Any intel on Brookdale Assisted Living in Olney?

[Anonymous]

Title says it all!

[Anonymous]

I visited and it was lovely. I spoke to someone in the parking lot whose father lives there and they loved it. Sadly, it was too expensive for us.

[Anonymous]

My parent was there was functional (not on death bed) and was given morphine and left to die on a chair. I don't recommend the place.

Read the reviews online. They're not good. Well, the good ones are from people who worked there...They are understaffed, esp at holidays.

The parking is also terrible. If you plan to visit, you will sometimes show up and have to cram your car into a teeny tiny space, if there's a space at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I visited and it was lovely. I spoke to someone in the parking lot whose father lives there and they loved it. Sadly, it was too expensive for us.

How much was it?

[Anonymous]

Places seem lovely when you visit. Another story when you leave a loved one there. It was too far away from me to leave my parent there. I needed to be able to drop in anytime of day or night to check on her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Places seem lovely when you visit. Another story when you leave a loved one there. It was too far away from me to leave my parent there. I needed to be able to drop in anytime of day or night to check on her.

Don't be bamboozed by the marketing or the bright and shiny. Are patients suffering; looking in pain; visited by family; smelling like urine; looking scared?

[Anonymous]

My mom worked in assisted living facilities for over a decade before transitioning to hospice (she was tired of the "for-profit" mindset of ALF). She worked in a few in Olney; Brooke Grove always had good reviews, and it's a CCRC which is nice. Alfred House also wasn't bad. She also spent some time at Brookeville House out in Brookeville and thought it was nice too. It's not a CCRC, so if you're going to need a nursing home, it might not be a good fit, but a lot of ALFs can provide support for most levels of care up to needing a nursing home. Generally, she says the smaller ALFs that operate out of homes are usually better; most can only house 5-6 patients max, and the home-like environment is nicer than the facilities (not always, but generally), and there's more one-on-one support. She also thought the food at Brookeville House was really nice. This was 10 years ago, so things could have changed a lot, but that was her impression at the time.