Brookdale

The Brookdale Lake Mary is very friendly and very welcoming. It is a comfortable place for my parents. They have an excellent staff. This is a nice community. I would recommend the Brookdale Lake Mary.

I led the search for a memory care community for my brother who suffered from Lewy Body Dementia. When I initially walked into Clare Bridge of Eagan and met their staff, I felt this was the best place for him. Although my brother Mark passed away after a very short time at Clare Bridge, we were very impressed with the staff and facility. The interaction and communication with all the residents was excellent.

They were so responsive to getting him in and getting him in there quickly. They were very very helpful. We were able to get him in there within a day. It is a very clean well kept place with excellent helpful friendly staff. I do think he might could use a little more attention every now and then. For example his nails are a little unkept and could use some attention. Just a few little things like that. Overall though it really has been a great experience.

We toured both sides, the assisted living and the memory care. On the assisted living side, I would give them all fives, but on the memory care side, we just felt uncomfortable. The residents there looked like they were drugged and laying around. I understand that's not the community's fault, but it made me, and especially my husband, feel uneasy. We were there right before supper, so most of the residents were sitting and watching T.V., and there were some ladies playing Wii. They have an activity calendar, and offered us to look it over. I was impressed by Audrey, the girl who gave us the tour. She was very friendly, and remembered me a couple of weeks later, when I ran into her at the store. She remembered my name and asked about our loved one. That meant a lot to us. If in the future we do have to choose a place, it would be this one. Compared to others, it's the best we have toured, but there is always room for improvement.

I am very happy with all aspects of Sterling House of Canton. The facility enabled me to create a personal living space for my mom while giving her the daily services she requires - assistance with her needs, companionship, and activities. The staff is professional and accommodating while displaying true affection for the clients and families.

I have been pleased so far. Especially the quality of the people. It's still new, and a big adjustment for mom, but I am happy with them so far. They are pretty comparable in price to other places around.

We selected Brookdale Santa Monica Gardens as a temporary place for our uncle following an illness so he could recover his strength with assistance. After a week, he asked if he could stay permanently so we happily converted him to permanent resident. Brookdale's staff is friendly, helpful and engaging with the residents. The residents are all friendly, happy and busy in the many activities available. My uncle calls his new home "Shangri-La" and has blossomed with all the positive interactions with everyone. His strength has improved immensely as he has participated in yoga and chair volleyball among other activities and even resumed playing piano which he had given up due to weakness in his arms. He is happy and safe so we are as pleased as we can be! He also greatly enjoys the sessions discussing "Life's Big Questions" and writing his life story so the mind is exercised every bit as much as the body. The facility is a block from the beach and he walks along the coast as part of his therapy. His engagement in life is renewed and we are so pleased - thank you Brookdale Santa Monica Gardens!

All the staff is very friendly! When there is problems they are handled in timely matter. Most of the time when I leave a message for someone to call back they do so.

My sister has lived there for 2 months, and is very happy with the staff and facility. The food is adequate and healthy, altho supper could be improved. It is skimpy and not always cooked to satisfaction.

We are still new to Clare Bridge of Middleton but we are so happy with it. Dad is doing so much better and I have never met a more friendly staff anywhere. They go out of their way to help you and to introduce themselves. Very nice.

My hats off to Brookdale Arvada for doing as well as they do. I am up here several times each week and am always impressed with the place. The staff here is wonderful, always extremely friendly and very helpful.

I think they could stand to improve both the quality and quantity of the activities. It would be good if they had activities that were more engaging, and more of them. That is the main area for improvement that I can think of. Other than that everything with Prosperity Oaks has been a very positive experience. It's a nice place and the staff there is exceptionally friendly and helpful.

After seeing several facilities Southland seem to fit our dad the best. The staff was friendly and sincere. They were very accommodating to his needs (he is blind). We wanted him to be on a ground floor and there was a room available. They check on residents often during the day and night and we were comfortable knowing our dad was in good hands. We live out of state and the communication is excellent with the staff. There are plenty of activities available if you choose to participate.

Colonial Park was a wonderful choice for my brother, it allows him the freedom to come and go and yet he gets what he needs daily from this wonderful staff. I could have easily given this review a full FIVE stars but I don't think any place or facility is perfect, always room for improvement. Thanking this wonderful administration & staff for their caring attitude and for a great first month of service. I am resting easier knowing that my brother is well taken care of at Colonial Park.

I found everyone to be very pleasant and helpful during this move with my mom. It make things so much easier.

said his father really enjoys it there. The enviornment is great and is not going to move into the Willows and is willing to stay 20 miles from rather than 7 miles away which is how it would be at the willows. Father is a respit resident. Again he is really happy with the services. Its the next best thing to home.

The people there at Brookdale North Fremont are absolutely wonderful! I have watched how they interact with the residents and they just do an absolutely wonderful job. However, I am not 100% sure if it is the best place for my mother. Mo mother is more functioning than most the other residents there. The activities that they have are for those who do not function as well, so they are not as well suited for her. Otherwise it has been a good experience and I would highly recommend Brookdale North Fremont.

My dad is in late stages of cancer with hospice visiting our home. We decided that dad needed to move to a place where 24hr care was available. After checking our several places in Springfield, we visited the Sterling house and were very impressed with the building/room, staff and leadership. Now after a few weeks we were right. The Sterling house staff is caring, loving and patient with its guest. The assisted living apartment gives my dad freedom and sense of independence. My dad experienced a fall during the night, hit his button and the staff was there in minutes. I would highly recommend the Sterling House.

I relocated my 87-yr-old mother to Carolina House after the facility where she had lived for almost 5 years told me that she could no longer be cared for in that facility due to her increasing disability related to Parkinson's Disease. After touring a number of other assisted living options, I selected CH Chapel Hill because the staff assured me that my mother's level of disability should not be an issue for them to handle. As an added bonus, CH was less expensive than my mother's previous AL because we were able to select a Companion Suite, which was really all the space she needs at this point in her life. The staff at CH have handled my mother's needs very well. They do seem to be unfazed by her disability and do a good job at getting her out of bed and involved in activities. Also there is a geriatric nail care service available, which is a wonderful benefit. And a hairdresser comes to her and washes and styles her hair and cuts it too. Change is never easy, especially for the elderly, but I believe that I made the best choice for my mother. Parking at CH can be challenging but I have found a space each time I needed one. Staff seem hard working and willing to help. Meals seem to be OK although, like her previous AL, she seems to sometimes get meat that she cannot chew ( she really needs softer protein sources like meatloaf or fish). Overall, i am happy with this facility.

We recently moved our loved one into the Sterling House of Englewood. I would rate it a four or a five. We liked the people, and the price. The staff was friendly, and we heard the meals were good.