Memory Care Communities in Asheville, NC

"Clare Bridge was an answer to our prayers. They offered my father a safe place to live, where he was loved and accepted for himself. Through each stage of dementia, they would always find a loving way to deal with what ever was going on with him. He was treated with dignity and they encouraged him to keep doing the life skills that he could. I was impressed when they adapted the same menu that others were served into finger foods, so that he could feed himself. He was encouraged to participate in activities. The staff has specific training to handle residents with memory issues. We were in 3 other facilities before Clare Bridge, and they were so deficient in their ability to care for persons with dementia. I will always be thankful for the staff that always tried with dad to help him have small moments of sucess and that each day be the best that it could be. I was impressed that it wasn't just my dad that I witnessed this care given but all the residents. They also helped us as a family to understand better the disease of Alzheimers and they lovingly cared for us as well. I only wish all facilities could receive the training that Clare Bridge requires of their staff. I will always be thankful for our time in this facility because I know my dad felt that he was genuinely loved and cared for. "

"Harmony at Reynolds Mountain was fabulous. The only reason that we didn't choose that is because it's a for-profit and I wanted my mom to go to a non-profit. They had physical therapy and activities. They have a library, a game room, and a dining room. They're not large enough to have in-house medical staff, but the staff is very sweet."

"I'm so happy my grandmother lives at Heritage Hills. They have been so good to her. Thank you so much! Awesome!"

"My husband is at TerraBella Hendersonville. It's a very nice place. I would recommend it to anybody. They are very caring about the people that are there, and they take really good care of them. My husband got dementia and needs help with a lot of stuff. They do a lot of projects, but I don't know whether my husband participates in them. He's more of a worker. He likes to get out and work. The layout is very nice. They have their rooms, and they have a nice living room where all of them can sit out there and watch TV. They have a dining room where they all can eat in. Outside they have a flower garden that's completely fenced in where they couldn't get out or anything, and that's the icing on the cake because my husband loves to go out there. He has only been there for a few weeks now."

"We liked Carolina Reserve of Hendersonville. It was a nice clean place. The room we looked at had just been vacated, so it hadn't been cleaned and repainted. We didn't particularly like the location of that room, but it was all they had right then. It wouldn't be a room that we would have been interested in because it was at the back of the building and there was no view. The staff who gave the tour was nice. She was very talkative. We didn't eat any food, but the dining area looked nice and clean. They had games, crafts, bingo, and movies for activities."

"Arbor Terrace of Asheville was a lovely and high-end facility. They put a lot of time into first impressions in terms of furnishings and decor. However, the facility was small, so the physical common area space was very small. The hallways were narrow and tight, and they had few rooms on the first floor. Most of the rooms were on the upper floors, but the dining room was on the first floor. They have two different sizes of studio apartments, and then there are 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom apartments. They told us about activities, but they're a bit more limited. They have an activity room, they can do arts and crafts, they have a small library onsite, and they have a beauty shop onsite. Its location is in a more commercial busy neighborhood part of South Asheville. However, it's significantly more expensive, not just for the base rate, but for the activities of daily living levels. The tiers are significantly more expensive. The staff who toured us was wonderful. She was very kind, very thorough and very informative. They showed me the menu, but none of us tried it."