Brookdale Fort Wayne

Offers Assisted Living and Memory Care

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4730 E State Blvd.

Fort Wayne

46815

Brookdale Fort Wayne

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Laura 2021-11-08 My mother-in-law is at Brookdale Fort Wayne and the whole place is just clean and the administration is very responsive to our questions or comments about her care. They're very nice, polite, and helpful. She participated in daily exercises and crafts, and the place is just nice. I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

5 5 1

B.V. 2021-06-23 I really love the activities offered by Brookdale Fort Wayne and how they welcomed my mother. She didn't have nearly as many activities where she was before -- even pre-COVID -- but here, they have a lot of activities that she just enjoys doing to keep her active. She fit in really quickly. They have the traditional bingo and exercises, but she's very artistic, so she is into arts and crafts and painting. They also have Yahtzee, card games, discussions, sing-alongs, and movies. It just varies. The activity director organizes them very well, as far as timing goes. For the men, they have afternoon poker games, so there are just a lot of things that she has the opportunity to participate in, and then if she doesn't want to, she goes back to her room. So far, she loves all the activities. She's in the assisted living but with modified memory care because she bonded really well with a neighbor right after she moved in. They said that they'll just work with her in assisted living until she needs full-time care. That flexibility was what I liked about it too. Her room is also very nice. Even though it's a single room, it's much larger than the room in the place where she came from. One part of the room is her living room and the other part is her bedroom. It's just laid out really well with the placement of the furniture. She has a lot of her memory pieces in there and is still able to get around safely in the room. The staff is very friendly, very cooperative, and very hands on. They really seemed to try getting to know and address the residents immediately. They make an effort to be personable to the residents. Also, the dining area is terrific. I've seen what they've ordered, and I think they look great, but when you're ninety-two, your taste buds change (plus she's on a salt-free diet). She likes the food, and her only complaint was that there's too much of it. However, they're very flexible in picking out the meals. They have choices, and it's varied and healthy. They have an interior courtyard and outside patios. There are just a lot of chances to be both outside and inside. The outside is what I'm looking forward to, because I've been told they have barbecues periodically, so that's something that my mom would find fun. I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

5 5 1

Dan 2021-06-03 Brookdale Fort Wayne was a very nice facility. They had great staff, and it was very clean. They have all the amenities as well as a protected garden area that was all alarmed so when somebody goes out, they would know. It was a Sunday so there wasn't anything going on, but I did meet the activities director, and she was wonderful. I visited this facility

5 4 1

Larry 2020-06-17 Our experience with Brookdale Fort Wayne has been very good. The staff is excellent. My relative's room is okay. They have the average activities, and the food that I sampled was very good. I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

5 4 1

Lovely1226 2019-01-13 I had a coworker whose mother had dementia and has been with Brookdale Fort Wayne for a year. They were paying $175 a day and had to hire CNAs to come in and help because they didn't have enough staff. It's a very nice community, but they don't have the depths of medical care that my mother would need. My coworker was basically paying out of pocket $20-$25 per hour to have someone sit there with their mother several hours a day. That's on top of the $175 that Brookdale is charging. I did not choose this place. They don't have a medical person in staff nor a doctor. You'd have to take your loved one to the doctor yourself, or have the doctor come to the community. I observed the beautician in the room doubling as the activities director for three people. They were doing some crafts project. The person who walked me around was very good and did a great job doing the tour. The place is very clean and very nicely appointed. The area of memory care is very nice. I visited this facility

5 5 1

Rae Ann 2018-06-26 My dad moved to Brookdale Fort Wayne. It's very good and he likes it there a lot. The people are very friendly and he has a lot of help. They play bingo every day, mind exercises, movies, outings every week, there's a coloring club, walking club, and daily exercise class. The place is very nice, modern, clean, and in perfect shape. The dining area is just very nice, open, big, and clean. They serve three meals and the food is as good as you could expect. They always have a nice little area out front with beverages and snacks for the residents, and there are TVs, puzzles laid out, and a nice garden area with beautiful flowers. It has all we could ask for. I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

5 5 1

Dominymoab 2017-09-09 I found all of the staff from the front to the back to be very caring and attentive to the patients and the families. They worked with me in a very difficult and timely manner. From what I could tell from my twice weekly or more visits the other patients were also well cared for and as happy as they could be. My husband was in Memory Care. I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident

5 5 1

JoeG 2017-02-07 We went for a lunch visit, the staff was fantastic, Food looked and tasted great, The head nurse answered all our clinical questions. This is one on the top of my list. Remodel looks good too! I visited this facility

