Communities in Dunnellon, FL

"I went to visit. They're clean. They're accessible to other people. They have good food. It's assisted living and they will help you by working with your medicine. Your laundry gets done, and they clean your room. I don't have any problem with them. They take you to the doctors, and they take you out to some place, maybe to a museum or for a walk in the park. The staff members were very good. The facility was very clean and very nice."

"I visited New Horizon of Inverness. The staff was very friendly, everybody seemed very happy, and nobody seemed depressed or ignored. There was a physical therapist bouncing around with an old lady, the administrator that took me around knew everybody by name, the the janitor was fantastic and very friendly. It's a very nice place, with a country setting, and very laid back. However, it was very expensive."

"Hawthorne Inn of Ocala was an average facility, but the interaction I saw between the residents was excellent. They were interactive. It's good. We were in the dining area because it was around lunchtime, and Dad got to see the interaction of people there and was concerned about the language barrier. Most of them were only English speaking, and he's a Spanish-speaking 99%, He wanted to make sure that the location had some bilingual people or people who spoke his language so he could interact with them properly. We visited the three types of room sizes. They were adequate. The room size, for our standards for one person, was kind of in the middle range. It wasn't that big. The hallways were clean. Everything's OK. We went through a library area where the residents got to pick books and read. They had somewhat of a selection. It wasn't a huge selection. Then we stepped outside. In our opinion, the outside was not an appropriate interaction for outdoor activities because there was none, other than a small porch with a couple of seatings. You just kind of sit there and maybe bask in the sun, and that's about it. My dad is more of the outdoorsy type that he would like interactions with a garden or growing tomatoes, or there are animals in the facilities, or just basically gazing and seeing what's going on in there to kind of keep his mind occupied. I personally liked the wood floors. That made it a nice, very homey, and warm feeling. The staff was friendly. All the spaces that I visited were clean. I got a peek at their activity room or craft room where they were doing some painting or something like that, and it was small because this looks like a smaller facility than the other one we visited. I saw their menu and they had a variation of items."

"I toured Highland Place yesterday. I like it because each room has its own bathroom, which is a plus for me. At some other places, there are two people per room, and you're sharing a bathroom, and I'm not a big fan of that. The place looked very clean, and I liked that. The person who gave the tour was very informative, and we had a pretty good tour, taking in all the features that they have. It was a good tour. Something important for me since I'm with a VA with my medical care is that, once a week, they have physician assistant coming in from the VA to talk to people that might need care one way or another, and I thought that was a really nice thing, as opposed to me trying to report myself to a VA facility. So I thought that was really nice."

"My mom moved into Camelot Chateau Assisted Living. The atmosphere is very friendly. The residents and whatnot seem to be very involved. The staff there is engaging and they have activities that are pretty engaging as well, something for everyone. She's getting to see the doctors promptly. They are taking care of her. She likes the food. It's just a nice place. She has plenty of room for just herself, and my mother enjoys it. It's an older facility. They take them weekly to Walmart. Sometimes they go to parks, or out to eat. The buses provide service for the residents there. They have a lot of card games and bingo, and outside like cornholes. And they could do exercises. I do think they have a room for religious activity, maybe meetings, things like that. So they keep everyone pretty much involved in things. There's not a lot of sitting around. They try to engage everyone to do things."

"My friend is at Brookdale Chambrel Pinecastle. We do lots of emails and phone calls, and they're very responsive. They give out newsletters. Her room is very nice and nice sized. The staff is fantastic, most friendly, and absolutely amazing. They updated the room because they rushed to get it ready for her, so the room was fixed the following day. They provided furniture, which is super nice, and saved money for us. The location is good. It's a nice area. They don't provide furniture to everybody, but they did it for us, and I thought that was very nice. They go out of their way to be attentive. At that time, they were serving food in the rooms, but now they're doing it in their dining room. It's terribly reasonable. The value for the money is amazing."

