Distinctive Living

My visit went very well. I liked the facility and think my mom would too. I am going to set up having lunch with her hopefully this coming week.

Clean, cozy, room was nice size. All the right amenities. Could not articulate Level of care options though.

PROS: Very nice. Has outdoor space for dining. More then 25% of population is men which is good for our family. Close to family. Family members can stay over night. Staff are very friendly and seemed engaged. CONS: Does not have nurse dispensing controlled substance meds so would need to have pharmacy prepackage as daily med dose so would cost hundreds of dollars more per month.

Independent Living room sizes were adequate. Pruperty appeared to be well maintained although some of the decor seemed dated. Beautiful, woodsy setting. Local access to basic services and retail via shuttle. Sales Rep was prepared and pleasant - asked a lot of questions about my needs and expectations. [name removed] just implemented ala carte availability of Assisted Living services to Independent Living on a pay as you go basis, managed via a tablet based network.Overall assessment, I could live here.

I really liked this facility, but hubby not so much. Musty odors, he said, although I did not note the same. They were gracious under confusing scheduling.

We toured The Chelsea at Brick and it was a beautiful facility. The staff was friendly and gave us a nice tour. We were looking for a place for a brief respite stay. They only had room for our loved one in the memory care unit and we wanted more assisted living care.

All is well for my father here at this community. They are taking good care of him, and his needs. I'am pleased with all the help they have provided us with. It is a great community with caring people. I would recommend it.

What I like about the community is that they are better trained for Alzheimer and attentive. I sense that they care about mom and the residents. Some are much better than other but they are still learning. The facility is nice and the memory care is on the first floor with an enclosed courtyard. It has a covered porch with a fan, for the hot days, trees that have shaded and flowers too. They can look or go outside and it offers a lot in terms of surroundings.

They have a heated swimming pool. The staff are very friendly and helpful. They offer a lot of activities and outings as well as having people come in to entertain. Mom likes the food and they offer good portions. I would recommend this clean community.

I did get the opportunity to tour this community. I felt that they were sedate. There was really nothing going on with the residents. My loved one needs more activity and that is what we are looking for. I would recommend this place for people that have loved ones that do not do much.

We toured this community while looking into care options for a loved one. Compared to some other facilities I saw in the area I wasn't overly impressed with how The Chelsea looked, it just wasn't quite as nice as some that we saw. However, the staff seemed friendly and the residents looked well cared for.

Nice facility, well maintained. Very secure.

I think they do a good job overall at Chelsea at Tinton Falls! My loved one is not easy to handle, but the staff here are wonderful, kind and patient. A few staff members could stand to work on their professionalism, but nothing too troubling. The facility itself is nice looking, and they always keep it spotless. It is a smaller community, which works well for my loved one. They've got delicious food, the care is good, and the activities never stop. It's a very nice place, overall!

The cleanliness could definitely be improved. The staff is very friendly. The value is hard to determine, because for us this was just a respite stay. They have been pretty good with attentiveness, and responsiveness. They could use a little more entertainment, and the food is not great, definitely a three on that. I don't really have any other concerns that about covers it.

It's been very good. They are very kind and very sweet. I think the food could be a little better, but they are good at the things that count. They have plenty of activities, and they take good care of their residents.

I am happy with them, the place is very nice. We started in the independent living, and I think we should have been in the assisted living. We have to have a full time aide, that is getting costly. We weren't given exactly what we needed, and there is no room in the assisted living. There was no initial assessment, because we were going into independent. I don't feel like they made it clear to me about what to expect. It's clean and they are friendly. I liked the location, they have nice scenery. If you really are independent it's very nice.

We looked at this place, and everything seemed fine, no problems with the appearance or the staff. It was a little bigger community than what we wanted for Mom, and didn't have the atmosphere we were looking for. We would have preferred a higher staff to resident ratio.

My Mom was only here briefly, unfortunately her care needs changed suddenly, but from what we saw it looked very nice. It was a nice looking community, and the staff were very friendly.

The facility itself is a 4, I can't say that my mom had a great experience there, she's 80 years old, pretty independent and we thought that it wasn't a very good fit for her because there was a lot of co mingling with the independent and assisted living. There's nothing wrong with Chelsea, it jsut was not good for her. I do know she was a little perturbed, some of this was just gossip among the residents, but they apparently had a problem with some of the staff stealing and stealing medications from the assisted living. We thought this would be a convinient location but the co mingling was very difficult for her.

I toured Chelsea. It was clean, welcoming and friendly. The staff seemed to care for the residents and interact well with each other. The rooms are large, bright and cheerful. They offer many varied activities. The menu I saw was more than enough.