Please do your research before sending your loved one to live here. The facility might look nice from the outside and in the lobbies, but the rooms are absolutely filthy and the “care” they provide is subpar. When we were packing my aunt to move her to a new facility we found trash under furniture, dirty sheets and wipes stuffed in with clean ones, trash in her closet, trash and rusty razors in her nightstand, broken windows that had been “fixed” with cardboard and duct tape, and poop stains on the walls. There is also a serious lack of communication by the administration with family members, and questionable practices where it comes to medication and nutrition. We also often found my aunt (who has dementia) laying in bed in the dark staring at the wall because no one had come in to turn a light or the TV on. I will be reporting Arbor Terrace Lanham to the proper agencies because no one should have to live in a place like this.

When you walked into Arbor Terrace Senior Living, it was literally like walking into an Airbnb place. It's newer. It's like a home and a hotel. It was beautifully furnished, and the staff was super nice. The memory care floor was also equally nice. They put a lot of effort in selecting paint colors that reinforced its vibrancy. They had a full calendar of events. Some events were social. Some events were cognitive-related for the memory care residents. The memory care has its own dining, and they do different things. They emphasize the sensory centers of the residents. They have birds in cages, fish tanks, a reading library, and a lot of stuff. I went to the assisted living side, saw their dining hall, actually met the chefs, and saw how everything was prepared. They did a really good job on that. The only thing was the rooms were super small and the redirection photos were in a shadow box, so that wasn't up to date. They didn't have a whole lot of diversity in terms of age range as well. I could not see my mom there or feeling like she's connected for that reason, but the staff seemed to be nice. The lady who gave the tour was fantasticm, but they had what they called assessments. It's one price going in. In 45 days, they reassess and then again in 3 months. It just keeps going and going. At some point, if your loved one is going to be having more negative implications and needing more assistance (from dementia), the family is going to have to give up huge chunks of money; I didn't like that.