Assisted Living Communities in Homosassa, FL

"I toured Casalia Gardens. It's a very nice place. The rooms were very nice. The rooms were private. The room was large. There's some furniture, and a bed was already there. I like this because it's a home. I think the capacity was 6 or 7 residents maximum, and they were all female, no men allowed. It was very clean. The staff was very nice. Everything was very professional."

"My husband has been at Always There Assisted Living. Right now, I don't see any problem with it. They have an assisted living house, they have a lockdown unit house, and then they have one where they cook all the meals and stuff. Where my husband is, there is only room for 12 people in that house. He seems to be a lot happier there than he has been in the big facility. They're very good. Everybody treats the patients very well. I've sat there for a couple of hours and watched them have lunch, and they get good care there. I wish there were more places like that around here. It feels more like home because it's a house. I think a lot of people would enjoy having their family in a place like that. All the staff members I've met are very nice and very sweet. I heard from one of the workers that some of them love my husband so much that they want to put him in their pocket and take him home with them. However, at lunch, they only get one vegetable. I think they should have at least two vegetables and one meat. I also met the lady that does activities, but I haven't been there when they're doing things with them."

"We went to Elevated Estates Brooksville. I didn't like anything about that place. It was a 150-year-old building. They were under construction. We walked in, and there was nobody in the lobby. There were people outside smoking and loitering. I couldn't tell who was a resident or a street person. We had an appointment, but we had to stand there and wait until somebody came by. It was a resident who was able to assist us, so that was a turn-off right there. We did meet somebody, but they couldn't show us anything because the whole place was under renovation. And they didn't really have a whole lot of grounds outside for people to walk around. It was more like in the city type, and what I saw was very dumpy. Anybody could walk in there, and there was no security. The staff only showed us some colored printouts of what the intended rooms would look like."

"We chose Elevated Estates Forest Oaks for my mother because it meets all of her needs. She will be moving into their assisted living facility. I toured the place, and it was very nice, and everybody seemed to be happy. We were able to have lunch there, too, and the food was very good. She's also already picked out her room. They had a couple of different rooms, and she's happy with what's available. It's more like a studio, just one room, and it's possible that she could have a roommate. As of right now, no one else is in the room, so it would just be her. They have nurses on staff, and they have different types of doctors who come in at least once a month, if not more. For activities, they have bingo, and people come in and do different types of entertainment. It could be magicians or people singing. They print up a schedule for each month, as to what activity it's going to be for every particular day. They have a couple of libraries, too. If you don't want to participate in the activities, they don't force you."

"I toured The Residence at Timber Pines. What I like best is that the people are very, very nice, and they talk and do a lot of activities there. They're very outgoing. The food is good. They showed me the apartments and the rooms. They were very nice. They have a pool there, which I liked. They have a game room. It's so big, that place. They have so much stuff there."

"My husband moved to The Opal at Spring Hill. It feels like everyone there is family. It's very bright, and the staff is very helpful and they have a positive attitude. They are always Johnny-on-the-spot. I haven't tried the food, but my husband says most of it is good. They have bingo. If I didn't think they were the place, I wouldn't be spending my money there."

"I toured Canterfield of Ocala. I wanted my mom to go there because it was beautiful. It's very nice and half the price. I liked the rooms and how they were designed. I liked the services that they provided. The assistant manager was so helpful. It was an open room waiting to be filled with furniture, but it was perfect the way it was designed. I would recommend it as one of the top choices."

"I liked it a lot. What I didn't like was that they had mentally challenged people living among the other people. They didn't have them separated. They had the memory care, and they might have another section, but they still had people with memory care walking around with the others. The one day that I was there, I saw this gentleman walking around, and he couldn't find his room. He wanted to go up to the second floor, and there is no second floor. It's all one floor. It could've been that they only have that one man that's like that, but it scared me. The staff was wonderful. They didn't want us to go into the dining room, but they arranged to have us eat in a guest room. The gentlemen ate with us, so we could ask him questions. That way we weren't exposed, and we weren't exposing other people. They were all wonderful. I couldn't complain about any of their directors or anything. The girl that brought the food couldn't have been any more helpful. They outdid themselves. They were excellent. The food was excellent. It was real clean. The grounds were beautiful. I went into one of the general bathrooms that guests can use in the hall, and they were clean. They had a very nice library, and they had large print books. They show movies, and they have areas where you can sit and just chat with other people or read, so you don't have to stay in your room all the time."

"I like Brookdale Canopy Oaks. The location is awesome because I could walk there if I needed to. It's a small facility, and I like that. It had a good atmosphere when I walked in the door. It was very friendly. They gave me a good tour. The staff seemed genuinely interested in the residents there. The place appeared to be very clean. They have this little spot where residents can garden and stuff like that. They seemed to have zeroed in on individual needs, which is good. The atmosphere was very welcoming. The receptionist was very welcoming, too. However, I didn't care for the layout of the bathroom. And the room seemed small, too."

"We toured Vitality Living Hudson. The two people who walked us around were very nice, and the layout was nice. The apartments felt more like homes than a facility, so that was nice. They were wonderful, and they kept in touch with me."

"I found on my visit there that the staff was very friendly and caring. They also offered a lot of different activities for the patients there, some of them were bingo, cards, checkers among other things. They also had a chapel for those that wanted to attend church service. There were computers and internet access for those wishing to get online. I liked the fact that they had keyboards with large letters. "

"My mother-in-law moved into Royal Dalton House. The food is fantastic. A lot of people are transferred to this location just because of the food. The activities are the same across the board. They have bingo, puzzles, art days, and grocery store runs. The staff is amazing."

"We had an in-person tour. We liked it a lot. We were going to try to get my relative in there, but it's more expensive. The staff members were nice, professional, and friendly. They have activities. Everyone looked like they were comfortable, and they were pretty much roaming around freely. I like the facility a lot. They had a lot of grounds there. They have gardens and pathways you can walk on. There are a lot of animals that come around there, and people could go out and take pictures of them. It's very beautiful. They treat the people in memory care the same as the others. Memory care residents can roam the entire facility if someone's with them."

"Life Care in Lecanto's managers are very nice. When you go in there for the first time, they come in, talk to you, and introduce themselves; it’s wonderful. I would recommend anybody to go there. The nursing care, the cleanliness, and the thoughtfulness -- I’ve been in quite a few places in the last year-and-a-half or so for physical therapy, and I have friends who had been there and say the same thing. Physical therapy people and the nurses came yesterday, gave me a hug, and told me what a good patient I was and how they like to be with me and wish me luck. They have a little ice cream parlor like you’ve gone down in the street, and you can go and get free ice cream. It’s a very warm community. The meals were good. It offers a lot physically and psychologically with the patient. They have a big activities room, and they have a big bus that takes them to shopping or different things. They have music, dominos, and bingo. They have a sunshine lady; she comes around all the rooms. She is an old woman, but not real old at all. She comes around to make sure everything is OK. If you have any complaints, she talks to the proper people, and she came to see me before I was leaving. It’s been all updated; you can go sit and watch the birds in there. It’s really nice. "