Independent Living Communities in Gainesville, GA

"I love Celebration Village Forsyth. We have eaten there twice and the food is stunning. Their service and employees are stunning. It is mostly young people. Our visit was good. We like the size of their apartment. The amenities and the meals are the biggest things to us. Right now, we couldn't afford to move into the independent, but I loved them when we walked in the door. We just felt at home. They have the chef cook our meals."

"I am a resident of Linwood Estates. I like the staff, activities, and the people. It's a wonderful place. They feed you meals, so you don't need a full kitchen, but you have a full refrigerator and sink. They serve three meals a day. They have exercise programs every morning, and they have activities all day. They have crafts. They have volleyball. They have different things that they do. We have a chorus, Bible study, and we're doing a study on the brain, and there's a philosophy course, just everything you can think of. I chose this place because once I came to see it, it was the place to be. Even walking in the door, I knew it was the right place."

"They have a chef and residents can order off a menu. The day I visited, I ordered salmon and a baked potato with everything, and it was perfectly wonderful. One meal a day comes with the cost of the room, and they charge a couple hundred dollars more if you want three meals. They have several different styles of room, like one big room with a bath and a little kitchenette that they call a studio. They have an Alzheimer’s wing, too. They have everything for activities. It is almost unbelievable. They have a laundry room on each wing. They have a great room with conversation nook and stone fireplace. They have a library with videos and books, audio tapes, and a computer. This is where I’m going if I ever can’t drive. I would recommend it highly for anybody that’s looking for a place for a parent. "

"My brother is at Ashwood Meadows Gracious Retirement Living. It's a wonderful place. The staff is very gracious, and the community area is amazing. I love their dining room and I love that they have activities. I love that they have an area there that families can come in and prepare meals and if somebody wanted to come in and have a Sunday meal, they certainly could. There's an area that can be rented out for that. They also have guest quarters, so, a family that's coming and caregivers that's coming in from out of town can rent a room there and stay on-site with their family members. He's been there about four or five years now. It's a retirement community, but they have sister agencies that can continue the care. You can go from retirement community living to assisted living and then onto memory care and then to palliative care. The staff is wonderful. They're compassionate, they check on the residents, and they make themselves available at all times. They do weekly trips; they have a bus, and they go on different outings. He's able to go to church. He's also able to go out and do shopping and outings, and then they'll usually stop and get something to eat. There's a little small in-house theater in there, too, with a lot of seating and they play older movies that are geared towards the older community. The place is fantastic."

"The rooms at Parc at Duluth were very nice, and Katelyn, the young lady that helped us was extremely knowledgeable, courteous, and concerned about my problem. The dining area was also very nice, clean, and the food was really good. It's a really nice community; I'd like to go there."

"Village Park Alpharetta would have been my second choice. However, my kids would be unhappy because it was a little far from them. They were super nice, though. It had everything. It had a pool. It was super awesome. The people were really friendly. It was just really amazing. It was beautiful. They were adding on, and they had such a big crowd of people. Everybody was really nice and kind. It was great. I would have gone there very easily, but my son was like, "It was too far, Mom!" I guess he's right. The staff was wonderful. We had a luncheon there, and it was amazing. It was great. They gave us a menu and said, "Pick anything you want," and I was looking at it, and it was 'Wow!' I had a hamburger, and it was great. The place was spotless. It was beautiful. Because they had filled up the other area, we were going to be in a brand new area, and it was really pretty. Our unit would have looked out over a garden kind of thing."

