Braeswood Estates Senior Living

ReviewerFC041325A

Braeswood Estates Senior Living has gone very heavily into memory care, and I'm thinking of moving to one that isn't so much into memory care. I've been very comfortable here, and I have a little over 500 square feet of apartment. For an assisted living, that's a big apartment. It's a one-bedroom, and it's just all worked out until last fall when I got back to myself after that surgery. We were very lucky to find this one. I've had good care. I was a good fit then, but I haven't been a good fit now. I guess what brought it to a head was a weekend reception lady. With memory care, of course, the door is locked all the time, and she wouldn't unlock the door for me to go outdoors for my own safety. I thought I could leave this facility and have that door unlocked any time I wanted to. The reception lady should have had a list of the people right there at hand. I was furious. I told the kids it is just as important legally to not unlock that door for a memory care patient as it is to unlock it for a non-memory care patient. We settled on this one because of the location, the size of the room and they had everything I needed. In the dining room, where everybody is together, I've never heard any abusive language. I've never seen rough handling of the residents who are in wheelchairs and memory. I've never seen any treatment like that. They keep it very clean, even with the fact that there are a lot of incontinent people. You'll smell urine once in a while, but I don't think that could be helped. It isn't offensive, and they take care of it the very best they can. The food is good. I'm very pleased with the food. I'm just not a fit here anymore, simply because of the memory care. We have several staff that are the core, and they're here regularly, but there is a big turnover. This place is good for the money because it is cheaper than the others. Plus, we get perfectly decent care.

Yvonne

My tour of Braeswood Estates Senior Living was a good experience. It's a nice place. It's a nice quiet location near the bayou. The staff Angel took me through and showed me a couple of the sample rooms that they've got, the cafeteria, and stuff. It was clean and neat. We spoke to some of the people as we were going through it, and it seemed like a friendly place. Angel was quite helpful and quite friendly. I saw how she interacted with some of the residents, and she was quite pleasant with them. So that made a good impression that she seemed interested in them and had a good relationship with them. The apartments were pretty standard. They're not huge, but they seemed to be big enough for a comfortable stay. Everything was clean and neat when we walked through the hallways. The rooms had a little refrigerator and a bench in the shower. They had several courtyards and a screened-in porch where when it was not so hot, you can sit out there. They had a TV/movie viewing room and the cafeteria. It seemed like there was another room there where some of the residents were gathered like a library and stuff with some books and things.

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usacat

Great people they were so nice to me. They treat me like family. I really like it there. I am planning on moving soon.

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Ingrid

My mom has moved into Braeswood Estates Senior Living. I like the environment, the design of the rooms, the facility itself, and the staff. They're very helpful, and they keep an eye on her. The place is clean, and the rooms are big. They have activities like game night, and they go shopping and do different things with them. They have a beauty shop and a barbershop, a chapel, and a library. They have a large dining room. The chef comes around and talks to the clients and sees how the meals were. They have different things a week. I'm content with it. The parking area is nice, and they have two patios.

Jamila

The staff at Braeswood Estates Senior Living was very attentive. I like that it's secure, even to enter the facility you have to be buzzed in. The facility was clean, I like the floor plans and the price was reasonable.

Brenda

We have decided on here and I've seen it. The overall community is just excellent, it's near the medical center, and it's centrally located for our family members. The executive director is wonderful, in fact all the help and assistance that I have had the opportunity to meet have just been lovely. The rooms are very nice. It's a large room, large enough for a bed, loveseat chair, and opens out to beautiful patio scenery. The person who gave the tour was just full of enthusiasm, the information was just great, and just a pleasure. The dining area was lovely. It's a nice size, and the help in the dining area is quite helpful, and helpful in serving my sister who needed food. They took care of preparing the menus so that she would be able to eat it. They had exercise, creative activities, song time, and shopping time. They have quite a few activities.