Bridge Senior Living

The downstairs of the community was always clean, when you went upstairs it wasn't clean to the hallway wise. The residents' room wasn't clean. I found my mom with human feces on her, with a breakfast tray next to her. Everything is good, except for the memory care. You don't have any single room, and the community told me they could handle memory care. She is then put in a room with another person. Her stuff was with the other resident in the room. The price went up, and there was no place for family in the room. The room always smelled like urine because of the roommate. When my mom had a TV because the beds had to be side by side, and my mom couldn't see it. The rooms were small. The staff was overworked, and had more rooms than they could cover.

Lovely facility but the rooms are tiny and there is no closet space.

While this facility is attractive and the staff seems nice, I cannot recommend it because the food is so bad and the service is terrible. The dining experience is a major part of the day for senior residents and I am amazed at how poor it is. My mother was originally at the Somerby in Alpharetta when it opened. The food there was good. The menu was much more extensive, and the service was adequate. It is just the opposite at Somerby in Sandy Springs on all three accounts. In fact, I dread going there to eat with my Mother. We have complained, but it doesn't seem to improve. Again, I would explore other facilities, before making a decision.

seemed like we were too young for this community. Noone seemed happy here. Seemed more like a nursing home atmosphere

Don't bother going here. Absolutely no parking at all. I was there on a weekday in the early afternoon. Program seemed ok, but rooms were ave and not worth the money.

Communication between families and the staff is a problem. We are an involved family and it was very difficult to get call backs regarding our loved one. Getting food properly prepared, monitoring fluids, picking up on changes in health were all problems that took multiple visits and phone calls to correct. The "Best Friend Program has not been implemented in Assisted Living. We were told that when we moved our loved one in, we would be met by Best friends, escorted up to the apartment, etc. none of this was done. We were also told that residents supplied their own toilet tissue when in the leasing documents clearly state otherwise. We chose Somerby based on the Best Friend Program and their affiliation with Piedmont Hospital doctors. However, due to the Health Information Privacy Act, we were unaware that he would not have access to her medical information from another Piedmont physician. Staffing at Somerby when we were there seemed to be inadequate. We could never find a nurse/cna unless we tracked them down at the other nurses' station at the other end of the hall. I'm sure that Somerby is working to correct these issues, but in the meantime, we hope this review will assist others and help them be aware of potential issues. At the end of the day, you must be your loved one's best advocate.

This location always has a sign outside to find help, a concern for any business and cautionary tale sign to me! Mom and I toured this location back just before they opened, so I know it is just too expensive for Mom to be able to sustain. My husband's Aunt was there for a time, but her family, much wealthier than the average family in Maine, found it too expensive once she needed to add more (and more) care services. The care never seemed adequate. What difference does it make to have "great" actives if the person in care can't or won't participate?

Our mother, age 96 at the time, was one of the original residents in the assisted living area of The Bridges when the facility opened in Spring 2017. Not long after she moved in, the Director [name removed] was pushing for her to be placed into the Memory Care unit, when she really pretty functional at about a level 2-3 of the disease, and not ready for that extreme level of care. After about 1 1/2 years, she had dropped to about a level 4, and we made the decision to move her to the Memory Care unit, where she quickly went downhill both mentally and physically. She wanted to stay in her room and rest (age 97) rather than be forcibly locked out of her room all day for all meals and to deal with the noisy conversation, multitude of activities, and physical intrusion by more severely ill patients. Unfortunately, she fell several times, the last fall resulting in a brain bleed that dropped her into near end-stage dementia. Any one who has read anything about this horrible disease knows this stage is marked by aggressive behavior, mood swings, and poor sleep patterns / muscle control. As all this was happening, we were told by both the Director and the then-head of the Memory Care unit that our mother's behavior was the EXCEPTION to anyone's else's they ever encountered in their years of dealing with Dementia patients, when we as her family knew this was actually classic textbook behavior for this level. They refused to deal with her and told us to get round the clock aides to watch her, which more than doubled our monthly cost for the apartment. In addition to trying to accommodate the demands of this facility, we had to deal with the completely unaffected head of the Memory Care unit, who was so lacking in compassion for my mother and us, and made it a point to call my sister daily, many times more than once, to report her aggressive behavior (not unlike getting a call from the school principal!). Once our mother's level of cognizance diminished, it was quite obvious that The Bridges was not a place to give proper care to anyone suffering from advanced Dementia, even though they advertise to care until end stage. This review is to warn prospective caregivers and families that this will not be the last stop for their loved ones, and their policy in the Memory Care unit of locking very elderly and mentally disabled people out of their rooms all day to be in a full time "community" setting where a few low skilled aides can keep an eye on them and force them to do crafts is not a suitable environment for everyone; each resident needs to be treated as a worthy individual, not an inmate. This is truly sad, as anyone knows that a change in environment is detrimental to Dementia sufferers, and if forced to move from Bridges to a nursing home can be traumatic at best, and in many cases such as our mother's, result in her great suffering and imminent loss.