5 5 1

Beth122944550 2016-05-10 We visited Brookdale Fort Wayne for my mother. They were remodeling at that time, and I didn’t really see much staff around. The lady that gave us the tour was the activities director and she was very friendly and quite enthusiastic in showing us around and telling us what it would look like when it was done. As we walked around, though, it just seemed like a very sterile environment, and the remodeling wasn’t welcoming. When we were walking through the memory care unit, they had seven residents lined up in the chair in the hallway. I don’t know if they were waiting for an activity to start or what, but I don’t want to see my mom lined up in a chair in a hallway. I visited this facility

5 1 1

Karen113362350 2015-09-17 You could tell Brookdale Fort Wayne was older and a little more run-down. It had that feeling more of a nursing home. The staff was nice, friendly, and knowledgeable. The dining room looked like a big dining room with tables and chairs. I saw a poster with activities listed:;there were speakers or music or movies. They do the nails for the ladies; there are outings. I visited this facility

5 4 1

Caring74710550 2014-09-25 I visited Emeritus and found out that the people were actually nice. I couldn't say anything that was negative. It was the place I was considering for my mom. I never got to taste their food though. I didn't go further than going and viewing the facility. I would say that I liked their rooms a lot. They were spacious. I visited this facility

5 4 1

A3KCFPAOSXVUID 2012-01-28 This is a very great assited living/nursing home my aunt is in the memory care unit there. The staff are very friendly and polite and do anything they can do to help you while you are visiting friends or family. My aunt loves the activities that they have to offer there and enjoys herself immensely. We have had no issues at all with miscare or anything like that all the patients are well taken care of at Emeritus. She loves the food and the menu and speaks very highly of the kitchen there. She also can just about bring whatever she wants there the rooms are huge she has an old curio cabinet in there and a hutch it is sort of beyond belief.Hopefully if i ever have to go to an assisted living community i hope that it is as plush as there. I am a friend or relative of a resident

5 5 1

Ginger 2020-12-18 I toured Brookdale Fort Wayne and I didn't like them. You walk in the front door and they had a sitting area out in the entrance between the two front doors which was fine, and then we went to the memory care center to see it. There's a two-block walk to get there. I got about halfway there with my walker and I said, "Stop right now. Number one, if I have to come in the door and walk this every time that I see my husband, forget it. I don't even need to go see what the unit is like 'cause I'm not gonna do this." She was very nice, and she said, "Well there is a backdoor, and so when there is no virus you could pull up out back and you could call the office, and when someone's free they could come down and open the backdoor for you." Yeah, forget it. I did see the rooms and the rooms were fine, but I said I'm not going to have to walk two blocks every day when I go to see my husband, and to walk two blocks back to get to the car. They were very nice and they brought us cookies. They were very good, and my husband enjoyed them. I visited this facility

5 1 1

Michael 2019-07-05 We're very pleased with everything at Brookdale Fort Wayne. We don't have any complaints at this point. Everything looks good. We met with some of the staff and some of the residents in memory care. We've already selected a room for dad, and we're moving things in. We're very pleased with the facilities and the staff. They treated us really well. The food is pretty good. They're in the process of redoing a number of things like the parking lot, reroofing, and putting in a new fire sprinkler system. I visited this facility

5 5 1

4730 E State Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46815

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Assisted Living Reviews for Brookdale Fort Wayne

November 08, 2021

By Laura

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

My mother-in-law is at Brookdale Fort Wayne and the whole place is just clean and the administration is very responsive to our questions or comments about her care. They're very nice, polite, and helpful. She participated in daily exercises and crafts, and the place is just nice.

June 23, 2021

By B.V.

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

I really love the activities offered by Brookdale Fort Wayne and how they welcomed my mother. She didn't have nearly as many activities where she was before -- even pre-COVID -- but here, they have a lot of activities that she just enjoys doing to keep her active. She fit in really quickly. They have the traditional bingo and exercises, but she's very artistic, so she is into arts and crafts and painting. They also have Yahtzee, card games, discussions, sing-alongs, and movies. It just varies. The activity director organizes them very well, as far as timing goes. For the men, they have afternoon poker games, so there are just a lot of things that she has the opportunity to participate in, and then if she doesn't want to, she goes back to her room. So far, she loves all the activities. She's in the assisted living but with modified memory care because she bonded really well with a neighbor right after she moved in. They said that they'll just work with her in assisted living until she needs full-time care. That flexibility was what I liked about it too. Her room is also very nice. Even though it's a single room, it's much larger than the room in the place where she came from. One part of the room is her living room and the other part is her bedroom. It's just laid out really well with the placement of the furniture. She has a lot of her memory pieces in there and is still able to get around safely in the room. The staff is very friendly, very cooperative, and very hands on. They really seemed to try getting to know and address the residents immediately. They make an effort to be personable to the residents. Also, the dining area is terrific. I've seen what they've ordered, and I think they look great, but when you're ninety-two, your taste buds change (plus she's on a salt-free diet). She likes the food, and her only complaint was that there's too much of it. However, they're very flexible in picking out the meals. They have choices, and it's varied and healthy. They have an interior courtyard and outside patios. There are just a lot of chances to be both outside and inside. The outside is what I'm looking forward to, because I've been told they have barbecues periodically, so that's something that my mom would find fun.

