Memory Care Communities in The Villages, FL

"I visited Highpoint at Stonecrest. They have a swimming pool, and it's beautiful and new. I liked everything that I saw. The whole facility is a five plus. The staff was wonderful, very friendly, and very informative. Everything about it was professional. I did see the dining room. It's like a restaurant. The cleanliness was superior. We went in the lobby, which was very well organized, clean, and well maintained. There's plenty of seating. They had a snack bar in there. It's like a hotel lobby. To me it was superior. The only drawback I saw was that the cost to stay there was too expensive from what I can afford."

"The Harrison of Wildwood was excellent. It was very neat. They were friendly. They showed us the rooms and the facilities. They answered all my questions about extracurricular activities and stuff like that. The rooms were very adequate for one person. The place was clean, and it smelled good. The dining area was very nice and spacious. The tables weren't crammed together, and that kind of stuff. That would be a place I would seriously consider for my mother. I thought the staff was very good and very thorough. We visited the exercise room. I was just very impressed with the place. It was very nice, spacious, and clean. I went into the restroom while I was there, and it was very clean. The residents smelled clean, and so did the rooms."

"I visited the Village Veranda at Lady Lake's assisted living, and it was very nice. The building is fairly new, and the whole area is beautiful. The person who gave the tour was very nice and gracious. She explained everything nicely. There's nothing I can complain about the place. It looked very nice. I looked at the one-bedroom unit, which is what I was interested in, and it's very nice. A little bit smaller than what I've seen in one or two other people's bedrooms who are in assisted living, but there's nothing wrong with the room."

"Hampton Manor Belleview was very clean. The staff who assisted me was very friendly and very helpful. It seemed like a nice place. It was very homey, and it seemed very welcoming. The outdoor space was a nice courtyard that had nice plants."

"Brookdale Chambrel Pinecastle's independent living is outstanding. It's the one that both my niece and I like. It's just a warm and friendly place. Everything was great, and the size of the room and the layout were perfect. It was just the best place we looked at. We looked at the 1-bedroom apartment. The best part about it was the kitchen. At another place we saw, there wasn't much of a kitchen, and I like to bake, so that'll be a problem. This one even had a dishwasher. I grew up washing dishes, so that would not even be a big deal, but they have it. It was also just laid out nicely, with lots of closet space, and it just looked like the perfect place. We were there for almost 2 hours, and the people we met and the places we saw were great. The person who gave the tour showed us everywhere and everything. She also said they have a few bakers there, so once in a while she'll find a treat inside her office door. She turned us around everywhere and talked about lots of group things. There are some groups with different activities. There's one little group that goes out to eat once in a while, and they pick different restaurants. There's another group that will go to a theater, or they'll go shopping and stuff like that. It's an active place. They even have a swimming pool there. We met a couple of the residents, and they were all very friendly. They said they hoped I would come and live there, and they don't even know who I am, so it was just really nice. Everybody was nice, warm, and friendly when we walked in the door. They welcomed us when we came in. The person who gave the tour flew down the hall, and then we went by the room where the nurses are, and we saw the beauty shop and barber shop. We saw all the activities for physical therapy, or if there is some special exercise that you want to do. They also have yoga classes. She showed me the calendar for the month, and it was just huge, so they do keep you busy. The place was clean, neat, and orderly, and there was plenty of parking. There's one gentleman there who has some type of a little wheelie thing that he gets around with, so they made sure that he got an apartment at the end of the hall. There's a stairwell there where he could park instead of inside his apartment, so they're very accommodating. It's just a place that you feel comfortable in, and a place to go home to."

"We visited Brookdale Paddock Hills and it was very nice. The facility was very comfortable, spacious, and clean and that's one thing we are looking for. The cost was a little higher. The staff was very good, clean, and polite. They were good people. The meal was excellent."

"Hampton Manor 24th Road was newer than the other place. It was decorated nicely, very clean, and well put together. The staff was very friendly. Everybody greeted me. They did not offer me food, but it smelled delicious. They had a nice courtyard. They had common areas that were set up nicely. It seemed resident-friendly and very comfy."

"My husband moved into The Windsor of Ocala. They've got so much going on every day. Different things, like they were playing upbeat music. And then they move their hands and their feet keeping time with the music, and they have different memory games. Like, they'll go through the alphabet with A and everybody thinks of every word they can think of that starts with the letter A, just different memory games. Also, ball games involving the muscles. The facility is very clean and they keep things up. You don't have to wait for things to be fixed or anything if something happens. They come in and clean all the rooms and everything in the common room every day. The food is very good and very nourishing. They get their range of vegetables, fruit, and everything. They get to snack in between breakfast and lunch. They have what's called snack and hydration. So they also give them a drink, a glass of water, a snack, and then again in the afternoon. In memory care, a lot of those people don't think to say, I need something to drink or water."

"I toured Regency Park Assisted Living & Memory Care, and I thought it was very good. It was light and bright. The patients, a lot of them were up in the community room. They were having karaoke, playing music, and participating. There were other residents that were in various places around. The rooms were nice. They're I guess adequate, they're not really large. You think of a hotel room, and that's about the size that they are, not a suite but a single hotel room. They also have double occupancy or single rooms, which are priced differently. I have a cat, so they do not take pets. They might make an exception if I took a single room and paid an extra $50 a month for the pet. It gets kind of pricey once you get a single room, and on top of that, you have your pet fee. The woman who gave me the tour was very friendly and outgoing, and I was just very impressed by her. The rooms are small, and if there are two people in the room, it's gonna be a little cramped. It wasn't a very nice place to walk around the facility. It's an undeveloped area and there are no houses around but there are offices, doctor's offices, business offices, and Massey, lawn care. Right now, I'm used to walking. I like to get outside. I like to walk or work outside and there's nothing like that. The facility is nice but the amenities like the outside were not that good. I think it's a converted hotel or motel. They don't have any screened-in porches or patios or anything like that. The rooms have been well taken care of and they're fixing and painting some additional rooms."

"All the attendants at Eustis Senior Care were visible and walking around. It's clean, nice, and neat. Everything's tidy. Everyone seemed friendly, very informative and answered all my questions. I liked the fact that it's a locked facility. It's secured. They had the code as you go in and once the door closes, you have to have a code to open it, which I liked. No one can wander out. I didn't see a courtyard. When you first walk up to the entry, there's a little patio area that's gated with a lock. The rooms were pretty big, had a nice sized bathroom, with two beds. They were clean. They were just watching TV because it was early in the morning. The dining room wasn't big, but it was suitable and nice for that size. The room I saw had a nice scent to it. There was no odor in the whole facility at all."

"Ocala Senior Living is the one I was impressed by in Ocala. What I like the least is that it is too far from my home in Summerfield and much farther than Bellevue. That was the most negative thing that I could say about that place. It is very nice, though. It was furnished beautifully. It had beautiful artwork. The staff seemed very nice. It is a larger place than the one in Bellevue, but they had an administrator who was one of the most knowledgeable people that I've spoken with regarding my husband's disease. He was wonderful. He was an excellent representative of Ocala Senior Living."

"I like Brookdale Canopy Oaks. The location is awesome because I could walk there if I needed to. It's a small facility, and I like that. It had a good atmosphere when I walked in the door. It was very friendly. They gave me a good tour. The staff seemed genuinely interested in the residents there. The place appeared to be very clean. They have this little spot where residents can garden and stuff like that. They seemed to have zeroed in on individual needs, which is good. The atmosphere was very welcoming. The receptionist was very welcoming, too. However, I didn't care for the layout of the bathroom. And the room seemed small, too."

"I toured Canterfield of Ocala. I wanted my mom to go there because it was beautiful. It's very nice and half the price. I liked the rooms and how they were designed. I liked the services that they provided. The assistant manager was so helpful. It was an open room waiting to be filled with furniture, but it was perfect the way it was designed. I would recommend it as one of the top choices."

"We toured Brentwood at Fore Ranch. We visited the assisted living facility. They discussed memory care, too, but we went for the assisted care. They were exceptional. The staff was very helpful. She gave me the information that I requested. We had a complete tour, and we were able to meet some of the staff and also some of the residents. We were welcome to have lunch sometime if we wanted to. She was exceptional. She was very good. The facilities were excellent. The room seemed a little bigger than some of the other areas. All of my mom's furniture would fit in nicely."