Assisted Living Communities in Chester, PA

"Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line is an independent living place that also has assisted living. I liked the layout. They have independent living apartments, which are very nice and right on the periphery, so if you have an animal, you don't have to worry about the noise. It seems to be a very likable place. It has a movie theater and a library. All of the apartments are on the first floor, which is very nice because you can pull your car right up to the door. The dining area is very nice. We had our free lunch in the café, and the food was excellent. It was very home-like. The people who are living there were very friendly and seemed quite happy. The place was beautiful without renovations."

"I chose Forwood Manor mainly because it's close to my daughter and myself. My sister-in-law has Parkinson's and needed a lot of care so I do appreciate all the information that we got from you folks. I think she's settled happily. They seem to be very concerned and the other residents are very pleasant and helpful. I've been there for lunch mainly and the food is very good. "

"The common areas at Sunrise of Newtown Square were welcoming and homey. The person that I talked to has been very, very helpful. I've been communicating with him for the past week, and he has helped with the information. I went to the memory care and they were all very welcoming. They were doing some work, so I'm sure once the work is done, it would improve, but there was some construction going on."

"I was impressed with the people that work at Sunrise Senior Living of Wilmington. They were very friendly and helpful. The place was bright and cheery. The overall experience was a positive one. They had a variety of activities. They had the opportunity to be taken to shopping venues like Delaware Park and different places. They have bingo and some sort of chair-type exercises. What they told me sounded nice, but for our purposes, it wasn't really necessary. The dining area seemed very nice, open, and clean. It looks like it would be a good experience. The tour person was very good. The rooms were very adequate but basic; I think it might have been called a studio. The atmosphere was bright, well kept, clean, and pretty cheerful."

"HarborChase of Wilmington was very nice, very new, and very clean. The person that I interacted with was very knowledgeable and very courteous. The place was very airy. It's relatively new, I think about two or three years old. Everything I saw was very nice and very impressive. I saw nothing derogatory or anything else with HarborChase. The difference with the other place is they don't furnish the rooms. I would have to bring everything in right off the bat, which made it a little difficult."

"Brittany Manor didn't provide respite care services. Going in there, it was more for people who are mentally challenged. Before I went in, there was a resident already asking me for money while I was sitting in my car, and then when I went in, there was another resident who was asking me for money, and food, and whatever I had in my hand. The person who walked me around was a five. My experience trying to confirm that I had a tour was a one or a zero. I called to confirm, and no one seemed to be able to confirm with me that they were aware that I was coming. They said they would get back to me, and no one ever got back to me, so I just wound up showing up, and the person who gave me the tour was very friendly. However, she wasn't necessarily prepared to provide a tour. The place was very disheveled. Whoever owned the place before, that signage was still up there. The facility smelled as soon as I got in the door. The staff pretty much mentioned this is for people who have mental disabilities. The room I saw wasn't dirty. It's just that everything looked old. Everything didn't look like it was maintained properly. That's not a place I would recommend for anybody. It didn't seem like the patients were even well taken care of. The people that I talked to on the phone were not professional in my book, and telling me that you're going to get back to me, and then you still don't get back, that was very concerning."

"Rockland Place is beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. It was the most beautiful one, although the apartments weren't as big. But the whole facility was top-notch. It was aesthetically beautiful. The staff was wonderful. They were very outgoing and friendly. No complaints. It was so beautiful inside, and spacious. The rooms for the public or the general rooms were just beautiful. "

"I recently toured Woodbury with Oliver and Rita we were warmly welcomed and compassionately shown the Memory Care community. My Father had to move in quickly and they accommodated that. The month to month lease is exactly what I was looking for, I wanted to see if my father liked the place before I committed to having him stay long term. He loves Woodbury and we have found a home for him. "

"We only met one person while visiting Merion Gardens Assisted Living and he seemed very nice. He gave us a tour of the facility and he gave us the information we were looking for. I believe they had a couple of different room sizes, but they all looked similar. They had an outdoor courtyard at the center, activity rooms, and a gathering area. The menu seemed adequate too."

"Symphony Square was beautiful, it was a lovely place. The director was very knowledgeable and answered all our questions. She showed us the rooms and the dining area. The dining area was beautiful, they had silverware and glass and not plastics. They take care of the residents and it's actually a more intimate community which is very nice. They were all lovely people. They have karaoke nights, arts and crafts, they paint together, and there were a lot of cognitive therapy that they do that are fun stuff. They also take the residents on outings. We saw them doing karaoke when we showed up, and everyone looked happy participating. It was also a combination of assisted living and memory care, so everyone got to participate in it."

"The apartments are spacious, the food is great, many choices and once a month we do a chefs tasting. Lots of things to do if you want to stay active fitness classes. We have French and Japanese classes, outside trips, onsite doctors. Any level of care if you need it"

"My mom moved into Tylers Mill Senior Living. I like it because it's more of a smaller type of facility with a lot of continued interaction with the other residents. The care and services have been great. The staff members were friendly. They have planned activities to keep them involved and engaged."

"This is a relatively small and well-kept facility where everyone on the extremely caring staff knows every resident. I just took my mom to her eye doctor who said that Lorelton is one of the few residences where he has never been concerned that his patients will receive their eye drops as ordered. I know my mom is comfortable, safe and well cared-for."

"I found the Terraces at Parke Place for my mother. I've been there three times. It was very small and quiet. I believe it only has 70 residents. It looks just like the place where my mom is in North Carolina, so I thought that was nice. Everybody seems very friendly and kind, and has answered all my questions, and has helped me figure out how I'm going to get my mother here from North Carolina, so that's been a big help. There's a salon, there's a dining room, various living rooms where groups can gather for things. It's a fireplace with a big TV above it where they show movies. It just seems like a quiet, homey place. It's close to where we live, and the Jefferson Hospital is right down the road."