Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Greenville, SC

"I think the staff at Clemson Downs is very attentive. The facility is very clean and just very bright. The rooms are nice. They have a lovely porch that overlooks the woods from the back with flowers and bird feeders. The care that my family member is getting has been excellent. Even though it's memory care, they take the residents for activities in different locations within Clemson Downs. So, they're not stuck in their room. They also take them off the facility, like for ice cream or dinner or things like that. You don't get too much activity in other memory care facilities. My family member is high-functioning, so it's good for him. He gets three choices for each of his meals and he gets to choose fruits or juice. The facility looks pretty new. It's expensive, but if you can afford it, this is the place to go. It is the nicest of the memory care facilities by a long shot. It's well worth it. I have no hesitation when I walk away from there feeling that he is cared for, that things are clean, that he's being well-fed, and that the staff is very alert and considerate. They are very professional and it's a beautiful facility."

"I toured Summit Hills. It was an excellent place. It was almost like you'd been to the mountaintop. It was top-rated, as far as I'm concerned. The tour was awesome. The staff was top of her game and very informative. She gave us the paperwork and I came away with literature to read. I toured the grounds, the apartments, and one of the homes that were completed. It was a gated community. They had a security person after hours. They had the homes and the visual layout plans. The place was huge. It's a vast area. We were in a golf cart to go around the gated community area. The independent living apartments had a refrigerator, an oven, and their kitchen was large. The bedroom was large, too. They had an indoor pool."

"We went to Tryon Estates. My mother has been there for ten years, and I visit her a couple of times a week. The staff is outstanding, security is better, and the rooms are like all the others -- clean, homey, but not spacious. The food is good. I think it has been getting worse, not as good as it used to be. They could improve on the food service. They got swimming, exercise rooms, a bus that takes you out to activities, cards, and crafts. "

"I visited the White Oak Estates' assisted living facility twice. I liked the community and the area itself. There were a lot of things that I liked about it. I liked the safety where they had a button at the door that lets the personnel know, morning and evening, that you're up and alive still. I like that they've renovated the inside of each apartment before each new tenant. The floor plan was really good, too. It had a salt pool, which was wonderful, and a fairly large gym area. They had two ways of entering, and the price was really good. When you put down a fee to get on the list, if you change your mind, you get the entire fee back. The staff members were also great. They were professional, knowledgeable, and friendly. There are actually a lot of pluses about the facility."