Brookdale Inver Grove Heights

Janice

My husband has moved into Brookdale Inver Grove Heights. It's a very homey place. It's a smaller facility and I just feel more comfortable there. My husband is getting a lot of care. He has a studio room. There's a bathroom. It's a little smaller because it's a studio, but it is very nice and it is right off the dining room, so we like that. It is close to the people and the living room. The food is excellent. They have a chef there and everything is from scratch. It is very, very good. The place is very clean and neat. The staff are very warm and very kind. They just seem nice. It is very good. They all seem very caring and interested in helping. In terms of activities, they have a lot of things going on.

Vikki

My cousin moved into Brookdale Inver Grove Heights. It's a very nice place. It's very small. I think they only have ten residents right now. It seems like the staff is not up to full capacity. Everybody's short-staffed right now. She doesn't like some of the staff because they're rough. Not rough with her, but blunt with her. She needs a lot of coddling. She's a very angry person, and she doesn't like anything. You kind of got to talk her through things, and I don't think they have the time to do that so she doesn't like some of them. Some of them are good with her. She doesn't like the food there. I'm sure the food is just fine, but it's just her taste that she doesn't like it. The rooms are small. They have a beauty shop and the kitchen/cafeteria area is right in the middle, so it's very accessible to all the rooms. It's very light and bright there. They have a person that comes around and does their nails for them. She doesn't go out of her room. So it's just hard to say what she does. I would like to see a weekly menu given to the residents so that they know what each meal is going to be. They have bingo, entertainment, and dogs that come to visit. They have all kinds of things, but she doesn't do any of them.

Jeff

The lady at Brookdale Inver Grove Heights was nice and very helpful, and I enjoyed that experience. It's a very small place. The positive thing is if you're looking for a small community, that would be a good one. The facility is small as well. There's pluses to having a small facility where there's not so many people per attendant. The ratio is better because it's small. People get to know each other a lot more intimately that way. It seemed very clean, and people seemed generally very, very polite. They had events outside on the patio. They had gardening, activities, and games.

Kris

We toured Brookdale Inver Grove Heights. It is a nice homey little place. It's small, it's well kept up, and it looked nice, but we didn't like the industrial settings. The staff who walked us through was very good, very professional, and very informative. It's like a home with a lot of bedrooms. We kind of compared it to like a dorm where you've got your dorm room and then you've got a common area and a place to eat and socialize. We didn't see people out and about and socializing. We barely saw anybody besides the girl who walked us around. There was nobody around. The grounds were nice. The property itself was inviting but we didn't like the neighborhood. It doesn't seem like there's a lot of things going on for the residents.

J.E.

Brookdale Inver Grove Heights is a nice little building. It's open, clean, has a nice atmosphere, and people are very friendly. It would be more suitable for a single person that is totally on their own, not for a couple. It's like a very small bedroom with no refrigerator, nothing that you can use to cook, unless you get yourself a little microwave. They have an open dining room and a nice little back patio, but it does not offer a spot for private families. Their main visiting room is kind of like a living area, so they're not equipped for families who want to have private parties. Parking was the very first thing that put me off when we went there. You drive in and it's just a tiny little parking lot, but they have explained that most of their people don't drive. They said their food is made up of freshly made meals. They had lunch that day, it smelled very good, and I didn't hear anyone complaining about it.

Jani B.

I am in Brookdale Inver Grove Heights right now. It is a smaller facility that caters more to my liking. It is all one-level and the staff is very good; I feel that they are taking care of me. I am trying to fit in. It has been a month, and I think I am going to like it here. They have exercise, bingo, and other games. I haven’t seen them all yet, but they have a schedule of activities that you can follow and attend as you like. The food is very good. I don’t have anything really negative to say.