Memory Care Communities in Murrells Inlet, SC

"I like everything about Portside at Grande Dunes. They're very nice, considerate, and caring. Food is good. It's a clean and fun place. We love each other. We're a family, and it is home. Their activities are great."

"I went to Spring Oak Conway. It was a little bit too far out for what I needed. The staff was very pleasant. They were very knowledgeable, very patient, and very caring. They were cleaning the facility while I was there. The rooms are adequate. The dining area was a nice size and it looked fairly clean."

"I visited Hope Arbor of Murrells Inlet. The location is good and the place is clean. The grounds are really nice and they have transportation for the residents. The staff was very polite and professional. The only problem is that highway 707 is undergoing a two-year planned road widening project. The noise and traffic will be awful."

"I took a tour of St. Gabriel of Murrells Inlet for my mom, and I was very impressed. I like the less of a hospital or doctor-like setting. Regarding the community layout, the first word that came to mind was safe. The staff member who assisted me on tour was wonderful. I got to see where the kitchen was and the menu. The dining room was clean. They have walking clubs, there was an arts and crafts room, and they had monthly projects."

"My husband and I could rave about lakes at litchfield. They were so courteous and helpful to us when my husband had an accident he needed to recover from. The team was there day and night to make sure that he had everything he needed. Good food, respectful staff, top notch rehab center. Thank you for your hospitality!"

"Reflections Assisted Living was a small facility. I viewed it as more of a nursing home-type facility as opposed to assisted living. It was smaller, it had fewer amenities, and it was the same price as the other places. I was mainly interested in assisted living. I had a good visit there. I dealt with a young lady who was patient and knowledgeable, and I didn't feel rushed. It was an older facility and comparable in price to the newer facilities. It had fewer amenities than the other two that I had looked at. The dining room was small. They also had a porch out front and a courtyard out back."

"The Watercrest Myrtle Beach is probably the best bang for the buck. It's brand new. It's got lots of amenities. It has the most amenities. It has a salon, a salt room therapy, a mood room therapy, and a small pool. They have physical therapy, and they have a cigar lounge. They have a dining room that is open from 7:00 to 7:00, and it's more like a restaurant. You can order any meal at any time. They got more selections, and they have specials. I did eat there, and the food was good. The service was slow, but you're in assisted living, so you're not trying to rush through anything. We had a nice tour of the building. They have all three levels of care. That's the Cadillac of the four places that I've looked at. It's brand new. It's got the most amenities. It's exquisite over there, it really is. We actually ate the food over there. Me, my mother and my wife have toured everything over there. They have all kinds of outdoors. They have like a gazebo out back. All the pricing is competitive, so you're getting the most bang for your buck over there. However, if the amenities are there and you don't use it, then it's no good anyway."

"Our visit turned out very good. It was a beautiful facility. It's well-manicured. It's very very nice. We happened to go at a time where all the residents were in one area doing some kind of an activity. They looked happy and cheerful especially the women that we had spoken to. Some of them were very personable and had to come over and see what we're doing. Their hair was just so nice. They were dressed nice. It definitely made an impression. The staff was accommodating and very welcoming. We were very well received. I like how they had the place decorated. It was a very well lit area. There was plenty of room, nothing to get in the way of the residents moving around. That day we visited they were making cookies and they had asked us if we wanted to taste it but we did not, but it smelled very, very good. "

"Myrtle Beach Manor was older and the rooms were updated. It’s a nice place. It did not smell and the hygiene was very good. The staff is nice, caring and accommodating. The food was very good. They had jazz bands that my dad liked. "

"I considered moving my husband to River Park Senior Living, but they did not have a skilled level that they can move him up to. You have to move out of the facility to a skilled nursing home. They had waterfalls and a little garden for the residents to walk out and stay in and they won't get lost. They still contact me about placing him there. The staff spent a lot of time with me and my husband. They had a chef that's so wonderful. He was always making special things for people, and they bragged about how good the food was there. It was a gorgeous facility. When you walk in, you never knew you're in a nursing home, you never smell an odor, and you never saw someone left unattended. I know a neighbor that has her mother there, and she's been very satisfied."

"My father is a resident of The Legacy of North Myrtle Beach. He likes it there. It's an older facility, so some things could be updated. It's small, so the memory care unit part is also small. They also seem to have a little bit of a turnover. I wish some of the staff would stay a little bit longer, but they come and go. It has been a couple of years so I guess that's not out of the norm. He has good days and bad days, so he gives them a hard time some days, but he always gets good treatment, and they seem to be able to calm him down. He thinks he owns the place -- dementia will do that to you -- and they just go along with it. Some days he "fires" the whole staff, and some days he tells me to write a check for more money for them. They are very good with him so the only thing that I would like to see is more staff staying. My father doesn't really like a lot of changes, so with people coming and going he wonders where they went. He is in a private room, and it's not very big, but he has an armoire that he uses as a closet for his clothes. He has his own bathroom, too. Right now he has a hospital bed, but he also has a recliner, a rocking chair, and a dresser or a nightstand. It's enough room for him. He also has a window that faces the highway where he enjoys sitting and watching the cars go up and down. They took a little bus trip this past week, I think they went to the Olive Garden for lunch. He gets to go on little luncheons too. Yesterday they had a salad and spaghetti dinner and they tried to get the people involved in it. It's hard to do that in memory care, especially with my dad who is also legally blind. It's hard to come up with this kind of activity for him, but they try to keep him involved. They even help him play bingo and do different activities with the other residents, so he really seems to enjoy it there."