Brookdale Kettering

  • 280 Walden Way, Dayton, OH 45440
  • (937) 427-0060
  • 3.9 ( 17 reviews )
  • Assisted Living and Independent Living

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About This Community

Brookdale Kettering provides a full range of choices for today's seniors. Choosing a senior living community represents a lifestyle choice and we understand that our residents are choosing much more than a comfortable living environment to call home. Our Brookdale community delivers Inspired Independent Living, with the promise of Exceptional Experiences Everyday. In choosing this community, our residents have made a conscious lifestyle decision designed to deliver enhanced opportunities for pursuing health and life fulfillment through the exceptional services, amenities and opportunities we offer. And, our residents can rest assured that as their needs change we provide a variety of ancillary services and a Personalized Assisted Living environment that encourages our residents to continue to live as they please while respecting individual preferences.

Our Optimum Life® and Celebrations programs provide an all-encompassing way of life that touches the lives of our residents, their families and associates alike. Optimum Life® is a journey of self-discovery including services, features and benefits that allow each resident to pursue their peak level of health, wholeness and fulfillment while balancing six key dimensions of personal wellness: emotional, intellectual, physical, social, spiritual and purposeful. As part of Optimum Life® we encourage our residents to celebrate life each day. Inspired dining and vibrant lifestyle activities come together in our Celebrations program filling the monthly calendar with themed experiences, special events and group activities that highlight different cultures and cuisines in a common venue of camaraderie.

