Cardinal Bay Inc

Food is great, lots of activities, people friendly, good neighborhood, staff is friendly and does everything to make you feel at home. If someone has a health issue comes up they are taken care of in a proper manner. In other words their needs are met, entertainment provided, apartments are cleaned once a week, Bible study, church on Sunday, transportation, and filed trips. Super coo!

It was an older community and set up more like a traditional nursing home. The staff seemed great. However, it was not what we were looking for.

I am pleased with how things are going so far for myself since I had made the move into this community. The staff are all very kind and have been able to accommodate my needs to the best of there ability. I like that we have the option to pick what we want for our meals from the menu but do wish they had fresher vegetables for us to eat. They have a few activities available but could use some improvement in that area as well as work out equipment.

Nice place, but evident that routine maintenance is needed. Also, seems like an older facility that needs a major update.

I have no complaints about this property, the staff was very kind and the building was very well maintained. All of the staff was very welcoming during our tour and gave my loved one and I lots of useful information. The only thing I did not care for was how close to traffic this location was.

I placed two relatives here recently. One in the memory care unit and one in independent living apartments. The apartment in the independent building had new carpet and toilet bowl seat and refrigerator. It has ample closet space. The apartment is cozy. You can tell it is an older buildings g, but the hallways are kept clean, they are just narrow and dark. This building could use an update in decorating. The dining area is clean and bright. They have a common room where the activities are held. But the activities are mostly card games and movie night with old movies. My concern is with the staff. Communication between the leasing agent and family is horrible. She is never at work or returns calls. The staff, especially the chauffeur is not friendly in the main building. I expect more hospitality towards the senior citizens and more of an outgoing personality than I have witnessed. I am never even greeted when I enter the common area by the receptionist. The chauffeur is a miserable old man, who also works the front desk reception area. I find the dining room staff to be friendlier. The memory care unit is new, and I think they are still working the bugs out with the staff. Communication is poor between staff and family. Food in both locations is nothing great and portions are very small. There are many residences in the area similar to this one, this one met our budget.

We did have lunch at Carriage Inn and the food was average, I could see someone getting tired of it quickly. We were however impressed with the staff they were nice and friendly. The cleaning lady was nice and even the limo driver who was the first one we say, was happy, smiling and was excellent in that regard. This just wasn't quite as luxuirious however as another community we've visited.

Positives: friendly, cozy entrance and sitting area with porch off back side with cover and places to sit and green space. 'Luby's' like dining area with round tables and rolling chairs; buffet and menu ordering with special requests possible. Free round the clock snacks including cereals, fruit, milk fridge and soft serve ice cream with chocolate sauce. various puzzle tables, bridge games going, bingo, wii bowling, outings to walmart and grocery store, day trips and over night trips to casinos & other places. Apartment divided into 3 spaces plus full bath with walk in shower. Pets allowed. On site home health service. Weekly house cleaning, hair salon on site. Negatives: Very dark. Hallways dark, group areas in each hallway dark with outdated and cheap decorations. Dining area closed in and dark, buffet sneeze guard too high and frankly, useless. Library extremely limited. Media room not very comfortable. Not much in the way of outside sitting areas, only one. Apartments include a small oven and stove, for us a negative. Much more expensive than Paradise Springs and the latter is much more up to date and resident focused.

The staff was great, but looking at the whole thing, they were way too nursing homey. Like a hospital. It was set up like a college apartment. It didn't have the pizzazz and style of the Watercrest, although it was cheaper.

I took both of them here before, they did not like the set up, the rooms are too far from the dining and my father cannot walk very far.

Independent living only.

independent only, no assisted living

Puppies ok; Golf Cart ok; ~$3500 for a Cottage; 4-6 month waiting list.

The staff made sure they gave my loved one and I a warm welcome upon arrival and gave us a very detailed tour of there community. The only complaint my parents had was how far the walk was from there apartment building to the dinning room. It was just not reasonable to do three times a day.

I was not really interested in Carriage Inn at Katy. The facility looked old and did not seem to be well cared for. We were looking for a place that was bright and cheerful and that was not the case here.

We were told that they inspected fingers and toes, on a visit with my mom to take her out for dinner, she was having trouble walking. After inspection she had terrible in grown toe nail. We took her to ER where they operated on them. Carriage inn had nothing to say. I moved her out.

The location wasn't great, as it was near a gas station and laundry mat. The people were very friendly here.

The staff were very nice and informative. The area seemed to be a bit run down.

I would have given this a 1 except there was a short amount of time/people mixed in that were good. But overall I felt like I failed my mom by picking this place. Everything started off great but once I wasn't there all day it got worse. There was always soiled stuff in open trash cans no matter time of day. My mom, her clothes and bedding were almost always dirty unless I was there on a party day or the director was taking a group through. Again would a 1 but there were a couple part time agency people that were awesome, friendly and professional. The people at the front desk were the friendliest and most helpful. I could walk through the care unit and no one would speak. On more than one occasion I overheard people saying I am not going to do something that was part of their job. There were some agency people who would sit or wander and not do anything, but the friendliest people there were a couple of the agency people and the all hospice workers. Moms bed was often dirty, she was often dirty and I always had to request she be bathed and her bed changed. workers would refuse to help her eat; there were times when workers would disappear and no one knew who was supposed to be watching the group; workers never disciplined or removed after many infractions; more than once saw a worker asleep and she was only one on duty. I finally put a camera in mom's room and that was only way I could get her changed on a regular basis. Something was going on with the nurse : she had a family issue, she had Covid but then she didn't, some other issue- rumor was she was looking for a job. Didn't have a nurse onsite for weeks at a time. My mom had the best care by the hospice workers. the best food was served at the family parties. For a few weeks they had a wonderful activities person who worked with everyone at every level of the disease and she was always there doing stuff. She was friendly, greeted all the visitors and engaged with everyone. She was promoted and they moved her to assisted living and then the memory care people spent months parked in front of the tv for a lot of hours. Much too high for the poor care.

We did not have a good tour experience with Village on the Park. We literally walked in and left within 10 minutes. It is very dark and small, the vibes were not good. The receptionist was on her cell phone and did not acknowledge us for several minutes. Our loved one had an emotional support dog and they told us they would not allow the dog. I would not recommend based on our experience.