We moved my father-in-law into The Meadowlands. The staff there was incredible. They made him feel like he was the most important person there that day. They made his transition very smooth. We ate lunch and dinner with them, and they did a happy hour kind of thing, and then he got to meet other residents that were in the facility. When you walked through the facility, it was very clean and bright. The staff members seemed very kind. My father-in-law is in a memory care unit, and so things were appropriately blocked off. They helped us with the move. Some of the staff members were kind enough to lend us moving dollies, and they helped us. The nurses there picked up his medications. Everybody made him feel welcome. He has been there for five days, and we've been there three out of the five days, and we've had the same impression every time that we've been there. My father-in-law had a little harder time grasping that he was going to be staying there, but they've helped him with everything. They helped him figure out how to work his TV because he struggles with basic skills. They help him answer his phone because we have a cell phone that we try to call. Right now, knowing that we've been there, I am thankful that this is where he is. We can afford it for now, which is great compared to some other places. I don't have anything negative to say about it right now. They also told us when we got there that their visiting hours are 24-hours a day. My father-in-law has his chair, a queen-sized bed, and a dresser in his room. It is equipped if he ever wanted to have a friendship suite set up. Right now, there isn't anyone else living with him in his room. It's large, clean, and it's wheelchair-accessible to everything. The shower is like a zero-level entry. He's got a closet. We just brought in his chest of drawers in his closet, so he doesn't have much that he needs to store. I believe all rooms are exactly the same thing. However, you pay one fee if you feel that they're going to be on their own or you pay a slightly lower fee if they ever are going to pair him with a roommate in a friendship suite. But the size of the room is actually quite large compared to other areas. It is because it can handle two residents at a time. Also, the nurse called me for my father-in-law the very next day, and gave me a direct line so that I could call her at any time. If anyone were worried about being able to get a hold of anyone, and if there's an emergency, she gave me a direct line to her so I could just call, and she's like 20 feet from my father-in-law.

The Meadowlands was in a nice location, and well-kept. We only had a conversation with one person. There were single rooms, double beds, and no divider or privacy. I wish that it could have been a private room, but other than that, it was clean, and it was big. There were common spaces, they were nice, and the memory care area, they were smaller than the assisted living. They were very secure. There's an outdoor area, an area for seating, and they also had raised garden beds. It was nice.

I visited the memory care at The Meadowlands. Everybody seemed friendly and they kept people back in their own area so they wouldn't get mingled in with the assisted living people unless there were people with them. It was nice. Their food was good, and they gave them a choice. The dining area was quite large and I think that's where they do activities as well. They had single rooms and rooms for two people. Each room had a bathroom, so it was nice. The staff was very capable and nice.

My uncle has moved into The Meadowlands. I've never been there. I'm in Texas, and they're in Missouri. My sister is the one that was on the ground there. I only know that it's a small facility with memory care being separate from their assisted living or their skilled nursing facility. They have a nice setup with a nice cafeteria and semi-private rooms. I've seen them on video, and they seemed pretty nice. It's a lot nicer than a skilled nursing facility. It is nicer than the other memory care places that we looked at that. There's a little backyard patio (like a fenced-in area) where people can go outside, so that was nice because my uncle likes to go out all the time. It seems like it's really good. My uncle hasn't been there very long. He's been causing trouble, and they've been dealing with it. It sounds like it's a difficult job caring for all those people that have dementia. It sounds like they're doing their best. I've talked to the staff several times, both on the phone and via email. I have no issues with what they're doing. They seem to be very patient with people with dementia. It's a locked facility. They have a lot of rooms there. They have a little back outdoor area, which is nice. I've been in skilled nursing facilities that are locked, and it's a heck a lot better than that.

We toured The Meadowlands. It was fine. It's a little outdated and just a little too far out for us. I mean, they were all friendly and well-dressed. They look nice and everything. They kind of introduced us to several staff members, but it wasn't like we really sat down and talked with them or anything. The person who showed me around The Meadowlands wasn't there, so I don't think she really understood too much of what she was doing. The biggest thing we had against them was they were too far out for us. To me, it was kind of dated. We didn't like the room layout.

I toured The Meadowlands, and it was very, very much top notch. It was very, very well appointed with very good people. It was just a very good facility for what we were we were looking for. The staff was very good. It looked good, and everything was clean and neat and as it should have been. We saw the living area, the courtyard, and their activity areas. That was pretty much it because that's about what they have inside the area for the memory care. We saw that they had a very nice courtyard with a walking path, and it was completely fenced. They had many different activities out there for them to do, whether it be planting flowers, sitting on a glider, sitting on a chair, or sitting on a swing. There were some other activities out there that kind of escaped my memory for the moment. It was a nice place.

I liked The Meadowlands because they have a lot to offer, there's a lot of involvement, a lot of activities, and I like the whole setup. It has a very warm atmosphere, and everybody was involved, from the personnel of housekeeping to the director. My mother's room is nice and clean. She'll be sharing a room, but it's only her in there right now, and it's big enough that two people can have queen-sized beds. They have a beauty shop, a barber shop, a movie theater, and an activity room. It's a beautiful place. The food could either be served or they'll come up and bring it to them.

We loved The Meadowlands. There was a shared room available and we didn’t want my mom in that. There was also a private room that had another room behind it to where another person would come through my mom's room to get to hers, which we thought was really strange. There wasn't a room there that we liked for my mom because she definitely needed to be in a room by herself. The rooms were also too small to be shared. They did explain that by the people get to memory care, it's actually better for them to have a roommate because they need the stimulus to have someone around, but that's not the stage that my mom was at at the time. In the memory care unit, they had the Bingo that's by color, so it's appropriate for people that were at that stage. They had a really nice eating area though.