The Best Memory Care Communities in Lehigh County, PA

"Exceptional experience! The gentleman that toured with us was very knowledgeable and kind. He wanted to know my mom and not just make a sale. Everything was beautiful. The food service was very good and the server was very good. All of our meals delicious and the dessert of chocolate cream pie was fantastic. The rooms are very spacious and laid out well. Vero is also pet friendly which is a huge plus so my mom will be bringing her sidekick Skipper with her. Truly I can't say enough good things about this community!"

"We looked at numerous facilities before deciding upon Cornerstone for my mother's care. Many of these facilities were beautiful, but somehow cold. Cornerstone on the other hand is very homey and warm. We were able to decorate my mother's room to make it truly hers. They continue to make upgrades to the facility, but aside from the facility the staff is wonderful. They have a dedicated staff that truly cared for my mother. It is a hard decision to place a parent with dementia, but I know that I made the right one when I chose Cornerstone. "

"My father is in Arden Courts of Old Orchard. We chose it because of the fenced-in outdoor space. He's in memory care. The staff is very attentive. His room is fine. It's big enough and it was furnished. It has a bed, a side table, a chest of drawers, a small chair, and then a recliner that he brought with him. He has no complaints about the food, though I wouldn't say he has a refined palate. The dining area is another reason we chose it. The facility is broken up into four different groups, so the dining area is quite small. It probably only serves about 15 people, as opposed to many of the other facilities, which had one large dining area which would service 45 people. We like the dining area concept. I know there are two activities every day that they have for them, but I don't know what they are. The living atmosphere is quite pleasant. The outside is fine. It's not pretentious. We're quite happy. We're quite pleased with the staff."

"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."

"My mom moved into The Palmerton. We liked that it was smaller, so it was more personalized care. They're very nice people, very accommodating, and they are working with us to try to figure out all the different nuances of the care that my mother needs. They've done a phenomenal job of meeting her and trying to draw her out to come and join the community and meet other people. They've been very, very nice. The size of my mom's room is wonderful. We were able to bring in a love seat, several end tables, and other things, as well as pictures. We were able to personalize the room. The maintenance supervisor was amazing as far as helping us get the materials we needed and setting up the room so that it was comfortable and more likely to be familiar to my mother. The dining area people were very, very nice. They were very concerned about getting to know what would work for my mom. She had some special needs as far as vision and things like that. And they wanted to be able to work with her on that. They placed her at a table with other women who would be able to communicate and draw my mom out, and were very accommodating because my mother's boyfriend was coming up to visit her and was having dinner with her, so he could join the table and be able to spend time with my mom. They had discussions, bingo, outings, social gatherings, and outside discussions. They have people who come in and work with the residents. It's a large Pennsylvania Dutch area, and they're having an activity that talks about Pennsylvania Dutch history and involves the residents in that."

"It seemed like a caring place with plenty of activities. The staff was very nice. We toured the entire facility and saw more than one room. "

"The people at St. Mary Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare were wonderful, very helpful, very knowledgeable, very professional, very amiable, personable, and very concerned that I learned what I would need to know to see if my father would be comfortable. The rooms were wonderful. Each room has its own mailbox. The studio was not too small. I thought it was the perfect size for my dad. They have a nice bathroom, nice storage, and you get your own door out into the courtyard. There's a couch there, and it's gorgeous. Their campus is like 22 acres, and they have various courtyards and barbecue areas, things that come alive a little more in the late spring and summer. They have their own little cement patios in each unit, so they can sit out and watch the birds, get some fresh air, and see what the neighbors are up to. It was just an upbeat place. They got a salon. It just seems like you wouldn't have to go anywhere if you were there. It's a very neat dining setup where it looks like a diner. I would love to go there every day. They have three squares and snacks, but they have a setup where they have like napkins, ketchup and mustard, and salt and pepper. It's very user-friendly."

