The Clare Estate

Clare Estate was very nice, and I liked it. It was an old brick building were nuns lived. There were individual rooms on three floors. It was a very caring place, and everyone I met was very helpful. They had a piano player, singer, and parties.

My sister feels comfortable at Clare House. They have studios and one-bedroom apartments. The staff is very accommodating. If she needs something, they’re able to give the service. They have a library, an all-purpose room, and a section for memory problems.

The Clare Estate has independent and assisted living areas, but my mom is in a special area that is strictly for Alzheimer's residents. They have a separate building that is just for Alzheimer's. This place is a close distance from where my stepfather lives, and he visits her every day. He is very impressed with the care that is being given to her and that she is having her needs met. He is absolutely impressed with the nursing staff. The staff is very attentive. I believe there is a doctor who comes on reques,t but they have a complete nursing staff. An activities director is there, and they do different kinds of activities with them every day. On a daily basis, they have arts and crafts. They make little things in string beads. They have music events, and they're usually in the evening. People come in and entertain the residents. They also have day trips. I was impressed with the room. It is much more than my mother needs and much more than she can handle. It is a very large room, and it's set up in a bedroom area where she has her bed, a nice standard dresser, and then across the room is like a little living area. She has a small table with chairs. There is a private bath, a refrigerator, a sink, a little kitchenette area, and it did have a microwave oven, but we asked to have that removed. Our whole family spent Christmas with Mom, and we had a private dining area that they supplied for us so that we could all have Christmas dinner with her. There are three meals a day. There's breakfast in the morning, and the breakfast menu changes. Lunch time is their main meal, at noon, and then there is a light supper menu in the evenings. I was there three times. On those three occasions, I have to say that everything was in order. It's very clean. They do laundry and bathing. Mom can't do that herself now, so she is bathed two or three times a week, and then her hair is a big thing with me. She needs to have her hair washed on a regular basis, and they are washing her hair once a week.