Shangrila Senior Living Ellicott City, MD

I was impressed with Shangrila Senior Living. It looked pretty clean and it looked like it had adequate staff to support the residents. I did not have too much interaction with the staff. I just had an interaction with the guy that showed me around. I just did a tour. I did not have the opportunity to sample the food. The one-bedroom apartment was spacious, very clean, and nicely appointed. I saw an outdoor kind of garden area and that was nice. It's well maintained overall. They had a bus for the residents.

Shangrila Senior Living was nice, but very dated. They're trying to re-staff. This is another place that didn't have an activities person, so they're hiring an activities person. It is a little farther from us. The menu looked good. It is definitely reasonably priced. The staff was excellent. They're very helpful and very friendly, but there are short on staff right now and hiring. It's pretty dated, but they're working on that. It is centrally located to Target, Staples, and restaurants, so it is very close to those things. It is definitely clean and well kept. The rooms were medium to small size rooms.

We went to Shangrila Senior Living. It's a very small facility, but the people are very, very friendly and very, very genuine. They have a Montessori school that's close by and the children interact weekly with the senior citizens there. The people weren't just saying hi because we were there. The cost was so low, because the people who own the place. It's privately owned (and I know them). A very good part of their culture is to give back and do those kinds of things. It was clean. It was really, really nice. I think it only has sixty residents there. They say that they retain their staff over the years, and most people have been there seven years. We didn't have a meal, but it smelled nice. The rooms were huge. They were very nice. They had a lot of amenities. It seemed like they have a lot of hands-on cookouts. They go for rides, and of course Bingo. They did have a lot of activities. The doctor comes in I think once a week, and the nurse's staff is of course every day. I think they had three levels of care, which were all very reasonable. It was kind of closed in, but it had plenty of outdoor space if someone wanted to sit out or cookout with their family. There was plenty of space like that.

Shangrila was not really a large facility, but it had a lot of residents. It was two levels and I really liked the rooms that were shown to me. They were single occupancy so the residents have their own bathroom. They have a nice community eating area downstairs where everybody ears. They have an activity room for crafts and where they engage the residents. It was a hotel-type place because they have a lobby, so they have a hotel atmosphere. They have long hallways with rooms on each side. The people I met were very nice.

I live at Shangrila Senior Living. They have wonderful staff, they're very cooperative, and they take good care of the people that live here. I don't have problems with the operation, the food is very good, and they keep the room clean. They have minimal activities, they play Bingo every other day, and they have group sing-alongs. The pricing is very reasonable.

Shangrila Senior Living was a very well-maintained, nice, and clean facility. I didn't have any problem with it physically, but my friend is in better mental condition than the majority of the people I saw there. The person who assisted me was nice and explained things well. Some residents were playing bingo at the time I was there. The menu looked satisfactory and the dining area was well appointed.

I dropped by without an appointment to pick up information for my mother. The staff that greeted me were very friendly. The ALM provided me information about the community and event took me on a quick tour. I was fascinated by the Activities programming that was going on--- students from the school next door were working with the residents on montessori activities. The residents and students were having so much fun--- it was very heart warming. I know my mom, a past school teacher, would love this!