Assisted Living Communities in Summerfield, FL

"My mother in law was living at another community and it did not go well. She moved into village veranda recently and couldn’t be happier. they are attentive to our families calls and her needs. The staff is genuine and treats her like family. We love that she doesn’t call us with complaints anymore!! Glad we made the move! "

"I looked at Sumter Senior Living. I was extremely impressed with it. A lot of the people were on walkers and in wheelchairs which turned me off a little bit, but I didn't see any stress among the people or anything. Carol was awesome. She was the one that took me on the tour and she's the one I was working with. She is beyond fabulous. I saw the dining area, and I was very impressed with it. If something should happen down the line and I'm not doing well and I do need to go into independent or assisted living, I would probably have it in writing that I may like to be transferred there. I would have to go visit it again to try the food and everything, but I can't say enough about Carol. The room that she went to show me was gorgeous. I looked at a studio and I looked at a one-bedroom. Very impressive. They had their own little kitchenette and they had the bathroom. What I saw was very clean. The salon wasn't open, but she did show me where the salon was. I liked the fact that it was close enough to The Villages."

"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."

"I liked that everything at Brookdale Chambrel Pinecastle is included. We enjoyed it very much. Athena took us in and she was excellent. There was a lot to see, a lot to cover, and they're helpful. My aunt is going to be in a studio. They're a little on the small side, but I think that's ideal for her. The dining area was very nice. It was very open and she could have an option. They have a pool so she could do swimming exercises in there. They also have seating areas outside and a big pond area. So, my aunt will have a lot of ground to cover. She would have a lot of things to work with there."

"We visited Brookdale Paddock Hills and we were very impressed. That was the second one that we were gonna choose. Brookdale was very nice, but it was more expensive for my mother's price, and we just liked the other place 'cause it was a little bit smaller to get her used to it. It's just more like a bigger facility, but I would say it was not the price range for us/for her, and the rooms were smaller. The staff member, she was wonderful. They said they had activities, but we didn't see any going on at that time. They just showed us the cafeteria where they eat, but it was raining that day, so most of the clients were in their rooms. There was a courtyard in there with a fenced-in area."

"We toured Hampton Manor at Deerwood. I saw a lot of residents and the staff attending to them. It just seems like a very nice place. I looked at a studio, and it was lovely. It looks like a hotel room. The layout would just be a matter of getting used to for anybody. It was clean though. The staff were very nice, very friendly, and professional. There were lots of activities going on. There were games, and we walked by an area where the activities director had people playing games on a video monitor. The residents were smiling. Everybody was happy. I just wish my mother could afford it."

"We already stopped looking for a facility for now, but I was able to visit. It’s a very nice place. It's clean and has a nice kitchen and hot menu. The people there involved were very nice. We had lunch there and the food was very good. You can pick from a menu and they have many different choices. Most of the residents I saw were sitting around in wheelchairs or walking around with walkers. "

"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."

"This is a beautiful place with a warm and inviting staff. The food in the cafe as well as the dining room was superb. I was impressed with the activities that took place during my visit. I look forward to visiting Brentwood of Fore Ranch again. "

"Brookdale Canopy Oaks is excellent. My mother's room is good sized. We've got a bed in there, two chairs, a dresser, a recliner, two end tables, a nightstand, and a refrigerator. I saw all of the rooms, and they were all good. They had a library, a game room and a pool table in the assisted living part. My mother is in the memory care, so there wasn't really any activity in that area. When I went there, it felt right. Everything fell into place. If you had any problems, the director will address it immediately."

"I toured. It was very nice. The apartment was very well-kept, very clean, and spacious. They were having a Super Bowl party. They have different kinds of dining, a beauty parlor, exercise, and a lot of different activities for the residents."

"I liked Canterfield of Ocala. It was cleaner and brighter. It was very, very open and very spacious. The lighting was very good. They had different floor plans. They do laundry services."

"I toured Regency Park Assisted Living & Memory Care, and I thought it was very good. It was light and bright. The patients, a lot of them were up in the community room. They were having karaoke, playing music, and participating. There were other residents that were in various places around. The rooms were nice. They're I guess adequate, they're not really large. You think of a hotel room, and that's about the size that they are, not a suite but a single hotel room. They also have double occupancy or single rooms, which are priced differently. I have a cat, so they do not take pets. They might make an exception if I took a single room and paid an extra $50 a month for the pet. It gets kind of pricey once you get a single room, and on top of that, you have your pet fee. The woman who gave me the tour was very friendly and outgoing, and I was just very impressed by her. The rooms are small, and if there are two people in the room, it's gonna be a little cramped. It wasn't a very nice place to walk around the facility. It's an undeveloped area and there are no houses around but there are offices, doctor's offices, business offices, and Massey, lawn care. Right now, I'm used to walking. I like to get outside. I like to walk or work outside and there's nothing like that. The facility is nice but the amenities like the outside were not that good. I think it's a converted hotel or motel. They don't have any screened-in porches or patios or anything like that. The rooms have been well taken care of and they're fixing and painting some additional rooms."

"We’ve placed my grandmother in Eustis Senior Care. It’s small, which was good for us. The staff was very caring. It was much more personable than the bigger facilities. It’s run by a couple of nurses, and they’re pretty much self-sufficient as opposed to some of the places we’ve seen that want you to do a lot of the work every time there’s a doctor’s appointment. They agreed to care for her the way we were caring for her, and she had unique activities compared to some of the other residents. That worked out very well, and it was just a good fit for us. Everything is customized depending on what they need because it’s small with only 30 residents. My grandma likes to walk, so they take her on walks around the neighborhood. She enjoys the food, and so far, it’s been very good and affordable, so you get good care at an affordable price, which is really hard to find. "