Brightview Mays Chapel

Went to visit my dad yesterday– this is NOT a church, it’s a retirement community with independent (my dad) and assisted living wings. Residences are nice– essentially decently sized full apartments– full kitchen, W/​D in bathroom, balconies on some units, my dad has 1 bedroom and a den… very clean, nicely furnished, no pee or yucky smells associated with old folks homes!!, lots of activities like bingo, folk singers, yoga, movies (has a small theatre), etc. Part of the deal is breakfast — mediocre, store brand breads and bagels for toast, juices (including prune!), cold cereals, yogurts, nice fresh fruit salads though, hard boiled eggs, microave oatmeal packets, stale pastries… and dinner– where we were last night! Pretty decent home cooking-​style– you sit down with a menu, teenage in tux shirt takes order– you can pick soup or salad, one of three entrees, 2 of 4 sides, you get a roll, and you get a list of deserts. Sodas, juices, (prune again!) coffee/​tea (bag Lipton) included… they have a litte longe you can eat in, too, and spend a few bucks for beer or wine… or store your own liquor in a locker and the staff will mix you a drink with free mixers! (sadly, my dad is not into that…)
We had a pleasant meal– decent romaine salad with tomato slice and cucumber slices, fresh and crisp, really amazing good blue cheese dressing– big chunks of cheese!; sweet, somewhat tasty clover roll with real butter but a but dry from overstay in warmer; turkey was fresh, moist, flavorful, over a thick slice of industrial style white bread and a large slathering of canned but tasty gravy, real mashed tater, more gravy, really good colllards or steamed broccoli– broccoli was obviosly frozen, but buttery and well cooked; dessert was caramelized pears and ginger bread for me — pears were good, ginger bread was box mix, but caramel iceing was taaasty… overall, a good home-​style meal. If you have any realitves here, it’s not a bad way to eat for 12 bucks… and the relatives appreciate the company! Dining room is comfy and formal, too– very nicely decorated in a formal, flowery, grandma style. Note: this is one of the most expensive communities around! Other places start at 2500.00 per month no deposit for same type service vs 4 grand here! Unless dead set on area shop around! My dad now in Atrium Village– with full assisted living services he still pays less than he paid here for basic Independent! And Atrium is just as nice