Continuing Care Community in Vero Beach, Florida

William

I moved in this week. It's laid out beautifully, and the staff are good, so I'm very happy. It's a modern facility, and it's medium sized. It was very good and very nice. The staff has been very helpful. They have TV rooms, a game room, and everything you need.

AK

It's not our intent to move into The Brennity at Vero Beach right now. We were there several hours. We saw three villas and one apartment. At this point in time, our position is that we would be moving to a villa, and as we aged and become less physically capable, we would consider an apartment. The villas we saw were three different sizes, each had a garage, and some had like a Florida room, a patio outside on the back; they were all relatively close to each other, the yard was small. They were all within walking distance of the main eating area. We saw that they had recreation facilities, but because of the COVID-19 virus, we couldn't see 100% of everything. We could only see those places that were vacated. It's a gated community, which we liked. The pricing was reasonable. At this time, they offered us a discount if we were to accept to move in now. It was expensive, but it was affordable. We can afford it, but it's not cheap. The meal plans were OK. I think there were two meals a day, breakfast and another main meal; you can have it either at lunch time or dinner, a five-course meal. You have your own kitchen and refrigerator, so you can throw something together for another meal. They had onsite medical staff, which was important to us. One of the other places we went to did not have onsite medical staff. So, we liked the idea that there was somebody there that could check in on you. They could call in an emergency team if needed, or you could walk to them and get some nurse type advice. The staff members were excellent. There was one person that facilitated our time there as soon as we parked, and took us by golf cart to various locations, answered all our questions, and gave us a lot of information. At the end of the tour, they gave us a sit down, handed us brochures, went over everything we had talked about, and reviewed the pricing with us. So we walked out of there with everything we needed. We would start with independent living and then you can move if necessary onto assisted living, but we would start with independent living. The facility was very good. A meal wasn't offered, but we would have accepted that hospitality, but at the moment, because of the COVID-19, they were very strict. Only people that have been isolated, or who'd gone through quarantine period can stay there and have a meal; others, that have not, have to have a takeout, so you take a bag, they prepare it for you, and they take it back to your house. They are very strict for the sake of the community because of this COVID-19, so having a meal was not an option frankly. The facility was very good and it was very nice. It's not like there was anything lacking, but it was not top of the notch luxury. It was very nice, it was acceptable to me, not as nice as the house we live in, but very nice.

SW

My father is in Brookdale Vero Beach South. It's been wonderful. Everybody is accommodating and very knowledgeable. I couldn't be happier. He has a little two-room apartment with a kitchenette. They have games, Bingo, music, an incredible courtyard with a screened-in porch, a library, TV, hairdressers, and a nice dining room. There's not one thing that I complain about. Everyone's great, from the kitchen to the nursing to the administration.

Betty

Florida Baptist Retirement Center was so rundown and old. It didn't appeal to anybody that went there with me. The only thing I saw was an independent cottage. It was built in the 1970s and it needs updating. They convert the dining area into a community center after meals. There was nothing that impressed me too much.

Theresa

The staff was very nice and welcoming. The apartments were lovely. The dining room was very elegant and fancy, with big chandeliers and windows.