Legacy at Forest Ridge

Thea

Dad moved to Legacy at Forest Ridge. We chose it because the staff and the assistant director were very, very friendly, and very caring. Seemed like they liked their job and that's important. They were very informative and gave me suggestions that I hadn't thought about. He is in the memory care and everybody has been very helpful. If I'm walking through the facility like I don't think I know where I'm going and I pass an employee, they'll say "Can I help you?" They are very observant of the people they care for. As far as my father, they have been very good. He has his own little apartment room and they are always very respectful to him. When I'm there, they come in and they acknowledge him, which is very important to me, that they speak to him and not to me. They ask him how he's doing and it's not just because I'm there, sometimes I've walked in on it. They have a nurse that's on our end and she is very good. The food looks hot and good, too. They have a variety of things to do. They have a baby grand piano in their lobby. We've been there now a month and a half and three times, they've had groups from the outside come in and sing and perform different themes. They have all kinds of things people can sign up for. They took them out to go to a restaurant. They made people sign up on the memory care side if they were going to go. So, they make a point to take them out in the community. I looked at several facilities and their price is just right where everybody else is and they do an awful lot.

Arlene

I went to look at the Legacy at Forest Ridge. The atmosphere seemed brighter. The people there seemed happy. The staff was very knowledgeable. They offer quite a few amenities. They have a salon, a courtyard, and a lot of activities. The facility was very clean.

John

What I liked least about Legacy at Forest Ridge was their pricing, but some of it was negotiable. It was just very nice, the residents were friendly, the people that live there and the staff were helpful. They even offered that I sit down and try their food. I like the fact that they have menu options. Say you wanted breakfast or dinner, they can accommodate that, it just depends on what you felt like having. Say for dinner, we wanted what's on the lunch menu, you could go ahead and do that as well. For the pricing, they do different tiers and my dad would probably be a tier for and that was additional. They did offer a special for a year where they would take $500 for the first year. But then the other aspect of it is so you're paying $5,000 then you've got to pay the different tier of medical assistance, which was going to be about $1400 more. And then because he had assistance with his medication, that was another fee between $375 up to $675. It just depends on what the nursing staff there would do. So I asked if they would give a discount, they said that the price would be a little negotiable. So by the time it's all said and done, you'd be paying close to $7000 a month. It's an awesome facility and it was fairly new so everything was ok. I spoke to the nursing attendant that did the medications, she was friendly. They also have other food options other than just the regular menu. You could rent out some of the facilities if you want to have a big family party for your loved one, which was free of charge. You just have to notify them what day. They had a lot of live entertainment that usually comes on Fridays and Saturdays. I talked to some of the people that already live there and I asked their opinion as well, and they told me that they loved it. They were in the process of also updating a lot of their furniture because it was an older facility. It was wide open and the staff was very friendly.

Heather

Legacy at Forest Ridge was very clean. That's the first thing that I look at, along with safety, and that place is 10 out of 10 for me. The rooms were very clean. If I could afford the private pay, I would just love to have my mother there. I toured their assisted living and the staff who assisted me was extremely helpful and went above and beyond. After he told me that they don't take Medicaid and that it was just private pay, he still gave me more information, which he didn't have to do, so I appreciated that. To me, the dining area looked restaurant-style. For activities, they had a joint exercise that they were doing where they were sitting in chairs and whatnot.

David

The staff and services at Legacy at Forest Ridge were very helpful for assisted living. The community is beautiful, like a cruise ship. Their food was very good and they had quite a few activities for assisted living. They would take the residents out to different places until we found out that with his Alzheimer's condition, he's not allowed to stay in their memory care. He was essentially kicked out. They did not help my father move into memory care, they just kicked him out. Their assisted living was fine, but as his condition worsened they were not helpful at all. For the people who don't need memory care the activities were very good. But for Alzheimer's and memory care they do not provide aide.

Laura

Legacy at Forest Ridge was not a secure unit. The surroundings were pretty and the grounds were kept well, but if somebody was to get out, they could really get hurt, and it's a little bit too close to the highway. They didn't show the memory care because that would have to be a secure place and it's not. The apartment was clean. It was not a very big place, and I didn't see a whole lot of it. They should be more open with the people who would like to put their loved one there.