When a room becomes available, we will be moving my mom to Blossom Creek memory care. The one that we looked at originally was a shared bath and a shared room, and we decided that wouldn't be the best for my mom so we're waiting for her private room. It's very homey, you feel welcome, and the staff seems to know everybody's name. They seem to know where they all live, which apartment they have, and their needs. They're just really in tune with their patients. The room has enough space for a small twin or a full-size bed, a bookshelf, and a table with a chair or two. It has a window too. The bathroom is very simple, but it's got some place for them to sit when they take a shower. The one thing that I think my mom liked was that they have a cabinet where they could lock up their personal things so they can't get there without the key. That also protects their belongings from other people if they share an apartment. The other person can't get into it or they can't eat all the toothpaste or whatever. It depends on the point of how much dementia they have. It seems like it's a big enough room for one person to enjoy. You can sit at the table and you have your own space. It's nice because they can bring their photos and their furniture in so it's homey. That's what a lot of them have done. Their families will bring in a little table, their own bed, and some family pictures. There's one guy there that was an airline pilot and they've got airplanes and pictures and such. They can make it their own room, they can personalize it. In the halls, they have rooms where they can all gather and have their lunches or dinner together. There's a piano, three of them, one on each side. It just seemed very cheery and the staff was always in attendance, just right there with them. We weren't there at dinnertime, so I did not taste the food but they have a menu and I asked them about it. I asked what happens if, say, they're allergic to something. They said they make specialized food for different types of people.

Blossom Creek Memory Care is all brand-new and clean. The cafeteria was very nice, and the rooms were nice. The lady who showed me around seemed very bright, and I saw all the orderlies helping people around and doing things. It just seemed to be a very professionally-run place. The memory unit has a courtyard in the middle where the residents can go and have lunch outside without being able to get away. It seemed very secure. Each individual apartment door has their name painted on it, and there are shadow boxes with them or their spouse's picture inside to help them remember where their room is. I looked at their meal menu, and it looked like they could provide a much better diet than we could at home. For the dessert option they always have a sugar-free option, and things like that. If we move our dad there, it would be so easy for my mom to drop in and take him out or take him home on the weekends.

Blossom Creek is excellent. There’s a memory care unit and many activities for the residents. The food is really good, the rooms are really nice, and the staff is really attentive. They seem to do the best for the patients. It’s a beautiful, well-kept facility.

Blossom Creek was more of a lockdown facility. They seem to have nice people working there and plenty of activities. The director was wonderful. They didn’t take my mother because they didn’t feel they had the right number of people on the staff to take care of her, especially during the night in case she fell. They have a pull cord in each room, but when you have an Alzheimer’s patient, you can’t expect them to use the pull cord, so it’s not effective for that situation. I think it was beyond their capabilities to take care of my mother. The place felt homey, like the residents would watch TV together. I still think they are a bit understaffed for a big place like that.

Blossom Creek seemed to give the feeling of residents being locked in. The staff that gave the tour was very friendly and very nice. The neighborhood was nice, and the rooms were nice but didn’t have a view like the other place I visited.