June 03, 2021

By Dan

I visited this facility

Brookdale Fort Wayne was a very nice facility. They had great staff, and it was very clean. They have all the amenities as well as a protected garden area that was all alarmed so when somebody goes out, they would know. It was a Sunday so there wasn't anything going on, but I did meet the activities director, and she was wonderful.

June 17, 2020

By Larry

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

Our experience with Brookdale Fort Wayne has been very good. The staff is excellent. My relative's room is okay. They have the average activities, and the food that I sampled was very good.

January 13, 2019

By Lovely1226

I visited this facility

I had a coworker whose mother had dementia and has been with Brookdale Fort Wayne for a year. They were paying $175 a day and had to hire CNAs to come in and help because they didn't have enough staff. It's a very nice community, but they don't have the depths of medical care that my mother would need. My coworker was basically paying out of pocket $20-$25 per hour to have someone sit there with their mother several hours a day. That's on top of the $175 that Brookdale is charging. I did not choose this place. They don't have a medical person in staff nor a doctor. You'd have to take your loved one to the doctor yourself, or have the doctor come to the community. I observed the beautician in the room doubling as the activities director for three people. They were doing some crafts project. The person who walked me around was very good and did a great job doing the tour. The place is very clean and very nicely appointed. The area of memory care is very nice.

June 26, 2018

By Rae Ann

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

My dad moved to Brookdale Fort Wayne. It's very good and he likes it there a lot. The people are very friendly and he has a lot of help. They play bingo every day, mind exercises, movies, outings every week, there's a coloring club, walking club, and daily exercise class. The place is very nice, modern, clean, and in perfect shape. The dining area is just very nice, open, big, and clean. They serve three meals and the food is as good as you could expect. They always have a nice little area out front with beverages and snacks for the residents, and there are TVs, puzzles laid out, and a nice garden area with beautiful flowers. It has all we could ask for.

September 09, 2017

By Dominymoab

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

I found all of the staff from the front to the back to be very caring and attentive to the patients and the families. They worked with me in a very difficult and timely manner. From what I could tell from my twice weekly or more visits the other patients were also well cared for and as happy as they could be. My husband was in Memory Care.

February 07, 2017

By JoeG

I visited this facility

We went for a lunch visit, the staff was fantastic, Food looked and tasted great, The head nurse answered all our clinical questions. This is one on the top of my list. Remodel looks good too!

May 10, 2016

By Beth122944550

I visited this facility

We visited Brookdale Fort Wayne for my mother. They were remodeling at that time, and I didn’t really see much staff around. The lady that gave us the tour was the activities director and she was very friendly and quite enthusiastic in showing us around and telling us what it would look like when it was done. As we walked around, though, it just seemed like a very sterile environment, and the remodeling wasn’t welcoming. When we were walking through the memory care unit, they had seven residents lined up in the chair in the hallway. I don’t know if they were waiting for an activity to start or what, but I don’t want to see my mom lined up in a chair in a hallway.

September 17, 2015

By Karen113362350

I visited this facility

You could tell Brookdale Fort Wayne was older and a little more run-down. It had that feeling more of a nursing home. The staff was nice, friendly, and knowledgeable. The dining room looked like a big dining room with tables and chairs. I saw a poster with activities listed:;there were speakers or music or movies. They do the nails for the ladies; there are outings.

September 25, 2014

By Caring74710550

I visited this facility

I visited Emeritus and found out that the people were actually nice. I couldn't say anything that was negative. It was the place I was considering for my mom. I never got to taste their food though. I didn't go further than going and viewing the facility. I would say that I liked their rooms a lot. They were spacious.

January 28, 2012

By A3KCFPAOSXVUID

I am a friend or relative of a resident

This is a very great assited living/nursing home my aunt is in the memory care unit there. The staff are very friendly and polite and do anything they can do to help you while you are visiting friends or family. My aunt loves the activities that they have to offer there and enjoys herself immensely. We have had no issues at all with miscare or anything like that all the patients are well taken care of at Emeritus. She loves the food and the menu and speaks very highly of the kitchen there. She also can just about bring whatever she wants there the rooms are huge she has an old curio cabinet in there and a hutch it is sort of beyond belief.Hopefully if i ever have to go to an assisted living community i hope that it is as plush as there.

