Memory care careers at The Kensington Sierra Madre offer the opportunity to build meaningful relationships, preserve dignity, and support residents through changing cognitive needs.
Quick Answer: What Memory Care Jobs Are Available?
Opportunities may include:
- Care Partner and CNA roles
- Medication Technician roles
- Life Enrichment roles
- LVN and RN nursing roles
Team members receive dementia-focused education and work with 24/7 on-site nursing support. Available positions and qualifications vary, so review each current job posting before applying.
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Is a Memory Care Career Right for You?
Memory care is relationship-based work. Clinical knowledge and technical skills matter, but so do patience, attentiveness, and emotional steadiness.
Strong memory care professionals learn how each resident communicates. They notice subtle changes and share useful observations with nurses and other team members.
You may be a good fit if you:
- Remain calm during emotional or uncertain moments
- Respect each resident’s choices, history, and abilities
- Communicate with kindness and clarity
- Notice changes in comfort, mood, appetite, or routine
- Value consistency and dependable teamwork
- Enjoy building relationships with residents and families
- Want to learn more about dementia and brain change
Previous memory care experience can be valuable, but requirements depend on the position. Some roles require specific licenses, certifications, or professional experience.
Memory Care Roles at The Kensington Sierra Madre
Our memory care team brings together professionals with different responsibilities and strengths. Every role contributes to resident comfort, safety, dignity, and connection.
Care Partner and CNA Roles
Care Partners and Certified Nursing Assistants provide essential daily support.
Depending on the position, responsibilities may include:
- Supporting personal routines with dignity
- Assisting with mobility and comfort
- Helping residents during meals
- Offering reassurance and gentle reminders
- Observing changes and communicating with nurses
- Encouraging independence where appropriate
Certification and experience requirements vary by opening.
Medication Technician Roles
Medication Technicians support safe and organized medication routines according to their training, authorization, and assigned responsibilities.
This work requires accuracy, clear documentation, and close collaboration with licensed nurses. It also provides regular opportunities to build trust with residents.
Life Enrichment Roles
Life Enrichment team members help residents experience purpose, participation, and connection.
They learn about each resident’s interests, abilities, and personal history. They then adapt engagement opportunities so residents can participate in ways that feel comfortable and meaningful.
Strong candidates are often:
- Creative and encouraging
- Patient and observant
- Comfortable adapting in the moment
- Attentive to individual preferences
- Passionate about quality of life
LVN and RN Roles
Licensed Vocational Nurses and Registered Nurses provide clinical leadership and coordinated support.
Responsibilities may include:
- Completing resident assessments
- Administering or overseeing medications
- Monitoring changes in health
- Contributing to care planning
- Communicating with families
- Coordinating with physicians and outside providers
- Guiding and educating other team members
Licensed nurses are on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This model helps support timely clinical communication throughout the community.
Supporting Residents at Different Stages of Memory Loss
Memory loss affects every person differently. As needs change, residents may require different levels of guidance, structure, and clinical support.
Our memory care model includes The Kensington Club, Connections, and Haven.
The Kensington Club
The Kensington Club is for new and current assisted living residents experiencing mild changes in cognition.
Team members provide added structure, social encouragement, and gentle reminders. The focus is on helping residents continue using their strengths while maintaining confidence and independence.
Connections
Connections supports residents experiencing mid-stage memory loss.
Residents may need more guidance with communication, routines, or personal care. Team members provide reassurance and structure while continuing to encourage choice and participation.
Support may include:
- Offering calm redirection
- Adapting communication to the resident
- Encouraging independence where possible
- Recognizing expressions of distress
- Creating familiarity through consistent care
A calm voice, familiar face, or thoughtful pause can help a resident feel more secure.
Haven
Haven supports residents experiencing later-stage memory loss.
Residents may need more comprehensive assistance with mobility, personal care, communication, and daily comfort. Team members work closely with nurses to observe changing needs and provide attentive support.
Connection may be expressed through eye contact, a relaxed posture, or a moment of recognition. Team members learn to notice and respond to these forms of communication with warmth.
Positive Approach to Care Education and Clinical Support
The Kensington Sierra Madre is a Positive Approach to Care Designated Community.
