Memory Care Communities in Bluffton, SC

"I toured The Oaks at Savannah, and it was very nice. It was clean. They had medium rooms and larger rooms. The staff who gave me the tour was very nice. When I entered the lobby, they had beautiful chairs and people just sitting out there, doing puzzles or on their phones. I only saw one room, but it was small. They were located near restaurants, groceries, and Skidaway Island."

"The least I liked about Sunabella Senior Living is they have two separate buildings, one for memory care, and one for assisted living, and they do a little bit more in one building, so if the residents don't go to the other building they might miss something, Overall, I think it's a very beautiful location in Savannah. The facility was clean. The room sizes were nice. The staff was wonderful, showing me the different rooms and the sizes, and how they could walk outside in a garden. It was very spacious. The residents have nice places to sit and places to walk inside and outside. I've met a couple of the staff members, as well as the management who showed me around. They were very nice and very informative. They had a studio bedroom and one bedroom. The rooms were great and had a very nice layout."

"We got to see Harmony at Savannah, and it was lovely. Everybody was great, the facility and people were great. My brother had a golf cart, and the other place we chose was adjacent to it, while that was not the case with Harmony. The place was awesome, and the physical appearance was great. They were cautious, wearing masks, and were following protocol."

"Oaks at Pooler was a great, good-sized place that was only a year old. It wasn't huge and felt a little more personable. It had more of a clinical and industrial type of feel and was not quite homey. They had common rooms and a full calendar of activities every day. The community relations director was the only person we interacted with."

"I visited this facility and noticed how beautiful the outdoor setting was. There was ample parking for staff and visitors. When I walked into the facility I noticed how friendly the staff were. I was given a tour and noticed the facility offers private and semi private rooms. Each room has ample space with their own bath. There is a large library, many activities offered and Savannah Cottage offers transportation to any resident that would like to be driven shopping, to their doctor's appointments, etc. There is a large dinning room and the facility offers 3 meals. There are walkways outside for residents and visitors to stroll around and enjoy the fresh air and Savannah Cottage is pet friendly. "

"We took a tour of Thrive at Skidaway for my dad, and I like the facility. The convenience of it being close to us was very nice. It's only about a mile and a half from my house. It's recently been renovated, and there's nothing that I saw there that I thought needed renovation or updating. It's all new, and it's recently been redone. It's very clean, and it has all the facilities that he needs, including workouts and access to physical therapy. It has an actual coffee shop within the facility, and as I said, it is very close to where we're going to be living. All the communications that I've had with them to work through the arrangements to have him there have all exceeded my expectations. The staff was all very nice, very accommodating, and very friendly. The other thing that I really like about it is that you can start in independent living, and if you develop additional needs, then you can seamlessly transition to assisted living, and then from there even into memory care. They provide all of those different options as your family member might require them. I did not have a meal there, but I did look at the menus. It looked as if some of it may have come from a fine-dining establishment. It was a very impressive menu."

"I will be moving into Legacy at Savannah Quarters this June. It is near my family. It's all one level and built around a really nice courtyard. It has a small pool, a fire pit, and even a bar in the middle. They have physical fitness and an activities staff for different recreational activities."

"It was an excellent facility that I would use absolutely. It was inviting. I would recommend it highly. The apartments were in good sizes, and there were choices of floor plans. It was a very nice and clean facility. The clientele were engaged. "

"I visited Riverside in the search for a facility for my Mom. I find it very very nice. The people there were very helpful and accommodating. It was a 3 or 4 star facility. It was beautiful. However my Mom decided not to go yet. We visited 2 places but when my mom is ready to move in, we will choose this facility for her. "

"Vineyard Bluffton is at the top of my list right now. It's a 5 all the way around. We met some of the residents there. The food appeared to be excellent, well prepared, and I would certainly eat there if I had to any time. We viewed several apartments, and they're excellent. They're exactly what we would be looking for to settle on. They had everything from pickleball to arts and crafts and physical therapy. I can't even name them all. They're well rounded and something that seniors would appreciate. We went to three courtyards. They're very open. There's a lot of greenery with little lagoons and little pools. It was just very impressive."

