Memory Care Communities in Murrells Inlet, SC

"I toured Anderson Oaks Assisted Living. It was a fairly new facility, and very bright and cheery. I met one staff member and that was the director. The building is clean and I felt comfortable when I went inside."

"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 toured Spring Oak Conway. I like the location. The location is convenient, and the price is competitive. The least that I like is, it's located close to a busy highway. The director is fantastic. The building is old, but it's clean. It has a warm and inviting atmosphere."

"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."

"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."

"I chose here because of the price point. They were the nicest place I found. I like everything. They have a whirlpool and an exercise room. They seem to have a lot of activities. The food was excellent. I'm going into a one-bedroom, and it's got a microwave and a small refrigerator in there."

"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 moved into River Park Senior Living. It is a wide open community. There's a lot of socialization going on, and the food is excellent. They help you to the doctors by van, so you don't have to worry about going anywhere. They'll take you there and drop your back. The staff here is patient. I have a one-bedroom apartment, which is really large. I have a living room with it. I have my two dogs with me and there's plenty of room for us. The living atmosphere is excellent. The dining area is very large. You can do four at a table or six at a table. It doesn't really matter to them, and the service is great. They have bingo, card playing, shuffleboard, foosball, and a few others. We have a gym, but no pool."

"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."