Memory Care Communities in O Fallon, MO

"I saw The Boulevard at Wentzville. The tour wasn't quite as extensive as the other ones. It was a very nice place. The reason for not choosing it was the distance from my home. It was over 10 miles away, and the one we have is within four miles of my house. So that's a huge difference for me and my time and being able to get there quickly and often as I can. I didn't really get to meet any of the staff. I just met the lady that gave me the tour. She was very nice, very polite, and very informative. They had several different types of living at that home. They had assisted. They even had apartments on three different levels. Their memory care was a separate part of the wing on the ground floor. I was comfortable with that. The whole point got down to the money part of it: the price. Their price was going to be higher because they did not furnish the rooms. I had to furnish the rooms myself and that was an extra expense. Then the monthly cost was was a little different, and that didn't work as well. The place itself was great. They're very, very well appointed. It looked spotless. I don't know if they showed me all of it, but what I saw was absolutely clean."

"I liked everything about The Lumiere of Chesterfield. They had a private chef who worked with the people who lived there to get on the menu what they preferred to eat according to their diet. A lot of these people are diabetics and when they go to another facility, they don't care what they eat, they just put garbage on the menu. This private chef makes a world of difference. They have high ceilings and big, spacious rooms. It's much more spacious than a lot of the facilities I've seen. It makes it feel much more luxurious and much more like home."

"...My sister worked at Friendship Village for 5 years and I have a niece that currently works at Friendship Village of West County. I toured the facility and it is very nice. I would use the word upscale. They offer long-term and short term care. What I like the most about Friendship Village is that they hired my niece when she was in high school and she has been working there for 5 years now. She loves it! She just recently recieved her CNA certificate. I noticed that the facility has everything the residents need such as a hair salon, bowling alley, etc. It is well kept and maintained. For residents who do not need long term nursing care they can live in their own private condo or apartment which is located next to the nursing facility. The landscape and scenery of the facility is very nice. It is surrounded by many trees and greenery. The facility is easy to access by car and a parking spot is super easy to find. I'd definitely give this facility a 5 star!! "

"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."

"Our family had never heard of Brooking Park until we needed an unplanned skilled level of care for a relative. They had an opening when we needed one and I found out that they were caring,met my aunt's needs, kept me posted and were very responsive until her last day. I would recommend Brooking Park and their team. "

"My husband went to Autumn View Gardens the third week of June, and it's been excellent. He is in what's known as a companion suite. It's a shared bathroom with a little entryway, and then each member has their own separate apartments that were very nice. He even has his own private deck off of the bedroom. They have lots of activities. They have arts and crafts and movie nights, and he is taking physical therapy. He can stay as busy as he wants to or as lazy as he chooses. They take them on field trips and to the store once a week. They have an excellent dining room, and they can pick what they want to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They have two entrees for every meal, and if they don't want one of the entrees, they can choose items off of the menu. I like that they are managing his diet and his medications. "

"We visited The Solana and it was a beautiful facility. The manager that met with us was terrific. He was very helpful and spent a lot of time with us. The assisted living and the memory care that they had was terrific. It was very secured, very new and very nicely planned. If you had a senior that's very functional but could no longer maintain a house on their own or didn't want to, this would be a beautiful and terrific facility.They had a lot to offer. Though it was not inexpensive, it was affordable and of good value for what it offered. I was very confident in their ability and they had an ala carte pricing which really meant you pay for the services you used. There was a charge for the room and board and then you add on just the services that you needed. I thought that was a very fair way of doing things that if you needed more services, then you had to pay more because you took up more time of the caregivers. However, my grandfather is 96 and he was a significant fall risk. The facility wasn't really designed as a skilled nursing home or for people that were such in an advanced age like my grandfather. There was just too many patients per caregiver and had a higher fall risk. They couldn't give the one-on-one care that may grandfather needed. If somebody was younger with Alzheimer's, dementia an memory loss, but had much physical function, it would be different. They really don't have the mobile assistance that he needed and his dementia and Alzheimer's were so severe that he doesn't know how to ask for help and call for assistance. "

"I toured here. They had a nice garden. They have nice apartments. I noticed they had full-sized kitchens and refrigerators. They were located in an urban area, which is nice for people who don't drive. All the people I met there were very nice. It seemed like a very good community. The staff was very good. He's very personable, very nice, covered everything, and took me around. I liked him and he was responsive to me when I had questions. They had a lovely dark area and a nice activity area. They have physical therapy and stuff like that. I think there was a theater. They offered transportation within 15 miles, I believe, and they were pet-friendly."

"Autumn View Gardens is absolutely wonderful. My brother lives there and the staff is beyond-belief caring and friendly. The facility is inviting, warm and super clean. The medical staff is talented, professional, and extraordinarily responsive to the needs of the residents. My brother loves his room with an outdoor balcony, the coffee and snacks that are provided all day, the housekeeping and laundry that are provided for him and the 24 hour medical care. I simply cannot say enough positive things about AVG!"

"I have moved in. Everything is on time, and everybody is really nice. The place is clean and it doesn't smell. When you call the staff, they come pretty quickly. However, the food is better than the place where I was at last. I haven't had much of a chance to access anything other than just the apartment and the dining room. I think the activities are good overall. The value for the money is very good, too. I don't have to provide too much of my own things because everything else is provided."

"Promenade Senior Living was very nice, but it was probably $1500 to $2000 more than the other place. It's a high rise. You walk in and it's beautiful, but it's dark, has an oppressive feeling, and is sterile. The staff was polite. Before I went to the other place, Promenade was my top choice. My interaction with the front desk was minimal, but the lady who did the tour was great."

"My mom has moved here. It's warm and welcoming. The staff was very personable and were resident-focused. They're very hospitable, willing to help, very accommodating, and willing to go out of their way to help residents. My mom has her own apartment. It's very open, and it has nice hardwood floors in the living room and the kitchen area. It also has lots of closet space, and emergency pull cords in the bedroom and the bathroom. It's very clean and they're very quick to help residents in their rooms for hanging things or that kind of thing. The dining area is very open, and I love how they have open dining. You can come down whenever you get up in the morning. If you want to have breakfast for dinner, you can have that. You can order anything off the menu at any time during the day whatever their hours are."

"Friendship Village Sunset Hills was a beautiful place. They showed us two-bedroom with a den and one-bedroom with a den. The rooms were very nice. They have a person who will take you to your doctor's appointment, and they have a doctor who comes into the place. Housekeeping and linen laundry are also part of the package. The staff was very informative and really wanting people to come back for a private meeting."

"We toured Oak Pointe of Washington yesterday. The visit was fine. It's a very nice new facility. The tour giver was very easy to talk to and friendly. Everything looked great. It's only about four years old, and everything looked well done and kept nicely."