Memory Care Communities in Allentown, PA

"Arden Courts is top notch. The food was good, and she has adapted to the activities. The care is very good, I’m well acquainted with almost everybody there because I go there at least 2 times a week. "

"My sister moved up to Phoebe Richland Community. It was very welcoming. They gave her all the physical therapy she could handle, which was great. She had physical therapy almost every day and occupational therapy almost every day when she got there. She still gets it quite frequently. The staff is very nice. She enjoys the other residents there. She says she has a wonderful time getting to know them and they're very caring also. I was there one Saturday when the director himself was helping someone move into their memory care area. He was moving the clothing and stuff in himself on a Saturday. They're just delightful. There's an exercise class of some kind every morning, wheelchair volleyball, chair, or tai-chi. There's at least one activity every morning and one or two activities every afternoon. Every day I call or when I talk to my sister, she'll say, "Oh yes, we had an exercise this morning." It's a smaller place, so they can't offer the diversity of activities that a larger facility might offer. The assisted living has a beautiful lounge area when you walk in. The dining room is lovely. You couldn't ask for anything better. I get no complaints from my sister except there's no salt, but she can bring some herself. That's for health reasons. I saw two small library reading areas, a game room, a big lounge, and a dining room. She's in a temporary room right now because there were no rooms available, so it's a little small but very nice and furnished. It has a dresser, a wardrobe, a chair, a bed, a little kitchenette, and a beautiful bathroom that's handicapped accessible. It is less expensive than others for definitely something better. Their staff is especially caring. This place is much more consistent with their staffing, which means the staff gets to know their people better."

"The Palmerton is a lot smaller than another place we went. There are very few memory care patients compared to the other one. So it's not as big an area for the memory care residents, but it's still very nice. It's very clean. When we were there, there were not a lot of people in and around there. We did get to look at the rooms. The rooms seemed a little bit bigger, and the bathrooms did have bathtubs or showers. The amenities were nice. They have a salon, they also have physical and occupational, and speech therapy. Their outside area was not as large for the memory care residents. However, it was secure, so no one could walk off. The residents were included in any of the outings that the other residents would go on in assisted living. The staff is very nice, we met with the person who gave us the tour, and we met a few of the nurses that were in the memory care unit. I think a lot of the residents were at a religious service, so there weren't a lot of people down there. The staff was sitting with one or two of the residents that were in the common area, but they seemed very nice. We met them and we met the chef. She was very nice. They were a little more willing to work with us financially if we needed to."

"After two weeks in the hospital my mom developed skin breakdown. When we moved her to Manatawny Manor for her rehab, she was there for two months and she never had a skin breakdown. They were obviously taking good care of her needs so that she wouldn't have a skin breakdown. I thought they really took excellent care of my mother and I was pleased with that. "

"We moved my mom to Saint Mary Manor. We choose it because it is closer to us, there seems to be some activities, and it is a Catholic community. People seem very nice, very friendly, and very helpful. She is in a shared room. The food has been good. They have mass every day, bingo, Pinochle, exercise class every day, and movies. They do take them out of the home once every couple of weeks to dinner or on a trip to Walmart or something like that. "

"We visited a year ago, so everything was under COVID regulations. We only got to visit the rooms and dining room, but no one was being taken out to the dining room or going in activities because of COVID. The place was beautiful and very clean. The rooms were lovely. The staff members were very friendly. Overall, it seemed to be a very comfortable environment. The girl who gave us the tour was very helpful. She followed up with me occasionally to see if we were interested in any of the accommodations for my mother."

"All the staff know his name and always smile. Kitchen staff makes sure he has his brand of coffee. Staff goes out of their way to make sure he feels safe and cared for."

"I saw both the assisted living and memory care of Rittenhouse Village At Lehigh Valley for my mother-in-law. I like what I saw. The location would have been much more convenient for everyone to visit her. The people that we met there were very nice; however, I wasn't there long enough to see their activities. I like this place. Their apartments were very nice. Some of them were 2-bedrooms. I did not see any locked doors within the memory care."

"Friendly, extremelyt helpful in answering questions. Very positive attitude regarding guests. Projected a "can do" attitude and a very caring and knowledgeable regarding the care of seniors who need help. "

"Luther Crest invited us to hear their speaker, have lunch, and see the facility. The food was good. The facility was excellent although they are a little bit expensive. The common rooms were very good and extremely well organized. The only problem I could foresee is that all the new facilities they built involve a lot of walking. Me and my wife don't have the ability to walk very far as I have a bad back and my wife has a broken neck in which she walks with a walker. We are thinking of going back there again as we have a lot of friends who live there. "

"Parkland Manor seemed very nice, warm, and inviting. The people there were nice. The setup was very nice. The rooms were nice. I can't really say anything bad about the place. The person who took us around was very friendly and very knowledgeable. They don't take the residents out of the memory care center. Everything was in that memory care center. The dining area was just a room with tables in it. They are pretty much an all-purpose area. It was essentially a locked down unit. Their activity room was their eating room, and they had a small outdoor patio for the memory care. They offered haircare services. They had a beautician that comes in."

"My mother is in Fellowship Villa. She knows people there and I thought it might be good to stay there. They have therapy. They have breakfast, lunch, and supper. They have trips on a bus to a restaurant or shopping at different times. It's a scheduled thing. They have activities, exercising, movies, and different things throughout the day. It's very clean. They're a little more expensive than some of the other places. The staff member who gave us a tour of the different places was very good."

"South Mountain Memory Care was a small intimate community. The staff knew all of the residents by name. It was very well maintained. They had a beautiful room. It was top-notch and very nice. We saw the dining area and it was also very nice, but I did not see any food services or didn't eat anything."

"I toured the Legend of Allentown. It was everything I would be looking for to put my dad there. What I liked the most was the open concept and the natural lighting. What I didn't like about it was that the rooms were small, with a single bed. The person who gave the tour was awesome, very caring, and attended to patients while we were on the tour, making sure that the patients had their needs met. She was very good."