"We found Brookdale for my mother-in-law. What we liked most about it was the attentiveness of the care. The attitude of the staff was very positive. They were very accommodating. We had some feedback from some of the patients that were there, and that was positive as well. The room was semi-private and recently refurbished, and they were installing an additional wall to accommodate us. We had not tasted the food, but according to the patients, the food was very good. She would be going there on Friday, and she would be evaluated for 30 days. In the memory care section, the activities were numerous in terms of types of section they had on a daily basis. The programs seemed to be very well laid out and planned. They seemed to be accommodating in terms of specific needs for my mother-in-law. She needed some assistance in the morning; they could accommodate that. My wife and I believed that she would not stay in memory care; she would go in the general population. I thought they were really bending over backwards to accommodate us. "

"We went and looked at Hampton Manor at Deerwood. My mom told me she liked all the activities, and she enjoyed the staff while we were there, but she was nervous about the different levels. She didn't like that. The staff members were all very friendly. They showed us the rooms. They were very nice, and it looked like they were very accessible for people who were in wheelchairs. They were pretty large and there's plenty of room. The activities differ all the time, so we don't know everything they have. They had card games, and they had a sitting area that my mom would like, so she could go outside in the courtyard getting some sun in there, and things like that. They have a nice sitting room in there with a TV. It was pet-friendly, so some residents have pets. Their dining area was large and the tables were spaced out very well for residents to get around."

"Sunflower Springs at Homosassa was very nice, but it was just a little big. Their dining area was lovely and nice, and the staff that I met were all very nice. I just felt it was not something I wanted, the facilities were great but I was looking for something a little smaller."

"We have chosen Buffalo Crossings Assisted Living for my parents. My mom had been there before for rehab, so it was easy for us to move them. We had to do it within a matter of two days. My dad was in the hospital, and he was getting released. We live a thousand miles away, so we needed to get something done super quick. They were super helpful to help us do that. They have provided all the services that we really needed for my parents. They also have all kinds of stuff, like Bible studies, classes, reading clubs, dancing, and little social get-togethers. They have more than enough to keep them busy."

"The work staff at The Willows seems to be quite friendly. The place is nice. The food is wonderful. My mother’s room is big, new, and clean. "

"A Banyan Residence was extremely expensive, but the people there were extremely happy and kind. My husband was in memory care and they had him sitting up in the wheelchair from early in the morning until bedtime often. I complained several times and said that they can't have someone sitting like that all day for a year and half. He needs to lie down and take a nap after lunch and so they started doing that for him. There was a lot of entertainment, where they would go from one entertainment to another and many people that are in charge of activities said, "This is not good for these people. They need to lay down and rest." You just cannot have lunch and put them into this big exercise room that had a huge TV there, and kept them going all day. That was not desirable, but they did many other things that were exceedingly good. The staff were extremely kind, always helpful, and always guiding. The food was horrible. One case was they had a little piece of dried-up, overcooked chicken, very thin, like a piece of paper, that you couldn't even cut with a knife and other things in the plate that you didn't even know what they were. They had two skinny little pieces of bacon and a tablespoon of egg. The Christmas meal was just a disgrace. They had a piece of whole wheat toast, a little piece, like a Pepperidge Farm size, and they put them alongside. No jelly. No butter. They put them in the oven and I said, "Why aren't you toasting it and giving it a nice piece of bread?" They said that they don't have a toaster. I said, "You have a couple hundred people and you don't even have a toaster?" That was just unbelievable. In the morning, no butter on the pancakes and syrup. I really complained and then they started changing things. The place is beautiful, but they are putting all the money outside, on the grounds. They have in many cases, a recliner, that you can't move (if you're really in a horrible shape, I guess you don't need it.) They have so many things going for them, but they're spending a fortune outside in landscaping. It is absolutely an oasis. When you have a memory problem or you're just sitting around staring, you don't need all of that."

"We went here. It was very nice. The girl I talked to was nice. She brought me all over. She explained everything. The place was gorgeous. They had a nice place. We just wanted a studio, and she showed us that. It was quite large for a studio for one person. It was very clean. They brought us all around. It was very beautiful, and it was clean. It's very new to me, and it's close to our home. It was excellent. The staff was very good, and very thorough, and she answered all my questions. I was with her for quite a while. She showed me all the facilities and the pool."

"My husband is at the memory care unit here. We chose that facility for him because they are an ECC (Extended Congregate Care) licensed facility and I needed that for him. They are very good. They come and see him every two hours. The place is very clean and has very big rooms. They have a beauty parlor, their own physical therapy, speech therapy, and things like that."