The Best Senior Living Communities in Beaufort, SC

"We toured Holiday Indigo Pines. What I liked most about it was the openness and that the residents actually seemed very happy. Everywhere we went we were greeted by residents with a smile. We looked at the activity list. The activity list was fantastic for seniors. We liked the fact that when the residents went into the dining room they ordered from the menu like a restaurant, which was great. It made them feel more confident. They were happy. They have music. The residents love music. The only thing that I would say negatively about it is that the showers have a six-inch lip. We were looking at a bathroom with about a six-inch lip, and because of some leg issues of my daughter-in-law's grandmother, we're not sure that she can safely lift her foot over that lip to get into the shower. We're going to schedule an on-site visit with my daughter-in-law's grandmother to see if it would be accommodating for her, so that would be the only setback. It was just a wonderful facility to visit, and I think anyone would be very happy once they saw it. If they were looking for something, I think that would be a great place for them to look first for independent living. The facility was very clean. The size of the room that we looked at was a bit smaller. That's another thing, trying to fit her furniture in that small studio that would accommodate the price that we were looking at, but we're still weighing that because it is affordable. I don't think the size would deter us as much as a lip on the shower for her safety. That's the only thing that I think would deter us."

"My mother moved into Okatie Pines Retirement Community. I set up an appointment and I went there and it was close to where she had lived before, so it just worked out. Her apartment is nice. It's comfortable. They have libraries, exercise classes, and card games. It's independent living. The food is very good. The place is very clean, and everything is well-kept."

"Vineyard Bluffton is at the top of my list right now. It's a 5 all the way around. We met some of the residents there. The food appeared to be excellent, well prepared, and I would certainly eat there if I had to any time. We viewed several apartments, and they're excellent. They're exactly what we would be looking for to settle on. They had everything from pickleball to arts and crafts and physical therapy. I can't even name them all. They're well rounded and something that seniors would appreciate. We went to three courtyards. They're very open. There's a lot of greenery with little lagoons and little pools. It was just very impressive."

"My Father received wonderful care at Broad Creek Care Center on Hilton Head Island. The staff was very attentive, knowledgable , and caring. He was well prepared for returning home to independent living. "

"We toured The Addison of Bluffton. The facility is very nice. Everything is clean. It's a beautiful facility, and lots of rooms are light-filled. Their admissions person was very communicative at all levels and answered my questions. We walked around there. I was impressed that they put call buttons about 15 inches off the floor in the residence rooms. So, if someone was on the floor, they could easily reach it, and from right there, where they were on the floor. I was impressed by the very good staff-to-resident ratio in the facility. I was impressed with the numbers that they had for that metric. It was a very impressive facility. I would move some money into that any minute. Brian was very forthcoming, knowledgeable, and willing to help and answer anything I had to ask."

"My mom stayed in memory care at The Palmettos of Bluffton and it was outstanding. It's a brand new facility and we had a wonderful experience. The staff was very friendly and helpful, always going out of their way to do whatever they could to make the residents feel welcomed and comfortable. They had a lot of activities and amenities. They would run old movies, do singalongs, a lot of entertainers come in to perform, play memory games like card games, do crafts and baking projects."

"This nursing home was very clean. It had a very large common area with a piano for the residents. Each resident had their own room and could be someone dependent. The grounds of the nursing home were along side a river. This gave the elderly residents a nice view and serene place to live. The nursing staff was friendly and helpful. They were accomodating to the volunteers and to the guests. The equipment seemed to be faily new, at least within the last 5-10 years. Nothing looked out dated. Residents were clean and seemed reasonably content with their living situations. The common area was used for other events for the community which im sure helped raise their revenue to help provide for the residents. The volunteer organization was very well organized and well rounded. Did not see any meals being provided so I am not sure how the nutritional aspect of the facility was. "

"The Retreat at Lady's Island was a fairly new facility. It was a three-story facility. Each level had a lobby area for the residents, but the residents would have to go downstairs to eat. Their staff-to-resident ratio was pretty good. Besides it being large, nothing remarkable stood out to me. They had different levels of rooms from studios to 2-bedroom apartments. They were clean, well-equipped, and ADA- accessible. One nice thing was they have water views from the Marsh. This facility had a pretty good overall atmosphere. It was engaging. Activities were going on with the residents and the staff. The person who provided me with the tour was good and engaging. It was all-inclusive care. They had an in-house pharmacy, an in-house physical therapy, and a third-party connection with a doctor. "

"My mother is in memory care at The Pearl at Port Royal. They're very welcoming and very easy to work with. She's been there just a little over a week and she usually is hard to get along with, but she says everybody there is so nice, so pleasant, and pays real close attention to her that she's quite comfortable at. The layout is pretty simple. The Pearl is now all memory care and it's all on one floor. It has kind of a centralized location of the dining room, but they have a lot of other things. They have a nice sunroom and a theater-like room where they can watch movies. It's real simple but very nice and pretty easy for somebody with tough times with memory to find their way around. She said the food was great, and she could get anything she wanted. Compared to the ones I looked at, I thought it was the best value I could find."

"Mom is at Sprenger Health Care Port Royal, and I would give them an excellent rating because they are. It's beautiful. It's a one-story building and Mom is in the assisted living side. The staff is wonderful. They all love her. She really enjoys the food and they give them a choice. They play LCR, a dice game, do exercises, attend cooking classes, and go on outings every once in a while."

"Preston Health Center is our number one pick right now. We have done some research and we've heard that Preston Health Center does its best in terms of ensuring that its staff spends a certain number of hours with patients every day -- those numbers are higher than those of other places. They were very helpful and the facility looked fine. The problem is that they don't have a lot of beds. We looked at the rooms and the common areas and everything looked nice, well-maintained, and clean. We didn't see anything wrong with it. We only met the person in charge of admissions and we were satisfied with her. "

"I toured The Bayshore on Hilton Head Island. The nicest thing was that the building is gorgeous, the food is very good, and they have a chef on staff. The staff was very courteous and knowledgeable about the property. It's a great location, right on the water, and the building is practically new, so everything's very well taken care of. The layout is very convenient and very efficient."

"A beautiful property with plenty of amenities. I had dinner there and it was fantastic!"

"The staff are excellent, caring and informative. Anything my dad needed was given at a timely matter. The PT, Speech and OT are Great. Overall the facility took great care of my dad and now he's home and continuing outpatient therapy. Thank you LifeCare"