"We moved dad into the memory unit of Sprenger Health Care Bluffton. The facility is new, I think about a year old, so it's relatively clean and well-appointed. There are three different levels of care, assisted living, nursing, and then memory care. Once my father was put in the nursing facility, it took about three or four weeks and we realized that was not the right unit for him. He was falling and I think the level of care was not what he needed. I was determined that he should be in the memory care unit, and he's getting good care there now. We're very happy. I feel like the nurses care about his well-being. I think especially right now with the pandemic, there's certainly a shortage of caregivers in facilities like this one. You can tell the people who care and the people who don't care as much when they're stressed with extra workloads and so forth. There's also a physical therapy unit with physical therapists and so forth. And I'm very happy with the care that my father received from those people. There's a doctor on staff and all in all, I think that he's receiving good care. I believe most of the rooms are approximately the same size. They all have a bed, their bathroom, with television, phone, and nice cabinets to store not only your clothes but other personal belongings. My father's room was nicely done. It had a nice paint job. The units are all approximately the same size, but they're appointed slightly differently, depending on whether you need assisted living, or nursing, or memory care. I know that there's another gentleman who's there for assisted living, and he has more of what you would kind of consider a residential look as opposed to my father who's in the memory care who has more of a kind of a clinical, even though there are the feng shui colors, and it's very warm and inviting. It's a little more of a hospital look. Some entertainers come on a scheduled basis. Some play musical instruments, and there's a schedule of events that comes out every day for residents there. I can't say that we've taken advantage of it. I think my dad is in a more advanced stage of the care that he needs, so he would not benefit from entertainment, but there is entertainment there. There's even a bar in the main reception area where you do feel like you are kind of socially active there. Snacks are served and even some drinks if you qualify to have a drink. Overall, it's a happy place, as happy as a nursing facility can be. In addition to the physical therapy type of care that keeps people active, some entertainment comes into the facility."

"The staff was very professional, took a lot of time to talk to me and took me on a tour. They had meeting rooms, activity rooms, music, piano, get-togethers, live entertainment, game room, and a place for happy hour. The memory care facilities got their own wing there. It was clean, but a little bit of an older facility."

"The Retreat at Lady's Island is a very nice place, the building and all is nice. It's along a river, so the outside has a beautiful view and you see boats coming by occasionally. The people here are nice. The biggest complaint that the people here have is the food, and we're hoping that it will improve, but it hasn't happened yet. I have a two-bedroom and it's very nice. I have a little kitchenette with a small refrigerator and a microwave, the bedroom is separate with a private bathroom. There's a washing machine out in the hall, but right now it's broken, though there's another one further down the hall. The facilities are pretty nice. I would suggest that people come in and view it, which would help more than anything. Other than the food, there's nothing I can complain about. It has a much prettier view than most other places. I have a room in a corner and I look over the river and you can see across the river and the downtown view. It's quite a pleasant place. The staff is very nice, we just learned yesterday from the governor that we can have visitors in now, which is a nice statewide thing. When I got here there were quite a lot of things to do, but when the sickness went around they cut back on most everything. There was singing and music to games, a chapel where we have a service, and on Mondays we had bus rides."

"Mom has already settled at Buckingham South. It's a beautiful place. They have good lighting and for an assisted living facility, I think it is very nice. The staff is excellent. Their activities vary from each week. They have entertainment, movies, and games. They also have some arts and crafts. They have a lot of activities within the building. They have a nice library and a pool table. The food is good, not gourmet eating, but its good. The residents love having choices with the type of food that they want. I like that they have a lot of choices in the layout of the rooms. It's very efficient and very safe. They do try to make the community happy and that is nice. They are also pretty good at addressing issues right way. "