My husband and I went and toured Brookdale Wayne. Before we arrived, I had told the lady that I wasn't able to go on a weekday, so a weekend would be better. But she was kind of insisting I'd go on a weekday because she wanted to be there, which I get. Then I told her I had to work and it was close to the time, so would she be able to wait for us? Meanwhile, there's traffic when you're traveling, so when we arrived at the facility, she was kind of like a little on edge because we were not there on time, so to speak. But I had explained to her that I'm going to try to get there at 7, but I get off at 6, so we're working with not even an hour because I have to get home and then I and my husband were going to go. When we arrived, she had called to see if we were still coming and I said, 'Yep, we just pulled up in the driveway.' So she said, 'Come on over here to the desk and we'll talk and everything.' So we talked and I kind of felt it was a little rushed a little bit. She mentioned the place and she gave us a folder and we looked through it with her. She mentioned pricing, but then she did not say, 'Do you have any questions for me?' After she went over her part with the booklet that she had given to us, she said, 'It's getting late, so I'm going to take you over to the memory centers.' But I said I had quite a few questions, so I asked all the questions, and she answered them, so then that was okay. We went over to the memory center, which was not too far from where we were meeting. The place was just so small. For the price of money that you would have to put out for this place, I thought, it would be like a recreational center. I thought it would be like a lot of space for my mom and others to just be in their own space. But it was sort of like someone's big living room. I didn't feel like the space was good enough for the price that they wanted. I'm looking at it, and I'm like, 'I wouldn't even want to be in here myself because, like where would I sit?' The pricing was sky-high. It was private pay. It was very unaffordable for us, for sure. I also felt uncomfortable around the staff. I felt rushed because I had explained my situation, and I would think if it were me, I would not have brought up the fact that we were late. I would have just been considerate and kept that under my thumb. Also, we only went from the representative table where you sit and meet and talk, and then we went into that one room where the memory care facility is located, and that was it. We went to the little lounge that they had and that was it.

Brookdale Wayne was a very nice facility with lots of amenities and a caring staff. They have lots of activities planned out throughout the month, they have a calendar of activities. The apartments that we saw were very nicely laid out with little kitchenettes and were easily accessible into the main areas where the activities are. For memory care, the staff seemed very patient and helpful to the clients. There was a library, a gym for physical therapy, a hair salon, there was a TV area, an activity area, and a large dining room area where they go to eat.