Bedford Estates Senior Living

Most of caregivers are great. Empathetic and caring. Some are just there for the job and do bare minimum. [name removed] is the model every caregiver should have to shadow for a time to learn how to be caring, and thorough with cleaning and caring for patient. Overall we are pleased with care. I would love for you to talk to caregivers about not leaving dirty diapers and pads in trash cans in the room. Should always be taken out after cleaning resident.

It's a lot for two care givers to handle 45-ish residents and at least once a worker didn't show on the late shift so that left one worker for the night. I was a bit concerned when I first checked out the place that they might not add caregivers if they needed them. I was told that they hire when they need more people depending on how the incoming residents score on their need level. The answer was too vague. I wasn't given a specific formula for when they would add workers and I don't see an effort to add more people so that's disappointing.

We checked the assisted living at Bedford Estates Senior Living. However, since we also have concerns that my father-in-law may be having dementia maybe in the near future, we were also looking at someplace that he could possibly transition from one to the other, so I like that they have both assisted living and memory care. It would have been perfect; it would have been great. We talked with the nurse, and she was just a cute thing. She would have worked with my father-in-law's medications, so it would have been a really good idea. I also like that they have individual rooms that can be like their own apartment. They would still have their own space. Everyone I met there was lovely too. They have an area where they could go outside, but they wouldn't be bothered. It's like a little park. The building was built around a courtyard in the middle, so that was very nice. Dad would love that. With them having food and everything, it would have been like being at a restaurant all the time, so my father-in-law probably would have enjoyed that, too. We talked with the dietitians when we were there as well, and they would have prepared his meal exactly like he wanted it, so it was kind of nice too.

The staff in the memory care area were so nice to the residents. I like that they had activities fir them so they didn't just set in their rooms are lay in bed.

I believe that it is a major step down from senior living. I expected the culture to be more upbeat and many of the staff to be more active. Two of the staff of the same gender were very openly in tune with each other. It was disgustingly. The clientele had more of a tendency to be more disabled and needing more attention than the minority of the others.