Memory Care Communities in Dubuque, IA

"My mom moved to Oak Park Place Dubuque. They offer two meals a day, five days a week and they also offer options for three meals a day, seven days a week for independent living. The price point was really good considering the amount of amenities they have. They have a pub and a gym downstairs that staff eight hours a day, and a community room. They have two different eating halls and they have continental breakfast. There are a lot of really great points about Oak Park Place that I think fit the ticket my mother was looking for. Everyone that's working there that I've worked with so far is very caring and passionate. They want to be engaged with the people that are living there. They're asking questions. They're following up after moving in to make sure that my mother has everything that she needs or if she has any questions. They're also helping her get around the facility for the first couple of weeks because it is so big. They're leading her around the facility which is awesome. I have no complaints about the folks that were there, to be honest. They have mass every Sunday. They have bingo and they have an ice cream social once a week. They drink down at the pub once a week. So it's just for social gathering events for the folks that are living there. I haven't talked to the activities coordinator about everything that they do but they have sunrooms on every single floor of the building with puzzles, and that sort of thing. There's a lot to do there to be quite honest. The food is really good. They have an actual chef on staff who answers any questions. They take feedback from the residents on meals they would like to see added to the menu if possible. They're engaging in keeping their residents happy."

"My experience with this skilled nursing facility has been nothing short of exceptional. The staff is compassionate, attentive, and truly dedicated to their residents’ well-being. The care is top-notch, the environment is warm and welcoming, and I had complete peace of mind knowing my loved one was in great hands. Highly recommend!"

"My mom moved into Ahva Living of East Dubuque. I think she's getting good attention to her care. They're doing everything they can to help her. My mom has a private room. They've been very accommodating. The rooms have a good amount of space. Everybody has a private bathroom. It's clean. They do art drawings and paintings. They take trips to Walmart. They have a hairdresser that comes in. When I've been over there, the nurse techs have been fixing my mom's hair and painting her fingernails. It seems like they're just being nice."

"We're planning to move my mom to Sunset Park Place. We met with Shelly, she was great, she showed us around, and explained everything. We've seen two of the one bedrooms, the smaller one and the deluxe, and they were very nice. At the time we went, a lot of the residents were going to lunch. We didn't have a meal there, but it looked very good, and the dining area looked really nice as well. We've seen the laundry room, we've seen the activity room, where the church is held, and there's also a craft room. I think she covered pretty much all of the different rooms. The place was very clean, it was very nice, and felt very homey. They also have a van that they use to take people to doctors' appointments and stuff like that if we need it. The outdoors seemed very plentiful, they have a spot that's like a little garden place for people to plant tomatoes and stuff."

"One thing I like about Stonehill Communities-Assisi Village is they have assisted living. And when they're in assisted living and they get to a point that they think they need memory care, then they would just transition them into the memory care part of the facility. They had studio apartments, 1-bedrooms and 2-bedrooms. They didn't have any double occupancy, it was all one occupancy rooms, even in the memory care part of it. It was all private rooms. They had an activity director, and in that area, they play games, they did some memory things. When we were there that day they were talking about what happened during the civil war, to try to bring back memories to some of the elderly. Then they play some memory games, and they give them a list of things and put these things on them. They give them these papers that have pictures of these things on them, and they have to put them in order, or as well as they can. They had a few people that were just sitting back watching that didn't want to play, so they just let them watch, but they included them in the activities, which I like. It gets them out of their rooms. I don't like it when they just leave them in their room and turn the TV on for them. They get them out of their room, take them to a dining room to eat, unless they protest that they don't want to, then they can eat in their room. But I like it when they encourage them to go participate with other people and do activities with a group. And that both of these facilities did that. The staff there was a good ratio. It was all very clean, they have a lot of safety things, walk-in showers, and shower seats. For the studio apartments, you have to go to a community shower. But otherwise, if you have a 1-bedroom or a 2-bedroom, you have your own bathroom and shower. And there's a small kitchenette in those rooms with refrigerators. I got to see menus and it looked like it was a good, healthy, balanced meal."

"We placed my mom in a memory care unit at Park Place Memory Care in Platteville. She's been there for about a week now. I would say that the staff are very, very caring and do everything that they possibly can to help her conform to her new setting. She has nothing but good things to say about them. They do a lot of activities and keep the clients there very active. They do exercise every morning, they had a Halloween party yesterday and they gave every client a costume and then they had kids come in and do trick or treating. Mom said that the little kids were just delightful to watch. They also do a lot of movies and a lot of sing-alongs and outings so they keep them very occupied. It's a very clean facility. It was an old hospital that they converted into a care facility, and I feel like she's very safe there. They've got nice big windows in every room, so there's lots of sunlight and normal light from outside, which I feel is very important. The bathrooms were very large and have walk-in showers so it's a very nice place. They have a sheltered gazebo out in the back, where the clients can go and sit and be protected from the Sun. In the summer, they grow strawberries, tomatoes, and flowers. She says the food has been great. She said they've been just one or two meals that she didn't care for. They weren't bad, she just didn't care for them. Other than that, she said the food's fantastic. It's a pretty pricey facility but they say in their brochure that they have the best staff to resident ratio in the state. You must get the care that you need."