Cardinal Bay Inc

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 Hallways dark, group areas in each hallway dark with outdated and cheap decorations.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.

My mom has been here in Independent Living for just over two years. Initially pretty good but has gone steadily downhill. Complete change of staff several times over including at least 3 managers. The latest is another “interim”. In the dining room there are NO provisions or choices for heart-healthy, low fat or low salt diets. There have been 5-6 chef changes in the time she’s been here. The one good one did not stay long. Despite what we were told initially and is still listed on their website, there is no “12 hour continuous dining”. Breakfast is 7:30-9. Lunch is 11-1:15. Dinner 4-6:15. Other than those hours the dining room is closed and residents line up in the hallway waiting for it to open. Come later and items may not be available. And the rules change with no notice. Apparently as of today, a meal for a visiting guest or family member requires an $8 cash payment at the table instead of being charged to the resident’s account by voucher. My 95 year old mother was very upset and left without eating. Poor response for maintenance despite multiple calls and visits to the front desk. Yes, the apartments are larger than at other facilities but had we known then what we know now, we’d have made a different choice. Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere.

Village on the Park was not acceptable to us as they wanted us to bend to their schedule and we preceded to have them bend to ours. Their food was baseless and uninspired so we are out every night. Their help were pleasant and mind but we're hampered by restritions. We spent two weeks there and that was 10 days to long.

My mother was left on the floor of the bathroom after a fall in the night. Their call system must have been broken. She even broke a finger nail from pressing the call button so many times. She was not found until her home health assistant came to help her dress at 7:00 am the next morning. They could never produce a log for us to see when calls had come in during that night. I wonder if they really have one. Then we had to wait the standard 60 days to move out. The food was pretty good most of the time.

My mother has been in the Memory Care section for about a year. Most of the staff are friendly and helpful (I certainly couldn't do that job), but that’s about the best thing I can say. The activities calendar is a joke. The food is dismal, unappetizing and not nutritious. Supplies are consumed at an unbelievable rate (1 gallon of laundry detergent and 75 bed pads in one week). Clothes/sheets/towels are frequently lost. “I don’t know” is generally the answer to most of my questions. Staff turnover is high; every time I visit there is a new person and someone else is gone. I expected a higher level of professionalism and service for $4,800/month. I'm sure there are worst places than this, but there are probably better places for the money.

My mom has been here in Independent Living for just over two years. Initially pretty good but has gone steadily downhill. Complete change of staff several times over including at least 3 managers. The latest is another “interim”. In the dining room there are NO provisions or choices for heart-healthy, low fat or low salt diets. There have been 5-6 chef changes in the time she’s been here. The one good one did not stay long. Despite what we were told initially and is still listed on their website, there is no “12 hour continuous dining”. Breakfast is 7:30-9. Lunch is 11-1:15. Dinner 4-6:15. Other than those hours the dining room is closed and residents line up in the hallway waiting for it to open. Come later and items may not be available. And the rules change with no notice. Apparently as of today, a meal for a visiting guest or family member requires an $8 cash payment at the table instead of being charged to the resident’s account by voucher. Poor response for maintenance despite multiple calls and visits to the front desk. Yes, the apartments are larger than at other facilities but had we known then what we know now, we’d have made a different choice. Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere.