Summerplace Assisted Living & Memory Care

Summerplace is very friendly and inviting, and the people that live there are more friendly. It was a very nice facility that had one, very nice main dining area and gardening areas. They had 2 different sizes of rooms; the ones without the balcony had a larger area and closets, while the ones with the balcony had a smaller room space. The staff was very friendly.

We have known somebody who had lived in Summerplace. The dining room looked nice as far as their seating arrangements, and they were pretty active. Everything was clean and seemed well taken care of, but we didn't like the size and condition of the apartment that they showed us. They seemed small to us for the amount of money that they charge. It didn't look very apartment-ish; it looked more like a room. It didn't seem to fit because my mom came from a two-story home.

Mom was actually going to move into Summerplace Assisted Living Community, but she didn't feel like it was the right atmosphere for her. It was smaller and a bit older, and one of the things she didn't like was that it was assigned seating for the meal, so you eat with the same people at every meal. The apartments were considerably smaller. They were just very tiny apartments; it felt small. The thing she liked about it was that it wasn't a long distance to walk to any of the activities. We walked in, and the dining area was right off the main lobby, the elevator was in the middle of the building, and once you got to the elevator, you then could keep continuing up the hall and do the puzzles. There was a big TV lounge, and they had a little library there. Then there was a large activity room for physical exercise for people that liked to do that right off the dining room.

We're very satisfied with the living arrangement of Summerplace. It's a very secure and warm environment. . The rooms are very nice and clean and the food was very good. The staff were all very efficient. Their activities varies from bus rides to card games. People would also come in to sing and dance. They're very good with my mother-in-law.

Summerplace is an assisted living community in East Portland that also offers memory care. I've had two clients there, and it's pretty good. It caters to a well- educated community for the most part. It's in a very nice location"”within a senior community in an upscale residential neighborhood. And they have a bus available to take residents to medical appointments and outings. The facility is huge: bright and airy and has a nice, comforting feeling to it. And the rooms are very nice. They're a good size, well kept up, with a microwave and refrigerator in a strip kitchen. The assisted living staff is friendly but could use more training. They don't have a good grasp of the population. The memory care staff is good, with low turnover. Activities are also good. They have music, movies, gardening, and outings for shopping and other kinds of things.