect Memory Care and Lauren Mahakian’s commitment for the families she serves.
Part of our STIMULI program. Our resident shares some Van Gogh!
FAMILY CONNECT MEMORY CARE’S INNOVATION
CALL-IN PROGRAM
When your loved one is confronted with Alzheimer’s or dementia, it’s difficult to know all the answers. However, when you call Lauren at Family Connect Care, you can get the facts you need as well as the emotional support your family deserves. With multiple packages, Family Connect offers your family help based on your own individual needs.
STIMULI
We are more than proud of developing and bringing the StimuliTM program to our homes and care management! Focusing on ongoing assessments and integrated sensory stimulation, we focus on activities to encourage, heighten socialization, concentration, mood, and self esteem for those experiencing memory and cognitive challenges, increasing responses and interactions.
MUSIC THERAPY
Plenty of research has demonstrated the connection between mental health and music. Here at Family Connect Care, our staff is trained and certified in music therapy, which allows them to treat our clients through artistic and holistic methods. Not only does music therapy assist our clients in terms of health, but it drastically improves their quality of life.
CRANIAL SACRAL THERAPY
FCMC is the only memory care home utilizing this amazing, gentle, soft touch method of evaluating and enhancing the functioning of a physiological body system. It is shown to improve the central nervous, respiratory, digestive, musculoskeletal, and circulatory systems, and help with PTSD, depression, and anxiety.
PIXIE
PIXIE is a new program to diagnose and monitor urinary tract infections. Family Connect Care is the only memory care facility in LA County to implement such a program, putting our clients in a position of knowledge and safety regarding their health. PIXIE is available for all our clients, from those in our memory care homes to those tracking their health from home.
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