My mother was at Solstice Senior Living at Guilford. She's going back there for a month at least. It's very caring and friendly. They had lovely amenities, and I think the staff was incredibly wonderful. She had a one-bedroom apartment. They had two-bedrooms as well. They had games, a hair salon, a pool table, a beautiful patio, religious services, exercise room, a book club, groups, a lot of games, and happy hour. They go shopping, and they have outings. Another nice thing is you could go to the dining room or you could cook for yourself in your own apartment. They have washers and dryers on every floor, so you can do your own laundry. Her favorite things were the book club, happy hour, and the exercises. She was fully involved. They have different services like medication and some nursing. They also are connected with the VA, so you can have physical therapy and occupational therapy.
The staff was topnotch. They were amazing. They were having food issues; not the quality of the food, but the service of the food. They didn't have enough employees, so it was a long wait. They feed them three meals a day and the food is of good quality, but they lack staff in the food service area. They are struggling there.
They're in the process of doing some upkeep, in the sense that they're putting in new rugs and that's a good thing. It's clean and bright, and they have a nice variety of furniture around, so it's comfy. They have a beautiful fireplace. They have a social director that's amazing. She's very imaginative, and she's just fun. They really do a nice job of keeping activities going. They have a very wide variety. If they're willing to participate, they can find things that they are interested in doing. The actual independent services are very reasonable.
They definitely needed an upkeep. They just put in new doors, which was good. The rugs were old and dirty, but they were in the process of upkeeping them. They did a really good job of keeping the building clean. The handymen were great. They fixed things as things came about. The rugs in the residents' area were old and worn. When you go off the elevator, it's the first thing that you see.
The actual apartments themselves were spacious. My mother had three closets: a bedroom closet, a living room closet, and a linen closet. The room size was decent. You have a separate area for the kitchen, the living room area, and a bathroom (that's a good size). It's a walk-in shower, and then the bedroom is a very good size. They did a really good job of maintaining the care and taking care of the people that had Covid and trying not to give it to anybody else.
Provider Response
Thank you for your review of Solstice at Guilford! We are so glad tht your mother was pleased with her time at our community. Please feel free to reach out with any questions. Have a great day!
