I toured Brookdale Central Chandler. It's like assisted living and then they have memory care attached to it. They were pricey. You have to have a lot of money to stay there. What I like best about the place is that the facility is really beautiful, and they have nice paths that everybody can walk on. In the assisted living part, it looks like you could have a little more if you pay a lot like you could have bigger rooms. But the studio apartment, where there's one single bed and one chair in there, would only fit a TV and that's it. I don't even see where you could put a dresser in there, so it was that small. The staff was very open and thorough about everything. She would tell me like every time they if they need to get medication, that's $500 more, and if meals were brought to them, that's $500 more. Everything was like $500 more if you add them to the price of the room. By the time we were done, I think we were up to like $7000 a month, and I'm like, 'What?' They had a lot more amenities at that place because their assisted living was next door. They offered more classes and they also had classes where they could teach people with memory care how to do things easier and better for themselves. It seemed like they had more amenities going on, they had more staff, and it was a larger place. However, the rooms were super small. The facilities were very clean and very nice just super small.

I have visited many memory care facilities and it was by far the best choice for my mother. The director of the memory care really cares about the residents. She has activities and programs that keep the residents involved and active. I could tell a difference from my first visit. The administration was superb. They worked hard with me to achieve placement of my mother. I am very grateful to all of them. Definately five star all the way around.