Arleigh Burke Pavilion – Assisted Living & Long-term Care

I moved to Arleigh Burke Pavilion. It is a top of the line place. They have exercise five days a week and a gym. They have a doctor in-house, although my daughter takes me to my doctor. The staff's performance is above average.

Arleigh Burke Pavilion was a very nice and very nicely run place. It was more focused on assisted living rather than the skilled nursing I was looking for. The grounds and location were very nice. The rooms were an average size. There was some musical activity going on while I was there. I think it's a great place to get into for assisted living and then later on for continuous care.

Arleigh Burke Pavilion was a huge place. I think my father, who is a retired naval officer and many of residents there were former military, would have enjoyed the residents because they were very much like him. It was wonderful in every way, except that it was way too far away for me because of the traffic in this part of the country. It was also very expensive, in a way. You couldn't go month to month; you had to buy in with a large fee upfront, so it really didn't turn out to be the best option for my father financially or distance. I wasn't going to move him from his home to put him in a place that was too far away for me to see him. It is a comprehensive facility, so every kind of room you could imagine from high-end skilled nursing and hospice on site, all the way to independent living, and everything in-between. It was very nice. Everything from full gym, physical therapy, activities, tours, and dinner out, dinner in, shows, movies, arts and crafts -- whatever you needed was available there. Again, for me, it was just a matter of distance.