Brookdale Edina was very nice, but it's out of our price range. My tour was very informative, they took their time with us and they asked for the budget. We didn't see the rooms, we were not even allowed to go upstairs. The community was kind of crowded, but they were not talkative to anyone because of the fear of COVID still going around. So we just kind of kept to ourselves and talked to the manager or the person who gave us the tour. The staff was very nice and informed. I like how big the facility was and how nice it looked on the inside. It's a clean and good place.
I toured Brookdale Edina. I thought the staff was a wonderful salesperson. It had a lovely place. It might shy away a little bit from its hominess of it because of its location with such large other buildings. It was nice. They have as good staffing as I've seen. I went to the memory care section. Memory care is connected to this larger senior living complex, and so it's a plus and a minus in some ways. They had good staffing and good presentation and they were very helpful in my search for something that would fit would fit my wife. If I were to go to respite care, I'd have to rent a bed. I thought they could make it easier for us to make that small request that they would put a bed of comfort there that they could rent for that month until I could be assured that we were going to stay there for the rest of her life. I was given a piece of pie which we appreciated. I was also given a little canvas care that had a little magnet for the refrigerator and that was nice.
I visited Brookdale Edina. They were very good. It's quite large. It had a lot of floors of just independent living, and then assisted living floors, it was huge. It's a big one. The dining area and the rooms look good. They have concerts on Fridays, there's also like a kid's zone there. So, on Fridays they're not allowed to use their area. They have bingo and they have activities all throughout the day as well.
I had an in-person tour of Brookdale Edina. The staff showed me the common areas and the memory care areas. She explained that they have two regions of the memory care area. It was a much larger facility, and they probably had more activities that would be available. The staff was very good and personable. They had a courtyard and a place for music where there were concerts on Sundays. They had a lot of good amenities. They have onboard chefs, and they gave me cookies, which were good.
Brookdale Edina was quite nice. There are a lot of hallways and it's a high rise. The staff seemed nice. We saw two rooms that were decent, and the view looked over their indoor park, not outside. A lot of things were going on. It was a very busy place. If you don't mind the hallways and going up and down on elevators, I'm sure it'd be a "four" or a "five," but those are the things I was looking at. The staff seemed to be doing what they're there for. I remember a couple of rooms on each end of the hall in the memory care, and they weren't very big.
I went to Brookdale Edina. It was really positive, they were extraordinary. The only reason I didn't go with Brookdale was because it didn't have any more memory care seats and we also needed a facility that would, in a short of period of time, be able to accept the Elderly Waiver. The staff was fantastic, from beginning to end. From the staff, to the facilities, to the quality of programming, Brookdale really did a nice job. It was well kept, well designed, and updated. The rooms were well designed, clean, lots of windows, but they were nicely done. It was well situated, close to shopping, and close to transportation.
We chose Brookdale Edina for my husband because he was in another Brookdale that we were not happy with, and we thought that transfer to another Brookdale would be the easiest for him. The staff members seem fine. We've not had too much connection with them only because my husband has been in quarantine ever since he moved in, but he got out yesterday, so we're looking forward to more interaction with the staff. His room is lovely. It seems that they knew what they were doing. I'm just not that familiar with it so far. He said the food is fine.
My rating for Brookdale Edina is not very good. I didn't get to see the staff or see how they were dealing with the memory unit people. I didn't get to see what the program was. I did tour the facility, but all I saw were the rooms. The living atmosphere was very good. The person who showed us around was very good. She was very cordial and engaging. The food was fine. However, I didn't get to find out what I wanted to know. They didn't show me the program.
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