Assisted Living Communities in Cranberry Township, PA

"My husband moved into Harmony at Harts Run. He's in the memory care unit. It's close to me and it's new. The apartments are very nice and very clean. The staff is very nice, except they are short-staffed, and that bothers me sometimes. The ones they have are very good, though. They serve three meals a day. They have a lot of activities going on. Unfortunately, when your husband or spouse is in memory care, you have to take them there. They don't take them to the activities. That's the only part that I wasn't happy with. They do some kind of exercise, which is very good, but I also don't know how often they do that."

"I liked it a lot. It was nice looking, and the town itself was very nice. The staff seemed like very good people. The rooms were fine, and Mom would have had a private room in memory care. "

"I toured The Seasons of Saxonburg for my friend. It seemed to have a hospital type atmosphere, not a homey atmosphere. The place was clean, and the people seemed OK. They were going to put her in with a 100 year old lady that couldn't hear and that didn't sit with me. The rooms were nice. I just saw people in the lobby watching TV."

"My mom is at Elmcroft of Chippewa, and it's been great. I can't go in the rooms because of COVID, so I don't know anything about the inside, but my mother seems to like her room very much. We're not allowed in; we're only able to visit outside to talk to her. From the outside it looks very nice. It's a large room, and it's furnished, but we brought our own bed. She likes the food. The staff has been wonderful and very easy to work with. The nurses on her floor are very kind and responsive, and they communicate well."

"The rooms that they showed us at Graceful Care Living just had a bed in them, and that's it. We knew immediately when we got there that that wasn't what we were looking for. The staff mentioned that they have another section for people who are more independent. However, it was still somewhat the same concept. Instead of being in a room, like a small, single room, there were two beds. There was no television in those independent rooms. You have to go out of the room to watch television. It was that type of atmosphere, and my mother doesn't want that. She wants something that's like a small apartment, where she can live in that small space and be able to care for herself. I liked the atmosphere. I liked the staff. They're very nice and very accommodating as we went through the tour. My mom asked questions, although she didn't ask very many because she knew, and I could tell just from how she was withdrawn that she was like, "No, this is not going to work for me." I said it to the guy. I said, she's a lot more independent. She can get around fairly well, but this is not for her. She still needs to be in her own place where she can take care of herself. The only thing that she needed was somebody to help her, like to come in and help her to make sure that she's taking her meds. I didn't smell anything. It was very clean."

"My mother-in-law moved into Harmony at Diamond Ridge. Nicole, the one who gave us the tour several times, had the biggest impact on my mother. She was very thorough, showing us the entire facility several times, answering all of the questions, providing and explaining the care my mother would be receiving, which met all of the criteria I needed for her. And so far, so good. They're wonderful, very helpful, get her down to her meals, bring her back, take her to activities, introduce her to other residents, and make her feel comfortable and at home. She loves the food. We can also eat with her if we'd like, and we have several times. The food is wonderful. They have a special every day, but there is also a completely different menu, so if it's something she doesn't like, she can order it from there. It's the cleanest facility I have been in. They have a ton of activities. They have art class, cards, and bingo. They have a coffee chat every morning, where residents can get together. They go down to the bistro and have coffee, get to know the other residents, have a snack or something, and talk, which she did, and she likes that really well. They have a lot of different activities. You get a schedule, and it's the whole day. If you want to be doing something every minute of the day, you can be. They go on outings and take them to restaurants and stores. I chose this facility because it seemed the best fit for her. The size of the facility, the staff, the director, and everyone that we have met. It just seemed like a perfect fit for her. All the facilities that I took her to, her exact words were that they felt like home to her."

"My mom is now in the memory care unit. They are very attentive and very caring. She is in lock down because she was wandering. However, they do bring her downstairs and let her participate in the assisted living activities like bowling, bingo, and cards. Honestly, we are very happy with it. We have seen her meals, and they also get to eat what the assisted living patients are eating. For the first week she was there, I had probably called 4 or 5 times a day just to check on her, and the staff was very accommodating and very nice. I also had the executive director call me for the first week just to let me know how she was doing. They are absolutely wonderful. She has like a small apartment, but there is enough room for a bed, a night stand, a dresser, a comfortable chair, a TV stand, and a table. She also has a little kitchenette with a refrigerator and a microwave, and her own bathroom. "

"My mother is in Allegheny Place. It's nice because it's all on one floor. There's a lot of space where they can walk around. The middle of the place is like an outdoor garden and the building goes around. They can walk around the inside of the building. They have bingo and card games. They feed them breakfast, lunch, and dinner on a regular basis, and the food is really good. Her health has improved since she has been there. They take very good care of her, and they give them things to do. Every time I call they're very responsive. They let me talk to her and answer my questions. Everybody is friendly. Her room has its own bathroom, but she has provided her own television. It's warm, abd the window that she has looks out on the garden, so it's kind of scenic, and it's a nice size. It has a sink, a refrigerator, and a microwave. It's comfortable. They have a community room that has couches, chairs, and a television set, and that's where they do a lot of their activities. They're never bored."

"Brookdale Mt. Lebanon was a lovely place, but they only serve two meals a day and clean every other week. "

"My mom is at Juniper Village. The place is very nice. It is very clean. They do have a lot of variety of activities. She just moved in a week ago. Their rooms/apartments are very nice. My mother is in a grand suite. It is very nice. It is spacious. She has a lot of windows. It is very bright and cheery. The food is all made in-house. It is not brought in. It is very good. You can have a variety of things. They do have a main course everyday, but you can order a sandwich or something like that everyday. Regarding security and safety, they do lock the doors every night at 8:00, and there is somebody at the reception desk. They're pretty good about getting people to sign in and out. Someone was asking about a resident, and they wouldn't give them any information. They do adhere to privacy and things like that. "

"It is just a great place. It's small, but very clean. The people are very caring, loving, and compassionate; couldn't be nicer. Her room has a bed and a chair. They have two activity coordinators. They showed movies to the residents, and they have arts and crafts. Sunday was my mother's 101st birthday, and we had a party for her. I'm very lucky I found them, and they take excellent care of her. It's better for her there than here at home."

"My husband is here. I was scrambling to find a new place and Whitetail Springs has only been around for about a year. It's a new facility, so they were able to take him. The hospital was kind of like, 'we can't keep him, you gotta get him out of here,' so I was really put on the spot. It's a beautiful facility and has caring staff. They are also very kind, helpful, and particularly accommodating. With the pandemic, I really can't see him, and it's just been incredibly difficult. One of the things that concerns me is the distance from home; I am 45 minutes away from him. I've had some housekeeping issues with him, too. I was able to see him for one hour last week and I wasn't pleased with how clean his room was and some other issues. It is extremely pricey, but I believe he is being well cared for. "

"Been taking care of dad for a long long time. Very good! "

"The woman who runs Oakleaf is wonderful. She actually wrote an article and gives it to anybody who even looks to give you things to look for when you are looking for place. The one thing I didn’t like was that the rooms were not big. It was a very nice place with really nice people working there. This was one place that, even with a private room, had shared bathrooms, which I wasn’t really happy about. As far as the whole thing, I thought it was very nice and affordable, and the staff and the woman who runs it were excellent. She couldn’t have taken more time with us in explaining things and said, “OK, we know you’re going to look for other places and you need to ask about extra charges,” and things we needed to ask any place else and ratio of staff to people there; she was great. One thing I really liked was she told me that if my mom does have dementia and it were to get bad, they had that level of care and even if the money runs out, they work things and will make it work for her to be able to stay, which I thought was very nice. "