Brookdale North Fremont

Brookdale North Fremont is a perfect size. Whatever your starting point is, if you walked the whole thing, you're going to end up back in the same place because it's sort of built like a round facility. There's no getting lost from going down the wrong hallway, but my sister thought that it was too small. Most of the rooms were shared rooms.There's only a couple of rooms that were single room, but they were very tiny. You only had room for a twin bed and one small nightstand and nothing else that was personally yours if you would have a shared room. I thought the staff was nice and they seemed to have a lot of activities at that place. I love the courtyard because they had a large courtyard that was in the middle, so you could access it from several doors and this building was sort of round. It was like an atrium in the center, which was nice, with beautiful garden and patio tables and stuff. They had areas where the individuals could do some gardening. They had some raised planter beds for those that like to garden and could do stuff like that outside. I liked a lot of that facility. I went there once with my mother just before the pandemic hit, and we toured that place. She was not ready to go to a care facility at that point, now she is. The food we ate there was very good. I like the structure of the facility.

I went to the memory care of Brookdale North Fremont. They had told me that there was a studio available, but when I got there they told me it had been taken, so I didn't know which room my brother would have. The room that I had seen was nice. It's older, but there was room, and it had two storage areas in the closet that he could use. It was in the back, so he wouldn't have direct sun. It was nice. He didn't have access to a refrigerator, but the bathrooms were good sized; he would be able to maneuver in the bathroom. They have a little patio courtyard, kind of like an atrium, in the center. They had a large communal room where they had a dining room, and then off to the side they had the television with some seats. At the entrance of the patio area were some tables that they would use to do activities. Off to the side of that was the nurses' station or medication station. My concern was that the residents would be able to get into that area if they wanted to or if they got upset, because the counters were a little lower, and it seemed like they had a door to access that. It would be so easy for somebody to maneuver to get to use a telephone or get into that area. I just thought that was kind of strange -- that it wouldn't be in an office or something. They didn't really call me back and let me know anything. As far as the room goes, they didn't follow up with me at all. It looked secure. I talked to one of the residents and asked how she felt about the place, and she said, "Well, it's good at times and it's not so good at times." She was a lady who had been there and she has her own room, so when you talk to some of the residents, that's how they feel, but she looks like she was well taken care of. They do have transportation to take them to doctors' appointments.

I took a tour for my mother, and Brookdale North Fremont is the most knowledgeable place that we have come across. They have continually at every turn given us advice. Most of the places we talked to just showed a depth of knowledge and experience that really made a difference, so they've been terrific. The thing about them is, they are memory care only, so they have a bit more depth of knowledge and they have a lower turnover of employees because they are smaller. It's kind of those smaller owned, smaller run situations. My dad really loved the physical design of the building. It has a circular design to it because in our experience (and I guess everybody's experience) is that dementia patients walk in circles, and that's pretty clever. It's just a really great design. It's small and intimate. They have been terrific at every turn, skilled, and up front. They're just really great. They didn't offer us a meal; but when we took the tour, we got to watch the patients eat lunch, which was way more important. We actually got to see the staff in this facility at work, and remember this is during Covid. We had to suit-up in full Ghostbuster's gear, and I thought it was really cool that they did that even during Covid.

I took a tour of Brookdale North Fremont for my mother. It's pretty nice, very clean, and the staff was pretty nice, good, and knowledgeable. They have a hallway where everybody sits, and they play music. There was no activity outside, and when we walked around there was very little space.

My friend’s mother is quite happy at Brookdale in Fremont. She is now in memory support. The staff is very friendly, very knowledgeable, and very good with working with the elderly. It is clean, bright, and very cheerful. There are fresh flowers everywhere, and it is a very pleasant environment. The rooms are very, very spacious and also light. There are plenty of rooms to move about. My friend has been impressed with their personnel who have been very knowledgeable, very professional, and very understanding of what families goes through that are struggling with family members. They have been very helpful.

I was impressed with the layout of Brookdale North Fremont. I would have wanted my husband in there, but they did not have an opening. The staff was very helpful and nice and tried really hard to assist me. The entire facility was very nice.

Brookdale North Fremont seems to be a very good, clean facility. I am moving Dad’s bed, a dresser, and chair into his new bedroom there. It has a more homey-type environment, which is better for him. They advised me that I can put TV in his room. The whole community looks very secure, and his bedroom is so secured that he cannot push his way out of it. The staff who assisted me with the tour seemed very caring, very concerned, and very understanding of what is needed for my dad. I saw that they try to get their residents to participate in the activities.

I like the openness of Brookdale North Fremont. I thought its rates were very competitive.