Arrington Assisted Living

Paula

My mother is at the Bedford Suites at Arrington Assisted Living. I chose it because it was very convenient. It has always had a very good reputation. It's a very attractive building and is always kept nice and clean. My mother only lived about two blocks from there, so I felt like she would feel more at home not being so far away. There are two sections in the Arrington building. One is called the Arrington, which is just assisted living, and then there are two wings from it that are called the Bedford Suites, and they are for memory care and assisted living. In Arrington, you're expected to pretty well take care of yourself, but in Bedford, they do more personal care, and that is where she is right now. They have some exercise and ring toss, and several games like that that they can play. They have several nice patios that are enclosed and are very nicely landscaped, and places where they can push their walkers around on a paved path, and some nice trees. They've got rocking chairs and that kind of thing. They encourage them to do things like help plant the pots in those areas. I've seen the food. My brother tried it and he said that it was delicious. Guests can eat for $7.50 a meal. They were very accommodating. My mother has some dentures that make it difficult for her to chew hard things. We told them that and we gave her a long list of food that we knew she liked. Halfway through the second day, the kitchen had adjusted to her dietary needs, and she was eating and enjoying the food, and eating it a lot more than she had been at home. She almost cleaned her plate, and we were very glad to see that. They gave them three meals a day and in-between snacks that they went around and passed around. One day, I came in to check on my mother. It was mid-afternoon, and she was walking down the hall, pushing her walker and eating a strawberry ice cream cone. Her own doctor comes and makes regular rounds there at that facility, so he can check on her there. We won't have to take her into his office. Everything was nice and clean. Before we moved in, they had completely repainted the room. They had put in new carpet. They'd given us a really good list of things we needed to comply with for her. The staff is fabulous, loving, caring, and accommodating, and they've got nurses and care professionals, several housekeeping people, and laundry people. They're well-staffed. It's also very attractive. There are a lot of things to stimulate them. They have plants and a large curio cabinet that they had set up to be an aviary. It has live birds in it. The people seem to be calm and happy. They stay in touch with the patients a lot and check on them quite regularly, but I haven't seen them doing a whole lot of things like playing games. My nephew said he saw a quilting area set up at one time. They also do crafts. It's a good value for the money.

Provider Response

Jennifer

My mom moved to Arrington Assisted Living. It's a very clean and organized place. The staff has been very welcoming and helpful. They've all been super nice. I'm worried about the bathrooms that she may be falling, but that's the only issue with the room or anything. The menu that I saw was good. They have plenty for them to do. We walked in the other day. They were playing bingo. The grounds are very pretty. There are places to walk and nice places to sit and shade. There's a library there. The gentleman I spoke with who set up our tours was very sweet, caring, and helpful.

Deidre

I love Arrington Assisted Living. I have nothing but good remarks. When I went into the place, they greeted me with an open heart. It was just a wonderful place. I like the view. The lady who walked me around was very informative. With the questions I had, she was able to answer them. I like it overall. The rooms are nice and spacious. They have a bar that will accommodate handicapped people. They have walk-in showers. They have a closet room. They're more like a one-bedroom apartment. They can bring their own furniture like a bed, a chest of drawers, a TV, and a mini refrigerator. It's a pretty nice size. They have a beauty salon, and they have an activity room where they play different card games and checkers. They have someone there in every section. It's not like one person that going to be doing two or three different jobs. The eating area was very nice and clean. The staff were just wonderful. It's in a good area. The outdoors is clean and neat, too. The flowers are beautiful. They have a great location where everybody can have sun in their room at all times, and I like that.

Benny

I toured Arrington Assisted Living. I didn't see anything that I didn't like. Basically, it was clean, and the people were helpful. They helped me through it, and they told me everything that would go on. If we do this with my mother, that's probably where we're going to go, but we just don't think she's quite ready yet. Everything looked neat, orderly, and organized. Everything was new looking. It wasn't torn up or anything. Everything was in order there. Everybody was helpful, nice, and seemed to know what they were doing. All the patients were saying that they were OK with it. I just didn't see anything that thew any red flags to me. I like the location; I just like the setup there. Everybody was fine there. They were very informative. The staff was very nice and welcoming, and she didn't seem to be hiding anything. She told me everything upfront and whatever thing to expect. She was just very informative about everything. They have people come in and do things with them. Sometimes, they have groups that come in, they like sing and do activities with them.

Amaris

What I liked best about Arrington Assisted Living was that they seem to have a high resident-to-staff ratio. They seem to have plenty of staff on hand. It was also very welcoming. I think that for my purposes, for my aunt and uncle, it is a larger facility and I'm looking for something a little bit smaller, but that's not their fault. It's just a personal preference I'm looking for. For some people, they might like a larger building with many, many more rooms. For our purposes, we may need something a little bit smaller. We toured their assisted living and the Bedford Suites, which is their memory care, also part of their assisted living community. The memory care unit doesn't have rooms for couples. They're only single rooms, which is something that I am looking for. I'm looking for memory care units that allow couples to remain together in the same room. The person who toured us around was very friendly and answered all my questions. They had a physical therapy room, which I think was a little bit of a gym. They had a library, an outdoor courtyard area in the dementia unit, which was a closed-in courtyard, and I thought it was great. They also have the usual amenities like laundry, housekeeping, medication reminders, all the normal things you have at assisted living.

Brian

I was very pleased with what Arrington Assisted Living has to offer. The staff who walked us through was very friendly. The place is very nice. It's in a good location and sort of secluded. The rooms we saw were very spacious, with different sizes and options. They have nice sitting areas, and they have room for entertainment. I would recommend it.