The Blake at Hamlin

Pretty place but that's it

The rooms are good views aren't, the staff are nice but seem stressed, the food I had was not as good as it had been. I've seen inhabitants looking needy for aid but no aids around. The inside of the place is very pretty, but that's it. There is no pool or balconies. They have a nice courtyard but if you are in a wheel chair you can't get to the courtyard as the doors to access are handle pull out (there is no electric automatic door opener)...so it's kind of a tease for residents who would like to get out there and enjoy but physically can't. It's also too cold in the common areas for the elderly. It looks good but overall it's overpriced for what you get.

Reviewer#JM092023b

The Blake at Hamlin is a fairly new facility. Everything was new and clean. The rooms were nice. You provide your own furniture. The director was very knowledgeable and helpful.

Reviewer#JM230423

Overall, The Blake at Hamlin was good, and we were considering it. The part I would give them lower points on was the fact that they assumed that they could take my mother, and then after a few discussions with several different people, in the end, they called us and said they couldn't take my mother, so that was very discouraging. It would be better, and I would have appreciated the place more if they had told us that upfront. But the staff was very nice. The rooms were good. The facility seemed very black and white like the pictures on the walls were black and white, which seemed a little stark to me. Maybe a little more color would help, but the place itself was a nice building. It was a newer building. The size of the facility was good. I thought it wasn't too big. The units were very nice.

Laurie

I would not recommend The Blake at Hamlin. From what we saw, the environment looked very sterile. The memory care side looked more like an institution, not a home. The person that was supposed to give us the tour was not there that day, so somebody else gave it. She was very frantic and just talking to all the staff as she was giving us the tour, but she was very nice. It wasn't a good experience at all, but this is all on the memory care side. I did not see the assisted living side. They should make the place more aesthetically pleasing and have it be more of a home-type atmosphere.