The Beacon at Gulf Breeze

The staff tires to interact with the family but often the voicemail box is always full, and it is diificult try to get someome to return your call. The food is not bad, it seems to be okay. They offer a lot of activities. The price of care services increases for evey little thing, that your loved one needs. Look into other places for your loved one, prior to choosing this community. In addition, they have a huge turnover in upper management.

The Beacon was the perfect choice for my dad. Everyone was kind and accommodating; within a week the staff knew him by name and sight. They encouraged him to get involved in their activities and always made sure his medications were given accurately. The room was kept clean and the facility was always clean and inviting!

I would recommend you find another community. The quality of care and the staff ratios are awful and these are some of the reason I suggest another community for your loved one. They didn't have activities for memory care residents. The only thing they did was watch tv.

This is a great community. The staff are very helpful, caring, and attentive to my loved one. However, it is hard to get the management to call us back or respond to emails. The billing invoices aren't being sent to us; however, they tell us to go to the portal to view our bill. It seems that the staff at the front desk are poorly trained, informed, and have no personality. If I had to it all over again, I would choose Beacon again. They are really, really good at what they do.

My husband is happy and feeling secure at The Beacon. He likes to participate in the activities (exercises, devotion, social gathers, and games). His room is spacious and has a view of the court yard. He gets the assistance he needs and the other tenants are friendly.

It depends on the desire of your family member to become involved. My loved one has become reclusive and misses out on all of the activities. There are upcharges for many of the in-room services. The base price is outstanding compared to other facilities, but all of the little things add up and can become significant. With Covid, they've been short-staffed. For a while, they had very limited staff and limited food services, but they seem to have recovered. They've brought in a few new folks that are still learning their way around, but most of the staff are outstanding.

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An excellent retirement home , most friendly staff & clean and neat senior place to live.

My husband, Don Meade, was in your facility for two weeks in [date removed], on several occasions, the nurse or nurses' aide was very slow to responded for ca" help"! One of the nurses was given an order from the Dr. for a hemoglobin test to be done that day...I personally tracked down the nurse on duty and gave it to him by hand! The test was done the next day AFTER my husband had fallen backwards from a standing position and hit the floor hard in the dining room!!!! THEN the test was done...I was called LATER....since the results were dangerously low as to what to do??? I requested him to be taken to the hospital immediately ...he died shortly after reaching the hospital! I would never recommend The Beacon.....I wanted to sue you. for negligence ..but didn't think I had enough money to sue a big. corp. Nadine Meade * I KNOW THIS WILL NEVER BE POSTED....now I'm looking for myself...BUT NO BEACON!

I only have very positive things to say about all members of the staff. Each person is well educated and of the best personality for memory care. They treat my wife with respect and understanding. I also observed this caring attitude with other residents in memory care. The office staff and leaders are easy to work with and care about a quality environment.

Great place for my loved one. Very pleased,never knew of it, untill I called a place for MOM.

Very please with Beacon. Would recommend to anyone searching for a place for loved one!

The Beacon was clean, well-organized, well-equipped and appeared to be sufficiently staffed. The staff appeared to be caring and patient with the clients. The rehabilitative equipment was simple and well-maintained. If [name removed] was more interactive and independent still (cognitively and higher executive function), this would be a facility that I would seriously consider for long-term care.

[Name removed] was great and disclosed & answered all our questions. The facility is very clean and we were able to speak to a few residents and staff. I was impressed with the Movie Theater and table cloth dining room with a grand piano for entertainment while residents eat. I wish I looked at places like this when my mom was alive. Would highly recommend.

This place was great, although a little on the more expensive side. Lots of amenities, activities. Nice facility. The residents seemed happy and the staff were attentive. They have a memory care center and a license for end of life treatment (basically, nursing home care), so that your loved one would not need to move again if his or her health needs changed.

We have been getting our parents into a care facility with much resistance from them, but when it became necessary the Beacon provided all the support we could want. They have been so amazing and accommodating to all the silly little demands asked of them, it made it much more workable for us. Now let me say the accommodations are beautiful, the food is outstanding, and the staff from top down is friendly and attentive. When you enter there you would think you were entering a fine hotel, except of course the only guest are aged (but engaged). The home is no longer The Blake,it is now The Beacon at Gulf Breeze.

The new director leaves much to be desired. The bottom line is all that matters. When facility was “The Blake” with [name removed] as Ditector it was amazing! Since selling out (in many ways) to become “The Beacon” it has gone downhill. No Sunday worship services - [name removed], the director said we are no longer welcome or permitted to visit and share the Lord’s supper with residents, etc. last I asked there were no RNs and only one LPN (although the helpers and PAs call themselves “nurses”) in staff for 125++ residents!!! Not a place I would recommend for any loved ones! I’ve seen the quality of care lacking firsthand. Also search PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL about the employee who stole thousands from resident.