Assisted Living Communities in Lakeland, FL

"My father is moving into Rosemene Healthcare Services. It is family-oriented. The owners are great. It's a very comfortable home. The rooms are big, roomy, nice, and well-kept. The staff is very professional, very loving, and very concerned. The food was awesome. The dining area was great. They do a lot with their residents. They spend time with them, walk them, take them out, and go on trips. They do it all."

"Best Care Senior Living at Winter Haven just changed management, but everybody was friendly. The memory care had separate bedrooms. They had a theater room, weekly activities, shopping trips, and game rooms. It was a nicer facility and they could accommodate more. They had elevators. The staff was very friendly. They had community meetings where the staff members and the residents could discuss openly any improvements or anything that they would like."

"It is fairly close to where my parents are now. The only problem that I have with moving them there is the lack of space. My mother does not need to be in memory care. She’s with my father where they are now, and they have a living room with a TV and places to sit, so she can have her somewhat normal life. At this facility, they have a large bedroom, but there’s no living room. It would be very hard to have their recliners, TV, and bed in that one room. But their dining rooms were wonderful, and the people there knew everyone by name. It was clean and smelled good, which are big deal. They actually had activities that were done according to where the people were in their levels of memory loss. If they needed help with eating, they would keep together the people that needed that help. My father is not as bad as a lot of them yet. They have activities that help them to be able to do things better throughout the day, like buttoning their pants, putting their clothes on right side out, and a lot of other teaching. They did even some exercise programs, which I thought was amazing, to get them up and moving around. And, of course, they had games and that type of thing, too. The working staff would go up, give them a hug, and know them by their names. It was like a big family, and you could see that from walking through the place. They did not put it on for show. They have more than one large, neat dining room. The people that could feed and take care of themselves were in one, with a separator in between. There wasn’t a locked door, so you could see through, but the two areas were separated. My father can still eat fine, so he and my mother would be on the other side. They had a theater room where they show movies or if you have family coming in, your family could also go in and watch a movie with them, and a few fun things that were a little different. "

"We toured American House Zephyrhills. We met with a young lady, and she was very helpful. We had a number of questions, and she answered all of them very well. She showed us everything: all of the building and the different rooms. Everything that we asked, she did explain. We saw the studio, and we saw one bedroom; they're very nice. They would be comfortable. You furnish your own furniture. They do your laundry, and they come to your room and take it. They do it on your floor. It's done not as a group laundry, but just as theirs. They offer free cable. They have a bus that will take them for appointments. They do have exercise classes in a room. Somebody was leading them and exercising. They have crafts for them. They show movies for them downstairs and give them popcorn and on Sundays and Wednesdays. They have church services. It's very nice. It's like a Hilton. You have nice views at your window, and the dining room was nice."

"My mother moved into Savannah Court of Brandon. They have the ECC license that my mom needs. They have nurses on staff all the time and they have a physician that they've contracted with that comes in and checks on the residents. Everyone helps each other out. The guy in sales and marketing saw an elderly man that needed help. He didn't pass him by. He stopped and made sure he was OK. He didn't call a nurse or the CNAs to handle it, he just did it. They do bingo and balloon tennis. I saw a lot of board games and a lot of cards. They have a musician come in and sing songs with them. The lady had a keyboard set up and the residents were all sitting around. They also have a library, which I like."

"The staff was very nice and friendly. The food was good, and they have different things going on that day. The people were friendly, and I would consider the place in the future. "

"My dad moved into The Twin Creeks. It looks like a nice facility and they're doing a reasonable job with a shortage of personnel that everybody's got right now. They have nice amenities, but they have COVID in the area and the place is locked down, so I have not been able to make use of those items. Before my dad moved in, we had a tour, and they took us through the whole facility. We got to see everything, and they answered most of our questions. We probably didn't have as many questions as we should have had. More of them came up afterwards but they were able to answer those so far. I've not been witness to the activities because we're not allowed into the facility. They can bring one person out and you could meet in an isolated location, but you can't just go back and see what's going on. We're able to go meet at what they call the porch. That's the outdoor facility. There's some room for improvement, and I think that goes back to the difficulties in staffing right now, and the communication with the responsible person. You can certainly get there if you make an appointment, but you can't just stop by. In fact, at the moment, you can't go in at all without an appointment. I have not tasted the food, but I suspect it's probably fine. I met the chef who seemed like a nice guy, and he made my father and I a sandwich, and it was perfectly fine. The facility looks in tip top shape there. Everything's maintained very well. It's a little expensive, but it's a hard job."

"We went to the Promise Pointe It was very nice, and was 8 miles from her sister. The views out their windows were beautiful. On each floor they had really nice, open reading rooms that you could go in and read or play a game. I asked them to think about the last state inspection, and it was perfect. She said they have never had anything bad. Their rooms were bigger and nicer than the other place. You have a choice of meals, and I like that very much. They have crafts, bingo, and movies."

"The Meridian at Brandon was beautiful. I wanted to move there myself. It's brand new. The rooms looked nice. The staff was very lovely and spent a lot of time with me. The problem was that the medical personnel came to visit my mother and said they couldn't take care of her. I saw a studio and a one-bedroom apartment. They had a beautiful room for the residents to watch videos. They had an art studio, a courtyard, and a beauty salon."

"The Crossings at Riverview was a terrific, beautiful facility, but my mother was not ready to give up her independence yet. "

"I'm staying in Elevated Estates at The Edwinola. My insurance carrier pays for it. It's a real mix. It's got a lot of younger people there. The staff members who assisted our needs are underpaid, while the management comes in once a week, fills their pockets with money, and leaves. Occasionally, the food is good, but at other times, it's terrible. They have activities, but I don't participate. They have ice cream parties and bingo. The residents seem to like it. The facility overall is excellent. I think I have a better-than-average room; it's fine for me."

"The Legacy at Highwoods Preserve was good. It was nice. They are only about half capacity, so there weren't very many people out. The rooms were nice. The person who toured us was not a salesperson. He was a senior VP. He is higher up, but he was brand new. He didn't know the whole way around the find things, but he did fine. It was good. We toured a 1-bedroom and will deal with more like a studio, we're told. They called it the open floor plan for two people. I don't think the open floor plan works because the bed is literally behind; it's just all in one space. There's no division to build up. One person goes to bed, and one person stays up and watch TV or whatever. They were clean and nice, but a little small. They had a movie room, card room, craft room, and game room. They have an outside porch kind of area. Then where the rooms are, they have living space with TVs, kitchen spaces, and things like that. They didn't have a nice outside space, which was kind of sad. They have beautiful grounds because they're out there in the preserve. At the back where they have a sidewalk and some chairs, the chairs are sitting right next to the dumpster. They don't really have a good outside space. The dining area looked nice, and it was clean."

"My mother will be moving into Angels Senior Living at New Tampa memory care unit. So far, so good. We have to move our own furniture in, but the room was clean and the size was good for us. The staff was nice, and they have good service. They have activities, but very simple ones. They have everything inside. They're pretty new."

"It is a very big community. They have several floors. It is the best one I've visited. It's very clean and very well structured. The staff was very nice and seemed to be concerned about our situation. However, in the end, they couldn't help us because of my brother's criminal record in the past. The dining area was set up like a hotel. The private room was nice and roomy, and it had a bathroom. The residents all seemed happy and engaged in whatever activity they were doing."