Salterra at St. Petersburg

WBabcock

We visited and toured the memory care for my husband. I like the fact that it's very clean, it seems to be customer-friendly, and it is closer to home for us. All of them were positive points for me. The staff seemed very professional and very accommodating, which I liked. I thought they were fresh-smelling too. Sometimes, when you walk into a place, you smell a bad odor, but there was none of that there.

Sharon

My dad and I toured. They only showed us one apartment. They allowed everything. My dad liked it. He was out of breath by the time he was done because it's a big area. The staff was very helpful and everything. She had another appointment, but they didn't show up. So she went ahead and took us and showed us around. I expected a longer walkthrough, but it came out perfect because we got to be at the other place at 3:00. So it came up great. She told us what came with the apartment was the mini fridge and the microwave. They had a little area set up for you to have a microwave or toaster.

Reviewer#JM030324

My wife and I went and visited. They showed us around and showed us everything. Primarily, the location was best for us because of the closeness. The next thing we liked was how everything was very well laid out. The facility was very clean and easy to navigate. We felt like my friend would be comfortable there. We took him last week to visit, and he felt the same way. He wasn't put off by the size of the room. We were a little concerned because they were fairly small rooms. It was previously a hotel. The actual rooms are either a hotel room or a suite. They replace all the appliances for new patients. They have a refrigerator and a microwave. There was lots of sunshine and big windows.

Elena

I was not happy with my husband's care at the other facility, so when this one had an opening, I transferred him over there and they're doing a very nice job. I like their format of treating the residents. They have one big room that they all stay in all day long. They're not allowed to stay in their rooms, where they can't be with other people. My husband seems to be a lot more alert and they have activities for them, and they have birdcages and things that they can look at and enjoy. The staff seems to be very caring. The facility itself is an old hotel and it is very well done. It has a very warm entryway. People are very pleasant and then you take a private elevator to the second floor where the memory care unit is, and that's where all the activities take place. That's where they have their meals, and then they have their rooms on the third floor and the room is quite large and very nice. We brought our own furniture there, and he's in an area where there are two rooms side by side with a shared bathroom, and he seems to be doing very well there. They did a family Thanksgiving and family Christmas meals, and the meals were very nicely done and very nicely served. The dining room is very pleasant. They have arts and crafts and separate areas where they can watch TV. There's a little fireplace, an artificial one, where they could sit in lounge chairs and take a little nap if they want to. Then they have games that they play. They try to engage everybody to participate and then they have a nice veranda that they can go out and it's all enclosed. That overlooks the swimming pool. Then they have another area that is furnished with benches and artificial plants that overlooks 34th Street. It's an activity that stimulates them to look at moving traffic and whatever. The community is very bright and very cheerful. There were always activities going around and there just seemed to be staff around there all the time. They have juice for them and they have iced tea, and then they serve them snacks in between their meals. They keep an eye on them and that's the main reason, that they're always looking and they know who my husband is. As soon as he moved in, I would visit and they said he's over here by the window or whatever.