Dunwoody Place

I visited Brookdale, and the person I talked to was very informative, but I didn't qualify. I was looking for apartments. However, it looked really nice and clean. The people were nice. The staff was nice, courteous, respected me, and tried to help me out.

My Mom has been a resident here for 5 years living independently. She is cognitively intact but wheel chair dependent. For the first 2 years they had a very good executive director but she left. Basically the facility has been without leadership for 2-3 years. It has been difficult to get the smallest issue resolved and never any follow up. Huge staff turn over and shortages. Long waits for food in the dining room and food is terrible. Sometimes no housecleaning staff to clean the apartments. They seem to realize that this facility has major issues. They remodeled the common areas but when my Mom moved in they did not rehab her apartment basically repaint or even clean the carpet. Five years later it is horrible and when I asked about they told me that they only rehab between residents. The administrator who gave me this information basically was pretty nasty about it. I try to be polite always. My Mom is starting to need more assistance with her ADLs and believe I do not trust this facility to deliver acceptable care no matter how much I pay extra for it.

Brookdale Dunwoody is a great community -- great senior living and family-oriented and caring staff. They have a calendar of activities so you would know what’s going on every month. From the menu that I saw, they have well balanced meals, and they also have in-between meals.

We are moving my father. The food is terrible and it takes forever to get attention of wait staff. Staff does not care about residents, especially in the dining room. I have observed a 45 minute wait for food and it looks disgusting when it arrives. They had a brunch in February and the staff in the dining room did not know about the brunch. Building is falling apart. If you want decent food don't come here.

Brookdale is fancy looking, it has a large parking space. The respite rooms are on the second floor, so you have to come down and use the elevator. The people who are staying there looked happy. They have three dining places, and they have a gym.

Brookdale Dunwoody does seem to care a lot with their residents. I chose this particular location out of four; then I got it down to two. They were both Brookdale communities, and they were equal distance from my house. One is an easy drive, and one is a hard drive. The easy drive was a couple of hundred dollars cheaper. I chose this one, which is a couple of hundred dollars more and a harder drive, because they really seem to understand my particular situation. They helped me arrange care for my husband to where I'm confident that he is safe, and I can have a life of my own. The food is really OK. I have a specific problem with my husband which has nothing to do with the management. He is 95, he had trouble swallowing, and he doesn't like eating. I'd like it if I went there. They can accommodate any particular diet he wants. It's pleasant and clean, and I think the breakfast is great. They have a full list of activities, but my husband doesn't do any of them because he is just sort of not interested. They have everything like games and Wi-Fi. If you want to do something else, they can do that activity.

The location of Brookdale was good, and the service was perfect. They serve three meals a day, and we have an assistant who comes in and helps with things in the apartment. The management is responsive and attentive to problems.

I thought Emeritus was very nice and seemed to be a good size. They have outings.