Avery Place

The tour I had at Avery Place was excellent. The staff was very knowledgeable and very enthusiastic about the facility and their services. She was very reassuring and very thorough. She followed up with me afterwards. In fact, she's the only one that did at this point. The facility is modern, up to date, spotless, and well-run. The location is convenient for the Athens area. The rooms were updated, safe, and spacious.

The apartment I saw at Avery Place assisted living appeared to be fine. It was a 1-room place where you could have maybe a loveseat chair or a couch. It had a bathroom, of course, so it wasn't like an efficiency apartment. There's no refrigerator but I guess you could put a small one in there. There was no kitchen so it is a fairly decent-sized room with some closet and a bathroom. They have both carpeted and linoleum or some sort of wood flooring. I was not impressed with the overall appearance of the facility. The carpet looked like they were older and stained. Of course, I'm sure it's harder to keep facilities like that clean. Their main bathroom that guests go to looked like it needed some repairs. I think the administrators are good at working with people coming in to inquire about the facility but I can't say anything about what I noticed about the care. I didn't see any residents around and about in the facility. They must have all been in their rooms. I just saw a few of them going down to activity. I didn't see any food but I looked at their menu and it seemed good. I just saw the basic facilities, like the dining room and the room and that's pretty much it. I didn't see any activity room or anything, I wasn't shown that. I would say they're all clean. They had a porch and I guess they had areas for patients to walk but I did not see them. It's very hard to say anything about a community unless you've got somebody there and you're going in on a more regular basis so I can't say a lot just from visiting once. That's why a lot of my ratings are going to be 3 because that's pretty much close to neutral.

We will be moving into Avery Place. It felt really homey, and they have caring people. The apartments are clean and well kept. The facility is really nice, I would recommend it to anybody. It wouldn't be a waste of time to go there and have a look, they might be pleased with it as well as I was.

I visited Avery Place a while back and it turned out to be an inappropriate fit for my mother, as she needed a higher level of care. However, I was impressed. The facility is a little older and more rustic, but felt homey and welcoming. They had some small, manageable apartments available & one larger apartment available for someone who maybe is a little more independent or who simply wants extra space. The pricing seemed to be about the same as every other facily in town, so I can't say that it's a great value or a poor one, either. The staff seems very friendly and on the ball. It's too bad my mother couldn't have lived there. I am just a few blocks away and would've liked to be close to her. She has since passed away.

I was in Avery Place for almost a year. The whole facility was a little more rustic. The staff was good and attentive. They served our meals, and they took me to Wal-Mart. They had an exercise room and a library.

Avery Place was fine. The lady that gave us the tour was kind of disinterested. It was a turn off to me. The biggest thing I like was the location. But the place is a little bit smaller and the tour wasn’t really professional in my opinion. I like Avery Place because it is convenient for me, but the lady wasn’t all that helpful. If I’m looking at just the facility and from what I saw, I would give it a 3. In terms of the personnel, I would have to give them a 2.

Avery Place was the only place available. The staff is very good, and we’re very happy with them. They have a very nice common dining area and the food is good. The rooms are more than adequate, but the people cleaning the apartments and taking out the trash don’t do a good job. They have music, bingo, sing-alongs, balloon volleyball, excursions to different areas, and movies showings with popcorn.

I love Avery Place. There were obvious attempts to provide a wonderful setting for people to stay. They had some people staying already, and they were about to open another wing. It's clean, and very nice inside. They had a grand piano; which someone who is living there, a volunteer or a guest could play. I met their activities director; he was delightful, and just seemed truly interested in the guest. He didn't name anybody. He was very conscious of private things. He also told me they found out one man really loved basketball, and he was in a wheelchair. They got a basketball either adjusted or got another one, so he could use it. They had a list of activities. The rooms were beautiful. I deliberately came at mealtime so I could see the food. It looked good, and the people seemed to be enjoying it.