The Best Independent Living Communities in Gwinnett County, GA

"Ashwood Meadows Gracious Retirement Living is well organized, clean, and neat. It's very warm and inviting when you come in. There is a grand piano in the entrance. There is a beautiful eating area. It opens up to a comfortable lobby-type situation where you can sit and visit with people. I feel comfortable in my apartment. Sometimes, I don't want to leave it. Of course, that's one of the things they don't want you to do here. They want you to mingle if you can, so you have that option. So it's very, very comfortable, quiet, and peaceful. I enjoy the food. I've been here about 30 days, and they have nothing that I did not enjoy. There is a good variety. They give you some options. I'll have to give them a thumbs-up. The staff members are excellent. They respond to everything you ask for. They respond quickly, whether it's an administrative issue or a minor maintenance issue, which is very rare. They're very, very responsive, and they're just wonderful people. Their personalities seem to match the job perfectly. The place is expensive, though."

"I like the entire setup of Village Park Peachtree Corners. It is beautiful and the caregivers are very friendly and attentive. My dad's room has a nice layout and it's wheelchair accessible. They offer entertainment, arts and crafts, and group gatherings. They have a nice dining room and Dad likes the food. There's a good variety. Everything is going well."

"I enjoyed Belmont Village Johns Creek. They were friendly and personable. It was a nice place. The staff during the tour was very knowledgeable and friendly. She knew what she was talking about. I would feel comfortable having my mother-in-law go there. The apartments were unfurnished, but they were nice. They have little balconies and screened-in porches, which were good. They have a little kitchenette. It wasn't like a high rise, and I liked that. It was like a village, so that was good. I looked at the dining area and it looked nice, they had a little cafeteria and cafe. They have a courtyard and a large outdoor area where you can hang out. I like that it's smaller than the other place we visited."

"I looked at the assisted living and memory care at Brookdale South Lee Buford. The community seemed very nice and very homey and the people were quite friendly. I saw that they have activities in the building, people will come in with music and so forth, and they have exercises. They can go out for dinner on evenings with their bus. Overall, I was pleased and I had nothing to ask for. And all my questions were answered. It was a pleasant place and it was pleasant dealing with all the people. The building itself was clean, neat and homey."

"Celebration Village Forsyth comes off as a cleaner, more lively, and more active community than some of the other facilities. It's bright in appearance. It's more cheerful. The rooms are bigger. They're more spacious. They have bigger kitchens. Everybody we ran into was very pleasant and helpful."

"I would give Towne Club Windermere a five all the way around. That was my favorite place, but it is set up more like an apartment building. It's a tower and you had to get on an elevator, and Mom wasn't comfortable with that, but the rooms were fantastic. They were like regular-size apartments. They have a beautiful pool, a garden area, a movie room, a hair salon, and tour buses that would take you to the grocery stores and stuff. Any amenity that you could think of they had there. They did social hour; you come down in the main room and have appetizers and things like that. They go from independent living all the way to memory care. The staff during the tour was very, very attentive. She showed us several different sized rooms and she gave us the pricing. She made sure that we had all the meals. She let us taste the meals, which were very, very good. She took us around. She was very patient with Mom and Dad. We actually sat down around the pool with some of the people there, and we were able to talk to the residents there, ones that were in wheelchair and ones that were a little bit more independent. My concern then at that point in time was finding a place for both my Mom and Pop and Pop to be more active. The staff introduced Pop to some of the guys there that still play golf and things like that, so he really felt comfortable there. It was Mom that was not at the time, that's why we didn't do so. We actually were there three times and we signed a contract with them twice. Mom just didn't think she could do that elevator. She didn't feel comfortable with it."

"I toured Village Park Alpharetta. It was nice. It was just too far away for us to be driving every day to be with my husband, but everything was good there. There are no complaints at all. They have a sensory room. The inside is painted for people with Alzheimer's because certain colors on the wall and stuff like that soothe them and make them feel better. It was a little pricey for us, but other than that, it was beautiful."

"My uncle moved to Sanford Estates. What I like best is the facility as a whole and the actual place. They have nice, open rooms and a lot more amenities than the other places we toured. The staff was helpful and accommodating. The sales manager even offered to pick up my uncle and bring him to the facility to help out. They've been wonderful. The facility is very well kept. There's clean carpet and nice walls, and it has a good smell. They offer a lot, and he's done a couple of arts and crafts so far. The rooms are spacious. It was more than enough space for him, and that was the smallest studio they offered. I can only imagine the bigger rooms and the places that they have."

"I have just moved into Dunwoody Pines. So far, the staff is great, the food is great, and I feel very comfortable and secure here. The meals are included and I've been satisfied with the selections. The food is tasty, and I enjoy my meals. I don't eat three times a day, which is normal for me, but whenever I go down, I'm satisfied. They have chair yoga, chair exercise, and other things like they went on an outing yesterday, and they had lunch. They had bus services to doctor's appointments and shuttle service to the bank. I'm not disappointed in anything."

"Mounia, our chef at Atria North Point, is doing a wonderful job providing the residents a variety of choices for meals. She mixes with the residents at mealtime making sure everyone is satisfied with their meal. She manages with great culinary team and they work very hard to meet each individual needs."

"I toured Cottonwood Estates Gracious Retirement Living. It was extremely clean and well-kept. The staff was very friendly and welcoming. I like their setup for the residents, the cafeteria, and the overall amenities they offer there. They provide three meals a day."

"I toured Sunrise at Huntcliff Summit I. The leasing agent was extremely knowledgeable, and she was able to answer my questions. The facility itself was magnificent. It was wonderful. Gorgeous layout. The apartments were fabulous. I liked it. The common areas were very nice, and there were quite a number of them. They had very good facilities and amenities. I also had lunch there and the food was wonderful. They had all the games. They had a library, a fitness center, and a bus that would the residents around locally to doctor's appointments and things like that. There was a hairdresser at the facility. The dining room was really good. They're gourmet. I met the cook there, and he was very pleasant. I met a lot of people there and they were all very, very nice. I had lunch with two of the residents who'd been there for three years, and they talked about how nice the place was. The leasing agent was wonderful, and the manager was very, very nice, too."

"I will be moving into Brookdale Chambrel Roswell. I was impressed because it was an open area. There are a lot of walking areas around it. I just like the way they set it up. There was a garden that you could walk through. They have a swimming pool. I like the people that I've met there. I had lunch there twice, and I was very impressed. The staff was very helpful. She called me several times in between. I liked her a lot. I met some of the residents there. They all had positive things to say. They were all very nice. They have all kinds of activities. They are busy all the time. You could stay busy 24 hours a day. They have crafts. They have a lot of people who play cards there. The minute I walked in, I felt that it was the place for me. I liked it."

"I toured Regency House by Barclay House. I liked the overall availability of being independent. The staff was very kind and accommodating. They were prepared for us when we got there, and that was very impressive. I saw the restaurant and was shown a menu of what they have, and that was very good. I was very impressed with that as well. The building was very easy to navigate. It was very clean and pleasant."