Memory Care Communities in Hattiesburg, MS

"My mom is at Brookdale Hattiesburg. She has only been there for a month now. As far as I could tell, it's really for advanced Alzheimer's, for people that are advanced. I wouldn't consider it for like senior living, but it's like for people that need 24-hour care. From what I've seen, everybody is qualified for dealing with advanced dementia and Alzheimer's. The facility is nice, and from what I can tell, they're very educated in dealing with Alzheimer's. That’s what they mainly deal with. It’s a memory care unit. I've talked to my mom several times, and as far as I could tell, everything's pretty good. I can't say anything negative about it. The rooms may be 500-square feet. They’re clean and very nice. They have amenities there. They got a hair salon, physical therapy, and a nice courtyard. The staff is excellent. This is what they specialize in for people with advanced Alzheimer’s. It's a lockdown unit; the patients can't get out. This is for 24-hour care and they have to be watched. They have individual rooms, they have suites, and I think some of them were tandem rooms, where you can share to cut on the cost. They have like two people living in a room. My mom is living in a private room. It's cost me about $5600 a month, so it is pretty pricey. That’s a lot of money, $5600, but that includes everything. That's the Wi-Fi, the food, and all the amenities. It's all included for $5600, that’s for everything. There's no additional cost or anything. We know medications are charged separately. I haven't tasted their food, but from what I hear, it's supposedly pretty decent food. I think it's home-cooked. They cook it onsite. My mom hasn’t complained about it. They're pretty good at activities. They've been pretty up on that. They're involved. They’ll take the patients out and walk with them even outside. It's a lockdown unit. I know my mom got to walk around up to the regular living quarters for just assisted living people. They're pretty good with their patients, from what I can tell. As far as the structure and all, it's decent, it's nice, it's not rundown or anything. One thing I did notice about it is that there’s plenty of nurses, RNs, and LPNs. There's a lot of staff there unlike your traditional nursing home where you just got one or two or three people. There are several people that work on that floor. That's one thing I did note, and that’s probably why it's so expensive. You get very acute, one-on-one 24-hour care there for people with dementia and Alzheimer's. They’re pretty good about activities. They've got their own transportation bus. They’ll bring the patient to their doctors or the hospital. They have their transport busses and all that, so that’s pretty good. They're pretty pricey, but I looked around and a lot of other places are all aligned with that same price for the type of care my mom needs."

"It was very professional. They have the Wii, bingo, movies, cards, and chair aerobics. They have a mall within a quarter of a mile. They have several shopping areas and restaurants within the 5-mile radius of it, and a hospital is half a mile from it. "

"We visited Claiborne at Hattiesburg Assisted living. It is like the country club of retirement homes or nursing homes. They also have a memory center, which is very nice. All the rooms have kitchen, sitting area, bedroom, and bath with large shower. You could put a wheelchair in there, it is very big. They've got a theater, a library, and a post office in there. It's very, very clean and very modern. It's got a courtyard for the residents that are not in the memory center, and a courtyard for residents that are in the memory center. The courtyard in the memory center has raised beds so that the residents can plant things like tomatoes and cucumbers. I did not eat there but the dining area was very nice. The dining area staff brings each resident's meal to their table and makes sure that they're happy with it. It was very, very nice. Every room is a private room, so I'm worried about that for my mother because she needs someone to talk to. They get the highest grade if you ask me, it's quite a beautiful place. If I were to be a resident here, I would be proud of the company."