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Community overview

Abe’s Garden Community is a Nashville, Tennessee, nonprofit senior living campus offering independent living, assisted living and memory support. The community was founded in honor of Abram Shmerling, MD, whose Alzheimer's diagnosis led his family to seek better dementia care, and it uses the I'm Still Here approach to engagement in its memory support program.

Search description

Abe’s Garden Community is a Nashville nonprofit campus with independent living, assisted living and memory support.

Care & support

Assisted living staff help with daily activities including medication management, dressing and bathing, and the care team is led by a full-time registered nurse with care available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Care & support

Assisted living services include wellness checks, help with bathing, dressing, mobility and continence support, 24-hour emergency call and response systems, and emergency alert pendants.

Care & support

On-site healthcare services include audiology, dental care, hospice care, nurse practitioner services, occupational, physical and speech therapy, and podiatry care.

Care & support

Memory support team members receive dementia-care training, and the I’m Still Here approach uses meaningful activities and specialized communication techniques to engage residents.

Rooms & living spaces

Assisted living apartments come in five designs from studios to two-bedrooms, with private and semi-private options.

Rooms & living spaces

Assisted living apartments have kitchenettes with a sink, small refrigerator and microwave, emergency pull cords and grab bars in bathrooms, nine-foot ceilings, individual climate control and bathrooms with showers. Some have balconies overlooking wooded grounds.

Rooms & living spaces

Independent living floor plans range from a 397 square foot studio to a 1,154 square foot deluxe two-bedroom, and assisted living plans range from studios of about 360 square feet to a 760 square foot two-bedroom.

Everyday life

Monthly assisted living rent includes housekeeping, laundry, basic home maintenance and scheduled transportation, so residents are free of the upkeep of a home.

Everyday life

Optional services at additional cost include supplemental in-home care, hair and nail services, guest meals and accommodations, personal shopping and room service.

Dining & meals

Assisted living residents have restaurant-style dining, with daily breakfast, lunch and dinner included in the monthly rent.

Activities & connection

A full-time resident life engagement team offers a full calendar of social activities along with wellness and brain health programs.

Activities & connection

Abe’s Garden Club is a weekday day program on campus for people in the early to mid stages of dementia who live at home, with activities such as art, chair yoga, brain games, sing-alongs, drum circles, pet therapy and music therapy.

Shared spaces & amenities

The campus includes the Cal Turner Community Room, part of a recently completed expansion.

Shared spaces & amenities

Apartments are built with fire and sound-resistant construction and sprinklers throughout.

Location & getting around

The campus is at 115 Woodmont Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee.