Memory Care Communities in Winter Haven, FL

"My father is in Hawthorne Inn Lakeland. It is a wonderful place. He's on the locked-down unit. We have a party tonight to go to there. The rooms are very nice. Cleanliness is perfection. The staff is wonderful and they take very good care of him. They call me for anything and everything, and I can call them for anything and everything. The food was delicious. They have things going on all the time. It's kind of expensive, but we're hoping that he can get on Medicaid as a secondary, and it would cut it in half because it's $4550 a month, so that's pretty costly."

"My mom is at Grace Manor at Lake Morton. What we like about it is that the cottage itself only holds four to five people as there are only 45 residents in the facility. It is designed like a large home. The facility is well taken care of. The attendants are doing the best that they can to care and to keep the residents engaged. They had different games and projects going on in. My mom is not really happy with it because she wants to go home, but they are going their best to take care of her. "

"The Courtyard At Granada was more like a hospital to me. The staff was very nice and very, very good. It was more memory care than the other level of care, the people were not active. The staff was very attentive and helpful."

"We visited The Canopy at Walden Woods and toured their assisted living facility. It's very nice, but the rooms are quite small. It has a dining hall and a private room for parties. It's very clean. There was a gated patio, which is really nice and has nice landscaping. The staff members were very nice and very knowledgeable. There was ample parking and handicap spaces, too."

"I liked La Ritane. It was very nice. The rooms were very nicely maintained. A little bit of concern was that it was so nice, I got a little bit scared that some of the decorations might get broken. It's not like a hospital setting. It's nicely decorated. They are taking the residents here and there. The lady showed me the place where they went for bingo and they also went to the park nearby. They have a very big backyard. They can freely go outside. They have a person who can accompany the resident and they even go out in front of the house and that's very relaxing. It's a very nice way how to handle people. It's a memory care kind of community. It is locked at night and they have a camera and everything to make sure at night nothing can happen, but it's a more relaxed setting. The staff who showed me around is the owner and she is a retired registered nurse, so she has the knowledge and she has experience with residents with memory problems."

"Sonata Hunter's Creek is fairly new. The place is beautiful. They got everything there for the people. They have a lot of things to do. Food was excellent. The staff was knowledgeable. They were excellent. The tour was really nice. The people were good. They even have a restaurant with a bar, a piano player, and a gym."

"Weekly cleaning done on time. Good meals. Friendly staff. Laundry handled OK. I am glad I chose SHAL! "

"We placed my step daughter in Haines Manor, and it's about 45 minutes from us. We decorated her room. It was nice, the building is also undergoing renovation, and it was OK. There were a lot of younger people there, and there were a lot of people in her age group. The staff was nice, but younger than I would have liked. They watch movies, they play games, and they take the residents to a park by a lake. They're starting a garden, they're remodeling the gym, and they're working on getting Wi-Fi throughout the building, but they have it in common areas. It was not a bad place, and it was the best choice for the money."

"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."

"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. "

"I had an in-person tour. It was an amazing tour. The person who took us on a tour was very caring and gentle. He was very knowledgeable, warm, and caring about his business and about everyone who lived there. He was very interested in my husband and what he needed. They all cared about each other. It's a very warm place."

"I visited this facility some time ago and found it simply beautiful. It affords individuals the accommodations they need for independent/assisted living and the amenities were quite nice. The location is so pleasant and close to everything that's necessary including: transportation to necessary appointments, shopping, entertainment, etc. Unfortunately, we found it too expensive for our budget though. "

"My aunt has moved into Savannah Cottage of Lakeland. It's been very good. She needed to have a room within two days and they were one of the few memory care facilities that had spots available. It was great. They showed us the room that she would be given. They showed us the whole layout of the facilities and the security measures that are in place for the residents. They also went over their diet. I thought it was a pretty comprehensive review of their services. They had a salon and a physical therapy area. They have an interesting sensory spot with tables and chairs where they do sensory stuff with the residents. They have different fabrics and different shapes so that they could maintain some intellectual properties. They have several aides and a nurse that's on duty. The nurse is affiliated with the doctor that they can call if there is a problem with a resident so they can get that medical knowledge. There was a receptionist every time I visited who unlocked the door and did the COVID screening. The director of sales was very good about ensuring she had transport from the hospital. He also gave us the tour. He also gave me all of the financial information that I would need. I thought that was good. Their staff seemed well-trained and well-educated. The dining area was like a kitchen in a home, that's what they were striving for with the entire setup. The kitchen area had kitchen tables and chairs for the residents and then an open kitchen where the staff would serve them. They also had snacks on demand and drinks on demand like water so that the residents could just go to the kitchen and the staff would monitor their food and stuff. It was pretty homey and it was nice. There was also a maintenance person there. He helped put together my aunt's bed and he did that other maintenance stuff like hooking up the cable to the TV and things like that. I thought that it was a nice feature to have a maintenance person on staff. She has only been there a week now but she has done bingo and some type of card matching games. I think the price was within the budget and it was within as far as what we expected to pay in Florida, it was within reason."

"I went to the assisted living part of Merrill Gardens at Solivita Marketplace. I did not sample the food but I've eaten at the restaurant. The grounds and upkeep are perfect. They have several buildings. The rooms are nice, they have a kitchen and a living room. My friend has two bedrooms. You could have two bedrooms or one bedroom, or a studio. The staff is professional, and the facility is huge, and they have a cafe, a dining room, and a restaurant. There are just places for people to eat. They have elevators, and it's just larger."