Memory Care Communities in Medina, OH

"I toured Brookdale Montrose. They have no pool, but they have two meals a day. It was very nice. I had lunch there and I had a hamburger. It was very good. As for activities, they have everything. They have an exercise room."

"I loved Brookdale Bath, but they wouldn't accept my sister. The facility was very clean and attractive. The atmosphere was attractive and friendly. The dining area was open and attractive."

"I toured Heritage Crossing. It's going to fit my needs very well for my mother. The rooms were nice. The pricing was fair from what I'm seeing with the market. I liked it because there were more individual residents versus couples, which made it easier for my mother. In the lobby, everything is very welcoming. I like that they have very nice gathering areas all through the facility, so family and friends can always go off into a private area with beautiful furniture or fireplaces. They have a theater room. The activities that they have are fabulous. I met the chef. The restaurant looks wonderful. There's enough to pick some off the menu without being too much. I did look at the menu. It looks like a bistro-type menu. It was very nice, chicken waffles and that kind of stuff. I think the chef makes maybe one special for the night. Then you have a couple of other choices if you want. They had a trick-or-treat there yesterday from the kids' school. Kids in the area could come through. The residents made Halloween hats and cast and costumes and we're excited to have the kids there. I was impressed, like sitting in the lobby while I was waiting to talk to the medical director about my mother's situation. The housekeeper team, they're joking around with the managers. I love that. I just thought that they all seemed to enjoy each other's company."

"My aunt has been in Arden Courts of Bath for three weeks now. We felt it was the best fit for her because it was smaller and because of the way that it was laid out. We just really liked it. She's doing well there and thriving, doing a lot of activities and stuff. It's a complete turnaround from where she was. It's great. We're very happy with it. The whole facility is memory care. The staff is unbelievable. Every single person is so friendly. Everybody greets you and says hi. If you have any questions, they are on top of things. Nobody ignores you or anything. Every single person there is fantastic. We were there on Mother's Day and watched her eat, and it looked delicious. It was like a giant pizza meatloaf, green beans, and baked potato, and she said it was very good. The place is immaculate. There's a whole schedule of stuff on their calendar and the calendar doesn't even list everything that they do. The one time I went, they played basketball. They go outside, they do walks, they do puzzles and games, they have music people that come play guitar and sing, and they have happy hour Fridays where they do different activities. There's always something going on."

"I toured Vitalia Senior Residences at Strongsville. The rooms I was not thrilled with because it's just one giant open room. So I wasn't thrilled with the layout of the room, but I like the facility. It was very kind of high-end. They were just very friendly, very informative, and very inviting. They invited me to bring my friend in for lunch. I would have chosen that one. The only reason I did not choose that one is because they did not have the Medicaid slide after two years. Everything was wonderful. The only issue I had was I didn't believe my friend would like the open floor concept like everything is open. She likes somewhat enclosed bedrooms, the boxy type of rooms she likes rather than the open floor plan. It wasn't as social as the other facility. The people seem to be more on their own independently, like eating. There is no set time like they can go and come as they please. So there's not a set time for lunch or dinner or anything like that. It was basically just everything's very open and fluid. I would say for someone younger it would be much better, but for my friend's needs and the fact that she's 95, the other facility just seemed to meet our needs better."

"My father is 80 years old. And although he is physically able to live on his own, we came to a point where his cognitive degeneration declined to the point where we felt he could not live on his own. He fought leaving his condo and independent life. But following a stint in the hospital, we felt it was a good time to make the leap. The Inn at Apple Ridge was able to meet our aggressive move-in schedule. The facility is absolutely amazing. We have noticed an unbelievable difference in our dad. He is happy, lively, and busy. His "check in" calls only last a couple of minutes as he is always on the move. He loves his room, the people, the food and the freedom. The Inn at Apple Ridge was best leap of faith we could have made."

"I'm living in Danbury Broadview Heights. Felicia is the executive director. I moved into Danbury four months ago and Felicia was hired a couple months after I moved in and she inherited some existing problems and within a month or so she had them all straightened out to resident satisfaction. She's a very positive, upbeat person and interacts with residents and employees in a very positive, upbeat manner. My interaction with the other staff is always very positive. My apartment is large and it's kept very clean by the housekeeping staff and there is plenty of storage space. There's a wide variety of daily activities to fit many different personality types. There's something to appeal to everyone. They have a back patio where you can sit and chat or read. Sometimes, they have happy hours out there where you take a beverage and mingle with the other residents. Felicia was able to weed out staff that gave less than her standard of care to residents and hire on to replace them with people that were more up to her standards and more resident focused. If anything, the only complaint about food is there's too much of it. One of the reasons that we checked in there is because it looks beautiful as we drove past and it was close to my mom and it was just as nice on the inside as we imagined it was going to be on the outside."

"Vitalia North Royalton has everything you could possibly need. They have apartments and they have everything in there. It's not a huge kitchen, but yet a kitchen. Their menu is almost like a restaurant menu. If there's something on there that I know I can eat or whatever, that's no problem. I can or don't have to. Everybody was very friendly, the people that actually live there and the gentleman that took me on the tour. I was very impressed. The rooms seemed very pleasant. I got to meet some of the women that were there, and they're going to have bingo. It was really a nice place. It would be second on my list, except for the entry fee and what it costs per month. Compared to everything that you get there, if you had the money, that will be no problem, but I will never have that kind of money. It looked like the residents were very comfortable and very happy."

