Memory Care Communities in Dubuque, IA

"Oak Park Place Dubuque is a nice, clean, friendly place. and it’s easy to go and see my brother whenever I want to. He loves to play bingo. and they have a lot of bingo there. He likes to take walks, and they have room for him to take walks. The staff is very good, attentive, and friendly. It’s just a good thing. "

"Luther Manor Grand Meadows was all on one level so I'll be able to get in and see my husband and get around there much more conveniently. I liked the size of the room that her is going to be in. It's much larger than where he's been. They also have full exercise facilities that look very nice."

"It is assisted living, and they have a memory care unit as well. It is unlike any nursing home because it doesn't even feel like a nursing home. It is very welcoming. They converted an old school house building, and they built on to it. So all of the old classrooms before are now apartments. The staff is excellent and top notch. We could not have found a better place for mom. They are involved especially in the memory care unit where my mother is placed; they are just excellent. They are like family to us already. You don't feel like you are going in to a nursing home; it is more like going to an apartment building. We have told mom that this is her apartment, and it has gone well with her. When they take them out for any kind of activity, the memory care unit residents have their own personal aide. I couldn't be happier. It is a God send. "

"Sunset Park Place was not bad, but it was pricier than I expected. The staff was fine. They had bingo and large common areas. The place was modern, new, and spacious."

"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."

"I toured Park Place Assisted Living last June. I liked the memory care unit, but they have no nursing, so he would have to leave the facility and go somewhere else. It was spotless, very secure, they had locked doors, locked rooms if necessary. They showed us menus, and they had choices of entrees for each meal. They had an area where they could go to get snacks and beverages. It seemed to me like their staff to resident ratio was very good. They had a room where there's actual exercise equipment that was easy enough for elderly people to operate. They have these big foam dice, they were playing a number game, but one would roll the dice, and pass the dice to another person. They had some memory games that they were playing. They had an area where they could go outside, they had flowers and they could help with the planting of the flowers in the Spring, watering them, and taking care of them over the summer."