Memory Care Communities in Godfrey, IL

"In the last 12 months Town & Country Senior Living, has had: 2 Executive Directors, 4 Director of Wellness, High turnover of staff, Unable to get direct email for staff (had to go through main line), Poor communication between residents, staff, family and in house doctor, less than a year it has changed ownership again."

"Charter Senior Living of St. Louis Hills gave a great tour. Their building is a little older than the other facility, but it's well-maintained. They seemed to have everything in line. The rooms are nice. If you want to have dinner with your family, you can have that, and they have a dining room for that. I was impressed with them. They had two people that toured me. One of those people used to be the supervisor of another facility. Now she's a supervisor over at Charter. Charter Senior Living was fine. I had no problem about moving there, except that it was father down for me to drive every day to visit. I did not try the food, but it smelled good. I was there at 11:00 at both times with my sister-in-law and it smelled good. They were very interested in getting my wife into that group that I had a hard time telling them, "There's nothing against you guys. You guys did a great job at the tour.""

"I would rate Harvester Residential Care high. My daughter went with me, too. The people are very pleasant. I like how everything is situated. The owner buys houses, and each house has either two or three bedrooms or four bedrooms, and he rents out the bedrooms. You're renting out a bedroom a month, but you're sharing the house with two people or one person. It's like a college dorm. He owns 22 houses. He took us on two tours. I'm taking the lowest one, which is $1,600. That's a lot of money for one bedroom, but it's all fully furnished. If you don't like the furniture, you tell him. He said that one time, the man who moved in didn't like the rug and all that. They pulled up the rug and a put in a new one. He'll give you a new mattress. You got a bed, a dresser, a lamp, a TV, and a landline phone. Their programs are nice. There's bingo three times a week, and you get two meals a day, which is all included in the price. The meals he showed us looked good. They deliver the meals to your house. There's a nurse and a doctor on call. I'm hoping to get there, but the problem is you don't have your own bathroom. It's a shared bathroom. The houses were nice. There's a living room, a dining room, a nice kitchen, and a washer and a dryer. If you are too weak to do anything, they have a person who will take care of the houses. They do the housecleaning, and if I don't want to wash my clothes, they'll wash my clothes or change the bed."

"The meals were consistently very good with very attentive service and pretty goof selections. Adequately staffed in what must be a difficult labor market and all very friendly. Weekly events all day long it seemed. Library visits, movies, entertainment... Never saw the old place but the renovations are beautiful. Theater is awesome!"

"I toured Glenfield Memory Care Homes. I liked that it was smaller and it felt very homey. The furniture was included, but you can bring your own if you want to. The staff showed me a salon, which was very nice, and I liked where the showers were. The room where the patients were seemed plenty roomy enough, with a bit of room to move around. They were all private rooms. The one room there was bigger so that people could share, but that was empty when I was there. The staff was very kind and informative."

"Friendship village is a nice facility however there are some drawbacks. The facility is adding condominiums around their retention pond/ manmade lake. It has a walking course it has card tables and exercise equipment on each floor. The place is great until critical care then it is only pretty good. Especially in this recession with social security drying up a bit retirement communities even non profit ones such as friendship village are being forced to start looking more at the money side of things. They are looking to expanding and adding many new condo type living units that are barely assisted living at all to make money through selling them as well as to insure clients that will fill spaces in the future when they cannot live on their own anymore. Because of this monetarily based focus the patients that need a lot of care such as my grandmother get ignored more than they should and are not given the care that I believe she should be receiving. Because of this my grandmother has had to pay for a private nurse to come in and make visits as well s to direct the staff to her aid as my grandmother isn't really able to fully articulate what she needs and she is too proud to ask for help. When she was in need of less assistance the facility was great for her. She exercised had a nice community of people she was friends with and the dining hall is actually quite good. I have been there for thanksgiving and eaten thanksgiving there a few times and have been pleasantly surprised. The staff are kind in general and I believe it is still a great place to live. They also have cheap rooms for rent when visiting your family members on premises in the building that come with an email in the dining hall. This is nice because you are right there with your family member. There was a time when my grandmother believed that some things were being stolen by employees from her room but I think it is likely more due to her poor health condition and aging memory. Because friendship village is a non profit it is much more catering towards the quality of life the patients receive rather than just get out as much money as possible. My great uncle Alvin when he was about to pass away was in a nursing home not nearly s nice as friendship village and he ended up being miserable the last year or so of his life which is quite tragic. If you live in this area friendship village is definitely a great option I do believe the waiting list is somewhat long however I am not sure. There is a small lake and it is right next to a giant arboretum. It is pretty close to Saint Louis but still generally away from the hustle and bustle. "