My mother entered this facility as one of its first occupants, and was treated well by the entire staff. However, attributing to her lack of participation in many of the social activities (she was 96 and did not have the energy to be involved in so many events each day), the the Director of the facility deemed her as a candidate for the memory care ward, and tried to push her into that unit within the first few months of her arrival, despite the fact that at that time she was still in the "bridge" stage of dementia. We resisted the move until it became truly necessary about 1.5 yrs later, when she was in stage 4 of the disease; her treatment in this unit of the facility was poor at best, as the staff was truly uneducated about the plain fact that she was cognizant enough to not want to be in the same room all day with the more severely disabled and intrusive occupants of the unit. (So you are aware, the policy for the memory care unit is to lock residents out of their rooms ALL DAY to supposedly encourage socialization, but believe it is driven by the fact there is a small staff and they want everyone visible in a central location.) So my mother withdrew more to her apartment for peace and quiet. This disturbed the head of the memory care unit greatly, and her reaction concerned us as her family, when it was quite obvious no one at her advanced age and level of tiredness could sit out in this very noisy central gathering area all day with no naps or rest time! Unfortunately the story gets worse, as within a couple of months in the unit, my mother fell several times, with the last fall resulting in a head trauma severe enough to knock her down to stage 6. Her behavior, very typical of this near-end stage, was more aggressive physically and verbally, with lashing out, hitting, crying, etc; the head of this unit and the Director of the facility then called us into a meeting to announce that our mother was the out of control "exception" to anyone they ever encountered in dementia care, when we as the family knew it was very typical behavior patterns for anyone at this stage. They demanded we get full time aids as they could not deal with her--this was truly baffling, as The Bridges clearly states on their website to care up through end stage dementia; the fact that they could not and more importantly, would not, was so disheartening, and the fact they told us our mother's behavior was exceptional was not only untrue, but utterly revealing in their lack of knowledge about this disease. The last thing you want to do is move someone in that stage to another facility when every move is traumatic for them. So we hired full time aids and still received multiple calls every day telling us of our mother's bad behavior (not unlike a school principal), as if anything could be done at this point! In addition, the head of the unit was absolutely so void of compassion and had such an acute lack of education about dementia, it was shocking. If we had known this facility was not able to take care of my mother through to end stage dementia as promised, we would have never moved her there. Please note this will not be your loved one's last stop if suffering from memory illness.

While this facility is attractive and the staff seems nice, I cannot recommend it because the food is so bad and the service is terrible. The dining experience is a major part of the day for senior residents and I am amazed at how poor it is. My mother was originally at the Somerby in Alpharetta when it opened. The food there was good. The menu was much more extensive, and the service was adequate. It is just the opposite at Somerby in Sandy Springs on all three accounts. In fact, I dread going there to eat with my Mother. We have complained, but it doesn't seem to improve. Again, I would explore other facilities, before making a decision.

I should also add that my mom has already been moved out of this facility. Resident safety/medication management- two of my mom's medications were changed without my knowledge including dosage of a sedative from once in the evening to 3x a day, after each meal. More activities and higher staff to resident ratios- wandering became a major issue for my mom to the point where we were asked to provide a private caregiver to prevent her from wandering. This was not financially feasible, so we moved her to a facility with constant activities and more staff. It's a much better fit for her and she not had the same issues since.

Staff does not pay attention to the residents like they should, no activities for months, no communication when resident runs out of something, no communication when emails are sent, doesn't communicate with House Doctor when they have new patients

It's been AWFUL! I'd like to vote negative 10 for each. Since that isn't an option, put a 1 for each. They could improve on Everything. No one responds to calls by resident from room. No one returns my calls inquiring as to my aunt's care. They leave her in the same clothes for 3-4 days. She sleeps in her shoes & day clothes because they don't provide help with dressing. I could go on & on. May report them to Missouri ombudsman.

Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere. They do not care about the residents at all. The leadership is AWFUL and hide behind a door. My mother in law lived there for a year and we tried to make it work but after being given another residents medication for 2 weeks, having her room filthy and inhabitable because they don't have housekeeping she was forced to live with feces on her floor for days at a time, the toilet would be clogged for DAYS and no one to help fix it. They claim they have housekeeping and maintenance onsite but that is false. They can't keep staff so they sometimes pay for a company to come in to clean but most times they just leave it and the resident lives in filth. They gave my MIL another residents medication for 2 weeks. A med tech pushed me, her advocate and then was able to keep working with my MIL. Do not go there! Look elsewhere. I have so much more to write but there is a limit. It's gross, overly expensive and they do not care for the patients.

It was a terrible, horrible place. Staff is NEVER available. Always on their phones. Rude and impatient with residents. I have pictures to show how filthy they leave patients. It's less than 1.

The contract is written by lawyers and it doesn't have what is best for their loved ones one. Don't give any money or sign it if they are unsure about a full commitment to that facility. If they are able never let the facility rush you into a giving money and/or signing the agreement until your love ones meet the county regulations and ready to move in.

[name removed]room smells badly pee. Could someone please clean it as soon as possible. I tried to call [name removed]phone,, therefor, mailbox is full and cannot r receive phone messages. [name removed] [phone number removed]

Mom has been ignored. No prompting. Doesnt go to activities. Always find pills laying around despite asking them to watch her take them. Has eaten about 5/90 meals offered (and paid for) per month. No one cares. Never seen the same person giving meds or answering bells. Zero communication from anyone. Facilities beautiful. Care horrible. Will be moving mom ASAP.

posted a review on the actual website as well this place is no place for your loved ones the sad thing is after you signed to stay,. you. realize it. I visited a family friend in memory care; the care i have witnessed with my own eyes is unbearable. The nursing supervisor doesn't care much. I'm unsure how this place is up and running please look at other assisted living or memory care this place is no place for your loved one because of the amount of falls, the treatment, and cold food they sit in soiled briefs for hours, skin breakdowns is no way to live the nursing director is no help she acts like she cares, but I can ensure she has made this place worse from day one and the ED he don't care either never are they on these units interacting with us families nor do they care of the complaints an horrific things that go on here its awful and all they want is the money

Facility is not equipped to handle memory care needs of all patients. They kicked out family member just over 30 days and would not negotiate on 4,000 community fee deposit even though they performed evaluation on the resident before moving in. They kept all of it after only 30 plus days in facility. Unbelievable Additional funds above base rent were withdrawn from patient bank account with no explanation before it was taken out. Upper management very unprofessional in my opinion.