Memory Care Communities in Syracuse, NY

"The apartments at Keepsake Village at Greenpoint are very nice. It’s homey and spacious. Their food is excellent. I like that the staff are very caring. "

"I liked Brookdale Bellevue. The tour was a nice experience. The gentleman walked me through the assisted living and then also through the memory care area, and I liked the way they have it set up. My mother could go straight from one level of care to the next one just by going from one section to the next section. The gentleman was also great and very personable. The building was very clean. The yard was clean and mowed as well. I just felt that the rooms were too small or too tight for me, and so they were going to be tight for my mother, but the layout was nice. As you come through the door, you see the person that takes you in. From there, you have an open area where they can come in and sit. Then behind there was a cafeteria. Off to the left were some apartments. When you go down the aisle, you see more apartments, and everything was ground floor level."

"Peregrine Senior Living at Onondaga Hill was very nice, very clean, and very new. That was the nicest place I went through. And the price also reflects that. The staff who gave the tour was wonderful. They're very nice. They showed me studio apartments. And they have many activities."

"We went to Brookdale Fayetteville. It was a good experience all the way around. They met with us for a sustained period of time. They answered all our questions. They gave us a tour. They were very congenial. I stopped over before the family went up. I stopped over the night before and they gave me a personal tour. I went through a litany of items and they checked off everything from under advanced care, making sure that they take their pills, doctors coming in, and an emergency button. I looked at the menus, and they were very good. There's nothing that I didn't like about it. It came out to a little bit over $12,000 a month with a down payment. Syracuse was just too expensive for my father. I went through the list of activities. They had a memorial for veterans. We were there for a really quick time. We had a great discussion. We sat down around the table, my cousin, my stepmother and her daughter, my father, and my cousin's wife. They answered every question we had. We were very pleased with what we came back with. We conferred, but it was just the cash. Everything else I liked about it. They also had a group, when we were leaving, going together for one of the activities. I saw about eight people there. They had a nice garden. It was small, but a garden to enjoy the nice days out or just a walk along the stone slabs if they could. The staff was very amicable and very helpful. I was looking at the menu and everything that I could see looked very high standard. They also met dietary needs. The place was in good condition, and they were remodeling a couple of things or just beginning to remodel a couple of the rooms. I think that they're trying to keep up-to-date. They did have an elevator for the second floor."

"My mother is here. So far, they've been great. They've been very attentive, and they've been communicating regularly with myself and my mother's physicians. It's a million times better than the rehab she was at before she went there. They get to know their residents individually and personally and try to meet their needs. They're really good. I haven't been in her apartment because of COVID. They do daily exercises in a group setting, they go for coffee and ice cream afterwards in the little cafe that they have, and they have had several holiday-related activities. My mother chose not to participate in the gingerbread house making, but she goes to daily exercise and to coffee afterwards. They have a memory care unit, but she's in the assisted living. We're just happy that she's out of the rehab. It's a breath of fresh air."

"Overall, the facility was excellent. The entranceway was welcoming and well-kept, with friendly staff waiting to help guide you through the facility. The lobby was well-decorated and didn't feel like a hospital; it felt more like a hotel. The nurse who was with us was also the nurse who was caring for my great-grandmother, and she was pleasant and friendly. There were a few staff members that seemed to be less pleasant, but we did not have a direct experience with them. The rooms were simply furnished and were a little dull. There wasn't a lot of room for personal belongings. However, they did feel nicer than something like a hospital room. Out of curiosity, we tried some of the food and found it to be surprisingly good. We looked into some of the services and facilities provided and found that were plenty of additional amenities for those able to take advantage of them, such as an entertainment room with various activities, and a swimming pool. The only major negative of the facility is that the care staff seemed to have a slow response time, though that could have been due to understaffing. "