"My wife is now at Arden Courts of Parma. She is in the memory care unit, but she is not suffering from Alzheimer's or dementia or anything like that. It is something called bipolar. She has been there for six weeks now. They have lots of activities. There are two activities directors here that keep the residents busy. They have a very nice facility that has a rather large outdoor walking path that is secured by fencing all around the building. They have two cats and two dogs that have the freedom to roam inside the building itself. The building has four separate communities. They have a nice dining room area and a nice living room with a big screen TV. In the common areas outside these four little communities, they also have some sitting areas for people to gather together. It's all secured. The staff has got quite a longevity here. A lot of them have been here for many, many years. The caregivers have great compassion and they're very polite with all of the residents that I see here. The director has been here for several years. He is very, very caring and responsive to not only the residents but also to me. I've told him the good things that I see, and I told them some things that I don't like also, and he has addressed all the concerns that I have. The food is prepared well. It has a good taste and good flavor. Most of the time the portions seem normal and there seems to be a good variety of them. But they don't have soup every day. All the activities are excellent. "

"My aunt moved into Symphony at Olmsted Falls. The community is wonderful, and the people who work here are so very sweet and helpful throughout the entire process. They have helped me every step of the way. They have been very supportive and love having my aunt here. As I was walking by, the upkeep was excellent. They routinely clean up the facility throughout the day. The maintenance personnel here do a great job. When I came in, it smelled clean. The room is perfect for what my aunt needs. The en-suite bathroom is great. It's got a lot of room. They have a lot of great amenities. The courtyard is sweet. My aunt's room looks over the courtyard. They've got a bunny here, which is adorable, a pet bunny. They bring pets in, and kids come here and visit. It is a great community. The activities are not overwhelming. They're gently encouraged to participate if they want to; they don't have to if they don't want to. What I like is that they do a lot of live music and my aunt watched the game."

"Sunrise At Parma was a very nice-looking place. It was a smaller place than the others I've toured, they had about 50 residents. It felt very homey to me. In a lot of the other places I went to, you hardly see anybody, but when we were here, you see people sitting down to eat, you see people walking around, and you see people sitting outside. When you walk in there was a dog sleeping, it just had a very nice atmosphere. The people that we met were super nice. The best thing was that it was not huge and we saw a lot of the residents when we visited. The one who gave us the tour was Lauren, and she was super accommodating. We took our dad and we were telling her that we were trying to make it not look like a planned visit, and we asked her not to say anything about the cost upfront because that would skew my dad. So she was super nice, she did everything we asked, and she was awesome."

"My sister had been ill and her dementia had worsened. We had secured an apartment at Maplewood but feared that she was too weak to be transferred there. I called Maplewood’s Director of Admissions to tell her of the situation. She informed me that she would handle everything. Two days later, my sister was transferred to Maplewood Cuyahoga Falls. The nursing staff just enveloped her. Kate, Director of Nursing helped us coordinate her care and nurses, Hallie and Megan were attentive, kind and supportive, as were the many aides that were assigned to her overtime. She was up and dressed every day. She was taken to activities and meals. I (or another sister) was there daily. We saw the kindness and compassion that was shown to everyone who lived there by ALL the staff. That thoughtfulness was also shown to us. My sister was blessed to live there for the last three weeks of her life. Thanks to Maplewood, she had a dignified and peaceful death. Our family was treated with extreme kindness, care and love. If looking for a care facility, look no further. The facility itself is beautiful. The rooms are large and cheerful, the food delicious and staff knowledgeable and supportive. I am grateful for Maplewood and recommend this affordable option for all memory care individuals. Maplewood staff was a blessing to our family. May God bless them in their work."

"I was a resident of Vista Springs Greenbriar Village. It's an older building, but it's very well-kept. I was actively involved for the first time in several activities, and that is because of the friendliness of the residents. So, I got involved. We had ice cream specials on Friday. They brought in a manicurist to do the patient's nails and give them a facial massage. It wasn't a problem, but they sent me a meal I couldn't eat. The chef came to visit me in my room and asked me to give him a list of the food I could and could not eat. He made my meals special for me every single time until I left. The staff was just beautiful. I've been in a wheelchair for the last four years, but they got me walking. I'm walking better every day. The physical therapy department was good. The building was very clean. When I first moved there for a couple of months, I had a room to myself, and then they had to make some adjustments because I shared a room with another person."

"I toured Danbury North Ridgeville. Everybody was very friendly and welcoming. The facility was clean. They also had a lot of great programs and amenities for the patients. I was there around chow time, so I got to smell the food. I didn't have anything to eat there. I liked the facility a lot, but did not like the location. It was close to a highway, and that turned me off. Their courtyard was pretty open, and it was pretty windy back there. It was a nice courtyard, but I didn't like that it was next to the highway. Lisa and the team did a fantastic job showing around. They knew the answers to the questions I asked. They provided me with information about things that I didn't think to ask. All of the rooms come unfurnished, which is typical, but they were willing to work with us on the types of furniture that can go in there. They did not have in-suite showers in the room."