Bethesda Senior Living Communities

My mother in law took awhile to adjust, but since she has been there has flourished. I find the staff to be warm and friendly and very attentive.

My father was here for a week when we were on vacation and he thought the people here were really crazy. He's not really at the point some of them are but right now he's jsut seeing the medical equipment and I told him that after a while he would see them as people. Here they don't lock the doors so people can come and go but it's not in a very good neighborhood.

That one was a level one assisted living and was not able to provide the care that we thought my dad needed. They were not able to help him get in and out of his wheelchair or with toileting.

They seem to be understaffed in memory care, necessitating that everyone pretty much receive the same medication on the same schedule regardless of individual circumstances. Same with activity. Activities are geared to the least cognitive resident so that they can be done across the board.

The facility is old and could use an upgrade. The dining area is in a separate building. There is a covered walkway. However, everything should be in one bldg. They also needed to do a better assessment on what my Mom needed rather than telling her to pull the string to the call button when she needed something.

If the price was right I would move back but now I would tell anybody to look into it the staff is fantastic. I moved from there last January because my rent went up $[removed] a month at one time.

Always being included and encouraged to join in. Always making us feel welcomed. Goes above and beyond when needed. Recently has a hurt arm and the staff made sure to help me in different ways including getting me pushed in at the table. The kitchen staff helped a lot during this healing process with that. Always patient with me.

The staff has changed and management to many times in a year. The wait time is way too long to be served meals. The only good thing is they do take care of my mom.

It is normally pretty nice looking and they have a good amount of activities. My dad has also said most of the med techs are nice. On the other hand we have had multiple problems with the pharmacy they use and sometimes he doesn't get his meds on time. His room also hasn't seemed to be clean the last few times I've been in there(like sweeping and mopping wise) but he also tends to be messy so that could be him.

There are activities, they were just not Moms thing. Mom prefers a different kind of structure to her daily life than what happens at Bethesda. Bethesda has outstanding food, they do great with personal laundry, it's pretty laid back about activities so things are happening-- she just didn't always know what, where, or when. We had some medication issues. Overall it's a good value but as with anywhere, keep an eye on what's happening with medications.

I would give it a C+ rating. The staff is friendly, but like everywhere else, they are short staffed and have trouble keeping people. Thankfully my mom still has her faculties, if she needed more care, such as medication given to her or personal care I would probably be looking elsewhere. The food is usually terrible is a universal complaint and the one I hear most often.The on site manager just blames things on corporate and doesn't seem to have great problem solving skills a few of their better staff members have quit due to this.

The staff are friendly but they're not appropriately staffed. the staff is nice but I have come across many times mom either doesn't have her hearing side in, room was not clean after she had accident (most recent), when the staff are supposed to be checking in her and helping her get ready in the mornings...we came in the afternoon.

I would recommend it, but to the right person. We picked it because it was a smaller, more intimate community. People are friendly and caring.

I received a recommendation from a close family friend, it has a faith-based component, it's is aesthetically pleasing, it's located 5 minutes from my home, and I really like the staff.

My loved one is currently a resident at The Gardens at Barry Road and overall the experience at this facility has been okay so far. The cleanliness, care services and activities are okay. The food is not good. My main concern is with the staff, they have three shifts. The staff on the second shift are great, the other two shifts not so much. Overall, it's not a bad place, even though my ratings are low.

What our family likes the most about Bethesda Gardens Fort Worth is the daily activities for the residents to participate in. We would recommend this community to other but also to some extent we would not recommend this community to others.

We toured ViewPointe during our search for a Memory Care facility for our loved one. This facility was okay. However, it was too large and glittery for my taste. They also had an eighteen month waiting list. We decided to continue on with our search.

They didn't always keep their word with regard to things they were going to do. I did a lot of hunting people down. When they were doing what they were supposed to be doing they did a good job. They weren't always on task for daily care. The rooms are a nice size. The largest that I had come across. The staff seemed to be short staffed

The Bethesda Gardens Thornton community is going through a lot of transition. I am hoping this is a short term problem, with the above ratings and things will get better after construction is finished.

The main issue is they oversold on memory care and didn't have enough staff to care for my mom.. the staff that was there was great, but there was just not enough of them. She was never taken to activities. We were told she could stay until the end of life, but they didn't have the staffing for it. Part of the problem I think it it was a newly opened ward. Other than that it was fine.