We went to Brookdale Fayetteville. It was a good experience all the way around. They met with us for a sustained period of time. They answered all our questions. They gave us a tour. They were very congenial. I stopped over before the family went up. I stopped over the night before and they gave me a personal tour. I went through a litany of items and they checked off everything from under advanced care, making sure that they take their pills, doctors coming in, and an emergency button. I looked at the menus, and they were very good. There's nothing that I didn't like about it. It came out to a little bit over $12,000 a month with a down payment. Syracuse was just too expensive for my father. I went through the list of activities. They had a memorial for veterans. We were there for a really quick time. We had a great discussion. We sat down around the table, my cousin, my stepmother and her daughter, my father, and my cousin's wife. They answered every question we had. We were very pleased with what we came back with. We conferred, but it was just the cash. Everything else I liked about it. They also had a group, when we were leaving, going together for one of the activities. I saw about eight people there. They had a nice garden. It was small, but a garden to enjoy the nice days out or just a walk along the stone slabs if they could. The staff was very amicable and very helpful. I was looking at the menu and everything that I could see looked very high standard. They also met dietary needs. The place was in good condition, and they were remodeling a couple of things or just beginning to remodel a couple of the rooms. I think that they're trying to keep up-to-date. They did have an elevator for the second floor.

I visited Brookdale Fayetteville. Their staff is wonderful. It's a memory facility, and they are geared for that. So, the programs they had for people with memory issues seem to be well thought out and very well planned. The staff who gave us the tour was just wonderful, very knowledgeable, very informative, and very friendly. They had a courtyard. I believe they had a salon, but most of the places we looked at had one. They had some sort of fitness center or physical activity center in addition to activities scheduled.

I went to see Brookdale Fayetteville. It was a wonderful tour experience. They were very helpful but they couldn't give my dad the level of care that he needed. The place was clean, nice, friendly, and easy to access. Everybody, including the residents, were very friendly. I saw a basic room with a bathroom, and it was clean and well-painted. I saw the residents watching TV and having lunch.

My mom moved into Brookdale Fayetteville. The staff members are very nice people and very helpful. They take your temperature and wear a mask. The facility is very neat and very clean. They have a living room area with a TV in it, sofas, and chairs for the residents. They have a small library. They have a kitchen area that looks like a normal household kitchen, as well as a dining area where more guests can be together. My mom has only been there for like two and a half weeks, but so far, so good. They have many activities. They escort the residents if they want to go so that they don't feel like they're wandering. They have music activities, exercises, coloring, and all kinds of different things to keep them stimulated. It's not cheap for a common person with a common income. They take care of all their laundry. They take care of their medications and administer them when they need them, whether it's once a day or three times a day. They have a Registered Nurse on premise every day. They have locks, so they can't get out and wander away. It's a little on the high side, but I think comparing it to a nursing home, it's far better than that. They provide the furniture, but you can bring your own. My mom said the food is good, but it's greasy.

I went to Brookdale Fayetteville, and I absolutely loved it. I just felt that it was a little bit too big for my sister. I felt that a smaller memory care facility would be better. The staff was certainly very attentive to me, and very nice to speak with. I saw activities, and I felt that they were very inclusive to the memory care patients. I'm sure my sister would have loved it there, too, but I just think she would do better in a smaller place. That's my only problem with Brookdale. Other than that, I would have moved her there in a second. I'd like to live there myself.

We placed my mother in Brookdale Fayetteville. She's already a resident there. They had everything that we needed for Mom, and since she has been there, everybody has been fantastic in regards to Mom's care and her condition. I couldn't say a bad thing about the place. All I have is praise for the staff and the facility. Everybody has been extremely communicative, wonderful, and they're watching over my mother. I check on her every day several times a day. Due to COVID, we can't have the visitation that we like to have but she absolutely is in the best care possible. I can't say enough about the facility and the staff. They are absolutely terrific. They're the best. Well, we all know that's expensive and what-not, and it just seems something you can't get away from with the cost. It's just an expensive facility, that's all.

