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Brighton Gardens of Columbia

7110 Minstrel Way, Columbia, MD 21045

(800) 558-0653

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4.44

(18 reviews)

Offers Assisted Living and Memory Care
Top rated on Caring.com

2015

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Reviews of Brighton Gardens of Columbia in Columbia, Maryland

4.44

(18 reviews)

  • Facility

    4.1

  • Staff

    4.8

  • Food

    4.0

  • Activities

    3.8

  • Value

    4.0

Top rated on Caring.com

2015

Michelle

5

January 24, 2024

I visited this facility

We went to Brighton Gardens of Columbia. We found the facility very welcoming. We looked at an available unit and it was spacious. All of the staff were very nice. It looked like they had very good food. They gave us some desserts to take with us. They listened to my aunt and what she needed. I think they were pretty clear in explaining their fees. You have to pay a deposit to go into that place. They contacted us to go back to a special dinner event that they had, so it was nice. The people were friendly. The facility looked clean and kept up. The only thing was that it was more expensive than what my aunt really could have afforded and it offered services that she didn't need, but I think it's a good facility. We had a couple of cupcakes and they were good. I didn't have a full meal, but the dining area looked very good; it looked like a restaurant.

Provider Response

Hi Michelle, thank you for your kind words about Brighton Gardens of Columbia! We're glad you found the community welcoming and the team very nice. We understand that the cost and services may not have been a perfect fit, but we appreciate your positive feedback.

Herbowitz

5

February 28, 2023

I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

My sister was a resident at Brighton Gardens in the last nine months of her life. When she first moved in she was still relatively independent. As her cancer progressed she was less so. The staff was attentive, helpful, and caring. They helped her in so many ways and made her last months comfortable. Her apartment was one bedroom and had so much light. The entire facility was well kept and clean. The staff as whole, from the Executive Director on down, are friendly, caring and helpful. I would recommend this facility to anyone looking for an assisted living arrangement.

Provider Response

It is delightful to hear that you were satisfied with the personalized support provided to your sister by Brighton Gardens of Columbia. Our team members share a common goal of enriching every resident’s life by carefully listening to their needs and always delivering the very best. Thank you! – The Sunrise Team

Teresa

4

September 3, 2022

I visited this facility

Brighton Gardens of Columbia was fine. The rooms looked good. They had a lot of activities. They were doing a special community outreach with the local fire department at the time that we were there. They had nice outdoor areas. It's very attractive outside and inside. The staff was really helpful. They had very attentive and helpful admissions personnel.

Provider Response

Hi Teresa, Each and every guest who enters a Sunrise community is important to us. It is wonderful to know that you had such a positive experience when touring Brighton Gardens of Columbia. We would be pleased to answer any remaining questions you may have. If you have additional questions, you are welcome to contact us. Thank you! – The Sunrise Team

S.L.

5

October 3, 2021

I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

My mom has moved into Brighton Gardens of Columbia. I like the apartment. It's a one-bedroom unit. The staff has been amazing, and that was part of our reason, too. They're so great. We haven't tried the food yet, but the dining area is lovely. They have lots of stuff. You name it, they have it. They even have a dog that lives here. They have a whole list of stuff that's there. They have bingo, games, trivia, and exercise.

Marian

5

February 23, 2021

I visited this facility

We visited Brighton Gardens of Columbia for my mom. It was great. I was really pleased with everything that I saw. The people there were very, very nice. I met a lot of the staff, and a lot of them had worked there for many, many years. And they were forthcoming with the information. The place was very clean, and I did not see any negatives about the place itself. Brighton Gardens have a standard and very recognizable architecture and they're all very nice looking.

CF

4

March 23, 2020

I visited this facility

The salesperson that we worked with in Brighton Gardens of Columbia was very informative, accommodating and took us on a tour of the community. The facilities themselves are quite dated but the residents look happy and we have observed a few of the activities that were going on while we were there. The people seemed engaged and pretty happy with the place itself. People seemed very nice as we walked through. We also have friends in their memory care and they raved about the care they're getting, that's why we visited it. The person who gave the tour was great, she followed up with me a few days later, provided us all the information that we needed, and answered all of our questions.

Thomas

5

March 8, 2020

I visited this facility

Brighton Gardens of Columbia was a very good place. I visited on New Year's Day, which was not the best day to visit, but they were doing fine. It's a high quality place. The staff seemed very nice. I would've been happy to have my wife there if I were closer to it.

John109

5

May 10, 2019

Other

I have been a volunteer at BG for quite some time. I love the place. The staff — especially Sheila and Margaret — always go above and beyond. The food is way beyond what you might expect. And the sweet little dog Josie is so loving with everyone, adding a special warmth to the residents’ day. This place would be my choice!

