This facility was unable to help me. The person I spoke with was very helpful, but they did not have any beds available for my mom. She did offer the name of two other facilities that might take my mom.

I saw the memory care at Bickford of Rocky River. They just gave me a tour of the place. The girl answered my questions to the best of her knowledge, as far as I'm concerned. She was working at the front desk. I was looking for respite for a week, so they showed me, and I told them that my mother would need to be in the memory care unit in a locked-down area. I don't need for her to be in a regular room and find her way out the door, because it's easy for them to do. The one thing I didn't see too much was the staff taking care of the residents. Of course, they could have been in the rooms with them. The rooms were OK and nicely sized. My mom wouldn't need a big room anyway. She just needs a bed to sleep in, a closet to hang her clothes in, and a bathroom to use. Everything else is outside. They had their meals in the dining room, and she said they have activities. She just filled me in with those kinds of things. They had a beauty shop there, a spa room, and an area where you could go wash your clothes, but they would have to do that for her. They have activities and physical therapy too. For a week, I don't know how much they can do with her, but the thing is just to have a safe place for her to be for that week. The girl who took me around just filled me in with little bits here and there about the place and what they do. She did all right with the touring and just letting me know they have activities, ice-cream socials, popcorn, movie nights, and bingo. It's a nice place. It's like an old Southern type of a house, and it's not a big place. It's not been added onto or anything. The surrounding area was very nice. They keep it up with flowers. It's very homey.