The Best Memory Care Communities in Polk County, FL

"The Canopy at Walden Woods was a fairly new facility. It was a smaller place and I liked it. The location was a bit more private. The rooms seemed clean and well taken care of. I liked its price as well. I liked the lady that gave me the tour."

"I liked American House Zephyrhills. It's very nice and very clean. The people that work there seem to be really on the ball, but they don't have the ability to take care of a diabetic or administer medications. They have lovely apartments. They have one-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom apartments. You have to furnish them yourself. They're very spacious and very well taken care of. The dining room is big. They serve the people at the tables, just like if you went to a restaurant. Each resident has a maid to do house cleaning. Your electricity is included in the fee (pretty much everything's included in the cost except for medicine). It's a lovely facility. It's more like a hotel than it is like senior living. The staff was excellent."

"We toured The Courtyard at Granada. We talked to the manager and my mother has needs that they're not licensed for. The facility was very nice. The staff was very friendly and helpful. It was very well kept."

"My mother almost moved in here. The staff is very friendly and understands how to make assisted living patients very comfortable and feel cared for, which was much more important to her than fancy high rise with a view and impersonal staff. It is in a dubious part of town and you would probably not be wandering around there at night. They really helped us line up the finances. It is not fancy. My impression was that the residents were not very active and engaged, which sounds silly but if you have been visiting AL facilities, you know what I mean. I think they would provide care and warmth for residents, if you can get over the downness. "

"They are so sweet and gentle with my Mom."

"I would recommend it to other people because it is pretty and clean."

"My mother was at Arbor Oaks for nearly four years, and everything was excellent. I can't say anything bad about the place. I ate there, and the food was great. I didn't run across any situation where the staff didn't behave properly or come up with the right answer. Everything was good about that place. "

"It was beautiful. The people there were very interested in why we were there. They talked to us. The residents and the staff were very friendly and very informative. Everybody seemed to love everything about it. The apartments were beautiful. We saw the dining area, the living area, and all the common areas. We saw 2 different rooms. I saw the kitchen, but we didn't go into the kitchen. They had a beautiful courtyard where it's 100% safe for the residents to be out there because they can't get out."

"I had made an appointment at Savannah Cottage of Lakeland, but the lady was not available. They scrambled to find someone to give me a tour, but other than that, it was fine. She showed me quite a bit of the place. They had a man in the activities, and that was what I was looking for my father. The rooms are nice and big, and they all have a nice view of a golf course. It’s very convenient. They had a lot of locked doors that was helpful. "

"The Haines Manor was always clean everytime I visited my sister there. The Staff was always friendly and careing. Even the staff in the Kicthen was alway taking care of her needs too! Could now ask for better care of my sister while she was there. Thank You all for the great care you took of my sister Linda! Just a Great ALF!"

"My mom moved into the memory care unit at Heritage ALF of Plant City Inc. and so far, I like it. It's seems like a nice place. The staff is very nice, helpful, and friendly. They try to get them to eat and keep them clean. My mom's room is fine and it's like any regular basic bedroom. The facility is great and very hands on."

"I'm going back to Merrill Gardens at ChampionsGate tomorrow. It's a beautiful place. Everybody there really cared. I had therapy there. They were all wonderful and just everybody was friendly and nice. The food was delicious. I couldn't say anything bad about Merrill Gardens. I have a little dog, so now we're going to be on the bottom floor, and I will have a gated screen, a little tiny lanai, and French doors, and he gets to run out on the court without a leash because it's all fenced. The pool is right across."

"Merrill Gardens at Solivita Marketplace is a nice and well-maintained facility. The staff is very caring and very pleasant people. They are very welcoming and also very patient with the residents, especially for those that need more time to get things done. There were a couple of minor hiccups moving in, but the maintenance people took care of those. I'm very happy how they responded fairly quickly to taking care of stuff. Dad seems to be comfortable there. He has a two-bedroom apartment, and he is on a waiting list for a one-bedroom. They have a fitness room, a nice restaurant, other dining areas outside, and a section where there's always coffee, light snacks, fruits, cookies/crackers, and some fresh water. There is a little kitchenette, too. Then there are games room, an activity room, an exercise pool, and a barbecue area. Another good thing about the place is that all the way around the building, there's a nice sidewalk for the residents to go and take walks. It is about a quarter of a mile, and it has nice and quiet areas along the path. Even though dad is independent living, the fee we are paying includes maid service that does light housekeeping. They'll do the kitchen, mop the floors, clean the bathrooms, and wash their linens (as they have washers and dryers in the apartments.) It's a very good facility."

"It has been 3 years since my father went to give blood and ended up never coming home. After hospital stays, rehabilitation, and therapy we determined that he would be best cared for in an assisted living facility. Stone Ledge Manor is 3 miles from my home and driving by was an almost daily occurrence, so we as a family checked their facility first. Wow! What a gem that we have in our area!! My father initially began in the Assisted Living side of the facility and was moved last year to the Memory side due to his increasing dementia issues. Since residing at Stone Ledge he is no longer on insulin because his meals are well balanced and regular. When I have visited at mealtime I have joined him because the food was so delicious. The staff and administration are top notch! If Dad shows signs of anything medically, they are attentive and professional and notify us every time. When you make a decision as a family that one of your own needs care in an assisted living facility it is difficult. However, Stone Ledge Manor is now part of our family and we couldn't be more happy with their care for my Dad. "