Pricing ranges from
    $5,873 – 7,634/month

    Brookdale Zanesville

    1575 Bowers Ln, Zanesville, OH 43701
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Memory care community services

    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Reviews

    4.36·(102)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.1
    • Staff

      4.3
    • Meals

      4.0
    • Amenities

      3.8
    • Value

      3.3

    Pros

    • compassionate and attentive caregiving staff
    • specialized memory-care unit with 24-hour supervision
    • engaging activities program and regular outings
    • clean, recently renovated common areas and rooms
    • personalized, apartment-like living environment
    • on-site dining with varied menu and dietary accommodations
    • family-focused communication and executive-director involvement
    • convenient location with access to local amenities and healthcare
    • included services (housekeeping, laundry, linens) in fee
    • pet-friendly grounds and walking paths
    • safe, secure environment for residents
    • opportunities for social connection and volunteer involvement

    Cons

    • inconsistent staffing levels and high staff turnover
    • high patient-to-staff ratios in memory-care shifts
    • gaps in clinical-incident response and family communication
    • inconsistent housekeeping and sanitation practices
    • variable dining quality and kitchen-staff continuity
    • limited payment options and comparatively high private-pay cost
    • uneven activity engagement in certain units
    • entrance/reception coverage shortcomings
    • aggressive admissions/marketing pressure

    Summary of reviews

    Brookdale Zanesville elicits a broadly mixed but largely positive picture from family members and residents. Many accounts highlight a warm, family-like atmosphere created by caring, attentive staff and visible executive involvement. The community offers a clear memory-care program with 24-hour supervision in a secure wing, a variety of activities (church, music, crafts, exercise, outings and seasonal events), and apartment-style living that allows personalization. Renovated common areas, pet-friendly grounds, accessible walking paths and included resident services such as housekeeping and laundry contribute to a non‑institutional, hotel-like feel for many residents.

    Care and staffing: Care quality is frequently praised for compassion, individualized attention, and strong hands-on involvement from directors and specific staff members. At the same time, personnel stability is a recurrent operational concern. Reviewers noted high staff turnover, inconsistent shift coverage, and instances of high patient-to-staff ratios—particularly in memory-care shifts—which families linked to delays in response, supervision gaps, and episodic clinical issues. These operational weaknesses appear to be the central driver behind most family escalations and are the primary area where experiences diverge.

    Dining: The community provides on-site dining with multiple meal options and attention to dietary restrictions. Many residents enjoy the food and the social aspect of meals; several reviewers praised chef interaction and menu variety. However, dining quality appears uneven over time and across units—chef changes and staffing variability were cited as causes of declining meal satisfaction by some families. Transportation to off-campus outings is offered but typically incurs an extra cost.

    Activities and social life: Activities programming is a consistent strength, with a robust calendar of in-house events, entertainment, and regular outings that support resident engagement and socialization. Residents and families frequently mentioned bus trips, music, crafts, and holiday programming. A few accounts indicate relatively lower activity participation in specific units or during pandemic-related restrictions; programming appears stronger in the main community spaces than in some memory-care areas.

    Facilities and housekeeping: Physical spaces are generally described as clean, updated, and well maintained, with many recently renovated rooms and attractive common spaces. Nonetheless, there are recurring reports of inconsistent housekeeping and sanitation practices in some rooms and occasional odor concerns in certain areas. Accessibility features, roomy dining areas, and a non‑institutional apartment feel are positives; limited room sizes for couples and variable bathroom accessibility were noted as practical constraints for some households.

    Management and operations: Management receives mixed feedback. Several families praised engaged leadership, proactive communication (including virtual family updates during COVID), and responsiveness to concerns. Conversely, others described uneven communication, slow resolution of clinical or housekeeping issues, and pressure at admission from marketing staff. Payment and access issues also surfaced: the community is primarily private-pay with some identifying Brookdale Zanesville as expensive and not accepting Medicaid, which affects affordability for some families.

    Notable patterns: The dominant pattern is a split between consistently positive experiences tied to stable staffing and engaged management, and negative experiences that correlate with staffing shortages, turnover, and inconsistent operational follow-through. Prospective families should weigh strengths in memory-care programming, activities, and community environment against the potential for variability in staffing, housekeeping, and dining continuity. Visiting in person, asking for unit-specific staffing ratios and turnover data, reviewing recent inspection or complaint histories, and clarifying billing/payment options and visitation policies are recommended steps to assess fit for a given resident.

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    Location

    Brookdale Zanesville is located at 1575 Bowers Ln, Zanesville, OH, 43701.