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Memory Care Reviews for Brookdale Fort Wayne

December 18, 2020

By Ginger

I visited this facility

I toured Brookdale Fort Wayne and I didn't like them. You walk in the front door and they had a sitting area out in the entrance between the two front doors which was fine, and then we went to the memory care center to see it. There's a two-block walk to get there. I got about halfway there with my walker and I said, "Stop right now. Number one, if I have to come in the door and walk this every time that I see my husband, forget it. I don't even need to go see what the unit is like 'cause I'm not gonna do this." She was very nice, and she said, "Well there is a backdoor, and so when there is no virus you could pull up out back and you could call the office, and when someone's free they could come down and open the backdoor for you." Yeah, forget it. I did see the rooms and the rooms were fine, but I said I'm not going to have to walk two blocks every day when I go to see my husband, and to walk two blocks back to get to the car. They were very nice and they brought us cookies. They were very good, and my husband enjoyed them.

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July 05, 2019

By Michael

I visited this facility

We're very pleased with everything at Brookdale Fort Wayne. We don't have any complaints at this point. Everything looks good. We met with some of the staff and some of the residents in memory care. We've already selected a room for dad, and we're moving things in. We're very pleased with the facilities and the staff. They treated us really well. The food is pretty good. They're in the process of redoing a number of things like the parking lot, reroofing, and putting in a new fire sprinkler system.

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Questions about Brookdale Fort Wayne

What programs or activities does Brookdale Fort Wayne offer to enrich residents' well-being?

B-Fit, Daily Chronicle, In-Touch Technology, Arts & Crafts including seasonal specific projects, Men's Club Woodworking, Personalized Window Visits/Gatherings with Families, and more.

What places are near Brookdale Fort Wayne or within walking distance for assisted living residents to enjoy?

Most residents enjoy traveling by community shuttle to the nearby grocery stores, restaurants, and shopping. Shopping includes Kroger, Lowes, Target, Dollar Stores, Starbucks, and Urgent Care. All of these places are within a mile, but better suited for travel by care or Brookdale shuttle.

What transportation services does Brookdale Fort Wayne offer to assisted living residents?

Brookdale Shuttle Service - Scheduled Transportation to Doctor Appointments, Occasional Leisurely Drives to seasonal attractions, parks, festivals, and events.

What makes the chef or dining program at Brookdale Fort Wayne exceptional? What kind of menu can assisted living residents expect?

At Brookdale Fort Wayne, our dining program has been referred to as "The Salt of the Earth". Our residents enjoy favorites such as chicken and broccoli, meatballs, broiled salmon, and lasagna. Our meatloaf has a popular reputation as being "ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!" All of our meals can be enhanced by Brookdale Signature Seasonings available upon request. One visitor even requested to take home our Signature Seasonings!

What safety features or security measures does Brookdale Fort Wayne offer to assisted living residents?

Emergency Pendants (optional), Secure front entrance and side doors, staffed 24/7 nursing staff, nursing night checks.

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Services and Amenities of Brookdale Fort Wayne

Room and housing options

1-bedroom apartments
Companion Suites: We Offer Companion Suites
Studio Apartments

Dining options

In Room Kitchenette
Dining Room Shared Meals

Features

Beauty Barber Shop
Resident Transportation
Party Space
Tv Room
Garden And Patio
Resident Parking
Features Extra: Library

Cleaning services

Laundry For Linens
Private Cleaning Services
Housekeeping
Laundry For Clothing

Technology and entertainment

Cable In Rooms
Technology Extra: Emergency Call System

Health services

Medication Management
Nurse On Staff: 24/7

Activities

Offsite Activities
Music
Games
Stories
Religious Services
Lectures Discussions
Book Clubs
Wii Sports
Fitness Room
Gardening
Cooking
Arts And Crafts

Financial guidance

Home Sale Assistance
Va Benefits Consultation
Financing Advice

Guest services

Guest Parking
Guests At Mealtime
Overnight Guests

Diet

Low Fat
Low Salt

Languages

English

General

Resident Capacity: 63
Respite Care
Minimum Age: 65
Pets: Yes

Training Areas

Memory Care Training

Licenses

Licenses: State Licensed

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About Brookdale Fort Wayne

We offer a home like setting and cheerful smiles from our professional staff who greet you every day. Our caring staff offers the assistance you need while respecting your independence.

Our peaceful setting, restaurant style dining experience, activities and beautiful setting combine to create a wonderful living environment everyday. Our genuine caring staff, home style meals, daily activities add to our residents' experience.

Through special events, activities, clubs and ongoing cultural enrichment programs, we offer unlimited opportunities for you to get to know other residents and us. Call to set up an appointment for a tour because we delight in showing you our home.

Amenities and Services

Daily assistance with bathing and dressing
Medication management
Dining assistance and special diets
Assistance with reminders and redirection
Escorts and assistance with walking
Emergency response call system
Housekeeping
Laundry and linen service

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What Makes Us Special

We have six levels of care that really allows our residents to age in place and hopefully not have to move again. We are all on one Level.

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