The Best Independent Living Communities in Dorchester County, MD

"We visited this facility before my mom passed, to send her here. We were above satisfied with this facility. The owner was very accommodating and willing to work with is with any of the needs that my mom needed. I would highly highly recommend this intimate space for anyone looking to send there love ones to this home away from home! They also have individual rooms or rooms with one roommate, both were spacious rooms! Very homey. "

"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."

"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 have often said to my fiance, "When the time comes, I want to live in a place like this." Everyone is friendly in this community. There is an elevator that greatly helps the elderly and disabled. There is a Great Hall, a computer/media room. There are laundry facilities. Each unit is spacious, has a bathroom, large closet, bedroom, kitchen, and living room. All of the units have balconies. There are vending machines located throughout the premises. I have noticed that all of the residents greet each other, and often visit. Every holiday and season the main hallway is decorated accordingly. There are mailboxes located in the front hall. The staff is polite and responds quickly to any inquiries. All in all, I really like this community. "

"We had a good lunch at Londonderry On The Tred Avon and looked at the apartments and houses, which were all very nice. We talked to people, and everything was excellent. Some residents let us in to look at their apartments. The staff was very good and cooperative. It’s a nice facility for retired people that want to still live independently. The services and amenities were fine. "

"I like Asbury Solomons. It was too expensive, but the place was beautiful. My mother was there until Medicare said you could no longer stay. They can keep you for a short period of time, but not long-term care unless you're a resident there. My mom was there for rehab. The room was nice. The food was good. They even had a beautiful old-fashioned piano that they would play for the seniors. That place was wonderful. They had a place where you can get your hair done. It's nice. However, it's very expensive for an average person like me. You need to be a senator or a judge or something or get some extra money. "