St. Luke Lutheran Community - North Canton

Joyce

My friend has moved into Dogwood Commons Assisted Living, which is part of Saint Luke Lutheran Community - North Canton. Her mother is right around the corner and is associated with the independent living of the Saint Luke's area. She and her mom can see each other and have a better living, have communication with the family the whole time, and not rely on people to take them to and from to see each other. They have everything we need, so it is a really good match. It is pretty new and very clean. It's just like having your own apartment, yet they provide meals and the medication that she needs. It's a beautiful location. From day one, they were very friendly and helpful. My friend's sister and I went on a tour of the facility at a moment's notice. We didn't have to set it up in advance. They answered all our questions. They worked with us on our timing and didn't hold things up. They were just terrific to work with. I haven't talked with her about what activities she is doing just yet because she is on chemo right now. She is not into that at this moment. Maybe if she feels better later, she will. She has told me she is enjoying the food, though. It is very tidy, very new and fresh; it's just very good. For assisted living, she is right around $5,000 a month, so I would say that's right on point with everybody else.

Reviewer RC#1030c

The things I like most about St. Luke Lutheran Community - North Canton is the friendliness and the caring staff. I have a room that's a little more spacious than most of them. So, I'm very happy about that. They really could use some improvement on the building, because the one I'm in is so old. Then it seems like there's not enough staff. I think it would be better if they had more people. I guess it is what it is, but the people that are here work very hard. The food used to be kind of OK. I would grade it a C. Most days it's a D, some days it's D-minus. It needs help, too. I enjoy going to exercise classes and to church services, especially if they have music coming in. Sometimes they have a group come in singing like gospel music or any kind of music is fine. They had an Elvis impersonator not too long ago. That was fun. So, they are pretty good about the activities and they have it going on most days. The people that are trying to pull it all together work hard. They just need to improve the food and the supplies. I shouldn't have to leave my room and go in search of someone or find somebody to give me toilet paper and paper towels.

Beth467174

The assisted living at Saint Luke Lutheran Home was brand new. I think they've only opened about a month when I was there, so there weren't too many residents yet. They were still getting their feet underneath them. When I looked at the memory care unit, I wasn't really happy with what I saw because it looked incredibly institutional. I did not find the ratio of staff to resident to be very good. While the assisted living facility looked very good, I wasn't at all pleased with the memory care.