Poet's Walk Warrenton

My parents moved into Poet's Walk Warrenton. It's really good, and we've been very satisfied with the care. They've been very attentive and very communicative, and because I'm in Warrenton, I've been able to visit them a lot. For the most part, the staff is good, but there are bad apples no matter where you go. When we first moved in, I had a caregiver there 24/7 'cause that's what my parents were used to at home, and now I just have somebody there from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Some of their staff treat outside aides like enemies or something, like they don't want them there, I guess because the aides communicate directly with the client. That's the only complaint I've had. They love the food, and I've tasted some of it in a luncheon, and it's really, really good. They have some semi-exercise thing in the morning, arts and crafts type stuff, and they have performers come in and do music with them. They have quite a full menu of activities.

My wife is at Poet's Walk Warrenton. I would give high marks on the physical facility and the food, but the staff and the level of care is average. It's a nice environment, but it's a small community. There's only room for less than a hundred people. Because it's memory care, a lot of the people are very old and in their mid 80s, but my wife is only 69. She's the youngest and a little bit more physically active than the program accommodates. Most of the patients in there have serious dementia, and the care level doesn't seem to be up to par. They don't provide the level of supervision that I would like. The food is very healthy, the rooms are nice, and it's a very clean place. I'm just a little disappointed in their lack of supervision with my wife, but that might improve.

My mother is in the memory care of Poet's Walk Warrenton, and I'm very happy with it. They've been great. The marketing process and the process of signing her was great. They're very easy to work with and very attentive. The place is spotless and only a year old. She has a fairly large, private room with a big bathroom and a kitchen. They have all kinds of scheduled activities, but she's not participating right now. They have two dining areas, a bistro cafe, a central living room area, craft room, and activity room. It is very expensive, but everything is included, and there aren't any add-ons.

We had a great tour of Poet's Walk Warrenton. It's one of the places that we're going to consider for my mother. We were impressed with this facility and with the staff, but somebody definitely has to have a memory diagnosis. It's not a regular assisted living facility. They seem to be very caring and very attentive. It's very clean, it hads nice decor, and it's got a positive feeling. We had lunch and it was fine. They had a nice dining room.