Independent Living Communities in Berlin, MD

"Lakeside At Mallard Landing was very friendly, active, and inviting. There was a lot of movement around. The rooms seemed to be well kept and were a decent size. The dining facility appeared like everybody was enjoying it. It was a friendly environment, like a restaurant type. The staff who assisted me was very accommodating and helpful. We had a slight miscommunication on the scheduling, but she was able to make as much time as possible. She offered to schedule for me to go back if necessary, but we decided that now is not the time for my mom. I didn't really observe too many activities because I wasn't able to go around the facility due to the conflict in scheduling. I saw the activity schedule. It looked like there was a variety of activities that would keep residents active and social."

"My father is at Peregrine Senior Living at Salisbury. Because of his dementia, he ended up being aggressive at times to a point where they just no longer were able to be able to care for him, but they did everything they could as far as working with my father's meds and other interventions and all that. He just couldn't stay there anymore. They were very good and they were working with me, and they weren't just going to send him away immediately. They were waiting for me to try to find a place. The memory care area is relatively small, especially when I compare it to the other facility I went to. The rooms are very nice, comfortable, and roomy enough. It's not like there's any kind of crowding as far as the rooms go. The staff has always been really good to us. Other than being small, it was a very good facility, in my opinion. I had two meals there and they were well done. Even a couple of times where I didn't have the meals but I had been there shortly before or after, the food seemed very well prepared. There's a good variety and the staff working within the memory care for serving the meals are very helpful to the residents and very polite to them."

"I visited Commonwealth Senior Living at Salisbury, and I liked that place. I would have chosen that if my spouse had been able to go to a more independent type of living situation, but he was combative, so most of the places would not have been able to handle him. He has heart problems, so I think it's just beginning to fail. So, unfortunately, we won't need assisted living now. It was a beautiful facility. It was bright, airy, and cheerful, and it just seemed like a pleasant place. It wasn't like a nursing home. The room they showed me that my husband could have would have been wonderful. It had a window and a closet in the bathroom. They even had a room where they could go in and listen to music and see calming pictures on the screen. I thought that was a very good idea. I just think it was well-run, and I would have felt very good if my husband had been able to go there and live there. The facility is very clean, and that was encouraging to me. They were spotless. The room they showed was private, but he was in the facility, and he wouldn't have been able to get out of it. It was contained, but had the independence where he could walk around, go into the common area, and go into a little cafeteria-type of place."

"What I like the most about The Woodlands of Ocean Pines is that the front desk is very friendly and the activities that they have seem to be great. My relative lives in the assisted living and the residents there have a lot of options for them to do. They have a movie room, a puzzle room, a very pretty dining room, a game room, a card room, and a convenient hair salon. Before COVID, they had trips to the grocery store, but they might be starting that up again. They also do bingo and church services. The only thing is the nursing staff usually responds to me, but not promptly, and if you have somebody who needs help with showering but is resistant, they don't have the staff to deal with that."

"I'm living at The Parke at Ocean Pines and that's for those over age 55. I've been here for 20 years. They're private homes. We have our own clubhouse. It has a gym, a pool room, a community center, and an indoor pool. We have all the amenities of Ocean Pines also. Ocean Pines is an HOA and then The Parke is an HOA within Ocean Pines, so we have two HOA fees, one for Ocean Pines and one for The Parke. They have activities, but it's more like you're on your own. It's independent living. There are no meals or things like that. There are two-bedroom, two-bath and three-bedroom, three-bath. All the snow and maintenance on the roads are handled by the community, so we don't have to shovel. They have five or six people that work in the clubhouse, and we have a monthly newsletter that goes out. The staff is excellent. They're right on the ball with everything. They set up trips that go on. We have a lot of groups and the people that live here run them, so we don't have to pay money for people to run anything, we have volunteers. Value for money is good. It's an excellent facility. That's why I've been here over for 20 years. I was one of the first hundred that moved in. It's convenient for everything, with groceries, doctors, and hospitals. We're within a couple of miles of everything."

We are a faith-based, family-run assisted living facility. At Carols Home of Blessings, we believe that believes our seniors deserve the highest respect and dignity and to enjoy their golden years in a safe, peaceful, and homily environment. We are committed to giving the best care possible, knowing we are held accountable by a higher power.To learn more about this provider’s license and review other available state reports, please visit: Maryland Office of Health Care Quality Licensee Directories