    About Brookdale Zanesville

    Brookdale Zanesville sits on six acres of landscaped land in Perry County and serves seniors with a mix of care options like assisted living, memory care, independent living, skilled nursing, and continuing care retirement. The place's got lots of apartment layouts-studio, alcove, and one-bedroom options-so folks can pick what suits them best, and each unit has private bathrooms, kitchenettes, and choices between furnished or unfurnished spaces. The grounds are well kept, with walking paths, a courtyard, gardens, and a gazebo so residents can get outside, take a stroll, or just relax. People can bring a dog or cat, and there's parking for residents who have a car. Inside, there are spaces for socializing and relaxing, like a library, arts and crafts studio, beauty parlor, bistro, and a residents lounge, plus a computer area and laundry facilities for daily needs.

    Brookdale Zanesville puts a focus on health and well-being with services like housekeeping, linen changes, medication management, and an emergency call system in each apartment. The staff includes nurses on site and doctors on call, all available 24/7, and the place can look after residents who need varying levels of support, whether they're fairly independent or need more help with things like transfers or mechanical lifts. Memory care takes place in a secure, purpose-built building with safety systems like bracelets that sound an alarm if someone leaves the community and computer systems that alert staff when a resident wanders toward an unsafe area. The team uses individualized care plans and behavioral care if needed, with extra focus on those who are prone to wandering or acting out due to dementia or memory loss, and they're ready to support residents all the way, including for end-of-life needs with hospice care.

    Meals are professionally prepared, following special diets like low sodium, low sugar, vegan, and vegetarian, and served restaurant-style or by room service if desired. There's always three meals a day, plus the option for guests to join or to have private dining. Residents can join in on a lot of activities, such as yoga, chair yoga, brain fitness, art and cooking classes, gardening, pet programs, lectures, outings, trivia, and devotional services. Smoking is only allowed outdoors. They also allow short-term respite stays, so folks can try living there or recover after being in the hospital. With complimentary transportation, a wheelchair-accessible layout, and a focus on helping residents age in place as needs change, Brookdale Zanesville tries to be a community where people can stay comfortable, safe, and involved in life while getting the care they need.

    About Brookdale

    Brookdale Zanesville is managed by Brookdale.

    Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) is the largest senior living operator in the United States, managing over 640 communities with capacity for approximately 59,000 residents across 41 states and employing around 36,000 associates. Founded in 1978 and publicly traded since 2005, Brookdale solidified its market leadership through major acquisitions including American Retirement Corporation (2006) and Emeritus Senior Living (2014), making it the only national full-spectrum senior living company. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Brookdale has topped the American Seniors Housing Association's ASHA 50 list and Argentum's largest providers list for multiple consecutive years.

    The company's comprehensive care continuum includes independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Brookdale's signature Clare Bridge program, developed over 30 years ago by dementia-care experts, provides specialized Alzheimer's and dementia care through two distinct levels: Clare Bridge communities for comprehensive memory support and the Clare Bridge Solace program for advanced-stage dementia residents. The program is recognized by the Alzheimer's Association® for incorporating evidence-based Dementia Care Practice Recommendations and features secure environments, enclosed courtyards, Daily Path programming with six structured activities daily, and the InTouch technology platform offering personalized brain-stimulating games and therapeutic content.

    Brookdale's holistic Optimum Life® wellness approach balances six dimensions—Purposeful, Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual, and Intellectual—implemented through signature programs including B-Fit (eight exercise class options), Brain Fit (mental fitness workouts), My Life Story (resident storytelling), EngagementPlus (interest-based connections), Growing Together (collaborative learning), and The Ageless Spirit (kindness and gratitude practices). The Embrace Family Partnership provides caregiver education and support for families of memory care residents.

    The company's Brookdale HealthPlus® care coordination model, winner of the 2024 Argentum Best of the Best Award placing it among the top 1% of operators, is a technology-enabled healthcare service featuring dedicated RN Care Managers who proactively manage residents' health, coordinate care transitions, and help prevent avoidable hospitalizations. Communities using HealthPlus report 78% fewer urgent care visits, 36% fewer hospitalizations, and 63% more completed annual wellness visits. The Personal Solutions program delivers hygiene products, medications, and daily necessities directly to residents' doors with discreet packaging and monthly billing convenience.

    Following a strategic divestiture of its home health and hospice operations to HCA Healthcare (completed December 2023), Brookdale now focuses exclusively on senior living operations while maintaining its position as the industry's largest operator, committed to its mission of enriching lives with compassion, respect, excellence, and integrity.

    People often ask...

    Brookdale Zanesville offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $5,873 per month.

    Brookdale Zanesville offers assisted living and memory care.

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    The full address for this community is 1575 Bowers Ln, Zanesville, OH 43701.

    No, Brookdale Zanesville does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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