Memory Care Communities in Mission, TX

"I found The Bridges at Mission to be very comforting and homey. My mother had very advanced Alzheimer's, so they took me to the Alzheimer's unit and showed me everything that they did. They were very caring from what I saw. The place was beautiful and very clean, and I was very impressed. The staff was doing their tasks and had input during my visit. They were very caring. My mother will be staying there for the next two weekends of the month. I look forward to seeing how she does and getting input from them. "

"My brother is in The Gardens at Brook Ridge. My brother really enjoys the food, and it's pretty balanced. He's anxious to get down there early so he can eat. The people are so friendly and take good care of him. He has to be bathed, and they do a good job. He seems to like it. They play bingo. He has a walker and started walking around the building a little and getting exercise, which he didn't do here at home. They do adult coloring, Pokemon, and have movies in a theater room that has 18 big, old, heavy-duty leather chairs. They have a bistro right next to the kitchen, and the dining room has snacks like cakes, candy, ice cream, coffee, lemonade, and water, so if anybody gets a little hungry, they can go there. I am extremely pleased, and my brother seems to be liking it, too. "

"I toured the memory care of Avalon Memory Care in Edinburg, and it was nice. Everything was very clean and orderly. The staff was very friendly. Everyone was engaged and doing something with the patients. They were paying very good attention to them. The rooms I saw were very nice too, and the facility was very modern."

"My mom is now at Biltmore Assisted Living. I like that they take good care of her. The least thing I like about them is that they do not brush my mom's teeth. I have to go and brush her teeth. Also, it is very difficult for me to get a receipt when I pay them. The staff members are very friendly and very caring. I do not taste her food, but it looks acceptable. Everything is very clean. And if residents spill food, it is cleaned right away. And the rooms are very nice. It's a friendly, quiet environment."

"It is a nice place. The staff is so nice. It's incredible. It's a lot smaller place. It's a really, really nice place, but it's really small. We liked it, and we ate lunch there. The food was wonderful. The community was really nice. The room that my father was looking at is a double room. It was a shared room. It had a single bed in it, and it was already furnished. They have a toilet in the room, but the bathroom is a community bathroom. They assist you when you take a bath or showers. If you really progress, then you have to have complete help. They have exercising. It looked like they play music. They do arts and crafts. They have make-your-own-pizza, and they seemed to really like that, the staff said. If they need constant care and need to be behind locked doors, it would be the perfect place because the staff love their job. That really makes the difference. If my father needed constant care and needed to be behind locked doors, I would go with that one in a heartbeat (but he doesn't need to be behind locked doors)."

"Las Alturas de Peñitas is a new facility. They have three halls and they have nursing staff. I like the place. It had everything I was looking for. It is beautiful. It hasn't been open very long. I got a chance to meet some of the staff as we were walking by. There are nursing stations, and everybody seemed to be pleasant. The staff was also really good. They have a medical staff 24 hours there and I like that because they deal with Alzheimer's and dementia. Each hall has different levels. Like they have an area for ones who don't need very much and that they're there just to be helped out with daily living, and then they have an area for patients who are sicker, so I like the separation and stuff like that. The security is pretty much the same as in the other place. You can only go in through the front. For activities, in the cafeteria area, there was a little drawing area, and they had several residents there. Some of them were drawing, some in wheelchairs, and some not. Some were having snack time and they were having activities. The rooms were clean. Those rooms were empty. Overall, they were good-sized. The facility is pretty big. They have areas outside for the residents, too. It is kept clean. "