Whisper Woods of Smithtown

We have chosen Whisper Woods of Smithtown for my dad. He's moving in this Saturday. I like it because it's close to my house, it's new, and it's beautiful. We didn't see the room because of Covid. We will move my father in, so we will be able to see the room then. We are still going to be moving his clothes and things like that into his room. The staff was very nice and friendly, I like them very much. They're very caring towards the residents. It was beautiful, they painted it, and there's no carpeting. It's immaculate. I don't really know the staff, but the people I've met were very nice and very nice toward my father. I like the cleanliness of it and just the whole atmosphere. It makes you feel like you're in a 5-star hotel. It's beautiful when you walk in and it's very spacious. The outside is beautiful and beautifully landscaped. It was nicely done.

I've only been in the apartment once. I think my parents are doing well, overall, at Whisper Woods of Smithtown. I haven't been able to enter the facility. When I brought things into their apartment that was it. I haven't been able to have a meal there or be involved in anything. There are no issues with the staff and the director has been great. It's very nice and it's new. We're not allowed in there, so it's pretty difficult when you're doing Facetiming with directors walking around the building, but that's the situation now. It's very nice and it's a very new facility. Everything is clean and neat and everybody is friendly. There's a calendar of events of which I am not really familiar. My parents get that schedule every day. I know they go to lectures and view documentaries, which is what they enjoy. It's very, very expensive though. I'm probably not a good barometer for this because I've been there so little. And they've been quarantined for almost half of what they've been there so far. It's very, very expensive. The director brought me into somebody's apartment, someone who was living there. That was nice. She actually had it set up that we could go into somebody's apartment and the woman who was living there showed me an actual living experience.

Whisper Woods of Smithtown would have been my top choice. Everything about it was exactly as was described to me originally from Caring.com. The facility was excellent from beginning to end. The care we received as soon as we arrived was great. The clients looked very content and happy to be there. My father-in-law needed the extra care and my mother-in-law is independent. Although it was an assisted living facility, it did not feel that way. It felt very open and independent, which gave me a little more confidence in my mother-in-law not feeling like she was in a facility that was too clinical. It felt more like community living, and it would have been more inviting to my mother-in-law. It's more of a vibrant and active facility.

My mother was in Whisper Woods of Smithtown and it was amazing. It couldn't have been better. Before I chose them I also saw six other communities. They were OK, but I can't really say that any of them actually spoke to me. When I walked through Whisper Woods' doors, I fell in love with the place. It's amazing and I would recommend it to anyone. It's brand new, clean, and the staff is out of this world when it comes to the care she received. She was in assisted living/independent living. They also have a memory care unit, although she didn't qualify for that. They had different packages that you pick according to the needs of the patient. So my mom needed nursing care to give her meds and she needed help with walking around because she's high risk for falling, so they had someone round-the-clock to help them. So even though she was independent living, there was always someone there for her. I did not find one single person that I did not like, and I wish Mom could have stayed there longer. I ate a lot and the food was delicious. The place is spotless, and it's a brand-new community, so everything is still very new and beautiful. They have everything you could think of; my mom participated in most of the activities. It was expensive, but compared to other places and what we got for our money, it was to be expected. They've provided so much compared to other communities. What I really liked about it was that they provide care through end-of-life, so my mom wouldn't have to leave there, even if she needed hospice. They would just bring hospice to her.