Memory Care Communities in Little Rock, AR

"We toured Willow Grove of Maumelle. We thought it was awesome. It was a very nice place, very clean, and looked well-organized, with the nursing care looking top-notch. There's plenty of entertainment to keep them involved in things. The food menu was awesome, and everything about it was good. The room was of adequate size, and it was a purpose-driven room, meaning that they could not have cooking privileges inside the room. They could have a microwave, that was all, along with their bed and personal belongings, but in that regard, it was for their benefit. In that way, they were forced to leave their room and interact with the other residents, and interact with games and activities. It keeps their mental acuity sharp and supports their overall health. So, in that regard, I really liked it a lot, as it got them out of their rooms. We had lunch with the coordinator, Quincy, and it was awesome. We enjoyed it. It was Catfish Friday. It was a la carte, and the catfish was awesome, the sides were great, and the portion sizes were really good. It was pleasant. They had a very quaint dining area that was semi-partitioned so that you could sit with your friends and have a little more of a dining experience, instead of an open hall type of setting, where it gets very loud. The partitions helped quiet the noise down, so it made it a much more intimate experience. So, it was very nice."

"Fox Ridge is clean. The people are knowledgeable and keep me updated on what's going on. I am very happy with them. My wife has been in their memory care for about a month already. Her room has all the furniture in it. It is kept clean every day, and I feel very confident that she's being kept safe there. The dining area is clean too. She is very happy there, and they keep her busy with all kinds of things like walking. I have no problems at all with them."

"We have chosen Fox Ridge Bryant. The level of services and the quality of staffing are the reasons why we chose them for my parents. We have friends who are there. We also talked about some of the activities, but we didn't observe them during our visit. The sizes of the rooms seem to be comparable to other facilities that we visited. They are undergoing some renovations, and so that was exciting to see what that's going to be. The common spaces were also equally comparable. They were comfortable, and the outdoor spaces were very nice, so it was good. We didn't get to see all of it because they were under construction to no fault of their own. They had a water pipe that had burst, so a section of their building was blocked off. We didn't get to see everything, but the owner seemed to be attentive to the facilities and was already adding some additional furniture and things. While we were there, we saw that happening."

"We live in Mt. Carmel Community. What we like the most about this place is the people. They are very nice, very cordial, and professional at the same time. Our apartment is nice. We've got our furniture in it and it's home-like here in our apartment, and we overlook the courtyard. Everyone has a big window in their room. The upkeep is very well done. It may take a while on some of it because it's a big community, but it's very well done when they do it. It depends on how important it is. Like hanging pictures is not as important as a bed sliding to one side. So, they prioritize it by importance. The food is delicious and they bend over backwards for you. The dining area is very nice. It's like a nice luxury hotel dining area. There's bingo, crafts, and going out to lunch. On Thursday, they're taking us out to Olive Garden. Something is going on all the time. The only day we don't have something this week is Friday."

"We toured Ridgemere today and what an absolutely beautiful facility! We met with Brandy who has the kindest heart, was through and went above and beyond to make sure we had all the information we needed. As we were on our tour all the staff and residents that we passed stopped and talked with us. They were all so friendly. The facility is clean, well maintained and it smelled amazing. We are looking for my mother and we will be back with her so she can tour. I cant think of any other place I would want my mom to live."

"I toured Woodland Heights. The staff was very friendly. The facility was clean, and it looks like they care a lot about people. They have a lot of activities that they do with the elderly that keep their mind fresh."

"I'm leaning towards here. I like that one. But I'm waiting to see if they're going to let my mom on Medicaid because right now, we can't do private pay because we just don't have the money to do it. The staff members were excellent. They were nice. They try to meet all my needs. I like that they have so many options from my mom to do like the Bible study, the beauty shop, and the cooking classes. I think my mom would love that because she can intermingle with the other residents. Right now, she doesn't intermingle with anybody other than her family, so I just felt that one was better for her. The staff was wonderful. She explained everything. She went to great depth to make sure that I understood what they provide for their residents. And the building was nice and clean. It didn't smell like a lot of them we went to tour."