"Mira Vie at Brookfield was terrific. The staff who gave the tour was terrific, too. She showed me everything she possibly could show me. They were having a live music presentation at the time, and I was looking at the group of people in there listening and watching. Most were bobbing their heads or keeping time with the music with their feet. They all seemed to be enjoying it. I got a look at the entire week's activity on the main bulletin board in the lobby, so you're able to see what's going to happen on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday, and so forth, and so it was very well organized. I looked at the dining room and it was neat and clean, too. The staff showed me a one-person room. It had all the amenities that you could need for one person, including a step-in shower with grips. They show movies every so often, and the staff said that the movie room is always open if for some reason one of the residents can't sleep, and they want to just come down and put on a movie of their choosing, they can do that. I met the chaplain over there. He seemed very nice. After we were all done with everything, the staff took me to a conference room. We sat down and we probably talked for a good 45 minutes to an hour. She answered any questions that I had and filled in any gaps she might have left out. She gave me her card and told me she was going to stay in touch with me. I felt very, very comfortable over there. And the staff that we passed, whether they were in the hall or they were going somewhere, they all said hi, smiled, nodded, or whatever. They can arrange transportation for you. You can use their medical people or they'll take you to your own doctor of choice. It just seemed to have everything."

"The people at Rittenhouse Village At Lehigh Valley were fantastic. When we walked in the door for our tour, there was a sign welcoming us with my name on it. I was very impressed. There were two dogs there that day on the first floor that were very friendly and upstairs, there was a big fat cat in residence. It was nice. We went through and went into the lady's office first. She talked to us and told us a lot of things. Then we toured the rooms. We liked everything. It was well-kept and clean. They had an activity room. We saw the dining room and it looked very nice. I was pleased with it. My niece was with me and then I took my daughter and my husband to go through it. When I called to make some final decisions with them, they told me they couldn't take my husband, because of his ostomy, but we went through everything. I thought the floor was knocked out from underneath me. It just was terrible, but she apologized. She said that she knew they had somebody there five years ago who had an ostomy, and she just assumed they would, but as soon as her director said something, they said, "Oh no, we don't accept that anymore." Some of the staff have worked there for twenty five years, so that says a lot about the place. It was very comfortable and very well-kept."

"My mom has been at Emeritus for about three weeks now. The facility is beautiful, and the staff is great. The food, from what I understand from my mom who is a cook herself, is not good. She has a really nice private room that's very big and came with a bed, a recliner, and a night table. There isn’t anything I didn’t like about the place. The person in charge is great and very knowledgeable. I like the fact that they knock on the residents’ doors if something is happening, like special movies being shown or if they’re going to play a game. They’re taking care of all my mom’s needs. "

"I like the location of Luther Crest Senior Living Community. It's a little outside of the city. After 40 years of living in a house, making a change is not going to be easy, but I found that it's a nice location. I looked at a one-bedroom apartment, and I could see the woods and the scenery and all that, so that was a nice feeling. The staff who gave the tour was very accommodating, very kind, and very knowledgeable. She knew what she was talking about. She had all the information. Everything was in great shape. They take very good care of their place. The staff was saying that when you move into a unit they replace the carpeting, they paint, and they put in all the new appliances, so that's a good sign there. They're not letting it get rundown. I didn't eat there, but we walked by the dining room area very slowly, so I could see what people were having for meals and the atmosphere and everything. The dessert area for the dining room was, "Wow!" It's very high-level for those desserts. Everything was very modern. Nothing was rundown. The outside was very pretty; I can't complain there."

"Parkland Manor was set up differently than all the other places that I went to. Each apartment had a door to the outside that you could go out. It was only one floor. Everything was very convenient and really, really close. The residential rooms were right off of the activity room and the dining hall, which was nice. If you're looking for something a little bit more convenient as far as dining and activities, that place was really nice. The person that gave me a tour me was very nice and very accommodating as well."

"My wife is at Fellowship Community. It's very well-staffed, and it's very clean. Good parking. There's an easy entrance with an automated sign in, so you get a name badge when you go in. The staff seems to be long-term and low turnover. The residents have individual rocking chairs in the community room where they watch TV, and they do prayer and other activities. The rooms are large. It's very comfortable. It's a top-rated facility in the area."

"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."