The Best Assisted Living Communities in Salem County, NJ

"The room are a good size. The staff was great!"

"I liked Summit Place very much. It was a smaller community, but it's not going to be the one for us. It has no gym and nowhere for my husband to continue his therapy. They would have outside therapists come in, but they wouldn't have anybody in-house. It had mini-fridges, which would have been plenty for him. They're giving you three meals downstairs, and Lisa was wonderful. We looked at menus. It had the little square breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the week that you can pick. There were two choices of breakfast, two choices of lunch, and two choices of dinner. They offered soup every lunch. He liked soup for lunch, so that was a plus for him. It's a very nice facility. It's not as elegant as the other facility, but it was a very homey place and had nice, wide hallways. They didn't have a giant dining room. They had a smaller room for other things, such as game time and dining. I think they had 40, not even 39 rooms, maybe. A lot of the people there, one of them was 103 years old, and a lot of people there have been there for a very long time. Their children even end up going there."

"I toured many facilities before I choose Terraces for my husband. The care he received and the kindness of all of the staff exceeded my expectations. Everyone - the Administrator, Lori, the nurses, aides, Activities Director, maintenance person, ladies at the front desk - all were so thoughtful and helpful. I believe that my husband got excellent care and when he went on Hospice and was going through his last days, the staff could not have been kinder or more accommodating. I highly recommend Terraces!!"

"amazing team and dedication to residents is very special. Crystal in Memory Care has been so caring and kind to my Mom and my family. It is nice to see this level of care offered and we are happy about our choice for Mom,"

"We toured Truewood by Merrill, Glen Riddle. The residents seemed happy because I talked to some of them. The staff has longevity, which means they like their job and very friendly. I like their movie room. I like the schedule of activities. My only concern with that place is that there's a distance between, depending on where my mother would get a room, it would be too far to get to the cafeteria, but I'm sure she'll be fine. Their hallways are long. She sometimes has a lot of pain. My only worry would be making sure she got down to the cafeteria because it's like a walk and then an elevator ride, but the cafeteria is lovely, even with the outdoor seating. The staff was great. The facility was good. There just seemed to be a slight odor, but I'm going to guess with diapers and incontinence, and stuff that would happen at any facility, but I felt it was pretty clean."

"We were very happy with All American at Washington Township. They were wonderful. The staff was amazing. We got to meet some of the residents, and they were very happy. It's a beautiful place, and I love that they have a rehab in there. We were very satisfied with it, and I'm going to check one more out just to clear that in my head and in my heart to make sure, but basically that's where we're going with. They've got semi-rooms, and one of my mother-in-law's siblings who is 91 said that it could be a good thing for her being in a semi-room. The location is great for us. The staff has been nothing but wonderful. Our first time with it, we did a virtual tour actually with Stephanie, then we contacted them a couple of weeks later and said we wanted to come in now if it was able, and we were able to come in with the COVID being lifted a little bit."

"My uncle and aunt moved to Brookdale Hockessin. It's more like a home and not like a hospital setting. It's very clean, and the people there are very caring. They've been there for a long time. So, they take pride in their jobs. My sister and I had dinner with them the first night. I only got to try one thing, but it was a little bit too salty for my taste. They've had activities. My aunt made a bracelet the other day. She was happy with that, and there was some music playing one day when I went in there, and my uncle was playing cards with his friends. So, the activities are good, and it's the cheapest and nicest place."

"We toured Woodbury Mews. Jerry was very courteous. We had lunch there. The food was excellent. The food was outstanding if that was something that you were looking for. The facilities were a little bit older, but everything had been upgraded in the unit. One thing that we didn't like was that they didn't have any balconies, verandas or patios, so that was negative for us. The units were smaller, with no kitchen, just a kitchenette. But they had a theatre, a huge craft area, and a very active activities program. The staff we met were all very friendly and accommodating."

"My mom moved into Tylers Mill Senior Living. I like it because it's more of a smaller type of facility with a lot of continued interaction with the other residents. The care and services have been great. The staff members were friendly. They have planned activities to keep them involved and engaged."

"My husband is in the assisted living at Cardinal Village. He's in their respite care. As with all other facilities, the parking is the worst here, because a lot of their residents drive. There's not that much parking, but it's been working out fine for me as I've been visiting him this week. I go every other day, and I don't have a big issue with it. I don't have anything bad to say. He's comfortable there, and he likes his aides, which is a plus when you have somebody who has to take care of you. They're very nice people. He had slight complaints about the waitress not bringing him the correct item, but the manager there would correct it right away. He gets soup a lot, and he said it's really good. He's not a big eater, and there are a lot of things he doesn't like, but they offer a lot of different sandwiches, like luncheon meat or egg salad sandwiches, with every meal. If you don't like the hot meal, they have a lot of choices. He has a refrigerator for himself, so he has his own food, too. He could also take the food to his room and have it later, so he's pretty pleased with it. The place is clean, and it doesn't have a bad smell or anything, while some places don't have a very good smell. The building is 35 years old, so it's an older facility, and one would think it would be more musty, but it's not. It's well-maintained. He said their activity director has been in to see him several times. They have bingo and things like that, but he's not interested in them. They do have something different every day if we want to do them. We chose this place because it had everything that my husband wanted, and it was the least expensive. We only need him in there for 60 days, at most, but he needs a lot of care. Besides the cost of the apartment, we also have to add the cost of care, and he is at the highest care level. We got the lowest apartment rent, and we are very comfortable with the place."

"Everything was excellent in Merrill Gardens at Glen Mills. The place was like a country club. They cater to all my brother's needs. They let him hang stuff on the wall. They give you a bed and a dresser. Included in the price are all the meals and medication. They put a necklace around his neck, in case he falls. It was fantastic. I'd love for him to go there, but it was pricey. It's $4000 or $5000. The staff answered all my questions and were honest about it, in my opinion. They thought of things that I didn't think of. He loves it. I love it, but I need a VA Aid and Attendance for him to go there, and that could take up to three to six months, if he gets approved. They offered food, but we weren't hungry. The rooms were spacious and clean."

"I toured Sunrise of Granite Run, and everybody there was nice. I liked that they had bigger rooms and a lot of options. They had two bedrooms, a single bedroom that was a little bit bigger and a single one that was a little smaller. They had a little dining room. It was more like an apartment, and everything I saw was nice. As for the money, it's much cheaper than other facilities. They had a little bingo game there, and they kept the people entertained, which was nice."

"Juniper Village is a beautiful place. It has a gym and has everything we need. The only thing I did not like about it was that there was no parking. My husband is in a wheelchair, and I had to park in like a strip mall that's in front of their building and push him to the building because there is no parking at all. It's very tight on the parking, and that's the only downside. They had all the amenities we needed. Their meals are like a restaurant. You can pick off a menu. It's like a big dining room. It's like going to a diner, and you order from a menu, and somebody comes to you. It's not a bunch of squares with two choices. We were there later in the afternoon. I think they're open from 11:00 to 2:00 for lunch, and I think they open again from 4:00 to 7:00 for dinner. They said that I could eat there with him, say if I wanted to come for lunch, which would be added to our bill at the end of the month. For him, it included three meals a day and snacks, but if he had guests come in they could still eat and sit at the table, order, and it would just be added to our bill. So, that's convenient. It is three stories high. It was very clean. All the staff that we passed in the hallways were very friendly."

"We toured Paramount Senior Living at Newark and that was a very nice facility. The staff was wonderful. They were very helpful, very professional, and very friendly. They went out of their way to show us around and all of that. They were beautiful facilities and well-maintained."