The Best Senior Living Communities in Lakewood Ranch, FL

"We moved here 2 ½ years ago and love this place. We have a 3 bedroom unit which is very handy when our grandkids come over. The food is very good and the staff is very friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend this place. It’s very clean and well taken care of and there are lots of activities to do here."

"Inspired Living at Lakewood Ranch is a beautiful place, and I would love to live there, but I cannot afford that rate. I looked at their assisted living, but they have everything. It seems spacious to me, and there's so much to do. They have a beautiful swimming pool, which I would like to use. They have walking paths, and they have bridges that go across their waterways and come back around to the complex. If you want to take a nice stroll, you can go through the woods. It's gorgeous. The people there are fantastic. They're very friendly. The people who are living there now are very friendly, too. I got to talk to a few of them. The staff members were wonderful. The building was excellent. I met one of the maintenance men, who was cleaning while we were there, and he was very thorough. I was impressed with him. The rooms were amazing. I was impressed with them. I looked at a two-bedroom and a one-bedroom. For myself, I would want a one-bedroom. They're spacious and very nice. There's a refrigerator and a little kitchenette in there. The bathroom is very accommodating. It has a nice big walk-in shower."

"The Fountains of Hope Assisted Living and Memory Care was more institutional than the others. There were a lot of people, a lot of rooms, and a lot of hallways. My dad would have been confused and walking all over the place. They're really sweet, though, and all of the staff was great. They were smiling at us. Just as far as the establishment goes and how they run the business, it was more institutional to me. It was just too large so my dad wouldn't have gotten the personal care that he deserves. We toured their memory care and the person who assisted us gave us the information we needed in a concise fashion so we were appropriately pleased during our visit. The rooms were nice too but there's a thing where you had to bring your own furniture. I think that was another big thing for us. It wouldn't have been a big deal because I have plenty of furniture but there are criteria for the furniture you bring in because they don't want the residents falling or tripping on them. They also have a thing where when you first go in there, everything is treated as though it's infected and everything you bring is going to be cleaned."

"My mom has been at Liana for over year. I couldn't be more pleased with the care she receives. The staff are so kind and caring. The personal attn my mom receives has been a blessing. The meals are delicious, and healthy. This is a very clean, safe environment. There are other residents that my mom is able to interact with. This has been the best decision for my mothers care. I would recommend Liana to anyone looking for the best care, and a good environment for they're loved one."

"I toured The Alloro at University Groves, and it was like being in a club. It was awesome. They have a swimming pool. They were very friendly. It's just very nice and very comfortable. The space was small, but adequate and very clean. The staff was very polite and knowledgeable. The food was fantastic."

"Arietta is a very nice place with very nice staff. The apartments are spacious. I understand they built them as a condo and then turned them into senior living so that you get all the space that you would in the condominium. It's a rental. The staff member who took me around and showed me the whole deal was extremely nice. I had a very nice time, but they don't offer assisted living and all that other stuff that you may need. The staff were very nice to talk to, and they were very pleasant and very informal compared to some of the other places where you could feel the hard sell coming at you where they were trying to sell you. They only offer continental breakfast, and I like that because I don't want to go down to the dining rooms, and I'm very careful about my diet. I try to eat the right stuff, so it allows me more control over what I eat. And if you want something, there's a supermarket that you're able to walk to from there. I thought it was a great place. It is just you have no place to go in case you need more care. But for a place to live, it came out very high on my list."

"My husband stayed in Heron House for 5 days for respite. They did a lovely job, they were lovely, lovely people. Uniformly outstanding, caring, proficient, and professional. I was very impressed. Great communication skills. It was just altogether an impressive group. They were very generous in their suggestions. They introduced him to people. They seated him with interesting people at mealtime. And they made every effort to engage him in activities, none of which he was interested in because he's not that kind of a person. But they did a great job at trying. I had lunch there and the food was very good. It's a very nice facility, they do a good job at keeping it up. His room was very pleasant, had a lovely view, and was spacious . He didn't like the chair, but they did provide a nice recliner. I thought it was thoughtful but it wasn't his, so he didn't like it. But at that point in his dementia, he didn't like most things that were familiar."

"We toured Heron East. They had more availability as far as two bedrooms, which is what we needed. We didn't taste the food, but the dining room was very, very nice and very clean. It didn't have any kind of odor. The rooms were spacious with more of a two-bedroom setup. The staff was wonderful and very informative. He gave us a good tour."

"Woodlands Village has independent living and assisted living. I looked at the independent side, but they also showed me where the assisted living side was. I thought the people were nice. The only drawback was that you didn't have your own washer and dryer. It was very clean and very nice. The person who assisted me during the tour was very nice. The apartment was cute. It had a little terrace outside, and it was nicely laid out."

"We liked Brookdale Colonial Park a lot because everything was one on floor and it was a very big facility. When we looked at it from the outside, it didn't look that big, but when we went inside, it was huge and there was a lot to do. The sizes of the rooms were very nice. The staff were also very nice and very helpful. They already had the stuff in the room and I liked the refrigerator. Most of the places that we saw had very, very small refrigerators, but this one was maybe four feet. It was a good size and we were very impressed with that. They provide you with a microwave, too, which is very nice. The woman I met was great. She was very informative. I liked what she said, that if you're looking for champagne and chandeliers, this isn't the place, but if you're looking for a place where you're being taken care of, then this is where you want to be. I like that because we're not there for champagne and chandeliers. We're here to get the best care possible."

"I moved to Brookdale Sarasota Midtown. Everything has been pretty nice here. The staff is good. The food is good. It's a good facility."

"We toured the Grand Villa of Sarasota and were very impressed. We had a wonderful tour. The woman who showed us around was wonderful. It was very nice. We really enjoyed it. Everything looked wonderful and the rooms were nice sized."

"I like the location of Alderman Oaks Retirement Center. It was near the hospital and our physicians, so that was ideally located. You had the stores and other activities of Downtown Sarasota. The staff was very friendly and helpful. They were as good as they could be. They had a gym, a salon, and a courtyard. It's near restaurants. It's near the shopping area of Downtown Sarasota."

"I toured American House Sarasota. The rooms were a good size. The two meals that I had there were good. Everybody that I spoke to liked living there. The staff who toured me around were nice and friendly. They answered questions if I had them. The unit is a two-bedroom with a living room, an eating area, a kitchen, and two baths. It's nice. They have assisted living, so if someone who is independent needs it, they have it there. I don't need assistance yet, but I'm getting close to 90, so I figure that's probably the way I should go. They have exercise classes, art classes, cards, and entertainment. They have a lot of social things going on. I was impressed. The accommodation was great. The people that I spoke to were happy. They had smiles on their faces. I interviewed quite a few people. I liked the layout and it was a very clean place. The staff was friendly."