Briarcliffe Manor

I am a friend or relative of resident

My grandfather was a resident of Briarcliffe a little over a year ago for almost 6 months before he passed away. At first he went in because he was having some shorter term health issues and my grandmother was having a hard time managing to care for him on her own. One of his biggest issues was dementia. Before my grandfather went into Briarcliffe I had spent time visiting several other nursing homes in the area when my other grandmother was in them after a fall before she passed away. Briarcliffe was one of our top 2 experience-wise out of them all. For the most part the staff was really friendly and seemed good to my grandfather (although I realize there are exceptions everywhere). But it is so important to trust the staff when your family members have dementia. The one thing I used to dislike was that at times I felt there was a horrible hospital-like odor there. Sometimes it was worse than other times. I realize that this may be hard to avoid in nursing homes but there was one facility that my grandmother was in that never smelled and felt like we were visiting her in her own home and that was my point of comparison. But in any case the care that my grandfather received at Briarcliffe was great and I would recommend it to others.