"Beautiful facility. Very clean. "

"We have chosen Legacy at Walton Summit for my mother-in-law because they were very friendly. The place was very clean, and the most important thing is that it's senior living (not really assisted living). To me, it was different than a lot of the senior living places that I have gone to because they had such a closeness between the residents. The amount of activities that they do with each other would have made it perfect for my mother-in-law; she may be 80 years old, but she really is still very sharp. They even had a quilting group, and she does quilt. They have everything that she would need in a place; it does not feel like she had just been stuck somewhere alone in an apartment. They were very clean, very friendly, and attentive. It was a very good experience. There was a guy at the front desk that welcomes you as you come in, and he was wonderful. He and the actual director of the place gave us the tour. The director knew everybody by name. She knew everybody's stories, and they knew who she was. She called people by name, and she was called by name (and she's the director of the place). It was very personable. She truly cares about them. They do not have meals. All the units have a full kitchen, so they do not offer any food. They do not have a cafeteria, which was OK because my mother-in-law cooks herself. As far as the food, that was not an issue and that didn't make or break the deal for me at all. The facility was so clean and so nice. It's very light and airy. They got different rooms set up. There's a place where they can play cards; a place where they can eat ice cream, and a place with table and chairs. The staff said a lot of people that live there still drive. They can go get food or call food in and bring it; they eat together. Otherise, they all prepare their meals and eat together in one room. It's very clean and very well decorated."

"we have been residents for over 4 years. The staff is helpful and always friendly. The other residents are friendly, caring and welcoming. The buildings are well maintained with a range of houses and apartments to choose from. And of course they have nursing home, assisted living and memory care units. There is a nurse practitioner and a rehabilitation medical department on campus. There are numerous activities and outings sponsored by staff as well as residents. We are so glad we found Lanier Village Estates"

"We have my mother at Manor Lake Dawsonville. After coming to a mutual agreement about her care, she's doing wonderfully. And it's a beautiful place. I would recommend them, and it's brand-new. We toured it at length before we placed her there and she's been there for a year and a half now. The food is wonderful, she hasn't complained about it and every time I've gone, it looked really good. The help is wonderful and the cleanliness is beautiful. We visit her every day. The staff is wonderful. When we go there, she's making flowers and doing other activities. She had fallen so many times, and the more research we did for other places, there isn't any higher level of care. So we came to an arrangement where they would check on her more often, and they're giving us daily reports, and we see her every day. So I'm sure they're staying true to form."

"Villas at Canterfield was fabulous. The reason I didn't pick them was they didn't lock their doors, and if you have somebody that's not quite memory care, but who might wanna walk out, they wouldn't stop them, and I didn't like that. I don't remember the rooms, because they're just empty rooms. The staff was very nice, eager to please for us to pick them, and they're so good. The dining area looked very nice and very, very big, and it looked like just a large restaurant dining room, but it was all over open, and for people who use walkers, there was nothing to trip them up."

"Anita and Edna were such a blessing to my Dad and to my family! They showed such love and compassion as my Dad neared his last days on earth. I am so grateful for this beautiful facility but especially for my Dad’s nurses that cared for him as if they were his family! I cannot thank them enough. I highly recommend this beautiful clean home for your loved one!"

"When I visited there about 3 years ago, I was impressed with the cleanliness, the variety of earth tone colors of the interior walls which made it feel like a true home and the manager who I believe was Mrs. Brooks was not only very nice and welcoming but also extremely easy to talk to, like a family member. We didn't place my mother there only because she moved in with us. She wanted to be really close to family. "

"My mother is currently at Brookside Commerce. They are very attentive to her, very patient, and understanding. They communicate well. They provide a lot to keep them occupied. They are inviting and clean, which is very important. They do a good job of doing the laundry, which I appreciate very much. They make her bed every day for her. When she needs assistance, they assist her. They are very quick to respond if she has to push her button. They communicate well with me. They keep me posted on everything that transpires with her. She gets her medication like she's supposed to get. They keep good records. If she gets in one of her moods and decides not to take her medication, they communicate that to me as well. They are very kind. They do a good job with their menu. It has variety. They offer some options if you don't like what's available. You can get a salad. They post it for the week, and they post it for the day on the table. There is plenty of communication about what the meals are. Every time I saw the food and been there when she was eating, it looked appetizing. They did win Best Jackson Senior living for two years in a row from the Jackson Herald, so I think that's pretty good."