Memory Care Communities in Ocala, FL

"My parents have moved into A Banyan Residence. What I like best is that the whole facility is enclosed. My mom has dementia. She's not a wanderer yet, but we don't have to worry about it. What I like least is that the units are so small. Every time I'm there, I eat and it is awesome. The activities are great. My parents are not yet good about joining in the activities, but the ones that they have done, they love especially the music. They have live music and that's one of their favorites. Value for money is good."

"My dad moved into The Willows. I'm very pleased. I like how responsive they are when it comes to getting things done, and how caring they've been for my father. They keep it clean. My father doesn't participate in the activities. He moved into one of the studio apartments."

"I've toured Serenades at The Villages. It's very nice, but very expensive though. It's a very nice place. It's very good. The staff I've interacted with (and there hasn't been that much) seemed very, very nice. They have private rooms, which is just a room with a little seating area and a bath. Then they have a room for two people, and they're kind of divided by a wall. They are a little bit cheaper, but not by much. Everything looked nice, and the place smelled nice. They have a nice courtyard. They have it all done by neighborhoods. They would have like seven or eight people in one neighborhood, and they have a name for it. They have a place for them to eat there. It is done really nice, actually. I like the way they have everything done."

"Freedom Pointe at The Villages' staff was very informative and did a very nice job during the tour. Things were clean and were very nice. It just seemed like a little older population than what would work for us."

"We visited HarborChase of Villages Crossing. I was very happy with it. They were working very hard to find the right room for my father. They seemed to offer a fair number of activities. It was a good layout, and I thought the price was fair. I only met a few people, and they were very nice. I thought it was very grand and kind of overdone. The ceilings were very high. It was just a little over the top, which would have been fine, but I felt like they could have used it for more activity rooms and things like that. As for the food, they had a lot of grab-and-go, and they made things to order, that kind of thing."

"The staff was very friendly. The room we were shown was ridiculous though. The width of the room was the width of a bed so it was ridiculously tiny. We saw other shared rooms though where the size was reasonable. A resident we spoke to while we were waiting told us she was bored, and the residents we saw were really just sitting in their rooms and not doing anything. The staff was friendly and the outside surroundings were very nice and wooded."

"My husband is at the memory care unit here. We chose that facility for him because they are an ECC (Extended Congregate Care) licensed facility and I needed that for him. They are very good. They come and see him every two hours. The place is very clean and has very big rooms. They have a beauty parlor, their own physical therapy, speech therapy, and things like that."

"Went on a bus tour of several facilities around The Villages while I was in town and was asked to rate the facilities. I did my homework after and this facility was the second best. Convenient location, one problem that I did find it that it appears that they have a history of deficiencies during state inspections."

"Our tour at Village Veranda at Lady Lake was good. The people seemed to be very nice. The marketing girl showed us the rooms and the dining hall. Everything was very clean and very well-kept. It was a very, very nice tour. We enjoyed the facility. They showed us the assisted living portion. The staff was very friendly, very informative, very knowledgeable, and very helpful."

"It is a very good facility, and they are very good to work with. However, my father has severe dementia, and he is beyond their care. He needs a couple of people to help him and more nursing care than they can handle. My father has been there for two-and-a-half years now. Because I am three-and-a-half hours away, I asked the staff to please let me know every time something happens -- like if he falls or if he gets new medications -- and they always have, so they have been very helpful and accommodating. My father has a big studio apartment where you could put a bed, a recliner chair, a TV stand, a bathroom, and a closet. I have eaten there a few times, and the food is pretty good. In the memory care, they have two dining areas, a little café, and a full dining room where you have to sign up and get a little bit more dressed up for. They also have activities going on all day, from memory games to cards to sing-a-longs and to movies. They always keep him active. The memory care is very clean, the nurses are very attentive, and they are always on top of everything. They are very careful, especially with COVID, but it's understandable that they do what they have to do to keep their patients safe."

"Every staff I saw was knowledgeable and had good professional ethics, but this place is not at the top of our list because it was not as uplifting as the others. "

"Superior Residences of Lecanto was a good place. They have excellent people, and the rooms were excellent. They provide activities and they have a gorgeous courtyard. I would give them a five out of five for cleanliness and for what they can offer the residents. The staff member was friendly and good with the residents, and they offered a better price than other places. It's an excellent facility."

"Superior Residences of Cala Hills had a welcome sign when we arrived, which was a nice touch. The staff and the residents seemed very engaged. They had someone come in that would do a salon kind of thing for the residents. The whole facility looked very welcoming."

"It was very nice. I liked their whirlpool tub that the residents could use. That was really nice. They won awards for their signature sauces and spices and I think that's very neat with diet being so important."