"My mom is staying in The Meadowlands. She's doing respite care in their memory care. The place is up-to-date and clean. The staff is communicative and friendly. For activities they have them make bracelets. They just have the elementary kids there too and they actually sent me a picture of my mom hitting a balloon back and forth with one of the girls. They also just had a film festival that was open to all the surrounding communities and any family that wanted to come. So they do broader things as far as getting the community involved as well. The director just texted me this past week saying that they have a church service which my mom likes because she said she really enjoyed the music. She's not that engaging as a person, but it's really nice to see that she's somewhat engaged there."

"I have a friend who lives in Bradford Place. I was very impressed with that. My friend set it up so that I could have lunch there, and the lunch was very nice. It wasn't over the top or fancy, it was just good home cooking. And I think home is the best word to describe the place. They have a lovely living room setting where you can take your guests. My friend has a one-bedroom unit. The one bedroom is separate, and it is not shoved into the living room like that. They have housekeeping services, and she takes that. I was very impressed with the staff. She asked if they would carry something back to her room because she has a mobility issue, and they did that quite willingly. They clean her room for her. Everything was positive about that place. My friend said they do a lot of activities. They had game night and fresh popcorn in there. There's a very nice feel to the place."

"Revela at O'Fallon looked nice. It's far better than the other place. It is relatively new. The dining room has a super high ceiling. They have a wing of apartments that are two stories, and you can overlook the dining room from the top part of the apartment wing for assisted living. It feels roomy, even though it's not a very big room. On the memory care side, they have a large living dining space. The staff members have been very helpful, but it's unfortunate because I don't think it's going to be the place we choose. The food was excellent. It was great. No pets in memory care though. There was a piano in the open area in the memory care and somebody was playing while I was there. A resident talked to us and she said she loved it there. I thought it was a great place to be. The people that were there were very pleased with it."

"Everything at The Boulevard of St Peters was very well done. It was relatively new. It's just been there for a year. So, everything was nice. We had already put a deposit there for Mom, but we didn't get to use it. The lady was very professional."

"I stayed at Cedar Creek Godfrey. There was one staff member who had way too much authority for a CNA, and she didn't like me, and I didn't care for her so that soured my whole experience. They had a menu you could select from, and it was very nice. I was in a studio. It was small, but it was nice. They had an activity room that was used for bingo, which was fun. They had a lobby in the front and big-screen TVs."

"I toured Villas of Holly Brook and Reflections for my mother. It was very nice, brand new, and had larger rooms than most places. It looked like a state-of-the-art facility to be quite honest. The only downfall was the size. It's a very large facility, but if you don't have any mobility issues, it would be fantastic, but she has mobility issues. It's still new, so it doesn't look like they need any maintenance or upkeep at this time. The staff was very pleasant and knowledgeable of the place. They got more activities than any place I've seen. They got pool tables; they got more than I've seen anywhere. They also got a massive courtyard. It's just, it's a huge place. The dining was very clean and nice, too."

"I brought my father up from Louisiana to live close to me, he is in the early stage of dementia, his 1 bedroom apartment is absolutely beautiful, the facility is absolutely beautiful, love the activities they do with the residents, the food could be a little better and they must understand some don't have teeth and to take that into consideration, the staff goes above and beyond to make sure my dad is safe, happy and participates in activities, I would highly recommend this facility"

"Rooms are spacious and well kept. My father was there for almost a year before he passed away. During his stay, he was well cared for. He thrived in a community that was friendly and active for seniors. I found the staff compassionate, caring and attentive. I know seniors have many health issues and the staff always alerted me of any issues my loved one had that day. Even though, I realize since Covid, every job is stressed to keep qualified staff. Staff always met me with a smile. My Dad can be a handful, but the staff was very patient with him. I so love and appreciated all who took time to look after my DAD. THANK YOU STAFF"