Memory Care Communities in Frankfort, KY

"My mother is in Homeplace at Midway. They told us that once her money runs out, if they have a bed that they will still provide for her. They will not make her move into a state assisted place. They will allow her to stay there if there's a facility for her, which I really liked. I do not like the idea of having my mother at an older age having to leave everybody that she has known. The Homeplace itself is a beautiful place. It has beautiful grounds. They serve a lot of chicken and potato chips, and that is one of my pet peeves. A potato chip is not a meal; it is a snack. I think they need to have a little bit better variety of food. The food is good, and the cooking is very good. It is just that it is repetitive. It's more chicken and more chicken. The dining area is very nice. The rooms are beautiful. She has a living room, a small kitchenette, windows to look outside, a nice huge bathroom, and a nice size bedroom with two closets. The rooms are very spacious. I do not know what they have for facilities because with the Covid, we have not been able to be in. I sent her in and it was Covid. It was one of the hardest things I could have ever done because I could not see her forever it seemed like."

"We chose Windsor Gardens for my mother based on the price and location to our home residence. She will move in a couple of weeks. We really love the staff members. They were really engaging. The main nurse that runs the place was very kind. She toured us around herself. We were able to meet the activities director who seemed very engaged. They showed us a list of activities that my mother was very excited about. I think for a slow-paced person that is looking for a homey, close-knit feel, Windsor Gardens is an optimal place. They have an activity room, but it is more of a slower paced assisted living. There is a studio and a 1-bedroom. We chose a studio, and it was plenty big based on her needs. The people that we got to talk to and the people we interacted with were very sincere and very engaging."

"I toured Shelby Farms Senior Living. It's brand new, and I don't even think it's been open for six months. They still don't have grass out front. I loved it, and if it wasn't for money, that's where my mother would be right now. What scared me wasn't the actual cost because it was only $600 more than the other place. The way the man explained it to me was that let's say my mom is having a really bad week, and she needed extra assistance with showering and feeding. So, anything with extra, they tack on; he said it could be an additional of anywhere from $350 to $650. As your loved one gets worse, you don't know what you're going to be paying. It was considered all-inclusive, the food and all the personal items; but it was just the extra assistance that they were going to charge for that was just too iffy for me. Right now, my mother is physically able to do everything on her own. But as she progresses with her Alzheimer's, it's going to get worse and with that, not knowing each month how much extra they're going to add was a little scary for me. It's high-end everything, with high-end flooring. The kitchen area is just a kitchen out in the middle. They serve country style. They put bowls out and people can just get anything they want, they don't go by menu. They had ham and pork; it was truly like a buffet. They had both assisted living part and then memory care. I think they had 24 beds for memory care."

"I am at an assisted living facility called Meadowthorpe Assisted Living & Memory Care. They furnish three meals. They have free transportation. Most people here are either with wheelchairs or walkers. The apartments are roomy. They are designed for wheelchairs. The doors have very large openings. Most of the people here stay in their apartments. They just come out to eat meals. The care is good, and the meals are good. I'm just paying for stuff I don't need. The showers here are large and you can put a wheelchair in the shower. If you're in a wheelchair or a walker, the rooms are really good and they take care of you, but when you're independent where you don't need any of that, it's just too much. I also need something to lower the cost. Other than that, I'm perfectly happy. The activities are very limited. They don't have that many activities because most of the people are in wheelchairs, so they have to have non-physical activities. I don't have any complaints about this facility at all. It's just I'm over-cared for, I think, and I need to cut the cost. And they check in every two to three hours, which is sort of a nuisance because I don't need anybody doing that. I take care of my own medication, so I don't need somebody to look after me every two or three hours. If you need it, I think it would be of value. I think for what you get, it's a pretty good price. "

"I saw Cedarhurst of Beaumont. It was a newer facility, I was really impressed with everything. She showed me two different apartments, it was clean, and it was new. I would have been fine taking my mother there except, the room that they have for my mom was far away from the elevator, and this was like a 4-story building, and I was worried that my mother would just get lost there. I was worried the walk would be too long for the elevator, and also, it's just kind of a big facility. I loved the facility, the pricing was good, and everything was good, but it wasn't for my mom. The staff was good, the dining area was really attractive and pleasing. They showed me different places, that they would have different things, they had an outdoor area, that they would have dinner as well with music, and they had an exercise place."

"The accommodations were absolutely beautiful and every apartment had a balcony. The staff was accommodating, inviting, and hopeful. The food was good and there were three different areas where people could eat: a café, a formal dining area, and cafeteria upstairs. They also had a salt water swimming pool, activities, yoga, a salon, and a courtyard. There's also availability of additional care for independent seniors, or they can contact outside help if they needed more assistance with care and wanted to stay longer in the independent living level instead of moving to assisted living. The memory care unit had 24-hour nursing staff available to help with meds or light housekeeping. The place was gorgeous, and they had extra benefits for veterans. They were across the street from a shopping center with restaurants, and they take the residents over there or to church."

"We toured Cedarhurst of Nicholasville. It's a fairly new place, just a year old. It was still very clean. The staff was very friendly. They showed us everything, and they answered all our questions. The rooms were bigger compared to the others, and they were clean. They had nice-sized bathrooms."

Our staffing is on care giver to 5 or 6 residents. We have a huge outdoor space, back yard and we are the hidden gem of Lexington. Nestled in the heart of Hamburg just off Liberty Rd. To learn more about this provider's license and review other available state reports, please visit: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Health Care Facility Directories

"My father was in The Willows at Hamburg. It's a very clean facility, with nice, very attentive staff members, good rooms, good service, and it was just all around great. They had some special brunches on Sundays where they encouraged family members to come, and they had some group activities. The food was very good."