Memory Care Communities in Largo, FL

"I like it because it's specifically geared towards patients with dementia, and the staff seemed to be well-trained. The residents are divided into cottages which look like regular houses, so it's a very homelike atmosphere. The rooms are not huge but spacious enough. Mom has her own room, her own private bathroom, and she was allowed to bring in furniture or anything from home. The facility is all in 1-story building, so everybody is on the ground floor; no steps. The food is excellent. They have a chef that prepares food for the whole place."

"Freedom Square of Seminole was very, very nice all the way around. It's certainly a quality place. The thing I like the most is its top-notch quality across the board. It offers all four levels of care. The thing I didn't like as much about it is that it's a bit fragmented. There are various buildings. There's walking between buildings to get the functions. It would have been nice if it was under one building. They have various sizes of rooms. One of those sizes would have worked for us based on price."

"While searching for a memory care facility for my mom, I was referred to Arden Court in Seminole by several different friends and business associates. I contacted Donna at Arden Court and was immediately impressed and relieved. Donna is a great listener, she asks appropriate questions and helped me make some tough decisions. When I visited the facility, Donna took the time to show me around and explained the various services. My mom will be moving to Arden Court due in large part to Donna's professional and caring support."

"My father in law was on the rehab floor for 9 months after a broken hip and loved it. The therapy was great and very prompt. The nursing staff was very loving and respectful towards everyone and the food was amazing! "

"Sunstar Village is an awful place. It's small. I think they have like maybe 30 people. They can only handle up to 50, but they are about half full, and I can see why. The place is old and dingy, and they have very limited staff. I found that the security is not very good. They did offer me a private room with a nice bathroom, but everything is older. I met the owner. He was in his office, and he's a young guy. It needs a lot of help. It's pretty run-down. I saw a lot of residents in wheelchairs slumped over. I saw that in every room. I didn't find it to be very inviting or anything like that. The staff was kind of distracted, like she didn't really want to give the tour, even though I scheduled it. She obviously forgot because I showed up and she asked me why I was there. She was nice enough, but not upbeat, just kind of going through the motions. All I saw was the outside place where the smokers go. They have an activity room that doubles as a dining room. They don't have a separate wing for memory care. They mix them all up."

"Bayside Terrace was very bright and welcoming. I liked the fact that there was music playing on the floor, which gave a cheerful atmosphere to the place. The staff was excellent too, and I thought the amenities were great. They had a nice outdoor area, but they just did not have a swimming pool."

"I thought Grand Villa of Clearwater was nice. It was a little bit more expensive, but I like the facility. I like the people that I met there. It seemed very clean. It seemed like they cared about the residents. There were no activities going on at the time because it was a weekend, but they had an activity center. And it looked like they had a place for physical therapy. The room that my dad would have had would have been a shared room. It was like two separate sleeping spaces, a shared bathroom, and a kitchen area. The salesperson I met was very helpful and gave me a lot of useful information as far as getting Dad Medicaid assistance. The residents seemed happy there, too."

"Inspired Living at Ivy Ridge was terrific, very quiet, and very small. It didn't feel like you're being warehoused there because you could get more individual attention. The rooms were a good size. I especially liked the idea that if you went there, you're locked into whatever price you pay, so no raise in future years. The grounds were pretty nice. Everything about the place was nice."

"I toured and the staff was excellent. It's a slightly smaller facility (at least it felt that way), and there was a lot of interaction with the activities director. There was a lot of one on one attention, a lot of social activities for people that were very engaged, and all the residents seemed really happy. They had a backyard barbecue, a happy hour with one of the residents playing music, a library, arts and crafts, and just a lot of fun social things. The atmosphere was very family like. Everyone knew each other, and they're very social. My mom had the barbecue food. It was hamburgers and hot dogs, so it wasn't like top end cuisine; it was really good. They also have a nice area where people can walk. It's like an outdoor courtyard with an aviary and a garden with a fountain. It was very pretty and very accessible from the main building."

"I went to tour here. It was nice, but not someplace that we would put my mom because it was sort of dingy. It wasn't dirty, it's just not bright and cheery, and the residents that were there were not people that she would connect with. It felt like there were a lot of men, and I just didn't get a good feeling of the place. But it wasn't that it wasn't clean or that they weren't pleasant, because they were. They just got bought out and they just put a new roof in and they're doing some painting and they're going to remodel the rooms and they're putting new flooring in. So they're going in the right direction. It just wasn't a big enough community. The person who gave the tour was very informative, she was very pleasant, she was just good and I liked her. They don't have enough activities from what I gathered from the staff. It sounded like they do a lot of things, but not really anything my mom would be interested in, so it wouldn't work for her. They just bring entertainment in and they do activities with them."

"I loved the location of American House St. Petersburg. I loved the newness of it. It didn't seem to have a lot of residents there at the time. Maybe they were in their rooms or going out. I was impressed with the newness and cleanliness of it, but the price was too expensive. The dining area was excellent. Everything looked excellent because it was so new."

"A beautiful, well-cared for building that feels like home. The staff are friendly, responsive, and compassionate. Chef June serves the most delicious meals. I highly recommend Toby Weinman Residence!"

"I was impressed with Brentwood and it seemed very new. I was also impressed with the staff. The room that we looked at was a studio and I thought that was very nice. They have assisted living and memory care facilities. "

"I toured Angels Senior Living at Dunedin. It's a very small community, and the whole unit is memory care. The rooms were very nice. I was only able to tour a single room. It was very nicely furnished and quite spacious for one person. The staff who gave the tour was very knowledgeable, very attentive, and interacted well with the patients as we were going through the facility because several of them came up to him and wanted contact. He was very caring and helped them. The eating area was nice. It was a larger dining room, and it had a patio that opened off and led out to the enclosed garden area, so it was nice."