Brookdale

We chose Brookdale Lake Ridge because of the location and the convenience for us. The room sizes here are fine and adequate for what he needs. They were good about still having activities for residents to participate in during covid. I would reocmmend

My wife only spent 2 months at Brookdale Arvada, but they were by far the best period of her last year. With all the COVID restrictions etc. The staff did a wonderful job at making her days the best they could be. From the CNA’s on the floor to all the support/ management staff, they all had a part in. They not only cared for her, but they worked well with me, to help me handle a very rough time for my family. Many Kudos to this facility.

Our family was able to do an in person tour and we had a great experience. The staff member we met with were super super friendly, and very helpful we have nothing bad to say. However, we did not choose the facility just due to our loved ones health condition, they needed a specific type of care, and they are more active.

Our loved one says the food is sometimes good and other times not so much. The activities are still pretty limited but they are able to play bingo a few times a week and the dining room is back open, so they are improving. Our experience has been very good so far, and Brookdale Garden Cove is probably the best community for value in the area that we saw. It has a great balance between cost and amenities, and for what our loved one needed it was a winner.

We chose Brookdale because it just had a family friendly feel to is because it is a smaller community. I just felt like they communicated well and they have proven to do so since then. The room sizes here are adequate for what she needs. I have the cell phone numbers of the staff members and I can anytime call or text which is amazing, I always feel like I can get a hold of someone.I would recommend to others looking.

Very clean beautiful facility, great staff and good vibes from residents. I can see my mother here in the future as she progresses to memory care.

Our loved one has one of the bigger rooms at the community which is very nice. He really like the openness of the room.

This is a really great location for someone with more significant physical limitations. They had a lot more options/tools available for those with higher care needs. They were really great here, and easily as nice as where we ended up. Everyone was equally as nice to work with with and talk with. The facility itself was really cool. It was much fancier, and Manlius is definitely a fancier area. It was a grand, two story entrance, and looked really, really nice. We really loved it. We have friends with parents there, and they say the same thing. It just ended up not being the right fit for my mom, who didn't have those higher care needs.

Brookdale Bellevue is really great. They've been so wonderful. My loved one is getting all the things she needs, and if my siblings pop in or call, they've been responsive and really good at calling back. We had an especially great experience with the marketing director there, and the head nurse. When they did the initial evaluation on my loved one to make sure she was a good fit for the community, you could tell that they really care about all of the people there. They even went to my loved one's home for the initial consultation and answered any questions we had. They were just very helpful. They had to slightly delay move-in due to Covid restrictions, but they did another call before our move-in to make sure everything was still going well and on track. They've been so great. In fact, I've given their contact info to a friend of mine who is looking for a place for her family member. If my loved one gets confused about where she's going, it's no problem. They're there to help her. If they're having activities, they pop by and say to her "Hey, let's go outside and do this, or do that!" And she'll go outside with them. She seems to really like participating in all the things they have to offer. Anytime I speak to her, she says the food is very good. And she's very fussy, so I know they're serving things she likes for her to speak highly of the food. She mentions enjoying the physical fitness activities, and going for a walk or sitting outside now that the weather's getting better. I feel like it's a very good value compared to other places in the area when you compare service and the size of the rooms. And they provide all the furniture, which is petty awesome. It costs a considerable amount less than other places, and I'm not exactly sure why, other than maybe the fact that it's not brand new. But everything is kept very well, and I think it's an exceptional value.

We toured Brookdale and they were very thorough with us and went over every little thing. We did not choose it because my parents would have been in the same room and they had different sleeping schedules, so we needed an apartment with separate rooms for them.

Not being close to the facility I have not been able to visit, but the feedback below is from speaking over the phone to our loved one as well as other family members. The community is very clean, especially during the pandemic, and I have seen pictures of our loved one and she is always clean and in clean clothes. Every time we call, someone is there to answer our questions or get us to someone who can answer those questions. They say our loved one is one of the best eaters there, so we can assume the food is very good. We do get an activity calendar for the month, and it seem's like they have quite a few things to offer. The activities are geared towards whatever holiday is coming up, or special event. For birthday's they even have a little birthday party. The residents can also take walks around the courtyard, and use their bus system to drive around town.

The staff is very friendly and helpful. Communication could be better when it comes to returning calls. the community is neat and clean and they have activities going on to engage the residence. I would recommend this community to others based on my experence.

Everything has been going good there, they have exercise classes everyday as well as bingo. We think the value is good, you do get what you pay for. We would recommend the Brookdale Briargate to others.

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The community is small and homey feeling. Communication is good between the staff and our family. They keep us well informed and up to date. I would recommend this community to others based on my experence

My family has decided to place my Mom in Brookdale when she's released from rehab. Brooke has been very helpful with us in making this choice. Thanks also to [name removed], A Place for Mom, for all her help.

I love it here. There is a variety of food, choices available for all meals. There lots of activities. The people are very friendly. You are able to get rides to your doctor's any day of the week. They have a doorbell for your apartment. They have clubs and activities directors who is willing to do anything within reason for the residents. They show movies everyday in the theater. It is a larger community.

We have been very pleased so far with Brookdale Hattiesburg. My mom is adapting well, she said the other day she could stay the rest of her life so she is getting used to things. My mom said she does enjoy the food, she said she can get order anything that she wants, there was a menu on the wall but they serve it buffet style. The director has been great and the staff really try to keep the residents content and happy.

Being a relatively small and specialized facility means that all staff at. Brookdale Dublin have significant interaction with the residents. Social interaction time is not just limited to a prescribed activity like it is at some care residences. Whether one is a custodian, an aide, a med tech, a cook, or an administrator, ALL Brookdale staff informally interact in a loving and positive way with the residents. Prior to entering Brookdale Dublin, Mom had lived at another facility for a year. At the previous residence, Mom had lost weight, she became unable to walk, and she was nearly 100% nonverbal. After a few months at Brookdale, Mom began to talk and eat again. I attribute these changes as being almost entirely due to the staff’s commitment to engage Mom socially and to not give up on her even when she didn’t reciprocate. When Mom died this past year in hospice at Brookdale some staff gave up break time to be with her. I knew I had made the right choice by having her in their care.

We toured this community and the tour was very good and the staff was very friendly. The only issue we had was there was no one at the front desk and the security seemed to be lacking.