CERTUS at Orange City

We ended up choosing CERTUS Premier Memory Care Living - Orange City for my mother. We love it there. She's gotten better. We're very impressed with the staff, with the care that they give, and the way the people are taken care of. The place is very beautiful. It is clean. They have a reas...

We ended up choosing CERTUS Premier Memory Care Living - Orange City for my mother. We love it there. She's gotten better. We're very impressed with the staff, with the care that they give, and the way the people are taken care of. The place is very beautiful. It is clean. They have a reason for everything that they do, starting from the way they built the place, to the colors, and even the clothing that the staff is wearing. My mom is doing more there than she did at home in so many ways. She's got a little buddy where she hangs out with, and they do pretty much everything together, and they're so good for each other. She goes to the meetings. I think there may be games of some sort, and she goes to the exercise class. Her mentality, her personality, and her moods are better in everything. She acts kind of normal now because she's being well taken care of. One of the reasons why I wanted to place her there was because they focus on brain health and their diet. And they do the Mediterranean diet. I'm seeing everything as it should be. And another great thing is the sleep patterns. They make sure that my mom is sleeping at night too, which she wasn't doing at home. I think the staff there is satisfied. They communicate with us. They answer all our questions. They try to do everything we want unless there's a reason, and then they explain to us. I did see someone dancing there one time, and they do take the people outside the facility.

My mom has moved into CERTUS Premier Memory Care Living- Orange City. The determining factors were, the other one didn't offer Medicare when she runs out of money and this place is solely a memory care facility. The staff is knowledgeable in memory care. The way the building is set up, it'...

My mom has moved into CERTUS Premier Memory Care Living- Orange City. The determining factors were, the other one didn't offer Medicare when she runs out of money and this place is solely a memory care facility. The staff is knowledgeable in memory care. The way the building is set up, it's designed for those who have dementia or Alzheimer's. It doesn’t look like an institution, there's more of a homey feel to it. The prices are inclusive of everything that when they give you a quote, that's the price. Those are the main factors that turned me to them. When my mother's funds start to deplete, she can put in Medicaid; I mean, she has to be approved, but they give her the chance to do that. My mom's room is kind of like a studio. It has a bathroom that has no threshold for the shower. It's roomy, where you can just roll a wheelchair in there and put them in a shower chair. Everything in there is set up where there's plenty of room. They have three different types of rooms, a small, medium, and a large one; my mom's in a medium. The largest ones are only on the corners of the building of the wing. They have their breakfast time when they get up in the dining area. After that they go to their town center, which is set up like storefronts and stuff with a lot of windows and lighting. They meet there every morning for coffee and chronicles. They go from there to the activities room, which is open at 10:00 in the morning and they have different activities each day. They have everything from bingo to the balloon toss or ring toss. After they get done with their activities, they usually have discussions. They have a topic to get people to talk and get a little bit of interaction as much as they can depending on the cognitive ability of the patients. They have music once or twice a week, and they have a music group come in. The staff has been really helpful. My mom is pretty happy with the food. They eat quite a bit throughout the day. After breakfast, they have a snack between breakfast and lunch, and they have a snack between lunch and dinner. Their dinner's at 4:30 PM, so it's good. The chef, she's pretty good about putting stuff in the snacks like fruits, and they don't even know. They think they're eating something and getting away with some sweets, like a dessert, but it has a lot of nutrients in it. I'm pretty happy with it.