We liked Brightview Severna Park. It was an awesome facility. I think we were most impressed with how they train the staff and the staff was invested in the organization, to the point to where we think that they would have given our mother awesome care. They had a higher retention rate of their staffing as well. They had a lot of crafts, activities, the salon, happy hour, and things where the residents can engage together. Another thing we liked about it is that somebody from the assisted living care side would kind of sponsor somebody from one of the other levels (like their middle level). I liked how they interact to help the new residents kind of adjust to being there. They're very sweet. We were impressed with them. The only reason that we didn't go with them initially was that they didn't have the type of room available that we wanted. They also didn't have Bridges or intermediate levels. We were very impressed with them though. The rooms were awesome. We liked the rooms because it seemed more like an apartment. They had the living space, the bedroom, and then the bathroom. All the residents' rooms have showers, but they also had another room where if you had a resident that preferred to get a bath, they could have a walk-in bath there as well. That was another thing that we liked about it. The dining room was nice and more like an upscale restaurant. We saw some of the residents eating. I didn't taste it, but it smelled good. They had the movie theater.

Brightview Severna Park is very lovely and beautiful. They keep it very well-kept and clean. The staff is very caring and take good care of my cousin. The dining area is average. There are plenty of activities like trips almost every day, entertainment, art classes, and exercises. It's very expensive, though.