Positive Approach to Care was developed by dementia educator Teepa Snow. It helps team members understand how brain change can affect communication, perception, and a person’s responses.
For memory care professionals, this approach can support:
- Calmer, more effective communication
- A greater understanding of brain change
- More thoughtful responses during confusion or distress
- Practical approaches to daily support
- Stronger relationships with residents and families
The Kensington Sierra Madre became California’s first Positive Approach to Care Designated senior living community in 2022.
What a Day in Memory Care May Include
No two days in memory care are exactly alike. Preferences, health needs, and emotions may change throughout the day.
Depending on the role, a workday may include:
- Helping a resident begin the morning comfortably
- Supporting bathing, dressing, or grooming
- Assisting with meals, hydration, or mobility
- Providing reassurance during moments of confusion
- Encouraging meaningful participation
- Observing changes in mood, appetite, or comfort
- Sharing updates with nurses and care leaders
- Communicating with families when appropriate
These responsibilities are not simply tasks. Each interaction is an opportunity to understand the person receiving support.
A morning routine can help preserve independence. A shared meal can create belonging. A calm response can help a resident move through an uncertain moment with greater security.
Collaboration Across Our Community
Memory care requires clear communication and shared responsibility.
Care Partners, CNAs, nurses, Life Enrichment professionals, dining team members, and community leaders each contribute different skills.
Collaboration may include:
- Sharing observations during shift transitions
- Discussing changes in appetite, mobility, or comfort
- Adjusting communication approaches
- Coordinating clinical and Life Enrichment support
- Helping families understand changing needs
- Supporting other team members during demanding moments
Consistent communication helps residents feel safer, known, and understood.
Benefits and Opportunities to Grow
Our careers page describes a workplace where team members can grow professionally and personally.
Current benefits listed on the page include:
- Competitive salaries
- Health, life, 401(k), and other benefits for eligible team members working at least 30 hours per week
- Generous paid time off
- An employee assistance program
- Opportunities for tuition assistance
- An emergency support program
- Complimentary lunches and dinners
Benefits and eligibility may vary by role, schedule, and employment status. Applicants should review the current posting and confirm details during the hiring process.
Memory care can also provide opportunities to develop specialized dementia support, clinical, communication, and leadership skills.
Memory Care Careers Near Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley
The Kensington Sierra Madre is located at 245 West Sierra Madre Boulevard in Sierra Madre.
Our location may be convenient for applicants living in:
- Pasadena
- Arcadia
- Monrovia
- Altadena
- San Marino
- Other areas of the San Gabriel Valley
For professionals seeking memory care careers near Pasadena, our community offers an opportunity to build a meaningful senior living career close to home.
Why Join Our Team?
At The Kensington Sierra Madre, we recognize the individual strengths of our team members and support their professional growth.
Our culture is grounded in compassion, communication, dignity, and shared responsibility.
Our Promise is to love and care for your family as we do our own.
That Promise guides how we support residents and their loved ones. It also shapes how we work together.
A career with us can provide opportunities to:
- Build meaningful relationships
- Develop specialized memory care skills
- Work alongside licensed nurses
- Support residents through changing needs
- Help families feel informed and reassured
- Protect dignity through daily actions
- Grow within a purpose-driven senior living community
Memory care work can be demanding and deeply rewarding. Its impact is often found in small moments, including a smile, a sense of calm, or the trust a resident places in a familiar team member.
Apply for Memory Care Jobs at The Kensington Sierra Madre
Bring your compassion, professional skills, and sense of purpose to a team committed to residents and families.
Availability changes, so visit our careers page for current opportunities.
Apply for Memory Care Jobs at The Kensington Sierra Madre. Explore open caregiver, CNA, Med Tech, Life Enrichment, LVN, and RN roles today.
FAQs: Memory Care Jobs in Sierra Madre
Experience may be preferred for some roles, but qualifications vary. Review each current job posting for licensing, certification, and experience requirements.
Openings may include Care Partner, CNA, Medication Technician, Life Enrichment, LVN, RN, and other senior living roles.
The Kensington Sierra Madre is a Positive Approach to Care Designated Community. Team members receive dementia-focused education related to communication, brain change, and person-centered support.
Applicants can view current opportunities and apply through The Kensington Sierra Madre careers page.