The Estate at Hyde Park

No parking area...!!!

Excellent!!

Below is my initial review of the Estate after my mom became a resident 8 years ago. During this time I have seen her transition from a slightly cranky ambulatory lady who was constantly mixed up and forgetting people and things to a sweet old lady in a wheel chair who babbles nonsensically for hours and has no idea who I am. Throughout this time she has stayed at the Estate and has received top notch nursing and care. As with any organization, employees come and go but I have been extremely happy with the folks entrusted with the care of my mom for her entire tenure at the Estate. I’m only updating because I happened to hear a disgruntled family member’s complaints before they withdrew their loved one from the Estate and posted a negative review below. I’ve known Christy and Stephen since before their pre managerial days and they are very responsive to any concerns I may have, and that quality applied to all of their predecessors. Meanwhile the aides are just as loving and caring as they can be. Sure I want my mom to be attended every minute of every day but that kind of care is 20 times more expensive than what we pay at the Estate. I visited every Memory Center in the area before choosing the Estate. Some were downright scary and some were pretty good but none could match the caring, cleanliness and professionalism of the Estate. I hold to that assessment. __________ My mother is an 84 year old who has suffered from slowly progressing vascular dementia for the last 8 years during which she has primarily lived with one of her children. In December it was apparent the disease had reached a point where she needed extra care that we could not provide and I began to look in Tampa for Memory Care. After a number of very uninspiring visits to other facilities, I met with Mary Walka and Carla Kuni at The Estate. I was extremely impressed with the facilities, but much more impressed with their answers to my questions and the programs available to the residents at The Estate. We placed Mom at The Estate in early January. If you’ve never done this - it’s 10 times more anxiety ridden than dropping your child off for their first day of school. But the folks (Wellness, Aides, Facilities, Management, Dining) at The Estate were so helpful in all aspects of the move in, I really began to feel comfortable. Medication management, meals, sleep schedules and eating were all addressed in earlier meetings with Mary and Carla and once Mom was in, a rep from each department came and confirmed. Every aide and nurse came in to greet us. Mom has always been a private person and I was worried that she would not assimilate well. Like many dementia patients she did not believe she belonged in a Memory Care facility. Mary addressed this concern with me early on saying that most residents lose this feeling within a number of weeks (and to be honest I didn’t believe her - not my Mom!). So it just makes me incredibly happy to walk in now and see Mom cheerily taking part in Exercise class or Current Events with the other residents. Her room and dining are absolutely first rate and the loving care shown by all the folks at The Estate towards her now make me absolutely confident I made the right decision.