Country Meadows of Wyomissing

Number1

The staff is very accommodating. They listen to your concerns and work with you. The efficiency apartment is just big enough. The bathroom is very nice and easily accessible. The kitchenette is small but functional. The gathering areas where they have activities are homelike. There is a feeling of comraderie with the other residents and staff. The social hour before dinner is very nice. It brings the residents together before dinner for conversation and hospitality. It’s a very nice place to live for someone who wants their independence, but should not be living alone.

Doug

Country Meadows of Wyomissing is very nice. My mother's room is very nice. We like everything about it. The staff is very helpful. She likes the food and service has been really good there. She's enjoying it. She does exercises, games, bingo, and different activities. It's clean and everybody's smiling. It's a very good welcoming atmosphere. She's very happy, and she's doing extremely well.

2dissappointed

If I could give less than one star I would do it. A friend of the family was finally convinced by her family (3 of 4 members) to move to independent living and surrender her house. She loved her house and loving living there. She was diagnosed with dementia, the Doctor would not indicate Alzheimer's although some members of family had tried to convince him to do so. She was not angry of disoriented and never felt she needed to go there. When she arrived she had a nice place in independent living and was adjusting fine and trying to make the best of it. I visited her often and was hopeful in her transition. Then they wanted her to use a walker, which she never needed before nor did she want. So she agreed to that. THEN within a month the nurses started to discuss moving her to building two into the locked-down portion. Why? She had trouble finding her room twice and wasn't always willing to participate in the activities, but rather would return to her room and nap. She did not seem combative. Since they moved her to the lock down area she is not as well groomed, hair is mostly in disarray, and she now resides with others who are in advanced stages of dementia and /or severe mental illness. A healthy individual could not survive here without declining in health! It is similar to a co-ed dorm. Other residents wander into her room and she needs to escort them out, men often leave their room in their underwear and once a male resident wandered into her room at night when she was sleeping. Incidentally, their practice of saying there suddenly is room in the lock-down area is a false sales practice. From being in there I can tell you there are always open rooms.

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JA2

Country Meadows was beautiful. I’m actually probably going to put her in there because where she is now isn’t strictly a locked-down facility. I was looking for a locked-down. This was one of the places I looked at, and they had a dementia unit. I didn’t taste the food, but it looked really good. The staff seemed really nice, and they do a lot of activities. The rooms were very nice. Everything seemed wonderful.

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Lee31

At Country Meadows, the visit was very welcoming and very informative. They were very pleasant. They welcomed us with open arms. They were not really pushy. They showed us upfront what the cost would be for my mother. They explained all the options. What stood out to me were the activities and the pleasant surroundings. The people that we met there, both the staff and the residents, they were very friendly.

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JamesK

At this point I'm very pleased with their service. Country Meadows facility is very nice. They're keeping my mother's room very clean and well-maintained.

Grandson8

The facility is clean and well staffed. The dementia ward in particular is very nice, and special care is taken to keep those residing there safe. There are special precautions taken to make sure visitors can easily enter and exit via a touch pad and a picture with the code that those without dementia can figure out. They take special care to make sure we are kept up to date on medication changes as well as any incidents that may occur. They also don't require direct input to make changes as necessary, and have done a very good job for the 3 years I have dealt with them. Parking is plentiful and easily accessed. It sits adjacent to the Schuykill River and has some lovely views. Though it's not cheap it's also not outrageous, and they were knowledgeable and helpful while going through the process of having my grandfather's estate used, and after setting up government assistance.

dennismiranda1975

Our first impression of Country Meadows is that it's a great and very fine facility. The place is clean and decorated nicely. The accommodations seem comfortable and the furniture appears to be well taken care of. The staff member who gave us the tour was very knowledgeable and informative. We went on a tour of the whole building. She showed us 2 apartments. We were also shown the dining rooms and all the different services that the facility can provide. The dining room is lovely. With cleared tables and clean china and linens on the tables. The food seemed very good. They also have a beautiful chapel for worship. There are a great many activities for the residents there. Also, there's a fitness room and all sorts of other rooms where people can get together and have company and fellowship with each other. I believe that this facility is one of the nicest, mid-line priced independent living homes we've seen this year. I would definitely recommend Country Meadows to others.

900t

My mother was a resident at Country Meadows for her last 6 years. Her accommodations were comfortable. We felt that she was well cared for. The residence was clean and tastefully decorated. The staff was courteous, cheerful, and caring. Our visiting was unrestricted and welcomed. As my mother's health declined, the staff went out of their way to allow her to stay in assisted living. She was temporarily moved to a building for more attention when she had a temporary setback. While it was a difficult transition for Mom to go into a home after 90 years of independence, she appeared to enjoy the variety of activities offered. She was shuttled to her appointments, for occasional excursions, and for shopping. We believe that she made a good choice to enter Country Meadows.