Brookdale College Parkway

My parents were in Brookdale College Parkway for six months. They loved it and their apartment. My parents liked the activities; my dad got started in the men's group and was in chorus. Most of the work staff were very caring, and the food was great. However, they shouldn't have been placed on the second floor; I ended up taking them home to my place. They were told they've got great cleaning staff, but you can't clean a 1200 sq. ft. home in only half an hour.

Both my Dad and my maternal Grandma were/are residents at Grand Court. My Grandma moved in 6 months before my Dad. She loved it from the beginning and made friends in no time When my Dad moved in, she took him around and introduced him to everyone. One thing you should know about my Dad is, 6 years before he moved into Grand Court he had a massive stroke. He lost his ability to talk clearly and gets his words jumbled. No one cared. Everyone went out of their way to make friends with him. My Dad has his Masters in Philosophy. He had also written a book. Once people find out he was a writer, they wanted to read his book. For the first 8 years that my family lived at Grand Court, I visited every day. The staff loved that I was there every day. I became friends with a lot of them. If there were any problem they knew they could come to me and I knew I could get all the details of how my Dad was actually doing. Over the years I did see the facility go down hill. They lost their kitchen manager and that really messed things up. Meal time became a nightmare. Long lines and messed up orders. Over time that smoothed out. Sadly, in 2013 my Grandma passed away. Many residents and staff made the grieving process more barely.. they were eager to share stories of their time and friendship with my Grandma. She was loved by all. They also wanted to let me know they were looking out for my Dad. My Dad is still living here. He's happy and has many friends..I would give Grand Court 4 1/2 stars, I moved away 4 years ago. Unfortunately, I've only been able to go see my Dad once since my Move. I'm told by others who have been able to visit him that he is happy and healthy .

At Brookdale College Parkway, the units were big. We were very impressed with Beth, the lady who took us around. She answered all of our questions, was very informative and very helpful, and followed up after our visit. Every member of the staff was helpful and very friendly, down to the cleaning ladies. They all said "hello" and introduced themselves. They had laundry services, an outdoor heated pool, a billiards room, a library, a couple of exercise rooms, and a chapel. They will take you to your doctors' appointments and shopping. There's always something going on, like card games.

Brookdale was a very nice, organized, and very friendly place. The people inside seemed happy. I would have had my mom move in, but they did not have laundry facilities within the apartments. Other than that, it was very wonderful. The staff was very friendly, inviting, educated, knew what they are talking about, and caring. The grounds were very nice; they had a few acres that you can walk around and do exercise on. Everything was clean and maintained well. It’s off the main road and hard to get to the location.

We lived in one of the duplexes at Brookdale College Parkway. It was really nice, and we liked it a lot. What we didn’t like was the dining situation and the fact that they represented themselves as an independent living facility but had an awful lot of Alzheimer’s patients in there. I have nothing against Alzheimer’s patients and I might be one myself because my mother was and her sister was, so I know what it is all about, but I didn’t want to be forced to eat with people who ask you the same thing over and over again. There wasn't any private eating between my husband and I; you ate wherever they sit you, and the dining room was really crowded. Everything else we liked about it. Overall, they were very nice people, and I would not give them a bad mark at all. One of the things that irritated me was that house cleaning would come in once a week and just dab here and there. They told me that they didn’t move anything because they were afraid they’d break it. To me, that’s an excuse not to clean and that was disappointing.

I like the meals at Brookdale College Parkway and the time restrictions. I think the activities are very interesting and cover a wide range of interests.

My wife and I visited Brookdale College Parkway. The rooms were nice. We had lunch there. The food was good. We went around and toured the place. Everything seemed to be nice. People were friendly. I like that food was three meals a day; it was really nice. The rooms were spacious too.

My mom chose to stay at Brookdale College Parkway and enjoys the place a lot. The staff is very good and professional. They have many amenities, like a salon and swimming pool. The place is very nice.