Marama Experience
Preserving Memories, Preventing Cognitive Decline
What is the significance behind the name "Marama"?
Marama is named after a Māori word that means "moon" or "light." This name reflects the center's mission to bring illumination and hope to those experiencing memory loss and dementia. Just as the moon provides light in the darkness, Marama aims to be a guiding light for individuals and families navigating the challenges of cognitive decline, offering support, care, and a path towards recovery and renewed joy.
What sets Marama apart from conventional memory care communities?
Marama stands out from typical memory care communities through its holistic approach and focus on potentially reversing cognitive decline. Unlike conventional care, Marama offers personalized treatment plans based on Dr. Dale Bredesen’s methods, integrates cutting-edge research, and emphasizes empowering residents to recover memories and rediscover joy. The facility features a modern, state-of-the-art environment with a dedicated, compassionate team, all aimed at providing tailored, innovative care.
Marama offers a range of amenities, including a dining area, common spaces, a solarium, a dedicated Keto chef, and private rooms. All meals and nutritional plans follow the Bredesen protocol.
Our goal is to support your return to independent living through an environment equipped with the space, food, staff, and amenities essential for cognitive health. We employ top strategies to enhance brain function and provide personalized care plans tailored to each resident’s needs.
In addition to residential care, we offer individualized health coaching and online education for caregivers and those affected. Residents also enjoy access to the host facility’s amenities, such as a library, gym, physical therapy, beauty and barber shop, post office, theater, chapel, walking track, spa, wellness center, and available garage spaces and storage.
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Is Marama the place for you? Get in touch with us today or schedule a 15 min zoom call to receive more information
We are the only one in the nation to offer these unique therapies
stationary bicycle & Live 02
Sauna Blanket
bal-a-vis-x
vielight therapy
Redlight Therapy
Heather Sandison, ND, is the founder and medical director of Solcere, a Naturopathic whole-brain, whole-body medical clinic, and the founder of Marama.
Dr. Sandison has dedicated her career to providing compassionate care and innovative solutions to those affected by dementia. Renowned for her pioneering work, Dr. Sandison has integrated groundbreaking, multi-modal interventions seamlessly creating clinical, residential, research and educational platforms. Her relentless dedication has not only transformed the lives of patients, residents and caregivers, at Marama, she is setting a new standard in the field of dementia care.
Dr. Sandison is the author of Reversing Alzheimer’s The New Toolkit to Improve Cognition and Protect Brain Health available where you buy books on June 11th, 2024.
Pam Moore, LPN, ReCODE Practitioner, and Marama Director, has nearly 8 years of experience in healthcare. She began with geriatric care, ventured into emergency medicine as an EMT during the Covid-19 pandemic, and has found great fulfillment in her current role, which combines her two passions: geriatric care and functional medicine. Her unit’s primary focus is a fully immersive holistic experience aimed at stabilizing and even reversing dementia symptoms. She has been with Axiom since 2021 and has felt that this facility has been her professional home since the day she started.
Alex Ramos, Activities Coordinator & Personal Trainer, is committed to enriching the lives of seniors at Marama. With over 15 years of experience in the field and a degree from Kansas State University, Alex brings a lot of knowledge and expertise to his role. He excels at designing and implementing engaging activities that promote physical and mental well-being, as well as building and nurturing strong community relationships.
Included services:
- Individualized attention
- 24/7 loving, attentive care by trained caregivers
- Coordinate house calls and medical services
- ReVERSE subscription included (encompassing ReCODE)
- Infrared light therapy
- LiveO2 contrast oxygen therapy
Fresh, organic ketogenic Keto meals and snacks with individualized meal plans
- Non-toxic housekeeping and laundry services
- Organic linens
- Sauna and exercise equipment
- Beautiful indoor and outdoor living space
- Music therapy
- Pet therapy
- Arts & crafts
- Yoga classes
- Nature walks
- Fun, stimulating brain games and coaching
High speed internet
- Wheelchair accessible
- Toxin free facility
- Private rooms with private bathrooms
Marama Lifestyle
Non-Toxic Environment
Non-Toxic Products
We also have a hundred percent non-toxic cleaning products. We love
- Branch Basic
- EO
- Bioclean
- Dr. Bronner’s
In the bedroom we’ve curated our mattresses, pillows, linens—everything again is organic and non-toxic. We use...
moreOrganic, Keto-Flex Meals
A Typical Menu at Clear Mind Center
8:00 am – Frittata with spinach, onions, asparagus
10:30 am – Green juice with guacamole and veggie chips
12:00 pm – Egg Roll in a bowl
2:30 pm – Fat bombs
5:00 pm – Salmon chowder with keto mint chocolate dessert...
moreBrain-healing activities
We employ physical trainers, life coaches and lifestyle coaches. We are all about encouraging people and making sure that they are seen and heard, and are participating in activities. A big part of this, in addition to our brain-healing activities, we also exercise and move our...
moreExceptional Caregiving
At Marama caregivers are on site, awake and available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. There is always someone in the building who can help and always someone in charge.
The training at Marama is specific to our expectations. So many times, when a patient moves into a residential care...
moreRoom pictures
Meet Our ReCode Practitioners
Michelle Eads, MD, ABIHM, specializes in helping you prevent and reverse Alzheimer's. As a functional medicine physician, original Bredesen ReCODE certified doctor and ReCODE 2.0 Certified Practitioner with six years experience successfully guiding others to achieve improved mental capacity, she can help you address your threats to cognitive decline.
Dr. Daniel LaPerriere (you can call him Dr. Dan) from Colorado Concierge Functional Medicine (COCFM) is one of the ReCODE/Bredesen Protocol providers you can choose to work with during your stay at Clear Mind Center and beyond.
Dr. Dan specializes in the Bredesen Protocol. It is his goal to guide and support you so that you are as successful as possible in preventing, stopping, and even reversing cognitive decline. As a COCFM client, Dr. Dan will work closely with you and help you to prioritize, implement, and update your plan of care. He will interact closely with the staff at Clear Mind Center to ensure you have the best experience possible. Dr. Dan truly loves the work he does!
The New Need to know Science of Brain Health
Dr Heather Sandison discusses her new Alzheimer's clinical study research paper, and answers your questions about Alzheimer's care.
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