Memory Care Communities in Strongsville, OH

"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."

"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'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."

"The assisted living facility that I found for my client is called Mount Alverna Village. It is run by the Franciscan Sisters from Chicago. My client is a former Franciscan priest. The place is very relaxed and comfortable. I think the staff is very helpful and very interested in trying to do whatever they can do to make my client’s stay there as pleasant as possible. He seems to be thriving there. The room is physically adequate. The dining area is not terribly large, but it doesn’t need to be. It is sufficient for those that would be in the room at any one time. They have various activities, too. "

"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."

"I toured Vitalia Active Adult Community North Olmsted. The staff was very nice, very accommodating, and very informative. I liked the food choices and the way that meals were set up, where they could do kinds of things on their own, but it would be much better for someone younger than my friend, being that she was 95 and couldn't really see a lot and can't get mobile herself, and she's kind of dependence on an attendant. The facility was very clean. It wasn't as social and kind of homey because they have availability to go around as they please, and my friend wasn't able to do that. They have that open room concept and she does not like that."

"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."

"We toured Brooklyn Pointe Assisted Living. It was great. Everything was perfect for what they offered. I was impressed with the place. It was clean. It was inviting. The rooms were very nice. The staff was great, too. They were very helpful and very informative. The dining area was very nice. They have a regular calendar of activities."

"My dad moved in. So far we've visited him outside, and it was kind of nice that we could see him, but other than peeking through his bedroom window I have no idea what the inside of the facility looks like. I think it's a good size for him; it's the size of a double bed hotel room. There's a guy named Brad there, he's extremely helpful, relatable, and I've met a handful of people there. Everybody knows my dad by name, so when I say, "I'm going to visit Dad," they know exactly who I'm talking about, and I feel like it's very personal. He said the food is OK. They told me he's playing bingo and he gets to hangout in the library or watch TV if he doesn't feel like socializing."

"I toured Brookdale Westlake Village. Shannon was very friendly and accommodating. She went out of her way to support my aunt and me before and after the search process, even after the search process had concluded. It's a tight-knit community there. All of the people were very friendly and welcoming. The thing that my aunt specifically didn't like about Brookdale was that it was a big facility. I was looking for something more intimate. The facility was great itself. The rooms were nice. All the rooms are about 350 to 400 square feet. The other thing I liked about Brookdale is that they have rehabilitation facilities. They have different levels of care available within the same campus. I thought that was awesome. I liked the location. It was a centralized location. The facilities were clean. They all had great facilities and programs that the residents participated in. So, there is nothing bad to say about the facility. I had a good experience."

"My mother has moved into Arden Courts of Westlake. It was exclusively for dementia and Alzheimer's patients, and that is their main focus. They have activities, they have music, and they have arts. I haven't seen any of the physical activities, but they're very in tune with the people that are there. They seem to be very easily helping them because they're not arguing with them or anything. They somehow know how to speak their language. The cleanliness is very good, and it's kind of homey. My mother's room is a small plain room with an en suite bathroom. You can bring your own stuff and have some pictures of your family there. My mother has had issues where they called the ambulance and took her right away to the hospital. It was like a cellulitis issue. They had done taking care of her for that and then called me right away. The staff are very friendly, very helpful, and understanding. I haven't had any bad experiences with anybody. With regards to the condition of the place, I don't see any dirt around, I don't smell anything, and nothing's broken. I like them a lot. I've been in there for one of the activities when they had somebody in with a guitar and singing and having everybody sing with her and do songs like that. It was cute because a lot of the people were happy and were singing. It was fun. They are pricey. But I haven't had anybody tell me anything bad about it. Also, it's your mother, so you want to make sure she's taken care of and she's safe and everything, and that's what it sounds like they're doing. They are pricier than most of the other facilities I've looked at, but they educate themselves in depth on that disease."

"Our overall experience with Fairmont of Westlake was good. It's a nice place. The staff was great and the rooms were clean. The only thing I didn't like was they didn't have a sink in the kitchenette. Other than that, everything was good. They have a lot of activities. Some Irish dancers were coming in and they were getting ready to do that. They're also remodeling the place like putting new floors in. It was clean and nice. The lady that gave the tour was very helpful. Some residents asked something from her and she would stop and talk to them and explain what was going on."

"My wife has been at Vitalia Senior Residences at Westlake for less than a week now. I like everything about it. The facility is gorgeous. The room is big. When I walked in, I got a very good vibe on the whole place. And then I brought my kids over there and they got the same feeling, so we felt this is the place for her. The staff members are wonderful. They're great people. They're good people. The place is spotless. There are activities all the time. Something is going on all the time. Full schedule every day. They have music, and they have games with the folks. They keep them very engaged. So far, so good."

"We toured Vitalia Rockside - Active Adult Community. We viewed everything. The directors toured us around. We saw the availalble apartments and things of that nature. Everything was very nice, and we enjoyed our visit with them. They have a lot of activities for male seniors. They have a men's group there to help men bond with other men because the population is usually more female to male when it comes to seniors, so they try to help out the men who live there as well."