Sleepless in Baltimore

1

November 29, 2017

I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

Brighton Garden's best is barely adequate, but where they fail miserably is in dementia care. Be concerned when your loved one is placed on their "memory care" (Reminiscence) unit. Behind locked doors, these residents are the forgotten ones. The Sunrise website touts a "resident centered dementia care approach." They further state "backed by the latest research, our staff designs programs with stimulating personalized multisensory experiences." While this sounds good, the reality at Brighton Gardens of Columbia comes nowhere near these accolades. The Activities Director has worked at the community for nearly 2 decades, and the activities she schedules are most certainly NOT backed by research. I don't see evidence of any education on her part regarding the current state of dementia programming. Activities are those of decades past-on the Assisted Living side, you'll find Bingo, occasional entertainment, Bingo, trips to the dollar store and area restaurants, Bingo....you get the idea. No creativity, no time spent in planning. On the Reminiscence unit, the calendar is full of inappropriate activities for the population: Coupon Clippers Club (most residents are unable to use scissors); Church Hymns (for the Jewish residents?); Walking club (what about the wheelchair bound?); Bingo of course, but only 2-3 residents can play. Multiple activities staff have quit in frustration. Despite their requests for more appropriate materials, including the technology that would allow for actual multisensory activities, the Activities Director continues to provide none of these. Even after multiple staff and families requested she purchase an iPad, and explained the free apps that are stimulating and engaging for those with dementia, she continues to provide coloring pages and colored pencils. While this Activities Director acknowledged that "maybe" she should get an iPad, she instead purchased "Sing Fit," which is good for just one activity that is neither stimulating nor engaging for the residents on the unit. Brain games make an appearance on the activities calendar, but when you provide staff with neither the training nor the materials needed, and the Director lacks the knowledge, engagement doesn't happen. Complaints to the Executive Director get you nowhere. While verbally in agreement that there are many issues that need to be addressed, she has proven that she only intends to placate, and not actually do anything to improve things. She freely admits that Sunrise is far behind the times where dementia programming is concerned, yet has no problems walking through the Reminiscence unit and observing residents sleeping on sofas or in their wheelchairs, nothing meaningful or engaging happening. Corporate supervisors have also witnessed this on multiple occasions, yet nothing changes. They have shown me that they do not care about the quality of the residents' lives. Furnishings are old and drab, carpeting worn. The Executive Director's response? They don't own the building and can't change anything. My request to provide materials to engage residents, a one time purchase of a few hundred dollars, was met with "not in the budget." Seriously? With most residents paying 7-8K per month, a few hundred isn't in the budget? Direct care staff is overworked and underpaid. In addition to caring for your loved one, they are responsible for serving all meals, feeding residents who need the help, cleaning the entire kitchen (including loading and unloading the dishwasher) and dining room, setting tables, folding napkins, bringing the garbage out to the dumpster on the opposite side of the building, etc.-3 times/day, while your loved one waits to be toileted and receive needed care. Again, the Executive Director acknowledged that actual dining room staff was needed, and she would not allow patient care to suffer. Months later, nothing has changed. Apparently this is also not in the budget. They are, however, very quick to raise their prices to you. They even take a percentage from the beauty shop's services, the cost of which is then passed on to families. Consider very carefully whether Brighton Gardens can meet your expectations. They've come nowhere close to mine, based on the Executive Director's assurances prior to signing the contract. As she recently said to me, "If you're not happy, why do you stay?" Guess I thought you were doing something to fix the problems. Apparently not. Time for corporate to clean house at Brighton Gardens!

Provider Response

Good Afternoon - Thank you for sharing your thoughts and concerns. We are sorry to hear about your experience at our community, especially around the Reminiscence neighborhood. We take your comments very seriously and would like to speak with you further. Please email information (at) sunriseseniorliving (dot) com with your contact information so that we can reach out to you. Thank you. - The Sunrise Team

Richard626628

5

November 5, 2016

I visited this facility

Brighton Gardens of Columbia was a very nice place. They were very helpful, and they gave me good information. They were reading and playing Bingo, and some people were getting ready to go on a trip.

John118063550

5

December 30, 2015

I visited this facility

Brighton Gardens was 3 or 4 stories tall with wings going out. I thought they had up to around 60 or 80 residents. The problem was my mother had short term memory. If she was to leave her room in a facility like that to go down, I understood they had attendants and all those things to accommodate her, however, if she went down to the recreation area, sitting room or even the dining hall then preferred to went back on the elevator, she would not know which floor, wing or room to go to. It was way too much for my mom. They had very nice facilities, but they were not what I considered as accommodating. It was an excellent facility, but it was not for my mom. However, I thought it was excellent. For my wife and I, it would be perfect. It was 3 miles from us, and it was very clean.