We had a great tour at Brookdale Fayetteville. The place is very beautiful, but expensive because it is enhanced senior living. It had greater diversity of residents. The green space in the back was rather small. The nice thing about it is that there was a lot of grocery stores, pharmacies, and things where people could just walk to and won't need transportation. The people were nice, but they were not the type of people my sister is used to socializing with.

If you choose this facility you need to visit EVERY day. It is understaffed and has no registered nurse 24/7. My loved one has dementia and lived here about a year. I found the staff to be friendly but detached. Aides usually didn't know where residents were. Residents went into each others rooms and bathrooms. The philosophy of the home was to let the residents "be" and to make their own choices. But dementia patients have lost their ability to reason, and need love, compassion, and assistance by skilled, perceptive staff to be stimulated throughout the day. I did not see the aides interact with residents proactively, only reactively or during scheduled activities. I paid extra to have my loved one get cued to not wear the same clothes every day and to go to activities. But that didn't always happen. Residents were on their own during unscheduled time... and there was more unscheduled time than scheduled because the scheduled activities on the board in the lobby did not always happen for a variety of reasons. Many of the activities were passive or inappropriate for my loved one such as games on a small computer screen, movies such as "You've Got Mail", and live rock music at loud volume. Residents could refuse showers for weeks/months within the homes policy. It was so sad to see the dementia residents left on their own. Moved my loved one to another facility with more personal attention!

I was able to visit Clare Bridge of Manilus, and the staff was very nice. Their rooms are very spacious and homey. Their dining room was very plain. It looked very secure and safe. They do have activities going on constantly throughout the day like bowling and arts and crafts.

Clare Bridge Of Manlius was very nice. It was a great facility. I like everything about it. It was clean and nice. The people were really friendly and very caring. Their main concern is their residents and to make sure that they're well taken care of. The staff was wonderful. It was a wonderful facility overall.

My husband is in Alzheimer's care at the Clare Bridge of Manlius. It is a secure environment, feels homey, and is nicely furnished. The staff is very good and friendly. He is content there. I have eaten there and the food is very good. I like that they have daily activities. They do various things like exercises, they take them out on walks or outings, play games, and sing. There are activities from 10 until 6 at night and my husband needed that. As always, they could use additional staff.

The facility is not as flexible as it states. If your loved one is more of a night person he/she will not be happy there. Short on staff - staff members were working two and sometimes three shifts. There was no nurse on duty in the facility during the night hours. Kitchen and dining area lacked cleanliness. There were no dispensers for cleaning hands and staff did not clean hands from room to room. The reputation in the community and it happened to us, if your loved one ends in the hospital they are not welcomed back and you are told it is up to the hospital to place your loved one in a nursing home- not what was promised. This facility is appropriate only in the very early stages of Alzheimer's

There are some very caring aides at this facility, but not all of them as can be expected in this type of facility. I was least impressed by the management and their seeming lack of being timely with medical issues, and keeping the families abreast of any significant changes in condition. The floor aides are completely overwhelmed by behavioral and physical demands of the residents and are constantly running to protect people from falling, fighting, choking, yelling, etc. They appear to be under staffed. It's a proverbial 'wolf in sheep's clothing' and I have seen far better facilities that are much less expensive.

After my Mother's death we had to place my Father in a facility and we preferred a place that specialized in Alzheimer's care. We heard good things about Clare Bridge of Manlius. My Dad has been there for almost 10 months and I can say I can rest easy knowing he is being cared for by their wonderful staff. Although one of the hardest things I've had to do in my life I am confident he is where he needs to be to get the specific care he needs as his disease progresses.

My Mom was here for 9 months with Alzheimers. The staff were the most loving and kind that you would find anywhere. It was a winderful experience under horrible conditions, with that disease.