The Best Memory Care Communities in Pinellas County, FL

"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."

"It is excellent. It’s a large community. We’ve eaten there and the dining facilities are excellent. The food, the menu and the transportation are. I see they have a good transportation schedule and they’ll take you anywhere you want to go. They have an activities calendar. The staff is excellent. That’s why we decided we want to go there. "

"Seasons Belleair Memory Care was a lovely place, and I was quite impressed with it because it’s new. They had so much activity going on, they had a large space that people could walk in, and it had a little area that they could go out. "

"We have my husband in here. It is quiet and I wanted something that was smaller. He is a villa with 12 people and I like that whole setting. We are very happy with everything. We have caregivers. There are three shifts a day. They are pretty good with the patients. The nurses are good also. The administrator is fairly new but I like her a lot. She is trying to install different new things and I think it is going very well. My husband has a room, it is semi-private. He has a very large bathroom. He is in his room very seldom all day because he sits out in the common room in his chair or wheelchair. I'm very happy with everything. There are seven villas. They are about 12 people in each villa and according to the progression of the dementia. The food is probably as good and as well as can be prepared for them. It is brought over to their villa in heated containers and then the caregivers give it to the patients. So far I haven't seen anything that was not good. There are not a lot of activities though because he cannot get up and walk. The rest of the people are that way too. However, I just like the whole setting and the people there are very, very together. They talk among each other. I like the whole thing."

"I went to Freedom Square of Seminole. I think they offer a meal a day. They have activities. If you want to walk, they have a like a bistro or cafe you could go to. The apartments are lovely. There's a nice kitchenette where you can prepare your own meals. They had a range, with an oven and refrigerator. They have a bathroom that has a step-in shower with safety bars. The staff took her time. She showed us a couple of the units and took her time showing us the facilities, the pool, the fitness center, or the gym, as they call it. And I think there was an auditorium in there where they had different events. Again, excellent, very, very nice. The grounds were well-maintained, the buildings were clean, and inside where the central areas were, were all very nice."

"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."

"My mom received great care during her stay in Memory Care and we are very thankful to the team at The Oaks for giving us such great moments with her in her final years. Her room felt small when we first saw it but she barely spent time in it after she was there which made us fee a lot better. She was always doing something with the staff, night and day. The other residents always seemed well cared for when we were there which made us trust them. The Oaks asked me to submit a review based on a recent letter I sent them and I'm happy to do so, I highly recommend you check into their Memory Care on the 3rd and 4th floor. "

"I'm in here for respite care, and they're helping me with my housing needs and feeding needs, and they take me to the store. They're just wonderful. It's top-rated. Everything is wonderfully clean. My room is spacious with a little microwave, a little refrigerator, and a little kitchen table. It's very nice. I have a door that leads to the outside patio."

"Inspired Living at Ivy Ridge is one of four places that our lawyer recommended. It looked pretty good, and everything looked OK to me. I didn't see anything wrong. The rooms looked very nice. The person that was touring me around knew all the patients that were there and said hi to them, and the staff seemed friendly too. "

"The staff is very helpful and caring. They assist us with our visits if needed, and have a very positive attitude when talking to the patients. If we have any concerns, they are taken seriously and resolved immediately. The staff shows and gives affection to the patients such as hugging, hand holding and guiding them to their rooms if they get lost."

"When you come into American House St. Petersburg, it is very welcoming. The place smells good and it's visually very pleasing. Everybody takes the time to help you. I spoke with a lady named Theresa. She is top-notch and very welcoming. She took the time to answer all my questions. In comparison to other communities, they have better ratios of patients to caregivers. Although it's more expensive, it's definitely worth it. They have a patio and an area where they do activities. They have many different seating areas where they can get together, whether it's by a fireplace or something to watch or just conversation-wise. They have hair salons available and many different doctors come in, from podiatry to general care. I was very surprised by that. The facility is brand new. They finished building it in 2021, and they're not in a flood zone."

"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 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."

"Brentwood at St. Pete was a very nice, new facility, and the rooms were a good size. The only thing I didn't really like about it was the windows were small. I didn't feel it was as well it naturally as it could have been. They didn't really have any grounds to walk around. They had a couple of very small gardens. The physical condition of the place was outstanding. The staff was very nice and friendly."