Kaplan Development

We do understand a lot of community are having staffing issues, but this one seem to be better than most. They definitely have many activities and they try their best - for assisted they rate high. The value for the money is very good. We do really like the staff and so does our loved one. Sometimes it is also hard to keep everyone's clothes straight.

I liked Butler Street, and my parents liked it a lot. The building was a converted nun’s convent turned school that has since been repurposed for senior living. They were very organized and seemed to have a lot of activities for everyone there. Their cost was just a little out of reach for us.

Our family had an in person tour and the tour experience was fine but they wanted our loved to do dual living and we just did not think that would work out

My loved one is doing welll. The staff gets back to me, with phone calls/texts. Overall, the staff is pretty good, and very friendly. My loved one loves the breakfast, in which they offer them low sodium meals. Meal time is important. There is a lot of activities, and my loved one seems to enjoy them. My loved one is interacting with other people, and has made new friends. Overall, I am getting value for the money.

Overall I thought this was a good community with good pricing. The only drawback was there was no guarantee of a private room for my loved one.

I toured Butler Street Senior Living and it was really nice. The people were really nice and very friendly. The one thing I was uncomfortable with was the different flooring, and the metal stairs to go up and down; although there's an elevator. There was also only one shower per maybe 8 rooms. So you'd have to walk down the hallway to get to it. The community we chose has a shower and bathroom right in the room. The price was comparable to the other community, but chose them instead.

The staff are great (although they seem short staffed). But my parents hate the food, and there are limited activities.

The staff members are friendly for the most part and the community itself is well organized and clean throughout, but the house keeping could be a little bit better in our loved ones room. Their communication process with the families could be improved - we have had a couple of issues when it comes to the individual care services provided for our loved one like medication management.

The primary reason that we chose Butler Street was the location, it is close to the major hospitals. It also it a newer and clean facility. The price was very reasonable for all that they offered. The room sizes are very good, we are very happy with it. We are also super happy with all of the staff as well. They are friendly and seem to try to meet any questions or concerns that I have had. If they do not have an answer, they get me one as fast as they can. So far things are going. I would recommend the facility and already have. They offer a referral incentive so that was really nice.

The meals provide a lot of options to choose from and the food is good. They show movies, games, beer and pretzel nights, amongst other activities. Housekeeping comes twice a week. Laundry services are as needed. They provide transportation to doctors appointments. They offer group trips periodically. They send me a monthly invoice for billing. They offer a security necklace with an emergency button on it for all residents.

I would recommend this community for you or your loved one. They have activities like movie day, entertainment that comes in and more for the residents to do to stay busy. The tour was good and I was pleased and they gave me all the information I needed about this community.

I liked this community just as well as the other that I was looking at. I just went with another community due to the layout of the room. We felt like the other rooms just worked out better for my loved one.

Our family had an in person tour and our loved one did not really care for the shared suites living situation

I really liked Bentley Commons, we had a good tour experience. The reason we did not choose them was due to the proximity and they had add on fees here so we would not know what we are paying each month.

The meals and dining service and the activities at Butler Street are excellent. It is a very nice community.

Bentley Commons is a very welcoming and very lively place, when we came to tour there was a lot of activity going on. One of the main reasons we chose this community is because they have an arrangement with an outside therapy company that offers physical, occupational, and speech therapy. However since our loved one has not been there they have not had a speech therapist. We know staffing is a struggle but that has been our biggest disappointment so far.

Under the circumstances it is one of the better communities around for your loved one.

We chose Butler Street because of the flexible choice of the level of care. They have a fixed rate for the apartment and up to 5 different levels of care ranging from minimal/none to dementia care that requires full supervision and daily assistance. Overall, I would recommend to others looking.

The community is very clean, the staff members have been great and when it comes to the care services they wait on our loved one hand and foot. She is extremely happy with the meals and dining service, that she really enjoys. They have a very nice activities director there that does a great job keeping the folks busy, our loved one has now kind of became her right hand man. The value for cost is about average compared to other places we checked out.

The Cottages community is very well kept and the staff member are extremely friendly. I have been able to see some of the lunches and dinners and they look to be pretty good. Our loved one is on the memory care side, and while the activities are good I do think those could use a little improvement. However I do understand they are getting a new activities person so hopefully those improvements start to happen.