"My aunt lived at The Blake at Chenal Valley, which is on Rahling Road. It's assisted living, and it's new. It is a spectacular place, the food is good, and the rooms are just phenomenal. The facility is just really grand. They have some independent cottages that have two-car garages. They don't have many independent houses, but their assisted living is just huge. It's a big, beautiful building on top of a hill. Their rooms are nice, and it's all brand-new. They have stuff going on all the time for the people who live there. My aunt had cancer, and I know that they would take her to her doctor visits because my cousin lived out of town. She loved living there. She was sick, so she was limited to what she could do, but she loved being around people, so she would play cards and board games every day with people. They treated her very well."

"We toured Pinnacle Place Memory Care, and it was excellent. It was clean, everybody was nice, and they had nice rooms. I would live there myself, and I would be happy. The staff members were excellent. They answered any questions we had and knew who to ask if they didn't know the answer, so we're quite pleased. For the meals, the residents had a menu where they could choose what they wanted for the day. I think that was nice, too."

"My dad was at Evergreen Living Center at Stagecoach for rehab and I checked out the nursing home part in the last month because I'm thinking he needs nursing home care. The facility was very nice. For rehab, you get a room by yourself, and for the nursing home room, there are two people. The food was very good, and the place was very, very clean. The staff had excellent communication with the family. It was a very quick process to get your paperwork in and all the paperwork done on time. They were very helpful in doing all the paperwork and making it a quicker process than in some places. That's my very first choice, and I may not be able to get there because a lot of beds are single occupied, and I'm afraid that their beds will get full right now because they only have a couple, before I get my Medicaid kicked in. But it's it's a very, very nice place. They have a hair salon to get your hair cut. I can't say I've seen anything exactly, but supposedly they have a podiatrist and an eye doctor that come in, and these are things you don't get in a nursing home. If you need your hearing checked, they have all these people, these doctors that will come there to the facility, which I've really never seen a lot of before. If someone needs dental care, something about the teeth, they will get a dentist to come out. That was a big plus. The dining area was very nice. It had a lot of tables where you ate with somebody, like three or four people around the table. You did have a choice of what you wanted to drink. When my dad was there in rehab, you go in a line like a little small cafeteria line, and they had a little bit of choice in there."

"I chose StoneBridge of Conway for my mother. It's wonderful. I love them. She was private pay and she needed a memory care unit, so they worked with me. I was in a rush to get her placed because the 24-hour care I had with her at home was dwindling. They did very well to work with me in the haste that I needed. Also, my grandmother was placed in that facility as well, and they took excellent care of my grandmom. The facility in general is beautiful. Everything is out in the open. They have a grand piano in the center of their dining room. It's new and very elegant. The memory care unit is open. They have different areas set out with different stations. They have a nursery station, like for baby dolls and nursery setups. They have a dress-up section set up with hats and scarves and an antique vanity looking thing. They have a little library area. They have different little activity stations set up throughout the unit, and it's not cramped. There are lots of room for the ladies to participate if more than one wants to participate. They have a movie area where all the ladies can sit around and watch movies. They have a game area with different therapeutic tactile things to stimulate. They have a pretty big-sized fish aquarium with different pretty big fish in it. They have a reading/writing section set up with the old-timey rotary style phone, where if they want to write letters or whatever, they can do that. My mom loves the food."

"Crestview Senior Living was beautiful. Everything was brand new. The facilities were clean. It was just stunning, and it was big. The staff was good. They were friendly and accommodating. It just didn't fit our mom's needs. They had a nice physical therapy room that was close to the front door. They had a beautiful dining room that had a huge fireplace in it, as well as a huge flat- screen television. The tables and chairs were brand new. It looked like you were walking into a top restaurant. They also had a bar separate for those who wanted wine or beer or soda after hours or whatever, and they had staff on hand to do that, that was extra, but it was available to all the residents. They had a very large theater with a big movie screen and the seats like in a movie theater would come down, you could put your Coke or your drink there, and they would show really good movies that they thought people would like to see or people could request a particular movie. They had a beautiful outdoor area that had a barbecue pit, and they would encourage family members of the resident to come and partake and grill and have other family members there. They had a little dog section that if the residents chose to bring their animal there, they could walk it out in this little park and it had like a little tube that the dog could run through and stuff, which I thought was pretty cool. They had nice outdoor seating and stuff like that. They had a room and they had a hairstylist there, so you didn't have to leave the premises to get your hair done."