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3.9 ( 17 Reviews )
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ReviewerFC010923A
January 11, 2023
The staff at Brookdale Kettering was professional, courteous, and willing to answer questions. I saw their common areas, areas where they have crafts, and the library. I saw the dining area, and it looked nice and clean. I didn't taste any food. I saw the menu and it looked like they had a lot of nice variety. I think that they need to do some updating. They need a facelift somewhat.
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Jeannie
September 12, 2022
The staff and the residents of Brookdale Kettering are all very friendly. Things ran very smoothly here. One of the things that sold me on this place is we get two meals a day and enough food to carry over for the third meal. We get to pick which meals and the menu is tremendous. Food tastes like home. It's got everything I need. I've got a washer and dryer in the hallway that's just almost across the aisle and I got free cable TV which brings in lots of stations right off the bat. Every room has a patio, too. We do chair exercise class, bingo, happy hour with music every Friday, bands, a pool table, and transportation to the doctor. I have not found anything I don't like. The facility is very adequate at all levels. There's a patio out back with a stage and you can order alcoholic drinks, beer, or wine. There's a coffee and pop machine and they have juices that are available all the time. You can just come down and get something to drink. I have gone through a menu meeting where if we have complaints, they work on it or if there's something that we would like added to the menu, they will try to incorporate that. Anything you ask for, they are very helpful. The maintenance guys came in and put together the lamps for me. One of the ladies helped me this morning with some paperwork I had to fill out.
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Lola
July 13, 2022
My mom is going to be moving into Brookdale Kettering. She is going to go into the independent living with a little assistance. I like that there were a lot of residents walking around the facility. It wasn't like a ghost town; there was life there. It was very clean, very inviting, and very comfortable. There were several staff who assisted me, and they were very, very helpful. They seemed very excited about helping me get my mom situated, whether it was with them or not. They had a library where people were sitting in and reading. There's a lot of lobbies throughout the building, but there was another lobby where there were jigsaw puzzles laid out. We also passed the craft room, where they do a lot of sculpting and different crafts like that, so we got to see some of the setup for that. The rooms are great for the price. They are set up for my mom's needs. They're definitely taking the fact that she's an 80-year-old woman who uses a walker a lot into account with the setup of the rooms. It was very accommodating. She has a living room, a bedroom, and a suite type deal. I liked it a lot, and it was fairly modern. I loved their little patios in their suites.
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Karen
January 18, 2021
The tour at Brookdale Kettering was wonderful. Mary Beth, the sales consultant, was fabulous and she didn't so much care about getting the beds filled as she did with helping us with our situation. The place offers things that other places don't have, like screened-in porches and apartment-style living. She went over and over to reassure how they try to engage each new person every single day with activities and meeting people and stuff like that. I liked her. The dining area looks nice. They weren't serving in the dining area when we were there because of COVID, but there was a food truck that was going by and it just was very pleasing. They had a lot of offerings for food. One thing that warmed my heart was they had these canisters, lots of beverages. And then on the back, they had white wine and red wine. It's nice that people of their age still have an offering to be comfortable and have the basics of all of life. It was nice to see that they could have wine with their dinner if they wanted. It just shows that they care about them being happy. They have a calendar that we reviewed, every single day they have 4-5 activities going on. With COVID right now, it's a little bit limited, but there's a library, there's a craft room, and every day something's going on. There's a puzzle area, they go out for ice cream and there's Friday night happy hour. There are also exercise options each day. There's a lot and I was happy with them. It's the most modern and state-of-the-art, but I truly believe that they're very, very sincere. We've seen some of the residents walking, stopped and talking, and they all were raving about the place and happy. They're genuinely concerned about the well-being of their patients.
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Pat
January 15, 2022
We went to Brookdale Kettering. I liked the fact that they served two meals a day, that it was neat and clean, and that each apartment had its own patio. They had nice washer facilities, and everything looked nice. Kirsten was very accommodating and very helpful. She has since been even more helpful trying to get us in there. The young lady at the front desk was very pleasant and very accommodating to anybody that came through the door. It was nice.
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Linda
August 22, 2021
We went to Brookdale Kettering. It was nice. It had a lot of perks or pluses to it. My friend is not sure of the location yet because her son lives in Centreville and she wants to be close to him. The staff was very nice and very knowledgeable. They answered our questions. The facility itself was very nice, clean, modern, and roomy. It had a nice screened-patio and that was all pluses. There seemed to be a lot of amenities and they seemed to be convenient.
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KM
June 27, 2021
The only plus about Brookdale Kettering over the others would have been that they each had a patio even though it was down two steps. As of now, I can still negotiate it. Otherwise, it didn't look as bright and airy. I think the one giving the tour wasn't accustomed to it and didn't do as good of a job presenting, and the presentation is so important. They were all on one floor, and some rooms are located fairly far from activities, food, and the entrance. They just weren't as nicely appointed. It was not real impressive, but it's livable. The staff was a substitute and she didn't do the smooth job that the others did.
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JPW10
June 19, 2021
We have been very pleased with the overall services, support and facility at Brookdale. The staff are genuine, caring and responsive. My Mom has always felt welcomed and supported. The facility is an older building but the maintenance and facility staff give it a lot of love to make it cozy, safe, and functional. My Mom loves the meals in the dining room and the activities, the Friday Happy Hours with live music and socializing. The staff are the best part - Tiffani leads an amazing team of caring professionals.
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Karen
January 18, 2021
My mom is at Brookdale Kettering. I think it's really nice. The people that work there are really nice. My mom has a nice place to live there. The only thing she's ever complained about is the food. Part of that even may have to do with the fact that they're having to serve everybody in their room. The food was better before but since the pandemic, they've been having to eat in their rooms and she said it's unrecognizable. She doesn't like it and that's not very good. I have made that a priority when I check with everybody now about food. Everybody likes different food. My mom is kind of like a bland eater and if it's got onions or too much stuff in it, she's just not a fan of it. She has a beautiful apartment. They have the same kind of activities. They have bingo, happy hour on Fridays, and cards. She's not a big participant in most of those things. Just minus in the food, I would give it a 4, otherwise, I would give it a 5. I think it's a really nice place. It's a lovely community, they're very nice and they're good to my mom. I can call them and knocked themselves out, so it's really nice.
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Dan
January 18, 2019
I liked everything about Brookdale Kettering. The staff was very friendly, good, and very nice. I loved the grounds and I liked the location because it's close to a shopping center. They have lots of transportation there for people. The room I saw was nice, but it had a carpet, which I don't like, but they told me they have a room with no carpets.
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Edward
June 28, 2018
Brookdale Kettering was very nice. The staff and facilities were very nice. The dining room looked very nice and the residents said it's very good and diverse. They have an activities center and an activities director, and it looked like it would be very nice for somebody who enjoys arts and crafts and stuff. The staff member was very nice, knowledgeable, and extremely helpful. It has some wonderful amenities that some places don't have.
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Jen
July 17, 2017
Brookdale Kettering is a nice community with decent facilities. The care staff seems to be knowledgeable, nice, and willing to help out. The rooms are nice and small, but if you're living alone, then that's all you'll need. The location is very convenient. It's an older place, but they keep it up really well. They have a lot of activities going on all the time.
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Red6
February 22, 2016
Brookdale Kettering was a very friendly place. They showed me a number of different types of rooms and one of the residents showed us her apartment, which we were really impressed by. I think they had been doing some updating there, but it is a gorgeous place.
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Robin26
April 28, 2014
Grand Court was large, homey looking, and spread out. They have patios, and it was all on the ground level. The person who was giving us the tour was new, so she couldn’t answer a lot of questions. They were having renovations when we were there, so they were on top of things.
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Debra27
April 22, 2014
Grand Court Dayton is a very large facility and very clean. The dining room was big, and the gathering spaces were also big. They look more independent overall. The staff are very attentive, and I never felt that they were just showing what they wanted me to see. They also continuously followed up with me. The rooms actually seem fine. It would have been more of what my dad was looking for, and if I was looking for something, I would consider living there.
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Visitor5451
April 30, 2013
I visited Grand Court when I looked for a facility for myself. It was my first choice because it was near my house and it was just a small apartment complex. It was also in the same neighborhood so I did not have any trouble with the doctors. I would choose this facility when I needed to move.
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four
June 24, 2011
I went to the facility to visit a friend of my mom who is a resident there. I was pretty much pleased with what i saw going on there. The residents were well looked after. The facility did however need a little sprucing up. There was paint peeling on a couple of walls,but not bad.The care givers did seem to be enjoying their jobs. They were more than happy to interact with the residents. I would say on an overall average they went beyond normal to insure the residents cumfort and needs were taken care of. The medication and meals were delivered ontime and with a smile.
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