Anonymous116172550

5

November 25, 2015

I visited this facility

I really liked Brighton Gardens. It had a different style, more like a dormitory, and I actually liked it better. It was not in a wooded area but closer to a highway-like road. Will gave us the tour. I really liked him. He was awesome. As he was giving us the tour, we saw residents, and he knew their names and a little bit about their lives and families.

thormy

4

November 24, 2015

I visited this facility

I’m a nurse and I had patients in this facility. It is a beautiful facility aesthetically and have great nurses and aides who are experienced and really care. My patients love the care and activities and barely received any complaints. Our patient’s health was good quality, and ADLS needs met adequately. Any issues we raised regarding patient care were addressed in timely fashion. Some of our patients had families nurses who checked on them regularly and that helped. One of them requested our home care company to see him weekly out of pocket since medicare would not cover those visits, just to add another layer to his care. The ones we discharged from home care, were referred to family advocate nurses at Yofa who regularly checked on them and provided a good report about the facility as well. It's a great well run facility especially their alzheimer's unit. But like any other facility, I would remember families to regularly check with their loved ones. Subtle health changes that happens with older folks may go unnoticed and can be tragic (it happened to one of my patient there), and facilities are doing everything they can. A service like yofa nurses was a game changer for most families that never made it there or were out of town.

Caring95608550

4

September 26, 2014

I visited this facility

We know someone in Brighton Gardens and it seemed a nice place. I saw people sitting out front, which was nice. My favorite, favorite thing about the place is they have a resident dog because I am a huge animal lover, and I know a lot of these people probably at one time had pets, but then once you go in a place you don’t get to have pets anymore, so I just think that it is terrific. The staff seemed very, very nice, and I felt a kind of instant rapport with a few of them. At another time I was there, they were having snacks and they were very sweet. They offered some to us because we were visiting, and I thought it was very nice.

Reg1

5

August 28, 2014

I am a friend or relative of a resident

My mother-in-law is in an assisted living. She has been at Brighton Gardens of Columbia for one year now. It is an excellent facility. It is very nice. The residents pick their meals off of a menu. In the dining room, they can order anything special that they want. They are free to leave whenever they feel like it. It is a beautiful place. My mother-in-law has a private room. We chose this community because it is close to where my sister-in-law lives, and actually she checks in on her on a weekly basis. The staff has assisted us with everything. They keep an eye on my mother-in-law. If she has any problem, they take care of it. Regarding the food, this one seems to fulfill all our requirements too. My mother-in-law is very content with it.

DC2

5

March 21, 2014

I visited this facility

When I visited Brighton Gardens of Columbia, they had a fire going, and they were doing like a Halloween celebration. It was very nice, very cozy; a very exciting place. In fact, one of the area coordinators was there during my visit and I think the manager really put in a little extra spice; very helpful, very knowledgeable, gave me the information that I was not aware of, and gave me a very good tour of the facility. The rooms were very nice, very spacious, and very well kept. The dining room was very nice; it looked like a four star restaurant. They just didn't have the level of care I needed for my mom, now. Three years ago, that place would have been perfect.

Albert4

4

October 4, 2013

I visited this facility

Brighton Gardens was a bit older, but it was very nice. When you walked in, the people were very receptive and helpful.

Karen67125250

4

September 30, 2013

I am a friend or relative of a resident

The staff at Brighton Gardens is friendly and very helpful. They know the residents by name and by sight and they know their families as well when they show up. My mother is very happy there. They have bingo, exercise classes and outings. They also have church, arts and craft. However, they're not doing a good job of making sure my mother's hearing aids are off at night and are working properly in the morning.

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Costs for Brighton Gardens of Columbia in Columbia, Maryland

Assisted Living

This level of care provides support for those who need help with personal care needs such as cleaning, bathing, and dressing. Residents selecting this level of care are treated to many amenities in a home-like atmosphere, while getting support in their daily lives.

$6,870

Starting Price

Memory Care

Memory Care is specifically designed to meet the needs of those with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. Specially trained staff members assist with activities of daily living (such as bathing and dressing) and provide therapies to slow further loss of cognitive abilities.

$10,002

Starting Price

Services and Amenities of Brighton Gardens of Columbia in Columbia, Maryland

Costs

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Room and housing options

  • 1-bedroom apartments
  • Studio Apartments

Dining options

  • In Room Kitchenette
  • Dining Room Shared Meals
  • Room Service For Meals

About Brighton Gardens of Columbia in Columbia, Maryland

Focusing on your unique needs and preferences, Sunrise Senior Living takes a holistic approach to senior care. With us, you can expect consistent yet individualized care rooted in evidence based research and theories of aging. From personalized programming to quality dining, we concentrate on your individual wellness and well-being so you can live life exactly how you please.

We remain firmly focused on promoting the safety of our residents, and are taking rigorous measures to help maintain their health during this time. Sunrise CareConnect, our electronic health record system, allows physicians to track residents' care, medication protocol, and progress notes remotely. In addition, we are facilitating telehealth visits with health care providers, minimizing the need for external office visits.

At Sunrise, championing quality of life for all seniors is our mission and is carried out by every Sunrise team member. Based on resident surveys, consumer insights, and industry metrics, national programs have recognized Sunrise's efforts and our commitment to quality care.Sunrise communities have earned more than 280 National Quality Awards - more than any other assisted living provider. To learn more about our award winning communities, a full listing of the company's recipients can be found on Sunrise's National Quality Award page.

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