The Best Assisted Living Communities in Smith County, TX

"We toured Country Place Senior Living of Jacksonville. It was small and there weren't that many residents there. It's probably a little more personal. There were some ladies at the table doing crafts or something. They showed me the studios. There are not that many but they were nice. The dining area was adequate for the size. It wasn't big, but they don't need it big. They only have 20-some residents there. I saw an activity room and they have a place out back. The staff were very friendly. They personalize the menu to some degree. However, they didn't have a van for the place to take them shopping or anything."

"I'm at Angelina House. I like all of it, the way it's organized and the way it functions in an organized manner. It provides activities for all levels. They accommodate each and every need that they may have. The staff is excellent. There are some better and there are some not as good. The food is wonderful. It's a well-balanced diet. It is planned by experts in nutrition and it is excellent. I have not found anything that was not palatable. It's clean. Somebody's cleaning the floors and cleaning the rooms. There's constant cleaning going on. We have devotion, dominoes, bingo, and any other kind of games that anybody chooses. We have different games in the activity room that people can choose and go to a table and have their own Bridge or whatever they want to play. They keep us so busy. We have exercise every morning. We have daily devotions, and we have Christian singing. We have hymn singing. You can go any time you want to go outside for a walk. You just have to tell someone what you're doing and you're on a level where you can take care of yourself. There's a swing out there. You can sit and enjoy the outside. There are sidewalks all around. You can walk safely. We have preaching twice a week. We have a preacher come with a pianist, and they play and sing those old hymns. We don't have to go out to attend church. The preacher has a church right here in Jacksonville and knows most of the people here. We have other entertainment that comes in. They play the banjo. One lady came in with her recordings of singing the old hymns. We have volunteers coming in from the area to sing to us and to have activities with us. We're busy. I was paying much more where I came from and I was not getting near what they offer here."

"They take great care of our Mom. She has dementia and she cannot do anything independently. They are so patient and attentive. They also took care of Dad before he passed and he loved them!! I feel secure knowing Mom is in a safe place being treated with dignity."

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"I toured Arabella of Kilgore and I thought the director was very sweet and the residents looked pretty happy. That was my top choice. I toured the regular part of it, but also I went and checked out where they have memory care because my grandma has memory issues. I got to see what that would look like, too. I didn't have much to complain about it. All the staff were really professional and very friendly. They had a small garden area, and that was cool, but the thing that I like the most about it is they had a really good activity director and they did outings and things like that. They have bingo. They had a more active list. I was greeted with a welcome package, freshly made cookies, and a notebook that I've been keeping my notes for my grandma on, so it was a really good experience."

"Reunion Inn (not to be confused with Reunion Plaza nursing home) is a rather small assisted living facility in Tyler, Texas. I have visited this assisted living approximately 75-100 times over the past three years. A close friend lived at this assisted living for about a month before needing to go to a nursing home. Reunion Inn has a warm and quiet atmosphere. The food and food service is very average compared to other assisted living. Reunion Inn is a good option if your loved one is unable to live independantly and has low-level health problems. There is not a nurse on staff; therefore, if your loved one requires a nurse on hand it is not a good option. I think one of the great things about this assisted living is that it costs much less than some of the other assisted living options in Tyler. While it is less expensive, residents still receive transportation, housekeeping services, and the other basic assisted living benefits. I was pleased with Reunion Inn while my loved one lived here. "

"I toured Garden Estates of Tyler. The lady who showed me around was very nice, friendly, warm, inviting, and very knowledgeable. The rooms were nice, updated, warm, and cozy. I didn't try the food, but the dining area was nice."

"My aunt chose to go to MSHC The Waterton Inn. It was a smaller-sized care facility, and it had an extremely lovely interior. The units just had everything that we were looking for, like a living room and a separate bedroom. It was very nice, and the people were nice. We ate lunch there, and it was excellent, very tasty, flavorful, and not bland. We were very pleased. The main lady was as nice as she could be. I really enjoyed meeting her. "

"Prestige Estates was better than what I found anywhere else. I liked that it was privately owned and the owners were hands-on all the time. They were very accommodating. The rooms were spacious, and the food was excellent. There were a lot of activities like bingo, bridge, wellness exercises every day, parties a couple of times a year, and they also decorated the place on holidays. A bus took the residents to the doctors and places to eat. I would definitely recommend this to others. "

"I will be moving into The Blake at Tyler. It just seemed to have a little bit more of everything. What I like most is the cleanliness. The staff was very congenial and very professional. I thought they were excellent. It's like being in a five-star hotel. The food was excellent. They have a varied menu. You can have anything you want, anytime you want."

"Primrose Retirement Community-Tyler was relatively new. They had a separate clubhouse just for the villas where they frequently got together, had meals, activities, and entertainment. The food, the facility, the staff, and everything about that place was good, except for the price. The lady that gave the tour was very good with her information. She was not pushy and she understood that we couldn't come there because of the cost."

"Wesley House Assisted Living was a very nice and family-owned place. The people were very kind. Some of the guests were older, but they had been there a long time, and they knew each person. They had activities. What I liked is they had rooms that had screened-in porches, so that people could sit in their own little porch area and look at birds, plant plants, or do anything they wanted to do if they had those kinds of interests. It was a little more out of town, so that was nice, too. They had studios and one-bedrooms. They were very basic but very sufficient. One really good thing about them was that they gave their guests a buzzer that if they needed help with anything, they encouraged them to call for help, so the people, as they advanced in memory loss, would already have a habit of how to get help when they needed it. If the people who are there have dementia but have established patterns and know their routines, then they can stay there as long as they want. It's not all locked doors and everything, but they can stay there unless they start to wander off the property and in danger themselves. They have a theater, a library, a courtyard, activities, rides to town, and rides to doctor's appointments."

"Throughout my years of highschool, We had a tradition at our school. Every Christmas, Thanksgiving and Halloween, we would visit this Nursing home and send out our blessings. When Christmas came around we would sing Christmas carols to all the young and sweet souls in the nursing home. When Halloween would come around we would dress up with the members of the nursing home and hand out candy, not just any candy. Diabetic candy to those who had certain needs. I enjoyed the company of each and every one of these seniors. I wouldn't have done anything different and if i still lived in Hawkins I would definately still be visiting today. I hope that someone reads this and is greatly impacted by my experience. It was a great way to spend time. To this day I still remember every second of seeing the many smiles on each unique individual. I sent my blessings and prayers out to each and every one of them. I hope that if any one gets the oppertunity to do this, they take it! It was an experience of a lifetime. "

"I recently visited my cousin there one weekend. I was very impressed with the staff. My cousin had a call button that she wore and the staff came to answer it as soon as she pushed it. The building felt very home like quite not a lot of noise. The staff offered me a glass of tea and a slice of cake while i was in the lobby waiting to rejoin my cousin in her room. All in all i was very impressed. "