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Welcome to Certus:
Excellence in memory care in Florida

Providing dignified, research-based care for Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and more.

About Us

At Certus, we set the standard for memory care in Florida, creating communities that blend comfort, safety, and active living. With a central focus on memory care, we ensure every moment with your loved one is meaningful. Learn more about what makes our memory care a step above the rest.


At Certus, unlike many other assisted living communities, memory care is our exclusive focus because we know every moment matters with your loved one.

EXPLORE

What Makes Our Memory Care Unique?

Step into Certus, where the moment you walk in, you just know. Every detail matters in our one of the kind programs designed in collaboration with our research community and families to ensure a better quality of life for all of our residents.
Community Design

From personalized living suites to dignified dining, Certus makes sure that our residents feel relaxed and at home. By choosing colors, lighting, and textures that are proven to soothe and calm those with cognitive impairment, we see improvements in quality of life and level of independence on a daily basis.

FLORIDA PREMIER MEMORY CARE LIVING

Our Communities

This is the Certus difference.
And we’re bringing it to a town near you!

At Certus, we provide resort-style amenities rarely found in memory care communities. From the moment you arrive, you’ll notice our warm, inviting furnishings designed to support our residents beyond diagnosis – stimulating the mind and encouraging a vibrant lifestyle. Our destination Town Center, all under one roof, offers a bistro, state-of-the-art theater, therapeutic courtyard, fitness center, beauty salon, spa, and other engaging options. With a holistic approach to wellness, we prioritize exceptional resident engagement and meaningful experiences.
MEMORY CARE

When is it time to look into
memory care?

If a loved one exhibits any of the following symptoms, click to learn more about when you should share your concerns with a physician:

While it’s normal to forget appointments, names, or telephone numbers, those with dementia will forget facts or information more often and not remember them later.

From time to time, many of us misplace something of importance such as a key or cell phone and eventually we find it in a very logical place. But, the important difference with dementia to look out for is where the item is found! A person with Alzheimer’s
disease may put things in unusual places: a key in the freezer or a wallet in the dishwasher.

Normal and familiar tasks such as cooking, using household appliances or enjoying a life-long loved hobby become challenging — because they forget steps involved. It’s not uncommon for somebody who was an avid sewer to ‘lose interest’ in sewing and become nonchalant to hide the fact that they don’t remember how to thread the bobbin and needle.

Do you notice your loved one dressing without regard to or concern over the weather? Perhaps wearing too little of clothing or at other times too much? Or have they lost or given away money? Paid for or signed up for services that make little or no sense given their needs? If you see these signs, it is critical to learn what safety measures you can put into place to protect your loved one from physical and financial harm.

It’s normal to be moody from time to time. However, Alzheimer’s disease can cause drastic mood swings that often don’t match up with the situation at hand. Your loved one may go from being sweet and calm — to tears — to intense anger, or have intense confusion and fear for no apparent reason.

These can be the most dangerous symptoms because they can instill fear and may result in unsafe behavior or actions. People with Alzheimer’s disease, who become disoriented or experience hallucinations, can easily forget where they are and how they got there. Sometimes, this could result in them becoming lost and unable to return home safely on their own.

Are they sleeping more often, declining invitations for gatherings or withdrawing more in general? Do they lack a good reason for their passiveness? These symptoms often present over a period of time and your loved one may perceive their new routine as the longstanding norm for them. Isolation and lack of socialization can lead to depression and failure to thrive.

Your family doesn't have to navigate the fears and uncertainty associated with diagnosis alone.

Contact us to learn more about our complimentary assessment.

REVIEWS

What People Say

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Redefining Memory Care, Leading with Innovation

Certus is transforming memory care in Florida and beyond. Through our affiliate, the Certus Institute, we provide nationally approved dementia training for associates, families, and community partners. Every team member completes dementia certification, ensuring expert care and understanding.

We also collaborate with leading organizations like the National Institute for Dementia Education (NIDE), Lynchburg College’s Beard Center on Aging, the Alzheimer’s & Dementia Resource Center, and The Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute – keeping us at the forefront of the latest research and best practices.

The Mission of Memory Care Video Transcript:
Listen to the audio transcription
I founded Certus in 1999. We’ve been doing independent assisted living, you know, services for the elderly for a long, long time. The success of what we do really has a lot of bearing on the relationship our associates create with each resident in our community.
 
It’s unique to every individual. It’s knowing that person, using the specific tools that really will work for that person and the very next person could be something entirely different.
 
There’s no assisted living, general assisted living in our community.
There’s just no independent living. It’s all focused on serving people with dementia. You really have to be entirely focused on this to do it well.
 
It can’t be an afterthought. That’s why we say every moment matters in our tagline because it truly does. Every moment does matter.
 
If we’re engaging people on an ongoing basis through the course of their day, we will have successful days. And then the next day, we’re going to do it again.