Memory Care Communities in Aiken, SC

"I toured Aiken Memory Care. I just felt like they were very thorough in showing me everything and explaining everything. I just felt like it was a very positive place. When I looked at the clientele, they looked like they had been taking good care of them. They were dressed nicely. It looked well-kept and some places did not look like that. I met the chef and she looked like she cared about what she was serving. She had a good menu. I didn't taste it, but I thought the food looked good. The facility looked very nice."

"My father has moved into Silver Bluff Grove Senior Living. It is a very nice facility. They're very professional and very compassionate. They have a lot of different amenities for the seniors. They appear to be very organized. The facility is clean. It is like the perfect facility for him. Although he's independent, they have nurses who administer medications. They will make sure that his laundry is washed. They have a salon and a barbershop there. They have several dining rooms. They go on different field trips. They have a little putty activity area in the back. I can eat with him. I would just let them know ahead of time. It was immaculate. Usually, care homes smell, but I did not smell an odor or anything. They're very nice and very modern. My dad loves to paint, so they have activities where they go downtown in the community and advertise their paintings and things of that nature."

"My mom will move into Oaks at Aiken, and I liked everything about it. It'd be perfect for her. She's 90 years old. They have several people that are about her age. They have some stuff in common with her. We went there three times before we made up our minds. Three apartments came up, so we took one of them. The staff was outstanding and knowledgeable and answered every question I had, as well as my wife's and my daughter's. They have a menu every day. If you don't like what's on the menu, you can get hamburgers, baked potatoes, and stuff like that off the menu. The facility was brand new and immaculate."

"My husband had respite care at Sodalis Martinez for two weeks and then he came back home. The staff was caring; I liked that. I also really liked the fact that it was bright and clean. Everything was up to date, and I appreciated that. My husband didn't enjoy the food, but I'm a gourmet cook, so I think he just missed my cooking. The room was very good; it was an apartment. The only thing is the bed, it was low. My husband is six feet and four inches tall, and he used to jump out of airplanes, so his spine and everything is not that great, so that low bed was not that great. Other than that, I was very confident about leaving him there. I was very confident in Nurse Channing. She was very good. She checked in with me, which I appreciated because I needed the rest. I'm my husband's only caregiver, so I appreciate it for keeping those channels open. I thought the staff were excellent."

"Camellia Walk of Evans was a very good facility. They answered all our questions. It seemed to meet the needs of what we were looking for. The staff was very knowledgeable. They gave us additional information that we hadn't thought of. It was all very clean and very neat. There were no urine smells. It was decorated friendly, not dark and drab and all that."

"My mother is staying in Benton House of Augusta and I'm very happy with it. The staff is great, they take very good care of her, and the food is good. In our situation, my mother has been the problem with her falling a lot, so the management there offered that as a fix for the problem. They recommended private sitters at certain times during the day when she's more agitated. She's in a private room, which is like a large bedroom, and it's very conveniently located. They had a bar type setup in the middle of the memory care facility, and the living area is in front of the bar, with the dining facility and living area with the TV, and the residents' rooms are circular around that area. So there are no hallways and the residents step out into the living area. It's a really good setup for a memory care unit. They have all kinds of stuff that she's not capable of doing, so they will do things like Rollerball for her and have her kick it. She has a baby doll, so they spend a lot of time with her and her baby doll getting her to do things with her doll. I love the staff, they're very loving. There's not one person that I walked in and thought, "This one's just here making money." They all really seem to enjoy working with the residents. Their dining area is very homey, it's incorporated into their living space, and nothing is institutionalized about it. I haven't eaten the food myself, but it looks really good and my mother eats it."