Briar Glen Alzheimer's Special Care Center

Bill 412

My wife was there for just over a month. She got a UTI, and became combative. It is supposed to be an Alzheimers special care center. They were unprepared for this event and sent her to an ER, after which she was sent to the psych ward of the hospital. She spent eight weeks there in a Gerri chair. Briar Glen would not accept her back because she did not walk on command. Of course after being trapped in a Gerri chair for 8 weeks, it is no surprise she lost her ability to walk on command. Briar Glen is certainly not a “ special care” facility. I was forced to pull my wife out of Briar Glen and put her into rehab at a nursing home! She is now walking quite well after a couple of days in the nursing home. Do not send your loved one to Briar Glen unless they can behave perfectly, or you will subject yourself to what I had to go thru.

Rebecca B

My husband was a resident at this facility for almost three years. I call it a facility but it is really more like a home. The administration and staff always treated my husband, family, and me like we were an extension of their families. They were kind, caring, and efficient in their services for my husband. The staff was quick to recognize any medical condition and have it resolved as soon as possible (both medical and mental). My husband has been in three other facilities besides Briar Glen and I rate this one above all others. You must keep in mind it is assisted living, but assisted living at its best in my opinion. The prices, considering others that I have toured are more on the low to middle end. I liked it because it is one level, although a locked facility, the residents can walk the rectangle perimeter and be satisfied without being desperate to get out. I really like that layout rather than 12 rooms down each side with locked doors. It also has a lovely courtyard and many activities for the residents. My husband ate only hamburgers and pizza and the kitchen staff made sure they had them for him. Unfortunately my husband’s condition deteriorated and he had to be moved to a full care facility. He only lived 6 days following that move. I highly recommend this facility if you are faced with the daunting task of finding a home for your loved one who has Dementia or Alzheimer’s.

Sara2

My husband is at Briar Glen Alzheimer's Special Care Center. They are very helpful when filling out all the paperwork that has to be done. I had a complaint that they weren't keeping him active enough and they arranged to get him out of his room somehow and get him to participate in the activities that they have. I know it's an older facility and I hate to say anything bad about them, but I feel like the bathroom could be kept cleaner. Some of the staff are very caring and some of them just act like they don't want to do their job. The food was very good. My son and I went to their Thanksgiving gathering luncheon and the luncheon was very good. It's an older building, but it's easy for my husband to get around. There are not hundreds of residents there. It's on one level and it can circle around the hallway and get to the dining room and everything pretty easily. When I've been there visiting, it's not a time when they're doing an activity, except for that one experience when they had them with paddles hitting the balloon, playing like a volleyball. I know they brought in the children's choir to sing at Christmas, and he enjoyed that. It's not as expensive as some of the other facilities, but it is still OK.

Marcie

I went to Briar Glen Alzheimer's Special Care Center. Everybody was very nice. They had a lot of areas outdoors where people could sit. I thought it was very nice. The rooms were big enough, and it's close to home which is the most important thing. The staff was very nice. She seemed knowledgeable, and she did not pressure me to make a decision. They have a barber (I believe she mentioned that), and they do activities with the patients. They were doing chair exercises when I was there. It felt pretty homey. It didn't feel like a hospital, so that was good.

Elizabeth

My mom has been a resident of Briar Glen for three weeks now. So far, it's great, and we're very pleased with it. You could make an appointment to visit. They had a living room section where you would go, but then somebody that had visited had called and told them that they had been diagnosed with Covid, so they stopped the visit. They had their first shot on the 21st and they'll get their second one on February 4th. After that, they will re-evaluate. When you go and visit, there's a phone out in the foyer, and there's a glass. They can sit on the other side of the glass and you can talk on the phone. The staff has been very good and they have a lot of activities. We haven't been inside. We just went for the initial visit, and we just went into mom's room. She goes in for music activities. They have a sweet shop and they take them there. So far, that's all because we haven't been able to talk to her either. They said they have a patio area where the people could go. I think the building is built around the patio area. The staff has been very nice, and the facility was nice, too. Value for money is good. They had a deal that if you pay a little bit more, then they couldn't go up on the price, and we liked that a lot.

Dottie

Rittenhouse Village at Hoover offers respite care, but the minimum is two weeks at $180 a night. It was a nice place and a good community, everything was clean, and smelled good. The room was very nice, it was organized, clean, they didn't have television, but it was a nice room. It is what it is.