The Best Assisted Living Communities in Sumter County, FL

"I was most impressed with HarborChase of Villages Crossing. It was the nicest of the three we visited. The lady who showed us around was wonderful. She spent a lot of time with us answering our questions. They have things like a salon where they can do hair and nails. It was beautiful. It was also landscaped beautifully outside. The rooms were really nice. They had a little bistro-type of thing, which had excellent coffee and scones. They even gave us scones to bring home. It was just very nice. They had a separate dining area for the memory care people, which was really nice. They could snack at any time, which is good for my mother because she likes to snack at odd hours."

"I visited Highpoint at Stonecrest. They have a swimming pool, and it's beautiful and new. I liked everything that I saw. The whole facility is a five plus. The staff was wonderful, very friendly, and very informative. Everything about it was professional. I did see the dining room. It's like a restaurant. The cleanliness was superior. We went in the lobby, which was very well organized, clean, and well maintained. There's plenty of seating. They had a snack bar in there. It's like a hotel lobby. To me it was superior. The only drawback I saw was that the cost to stay there was too expensive from what I can afford."

"I visited the Village Veranda at Lady Lake's assisted living, and it was very nice. The building is fairly new, and the whole area is beautiful. The person who gave the tour was very nice and gracious. She explained everything nicely. There's nothing I can complain about the place. It looked very nice. I looked at the one-bedroom unit, which is what I was interested in, and it's very nice. A little bit smaller than what I've seen in one or two other people's bedrooms who are in assisted living, but there's nothing wrong with the room."

"I will move into Lake Port Square. I like that all the units have a little patio that's glassed in and are like separate rooms. This unit is gorgeous. It has a quartz countertop, lots of cabinet space, and a lot of storage space in all its units. I ate lunch there, and the food was very good. I like Cindy, the salesperson. She's a very nice person and accommodating, and the fact that they send a person out here with the floor plan of your unit to decide what to take will help tremendously in the move. You can bring two pets under 20 pounds. The full-time nurse is there Monday through Friday from eight to four. I met some of the staff, and everybody seemed friendly. The rooms are very large, and that is what I like most about them."

We are a six-bed home-like facility. Located in the lush serene community of Silver Springs Shores, Our goal is to ensure the well-being and comfort of our residents by offering personalized care, a warm environment, and round-the-clock services. Our services include respite care, personal care assistance, medication management, meal preparation, medical appointment scheduling, and engaging recreational activities for our residents. With a 3:1 resident-to-caregiver ratio, we guarantee individualized attention and support for each resident. Our team is committed to upholding the legacy of Tina (the owner's mother) by delivering heartfelt care and creating a homely atmosphere for all those we serve. To learn more about this provider’s license and review other available state reports, please visit: Florida Agency of Health Care Administration

"We liked Brookdale Lake Tavares very much. The apartments had a bedroom, a big walk-in closet, a living room, a dining area, and a little kitchenette. They were nice. You didn't feel like you were just stuck in a room. It's had a nice balcony too. They have entertainment, music, church on Sunday, bible study, bingo, and cards. The dining area was beautiful and we met the chef. The food was very good. They've got a lovely library and they have an outdoor patio that looks out on the lake. You can walk near the lake and sit on the benches down there. It's just beautiful. They have a community room and a computer room. The staff was wonderful. It's beautiful on the outside and very nice on the inside."

"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."

"Ocala Senior Living is the one I was impressed by in Ocala. What I like the least is that it is too far from my home in Summerfield and much farther than Bellevue. That was the most negative thing that I could say about that place. It is very nice, though. It was furnished beautifully. It had beautiful artwork. The staff seemed very nice. It is a larger place than the one in Bellevue, but they had an administrator who was one of the most knowledgeable people that I've spoken with regarding my husband's disease. He was wonderful. He was an excellent representative of Ocala Senior Living."

"Brookdale Chambrel Pinecastle's independent living is outstanding. It's the one that both my niece and I like. It's just a warm and friendly place. Everything was great, and the size of the room and the layout were perfect. It was just the best place we looked at. We looked at the 1-bedroom apartment. The best part about it was the kitchen. At another place we saw, there wasn't much of a kitchen, and I like to bake, so that'll be a problem. This one even had a dishwasher. I grew up washing dishes, so that would not even be a big deal, but they have it. It was also just laid out nicely, with lots of closet space, and it just looked like the perfect place. We were there for almost 2 hours, and the people we met and the places we saw were great. The person who gave the tour showed us everywhere and everything. She also said they have a few bakers there, so once in a while she'll find a treat inside her office door. She turned us around everywhere and talked about lots of group things. There are some groups with different activities. There's one little group that goes out to eat once in a while, and they pick different restaurants. There's another group that will go to a theater, or they'll go shopping and stuff like that. It's an active place. They even have a swimming pool there. We met a couple of the residents, and they were all very friendly. They said they hoped I would come and live there, and they don't even know who I am, so it was just really nice. Everybody was nice, warm, and friendly when we walked in the door. They welcomed us when we came in. The person who gave the tour flew down the hall, and then we went by the room where the nurses are, and we saw the beauty shop and barber shop. We saw all the activities for physical therapy, or if there is some special exercise that you want to do. They also have yoga classes. She showed me the calendar for the month, and it was just huge, so they do keep you busy. The place was clean, neat, and orderly, and there was plenty of parking. There's one gentleman there who has some type of a little wheelie thing that he gets around with, so they made sure that he got an apartment at the end of the hall. There's a stairwell there where he could park instead of inside his apartment, so they're very accommodating. It's just a place that you feel comfortable in, and a place to go home to."

"Brookdale Tavares was very nice. The people were very accommodating. They answered questions thoroughly. It was a very nice visit. The common spaces were very nice. The bedrooms were decorated very quaintly. It's in a nice location."

"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."

"We visited Brookdale Paddock Hills and it was very nice. The facility was very comfortable, spacious, and clean and that's one thing we are looking for. The cost was a little higher. The staff was very good, clean, and polite. They were good people. The meal was excellent."

"I went to look at Highland Place. The people are friendly. Even the people that live there now are very friendly. It's a convenient place for my mother and her friends if they want to visit. It's close to her house. If a family wants, they can stay in her house and visit her. She loved the food. She's been there for lunch a couple of times, and the food has been fabulous. The cleanliness is fabulous. Every room I saw this nice and spotless. They have a TV and movies."

"My husband moved into The Windsor of Ocala. They've got so much going on every day. Different things, like they were playing upbeat music. And then they move their hands and their feet keeping time with the music, and they have different memory games. Like, they'll go through the alphabet with A and everybody thinks of every word they can think of that starts with the letter A, just different memory games. Also, ball games involving the muscles. The facility is very clean and they keep things up. You don't have to wait for things to be fixed or anything if something happens. They come in and clean all the rooms and everything in the common room every day. The food is very good and very nourishing. They get their range of vegetables, fruit, and everything. They get to snack in between breakfast and lunch. They have what's called snack and hydration. So they also give them a drink, a glass of water, a snack, and then again in the afternoon. In memory care, a lot of those people don't think to say, I need something to drink or water."