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Brookdale Vestal West

421 Plaza Drive, Vestal, NY 13850

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Review for Brookdale Vestal West

He was only there for about 2 weeks. It is a nice place with excellent care for people with dementia who are still mobile. I would recommend it.

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Brookdale Vestal West

Find tailored memory care services and homelike amenities to match your unique needs when you reside at Brookdale Vestal West. Here, residents with different cognitive levels and abilities can receive the care they need in a calming, safe, and inclusive environment. Through Brookdale’s exclusive Clare Bridge and Solace programs, residents can look forward to enriching activities that encourage the use of their current skills. These activities are also designed to boost social connection and may include brain-stimulating games, as well as dancing and walking activities. The Solace program compliments the Clare Bridge approach and assists residents in the later stages of dementia. It provides grooming assistance as needed, and sensory-based activities using music and aromatherapy. The community also provides a number of safe engagement areas for residents to use, including a woodworking station, a kitchen for cooking, and a raised flower bed for easily accessible planting and gardening activities.

Here, each resident receives person-centered care and attention. Trained team members can assist with medication management, grooming, mobility, and more. Mealtimes are also structured, and include pre-selected seating with dementia-friendly menus and easy-to-manage food and snack options. By keeping mealtimes routine, residents can feel more relaxed in a predictable and familiar environment....

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9 out of 10
Review Score28 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
4.1
Cleanliness
4.2
Friendliness
4.3
Care Services
4.2
Staff
4.9
Meals & Dining
4.7
Activities
4.1
Value for Cost
4.1

A Place for Mom has scored Brookdale Vestal West with 9 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 1 review in the last 2 years. Over all time, Brookdale Vestal West has 28 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.1 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 3/11/25

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Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

March 11, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
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Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Review for Brookdale Vestal West

He was only there for about 2 weeks. It is a nice place with excellent care for people with dementia who are still mobile. I would recommend it.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

September 10, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

They have some very loving caring dedicated people there.

The only issue was the medicine dispensing. They had problems keeping things correct and problems keeping people in that department. However, what we like the most about Brookdale Vestal is the people! They have some great staff and very loving aides

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

May 10, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Brookdale Vestal West review

Brookdale west was very clean and had friendly staff. Excellent quality of care food was good although I didn't like that family is not allowed in the dining room. Activities were plentiful and looked interesting. Good value for cost but I think it would be better and more fair to spread out the one time activities fee of [fee removed] over the first year. My reasoning for this is that my father was only able to stay there about 2 weeks. He had 4 falls in that time. Twice he rolled out of bed. I believe this was because the bed was uncomfortable for him and he was too close to the edge. Except for a few rules it is a great place. I wish there could be a level of care for people who are needing a lot of help with ADL's but don't need skilled nursing. Some place that doesn't depend on Medicaid as its primary payer and drives the cost of care up for private pay. Brookdale is worth checking out. The call bells could use updating.

Cynthia D

Memory Care

Family/friend

November 28, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

I recommend Brookdale

Very friendly loving aides. My mother often leaving for the day hugs and exchanges I love yous! Same for the management, always takes their time with the residents. They create a very beautiful environment for the residents. And give them a lot of support when needed and space for privacy. The rooms are beautiful and they are cleaned regularly. I am very happy. And feel she is in a safe secure environment.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

June 6, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars

tour review

Our family had an in person tour with Brookdale Vestal West, and the tour experience as well as the community was very good, but at the time we needed to move our loved one in, they had no availability,

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

May 26, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

My Tour Experience at Brookdale Vestal West

We did tour Brookdale and the place is lovely, but the more home-like atmosphere and the proximity to my Mom in Owego made another community in the area the ideal choice for us.

