Assisted Living Communities in Holiday, FL

"They invited me for lunch. The place looked very lovely. I talked with some of the people who live there. I liked it, so I signed up and paid to get on their waiting list for a 2-bedroom apartment. "

"I was very impressed and it's a brand new facility. They had a nice dining area, a breakfast place, a bar area, and they had an assisted living place as well. There's no nursing home and there's no rehab center though. It was very clean and very well-appointed. The staff, Jennifer, is excellent. She's very nice, very professional, very informative, and she did a good job. She showed me several apartments. They had 1-bedrooms and 2-bedrooms, but we were interested in a 3-bedroom. I looked at a lot of them, and they were all very nice. She told me that they have bus trips for the seniors, events, social happy hours, cocktail hours, and that kind of thing. There was a beauty salon, a place for both men and women to both get a haircut. There was no library. I wanted a place where you could go on a computer, so if the residents don't own a computer or have trouble with their computer, there's somewhere they can go if they need to go online to do some kind of work or something. It would be of benefit to have a library and a computer room. There were some things lacking, e.g., a nursing home, a rehab and a computer room. The staff spent a lot of time with me, and she was very good. She introduced me to the chef who described some of the dishes, and they sounded very delicious. The structure was very nice, but there could have been more room in the bar area. If you have several people during cocktail hour, I don't know if there would be enough room for everybody to sit down. They also had a very nice fitness center."

"I was looking for a facility for my mother. Coral Oaks has assisted living and independent living and has the activities that she preferred over most of the other facilities. The main thing was that they play a lot of bridge at this facility, which is what my mom plays, too. The people at the assisted living can use the amenities of the independent living facility if they are able to ambulate there. They also have daily outings to different stores like Walmart, the mall, grocery stores, drugstores, and restaurants. They’ll take them to go for a drive around the area for sightseeing, to look at houses, and just to get out and ride around. They have a really nice dining room. The facility is extremely updated and clean with really nice lighting, new paint, and new carpets. "

"The staff at Stratford Court of Palm Harbor was wonderful. The facilities were clean and bright. Everything was positive about our experience there. The food was good. It was a very pleasant experience. The salespeople, the staff, and the facility were all great. What they're trying to do is offer you affordable living, but all of the amenities are in the public part of the building rather than your private residence and I get that. It'd just be nice to have more room, but no complaints. It wouldn't stop me from going there. It's clean and bright. It is well-trafficked and despite that, it didn't feel like you were moving into any type of care facility. It felt wonderful."

"I liked Curlew Care and the staff. They’re very friendly and efficient. The room is very nice. My dad likes the food; it tastes really good. "

"We chose Vitality Living Baypoint Village for my husband. So far, so good. I like their staff. They are very conscientious and caring. His room is very nice and you have to furnish it yourself with a bed. You have to have a bed, a chest, and a dresser. I'm very pleased that I moved him there. So far, it's been a very good experience. What's nice about their memory care is they don't let them just lay in their beds. They have activities like painting. They have a little cooking area where they're allowed to help make brownie mixes or whatever, although their staff is the one that takes it and gets it cooked. The other day, they were doing papier mache and they always have something going on for them."

"I toured Angels Senior Living at Dunedin. It's a very small community, and the whole unit is memory care. The rooms were very nice. I was only able to tour a single room. It was very nicely furnished and quite spacious for one person. The staff who gave the tour was very knowledgeable, very attentive, and interacted well with the patients as we were going through the facility because several of them came up to him and wanted contact. He was very caring and helped them. The eating area was nice. It was a larger dining room, and it had a patio that opened off and led out to the enclosed garden area, so it was nice."

"My parents used to live here. My mother loved their apartment which was on the ground-floor and very spacious with a big porch that led out to the pool. "

"My mom is at Angels Senior Living at the Lodges of Idlewild, and it has been a very good experience. She is very well taken care of. They know if she doesn't come to meals. They check on her. They help with her meds, and they are caring when they come in. She has a good friend there now (one of the staff), and so she is very happy there. The rooms are very nice and spacious. They're kept clean and updated. I've tried their food and it's fine for me. The people down there who are waiting on the residents are very good. If she doesn't like what she's having, they take it back and fix it. They have a theater, a library, a sitting room, an area out back for walking or sitting on benches and reflecting, a mailbox area, a laundry area, and a restaurant-type dining room. During Hurricane Ian, I was down in Fort Myers, and she was up there in Lutz. We weren't going to be able to get to her, so when we called to check how they were going to take care of her, they had it all listed out and all planned and everything figured out. So, we were very comfortable with her being there as the storm came."

"It was very beautiful and inviting. The rooms were nice, and the people were very helpful and welcoming. It’s very clean, the people were very nice, and the clients were happy. They had an area to watch movies and kitchen areas. The outside was kept nice with tons of activities and a barber shop. The staff was very pleasant. "

"Angels Senior Living at The Reserves Of Idlewild was a newer facility. I like the room for my wife. They were repainting everything. I like the lady who took me on a tour there, and it looked like they had everything that we needed. They even set us up with a preferred rehab specialist there, so it was pretty amazing. They had a rehab center. They had three meals a day. They had different levels of care. They had a bus to take people around, a beauty shop, entertainment, and activities. It was a modern facility."

"My mother has lived at Emeritus at Carrollwood for 4 1/2 years and loves it. Kristie, Kay, Diane, Michelle, Will, Samantha, Sonya, Tina, CC and the rest of the staff are fantastic. The staff always gets to know the residents and their family members by name which makes it feel more like a home. Emeritus offers a lot of activities for the residents including, bingo, church, music, happy hour, exercise and a few more. They also bring in dogs, miniature horses and miniature donkeys for the residents and their family members to pet. Each quarter they have an event for the family members to attend and the food and drinks are fabulous. Emeritus is always clean with a great housekeeping staff. They also have an adult day care program which my mom was in when she broke her leg. Once she decided to move out of her home, she told us I want to move to Emeritus because it was such a nice place. I would recommend Emeritus at Carrollwood to anyone looking for a great place to live. "

"I visited the assisted living of The Oaks of Clearwater, and the person who toured me was very friendly and knowledgeable about the whole industry. I thought she was very good and very helpful in explaining their facility and how it operates. There is a downside, though, and that is the amount of parking for guests. They have a three-story parking garage, and there are only four spaces for guests on the first floor of it, so you have to go all the way up to the third floor to find any other spaces. You'd also have to know where the elevator is to get from the third floor down to the first because it's not obvious that they have an elevator there. The place was clean. They were having vendors that were selling jewelry and other items in their lobby area during my visit. I guess they bring them in once or twice a month for residents to do shopping inside the facility. Their dining area was adequate for the building. It was large enough to house people, although they weren't serving anybody at the time I was there. They have plenty of tables and chairs, though. They have different floors that do different things, but the view from their rooms on the upper floors is spectacular. They overlook parts of Tampa Bay, so you're right by the water, and it's a really nice view."

"My father is living in Connerton Court, and he is very happy there. The staff is really good and caring with the residents. I was able to eat dinner there with my father. They have a restaurant-like area where you can go and eat with the family. The food is good, and they do have a good portion of it. They have different variety every day, which I like. The place is very clean. They also do a lot of social events with the residents. They do arts and crafts and decorations for the holidays. They paint pictures on the wall sometimes. They also have a sing-along every Friday. They have a happy hour area where some people come in and do some entertaining for the residents. The residents serve them snacks in return. "