Kirkwood Orange

My tour experience of Kirkwood Orange was good. The staff was friendly and helpful. The room that I saw was nice and it had a decent size. The atmosphere was a little more somber. The layout of the facility was nice. They had a salon on site and an area to play cards or have a meal. While I was ther...

My tour experience of Kirkwood Orange was good. The staff was friendly and helpful. The room that I saw was nice and it had a decent size. The atmosphere was a little more somber. The layout of the facility was nice. They had a salon on site and an area to play cards or have a meal. While I was there, the residents were playing a game and it looked like everybody was having fun.

I placed my ward in Kirkwood Orange. I thought that the community was very well kept. Security was very tight. The check-in and check-out procedures were very formal, which I appreciated. They have all of the exits monitored and they can keep track of all their residents very easily. There's a lot o...

I placed my ward in Kirkwood Orange. I thought that the community was very well kept. Security was very tight. The check-in and check-out procedures were very formal, which I appreciated. They have all of the exits monitored and they can keep track of all their residents very easily. There's a lot of integration between the memory care residents and the assisted living residents, and as a result, the residents get the benefit of interacting with people at and above their levels of capability, which keeps them in a probably better place mentally or cognitively. And I think that's very worthwhile. All the staff that I've interacted with are extremely professional and extremely pleasant, and I don't see any issues whatsoever. The food is fantastic. I enjoyed two meals there already with the resident that I placed there, and I thought that it was superior quality. I was very pleased with the activity list, quite a bit of activities. They engaged the residents in various games, varying levels of cognitive ability based on the individual resident's capabilities. They also had entertainment. They have sing-alongs, they have performers. I understand they have barbecues, they have outdoor events in their covered patio area. I haven't seen all of them. I have only been in the community now for eight or nine days. So I haven't had the chance to experience all the activities, but I have seen some of them and they appear to be pretty amazing. She's currently in memory care, she was in assisted living at another facility and I moved her to this facility so that she could get a higher standard of care and also a smaller geographic and residential size. Kirkwood Orange has only assisted and memory care, so it's more individualized, and they're able to focus their attention more easily on the residents and give them a higher standard of care. It's very clean, very well kept both interior and exterior. All the rooms that I saw inside because a lot of rooms were open, were very well kept, and the common areas were very clean. I didn't notice anything at all that stood out. The elevators were all in excellent working condition. I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary that looked like it needed to be repaired, or touched up even. The value is better than what she had at her prior facility. The prior facility had a larger living accommodation, but the amount of service that she received versus the amount of service that she receives now for the cost, I think the value is greater.

Kirkwood Orange community had a very friendly atmosphere right when we first walked in and we were very impressed with all the activities they were offering.

Our experience was horrible. If your loved one is progressed at all and not able to do things themselves, this is not the facility for them. They did not care for my dad and just medicated him. They could not find staff to hire but the ones did hire were not trained. The manager was not helpful at a...

Our experience was horrible. If your loved one is progressed at all and not able to do things themselves, this is not the facility for them. They did not care for my dad and just medicated him. They could not find staff to hire but the ones did hire were not trained. The manager was not helpful at all. I would not recommend them to other families.

Kirkwood Orange was very nice. I like the place. That's where I would like my friend to go. It's very clean and it's very nice. The food was good. The people are just absolutely wonderful. Everybody is friendly. Everybody says hello. They're talking to her making her feel comfortable. The salad was ...

Kirkwood Orange was very nice. I like the place. That's where I would like my friend to go. It's very clean and it's very nice. The food was good. The people are just absolutely wonderful. Everybody is friendly. Everybody says hello. They're talking to her making her feel comfortable. The salad was very good, but I thought that the food was a little on the dry side. The facility was very clean. It's got a very nice appeal outside.

Excellent facility. I personally like that it’s not as physically large as others we visited. Ruby was friendly and made it very difficult to tell her we’re going elsewhere.