Beth

Memory Care

Family/friend

May 24, 2022

2.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

They sold us the Brooklyn Bridge and we were naïve enough to buy it

What is conveyed at the initial consultation is not anything that happened in our experience. It was extremely surprising that the contract and the follow through was nothing as it was proposed. They overrated my loved ones performance and then 3 days later we went to the hospital and when released they did not let her come back. They gave us a partial refund back to us. It was not a good experience at all.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

February 23, 2022

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
5.0
Staff
5.0

a good place

Brookdale staff are dedicated to their residents, but you do pay an extremely high price for that. Overall a good place, as they show genuine concern for your loved ones care.

anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

January 18, 2022

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.5
Care Services
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Good facility

This was a good place for my loved one to go to. He passed away from Covid and was not there very long but he was taken care of while he was there. I do see this as a good place to take your loved one. This was a good facility and they took really good care of my loved one.

Veronica H

Memory Care

Family/friend

May 5, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

I would absolutely recommend it

Not being close to the facility I have not been able to visit, but the feedback below is from speaking over the phone to our loved one as well as other family members. The community is very clean, especially during the pandemic, and I have seen pictures of our loved one and she is always clean and in clean clothes. Every time we call, someone is there to answer our questions or get us to someone who can answer those questions. They say our loved one is one of the best eaters there, so we can assume the food is very good. We do get an activity calendar for the month, and it seem's like they have quite a few things to offer. The activities are geared towards whatever holiday is coming up, or special event. For birthday's they even have a little birthday party. The residents can also take walks around the courtyard, and use their bus system to drive around town.

Judy

Memory Care

Family/friend

September 3, 2020

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

Very happy with Brookdale

We picked Brookdale Vestal West because it was the cleanest, friendliest, and the staffing was amazing. Even with COVID, they are the best. They keep the residents interested and moving every day of the week. They do morning exercises, they have entertainers come into the yard, water-coloring, gardening, BINGO, yoga, etc. The rooms are very spacious. I have eaten here and it is great, they have a chef downstairs and he cooks fresh foods. They serve snacks during the day and at night. My favorite part about this community is the care she is receiving and knowing she is being looked after. I am very happy I picked Brookdale.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

June 27, 2017

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0

Keeping the Future In Mind

My loved one is doing well since moving into the community. However, the family wants to move her to a medicaid accepted facility. In the future she will have to move once she can not provide private pay. At this point the service has been wonderful.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

March 15, 2017

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0

Brookdale Vestal West gets my recommendation

So far things are going pretty well at this community. Mom seems to like the staff and they know who I am when I call or visit. They helped make her transition into the community easier and they work well with her. The food is excellent and they keep the community well maintained. They have outings as well as daily activities.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

March 12, 2017

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.5
Friendliness
4.5
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.5

love the place

They are very helpful in placing your loved one. She has been there for a month and I am able to talk with them when necessary. It is a beautiful place.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

February 24, 2017

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0

Excellent,cost analysis to see if I can manage it. Liked the idea of ability of staying in one place when more care is needed. Will have my daughter in mid March re visit

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

December 4, 2016

3.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
3.0

We feel Dad { John Lyles} does not fit this facility. He is still very much still active, computer literate and does not need the level of care this facility provides.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

November 29, 2016

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

Outstanding care for mom

I like that care that mom is g3tting here. The many activities that she is doing are wonderful for her. They offer bingo, music and games that she seems to enjoy with others. All of the staff shows one on one attention that they care. The food is outstanding. I am feeling so much better know that she is in a clean and caring community. I highly recommend this community for outstanding care.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

November 28, 2016

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0

Really pleased with what I saw. Hoping this is the right fit for mom~

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

September 13, 2016

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

My Mother Is Well Here, and I'am Satisfied

My mother is doing better now here at this community, but there was a bit of an adjustment period for her. It has been a good experience for us so far. They do a good job with the cleanliness, everything appears to be well maintained. The staff is very friendly and accommodating. I've seen the menu's and they have a nice selection of food. I know she being cared for well, she in good hands. This is a community I would recommend, it has worked out well for us.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

May 5, 2016

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0

Helpful, communicative staff

My loved one has only been here a short time, but so far our experience has been a positive one! The staff here is friendly and professional, and I really appreciate the high degree of communication. They helped us through the whole sign-up and move-in process, and they always contact me immediately if anything comes up with my loved one.

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