Independent Living community - The Forum At Memorial Woods

The Forum At Memorial Woods

777 North Post Oak Road, Houston, TX 77024
(713) 956-0870
4.1 ( 10 reviews )
Assisted Living, Independent Living, Nursing Homes, Continuing Care Communities, and Memory Care

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About This Community

Just a few miles northwest of downtown Houston in the Galleria area, The Forum at Memorial Woods is a senior living community overlooking Memorial Park. The community offers the gamut of senior living options and care, from independent living to assisted living and memory care. Operated by national company Five Star Senior Living, the community has both one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments and offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care options.

RENTAL TERMS

The Forum at Memorial Woods offers apartments on a rental basis, with no buy-in needed. There is an initial move-in/community fee that does not exceed the amount of one month’s rent and all services are billed on an as-used basis. Seniors and their families have the option to arrange for short-term stays as well.

CARE LEVELS

Living arrangements at the community include independent living for active seniors and assisted living for those who require help with daily activities on a regular basis. There is also a memory care unit for seniors with cognitive impairments. Trained caregivers implement Five Star Living’s “Bridge to Recovery” program, which is designed to stimulate and encourage activity with methods based on the Montessori method of teaching. These secure neighborhoods provide a safe environment and prevent wandering.

All community members at The Forum at Memorial Woods have access to 24-hour skilled health care. The facility also offers rehabilitative services, which include speech, occupational, and physical therapy. Pet therapy with visiting animals is also available. Respite care and short-term stays can be arranged for seniors recovering from an illness or surgery or whose regular caregivers must be away for a brief period. Some seniors use short-term stays to try out retirement community life.

AMENITIES AND ACTIVITIES

The amenities at The Forum at Memorial Woods include an indoor heated pool and whirlpool, library, fitness center, chapel, a full-service barber and beauty salon, wireless Internet access, housekeeping, and scheduled transportation. Three meals a day and snacks are available in the community’s restaurant-style dining room.

Recent reviews also praise the frequent activities at the community, mentioning exercise classes that include yoga and aerobics as well as outdoor nature walks. The community’s monthly activity calendar commonly includes offers game nights, movie nights, resident clubs and committees, organized shopping trips, local scenic drives, and a speaker series.

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4.1 ( 10 Reviews )

Patricia

May 29, 2019

I'm at The Forum at Memorial Woods. The people in the facility look happy, like they enjoy themselves and their community. They have an indoor pool, so you can have physical therapy and water therapy right here where you live. They feed you three meals a day and that's included in the rent. It's better than hospital food. They have games like bingo, dominoes, and Wii bowling on the screen. They take you to Walmart, H-E-B, and Kroger. They have a movie night, a happy hour, and different get-togethers. For new members, once a month we have a party and they meet everybody. I like my room. It seems open because there's a lot of glass. I can see outdoors, the buildings, the sky, the birds, and stuff like that. It is a small studio. The staff members work hard. They're very open to suggestions. I think they need to get a P.A. announcement though, where if something terrible has happened and you need to tell everybody, and you didn't have time in advance to warn them about it, you can have an overhead announcement where everybody can hear all of the things to help us feel more safe. It's wheelchair accessible, but some places were not handicap friendly, like the indoor pool's restroom. I'm on the fourth floor, and when the elevator opens I'd like to see brightness (it's a little dark). The chairs are dark and like they're used up. They need to be refreshed and they need to be brighter because it helps cheer you up.

Chris

November 14, 2021

I'm an artist, and The Forum At Memorial Woods has been very cooperative in helping me to set up an art program here. They are wonderful. They've dedicated two apartments for us to use for the artwork that the students are doing, and I'm teaching classes here. There are also games, like Uno, dominoes, bingo, and a lot of activities. Then we have a happy hour every Friday, which is when a piano player comes in and there's a lot of sing-along stuff going on. We do karaoke once a month and a creative crafts program once a week on Thursdays. We had a very good chef before, but we lost him. So, they are still working on hiring a good chef. The first floor is still in the process of remodeling for now, but I'm sure it'll look good once it's done.

AM

June 19, 2019

My dad is a resident of the independent living level of The Forum at Memorial Woods. The place is well-appointed, has very nice rooms, and a professional staff. I would say they're the best place for highly social and independent seniors. The food is fine, but they don't always offer healthy options.

Genie

October 17, 2017

I went to The Forum at Memorial Woods, but I did not see the apartments. All of the staff seemed to know the residents and called them by name. It was more formal because the men and women wore dresses and coats. The residents looked happy. It looked like they were going somewhere when I was there. No one was idle or waiting around. They were out and about and some were going to get a haircut. It was active. It's like walking into an apartment complex. They were very accommodating and friendly.

Anonymous116604550

November 19, 2015

The people who assisted me at The Forum at Memorial Woods were very helpful, very nice, and very cooperative. The whole facility had a very nice atmosphere. All of the concierges and waiters seemed to know the residents by name and were very friendly and helpful. My mom has not moved in yet, but she will be moving in at the end of this month. She stayed there for a week on a respite while I was out of town, and she liked it well enough that she decided to move there. So far, everything has been very good. The services were very good, and the food was excellent.

Maria45

May 31, 2015

The Forum was a very exclusive and very exquisite place. It was absolutely excellent. Everybody was friendly, nice, and very professional. They had piano nights and social nights. They had a lot of activities for the residents. Every floor had a senior captain, and every person had a life alert necklace. I loved this place.

Beverly106502550

The Forum has independent, assisted, and skilled nursing. The independent is good, but I don't know anything about the assisted, and I don't recommend the skilled nursing. The independent part is a five star facility, and they have a lot of activities. The food in the dining room is good. They have a beauty salon, happy hour, and all kinds of activities. They have all kinds of activities, and the independent living was great and a nice facility for that. I would recommend the independent living. The staffs are great, and the apartment is beautiful. It is a great facility for the independent living. It is close to everything, and it is in a great location.

Visitor106530150

May 06, 2015

I like The Forum, but they’re missing grounds, and also in order to live there, you have to deal with the traffic going out and coming in, so that’s a big negative. The building, the restaurant, the service, and the food were lovely. I liked everything except the location.

Carol91055950

August 27, 2014

My dad moved to the Forum in April. I absolutely loved it and I hope I could afford it someday, but I don’t think I will. I liked everything about it -- it’s very good and very nice. I have no complaints and neither does he. There were complaints about the food -- they’ve made a few changes and it’s gotten a little better. They offer a lot choices from which to select. They have activities, but dad doesn’t participate. There’s always entertainment during the weekend; there are also movie nights, people who will come and sing, and water aerobics. He is happy there.

RCR9999

June 05, 2014

Think highly of most features of the Forum compared to other facilities we considered in Houston, such as the high-rise design that reduces the walking required to get to the dining room, exercise and other facilities, the covered garage adjacent to the main building, the two meal per day approach and its high quality, the ability to use the grounds and facilities at the next door First Baptist Church, plus the fact we are renting and not having to "buy in" [thus being able to invest the funds from the sale of our house]. Only problem noted so far is the somewhat antiquated temperature control system, which is slowly being updated, floor by floor.

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