Bridgeway Estates

Kathy

I went to see Bridgeway Estates in Little Falls and toured for assisted living. Usually, when you walk in the door, the people who are working at the place are right there. At this place, there's none. I went there three times, and all those times, one of the residents had to open the door for me to get in the building since it was locked. To get to the staff's office, you have to walk past the lunch room all the way down two hallways and it's at the very end of that hallway. I just didn't care for that. I feel like anybody could get in there that shouldn't get in there because the residents are opening the door for these people. The first time I was there, I went to the door and looked to see if there was a button to push, then a resident came and opened the door for me. After that, I just kind of walked around until I found a staff member. The second time, I knew where the main office was, so I walked down two hallways, and then at the very end was the office for the staff, the ones that you talk to. Another thing is that they're very hard to get back to. You call and leave a message, and it takes a while for them to get back to you. The place is very small, and their activity area is right there when you walk in the door. The person who gave the tour did not show me an activity room, but when I asked where they all meet, she said they gather at the area right inside the door that the residents let me in. There's a couch, chairs, and a TV in there. There's also a bench where the residents are sitting by the door. There's not much area, I don't even know where they would do any kind of activities. We went into a room; it was a second-floor one that was open, and it was very nice. It has big windows that look out into the woods, and there was enough space for both my dad and his wife to go in the apartment.