Brookdale Belle Meade

Brookdale Belle Meade sits on a lovely, park-like campus with scenic views, open walking areas, and gardens where residents can spend time outdoors, and it's a pet-friendly community, which makes it nice for those who want their companions with them. The place provides several levels of care, including independent living, assisted living, and memory care for people with Alzheimer's or dementia, with two main memory programs called Crossings for early-stage dementia and Clare Bridge for late-stage dementia, giving residents care that fits their needs as things change. Staff members are available all hours of the day and night, and there's an emergency response system with personal alert options in units, which helps everyone feel safer.

Assisted living residents get help with daily things like bathing, dressing, and taking medicines, and there's skilled nursing care on-site for those who need more help, plus a nurse always on staff. There's on-site therapy, including physical, occupational, and speech therapy, which is often important as folks get older, and there's also incontinence and therapeutic care. Meals are cooked restaurant-style with many options, and there's housekeeping, wellness programs, and laundry services to help make things easier. The place is set up to help folks keep their privacy, dignity, and independence.

There are a range of private apartments, like studios, alcoves, and one-bedroom deluxe units, each with a kitchenette, private bath with step-in shower, emergency call system, wall-to-wall carpeting, and some even have patios or balconies. Shared apartments and various floor plans are also available. Brookdale Belle Meade provides comfortable shared spaces like community kitchens, sunrooms, parlors, fitness centers, an arts and crafts studio, computer rooms, and a library. There's a fireplace, TV, green sofa, patterned armchairs, a piano, dining tables, and bookshelves in the common spaces where people can gather, plus an outdoor courtyard and patio with flowers, seating, and green space.

There are on-site beauty and barber shops, salon services, and a concierge so daily needs get met, and transportation is available for appointments and events, including medical rides. Safety features include security systems and fall prevention programs, and special memory care areas offer daily structure for those with cognitive issues. Services are paid by check or credit card, and the facility accepts long-term care insurance and Veterans Benefits. There are mailboxes and Wi-Fi throughout, cable or satellite TV connections in units, and guest dining options as well as private party rooms. The place is managed by Brookdale, which has run retirement communities since 1978, and focuses on keeping a welcoming setting through its signature programs and staff, with awarded dining and care, and a focus on friendly service.

Brookdale Belle Meade 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.