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Brookdale West Orange
520 Prospect Avenue, West Orange, NJ, 07052
Community Information
Brookdale West Orange is an assisted living facility in West Orange, NJ. Brookdale West Orange offers activities at their location for residents. These activities generally allow residents to maintain healthy lifestyles by encouraging movement and socializing with their peers.
Being able to chat with other residents becomes an important part of many peoples' lives and Brookdale West Orange offers common spaces indoors to support that need. The benefit of living in an assisted living community is that making meals can be costly and time consuming process so Brookdale West Orange provides meals for residents.
Staff is awake and available 24 hours a day so if any emergencies occur no matter the time, there will be someone ready to help. Brookdale West Orange is operated by Brookdale.
Unique Features
* Highly experienced and loyal staff
* Large Jewish population
* All Jewish holidays observed
* Strong activities program
* 24/7 on site nursing care
* Physical therapy 3 times a week on site
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Residents
MaleFemaleThe minimum age that a resident may be is 55 years old.
Staffing
Nurses on StaffDoctor on Call24-Hour Awake StaffVisiting NurseHomecare OnsiteVisiting PodiatristVisiting DentistVisiting Physical TherapistVisiting Occupational TherapistVisiting Speech Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level Percentage Light Care 4% Medium Care 59% Heavy Care 36% Brookdale West Orange prefers that residents need: light care, medium care
Additional Services
Diabetic Care
This community offers diabetes care and can offer insulin injections, including sliding scale therapy.
Memory Care Offered
The memory care area of this community is secured to protect the safety of residents who wander. The community's memory care area was purpose built to care for residents with Alzheimer's and dementia.
Incontinence Care
Incontinent residents must be able to manage incontinence themselves. This staff at this community can remind incontinent residents to use the restroom. This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community is equipped to use mechanical lifts transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Care
This community can accept residents who are an elopement risk. This community provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
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Transportation
Resident Parking AvailableComplimentary TransportationProperty Convenient to BuslineSmoking
Allowed OutdoorsAdditional Amenities
Activities OnsiteActivities OffsiteDevotional Services OffsiteOutdoor Common AreasIndoor Common AreasBeautician OnsiteOther Services
Wheelchair Accessible ShowersHospice AvailableRespite OfferedAging in PlaceMeals
Meals ProvidedActivities Provided
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Average Room Pricing at Brookdale West Orange
Room Type Assisted Living Studio 3825.00 Monthly 1 Bedroom 4825.00 Monthly Semi-Private 3350.00 Monthly 2 Bedrooms Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Estimated Fees at Brookdale West Orange
Fee Type Assisted Living Community Fee 3750.00 One-time Respite Fee 175.00 Daily Buy-In Fee High Care Needs Fee 2000.00 Monthly Medium Care Needs Fee 1100.00 Monthly Low Care Needs Fee 650.00 Monthly 2nd Person Fee 3050.00 Monthly Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Paying for care
Commercial InsurancePrivate paySocial SecuritySeparate pricing structure for careVeteran's benefits
Nearby Communities
If Brookdale West Orange isn't quite what you're looking for, take a look at a few other nearby communities that might be a better match.
Nearby Cities
| City | Distance | Number of Facilities | Average CostAverage Cost for 1 Bedroom |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Orange | 0 miles | 4 | $5,160 |
| Bloomfield | 3 miles | 1 | $4,030 |
| Glen Ridge | 3 miles | 1 | N/A |
| Roseland | 4 miles | 1 | $6,450 |
| Livingston | 5 miles | 1 | $6,250 |
| Newark | 5 miles | 1 | $2,750 |
General Pricing Information for West Orange Assisted Living
| Room Type | Minimum Cost | Average Cost | Maximum Cost |
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| 1 Bedroom | $4,700 | $5,160 | $6,825 |
| 2 Bedrooms | $5,700 | $6,515 | $7,600 |
| Semi-Private | $3,395 | $3,530 | $3,885 |
| Studio | $3,700 | $4,065 | $4,350 |
Community Reviews
Good overall, but many issues
reviewed on: 12/10/2013 by DaughterThe staff at this community is very friendly, but we feel the tour gave some wrong impressions. Since our tour there have been staffing changes and now many important employees like the social... Read the full review.
The Aids are Rude
reviewed on: 08/01/2013 by JosephThe aids are so rude. You see them all the time and they just ignore you. They don't even say hi. They treat you like they're over worked and underpaid. I'm an RN an I kind of feel like we're... Read the full review.
my experience and review
reviewed on: 12/16/2020 by AnonymousThe facility was nice and the staff was also very nice. The cost was extremely high when her care increased they raised the price by $3000.00. The staff was all very nice and the front office... Read the full review.
It didn't seem contrived or planned
reviewed on: 12/11/2013 by FamilyThey had a place to play bridge every day. There seemed to be a lot of activitiy going on and it didn't seem contrived or planned. I liked it.
An endorsement for Brookdale
reviewed on: 03/18/2021 by Dan FWe chose Brookdale West Orange because they have higher ceilings in the units so they feel much larger and the sales lady who mom connected with her from the beginning, she was very helpful. They... Read the full review.
