Legend of Allentown

Barbara

I toured the Legend of Allentown. It was clean, and it took my puppy. There were nice places to walk the dog, and it was in the country, but I didn't like the price. I only make so much a month, and they took it all. I wasn't going to have anything for extra spending. The staff who gave the tour were wonderful and nice. They had three meals a day and activities. They had a courtyard.

Laurie

I loved Legend of Allentown, but they could not give me the level of care that my dad needed. The facilities were beautiful. It's a new building. It's beautifully done, very homely looking, very inviting, and very clean. They have a lot of pretty areas for the resident to hang out and to have space, out of their rooms. They encourage their residents to spend time out of their rooms, so they don't get isolated. The people seemed very nice, and they seemed to have a lot of good activities. While I was on the tour, they had a group there doing a Christmas concert, so that was kind of nice. I had a very good impression of them. The staff was very kind and very informative. Everyone we met along the way, if you were passing by someone in the hall, was friendly and welcoming.

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Alexandra

I visited Legend of Allentown. It was very lavish and had a lot of really cool activities. The building was beautiful. If I were to go into one of these facilities, this is the facility I would want to go to. The staff was very friendly and very personal. They definitely helped ease my mind on a lot of different things and gave me a lot of good information. They had a beautiful enclosed garden on the inside. The facility was all the way around, and then there was an outside part on the inside to keep it all enclosed. It was beautiful outside and very quiet in a very nice little neighborhood.

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Carol

I toured Legend of Allentown and I thought that was incredible. It was the most expensive of all the places I liked and toured, but it was beautiful. They have these little neighborhoods where you kind of congregate together, and they have four rooms, so you know who your neighbors are. They eat at a family-style table, or they can eat at bistro-style tables where it's just them. They have a kitchen that has snacks out on the table for them if they want them. They have a general activity room for them and an art room. It's just lovely. I met with the activities director, and they showed me the tools and things that they have. We talked about how they calm people down who are upset, and it is not drug oriented but just an engagement. They know what these people like. They ask for information about the individual. They try and bring them back to a place where they're happier. They have this biofeedback kind of seal that mimics a baby, and many people will either pet it like it's a dog or hold it like it's a baby. But those are the things they do to calm and redirect a person who's agitated with dementia as opposed to scolding them or drugging them. They sent me home with a little care package of brownies and a chocolate chip cookie that the chef had made as a thank you for coming in to visit them. Both my husband and I thought they were very good. The place was beautiful and looked like a hotel. It looked like you were going on a summer vacation. It was bright and clean. There was a level of activity that was almost calming and reassuring like you knew you weren't alone. The person who toured me showed me the rooms. She asked one woman and the woman got really proud and said "yeah, you can show her my room." They were lovely and adequate. They weren't huge, but they don't need to be. They just need to feel safe, comfortable, and cozy. Safe is probably the biggest word there. None of the rooms lock, which is good, but you can close the door.

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Mark

We went and visited Legends of Allentown yesterday, and we were very impressed. We were very impressed with the customer service and the overall positive energy of the entire staff. Everybody has a great deal of positive energy coming out of them all the time, not just for us, but clearly for the people who were there. It did not feel like a nursing home. It felt like a hotel. I was joking when I came home, I said it felt like a summer camp for seniors. We visited both levels of care but we preferred the personal care unit for our particular needs. The memory care unit, as it is referred to, looks like it offers the support that the people over there need. The community is very attractive and comforting. We saw the menu and it looked both well-rounded and with good variety. They have a nice variety of activities that are appropriate for people in that situation. That's why I joked it was like summer camp for seniors because they have everything from art to music. I don't know that my mother-in-law particularly will get involved but there are great opportunities there for people. We preferred the personal care units, which were larger and more spacious than the memory care unit. The gardens that they have for people to go outside would still be contained within the building. We like the fact that they have a hairdresser and a manicurist so we were very impressed.

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Doug

Legend of Allentown is a very upscale facility. There is a lot of attention to detail and a lot of architectural details to make the entrance to each resident's room looks like the front door of a house (like carpets with very intricate designs, lots of attention to detail with things like the width of the aisles that would allow people in wheelchairs to pass each other). When you get into the room, the light switches on the walls are at the same level as the doorknob; so residents would only need to move their hand to the side to find the light switch, and they wouldn't have to go up or down. The bathrooms are excellent with all the same kinds of facilities that I've seen before. There's a fold down shower seat. There is a shower that can come off and be used as a hose. They have a beautiful theater for the residents and a beautiful dining area. It is a very new facility. It's probably only three years old. It's wonderful, and it is nearly fully occupied. For somebody who can afford this facility, it's great. The staff was wonderful. She was very informative and very personable. I got all the information I needed. There was no time when I asked a question that she didn't know the answer. She was always very willing to point me in the right direction. She was excellent. She told me that she's been there for five months or so. For five months, she knows her stuff. The place is immaculate.

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