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The caregivers are wonderful, the director is not so friendly in my experience. The director is not real warm and friendly. Some of the staff has left since the new director has come on. The administration have really been the only ones we have had a problem with. I have seen a lack of professionalism with the administration on occaision. We had some rough spots in the beginning. I would still like to see showers happen more frequently. One important thing I recently learned, is they don't do a monthly weigh in, and nobody knew where the scale was, and their alternative option was to do a personal trainer at 40 dollars for 30 minutes. They have a friday bus ride, that we really love. It's a smaller community.

The Jewish Pavilion is an outreach organization that seeks to enhance the lives of residents and their families in over 50 senior living communities. The non-profit provides sabbath and holiday celebrations, musicales, ice cream socials, intergenerational festivities and more. Serenades by Sonata in Longwood is one of our favorite buildings. First off, it is gorgeous and immaculate. The residents appear to be so happy . The staff is very helpful, patient and friendly. The food is delicious and prepared in an elegant manner. When we do a party in the building, such as a Hanukkah party, residents of all faiths are included. What I have observed is the high level of participation of the staff. Everyone joins in on the celebration. At the last party, staff from Serenades, staff from the Pavilion, volunteers from the Pavilion, and residents were dancing around the room having such a great time. Residents, who could no longer dance, were, tapping their heels and clapping along to the music . I would highly recommend Serenades by Sonata for your family and friends.

My mother has been a resident since September 2013. The facility is beautiful and very well kept, but staff is what makes this facility outstanding. I just can't say enough. The entire staff is kind, caring and treats the residents like family. I never worry about my mom's safety or happiness. The team in charge of activities does a wonderful job of giving variety and keeping the residents engaged. I am grateful we found such a wonderful place for Mom.

My father had the pleasure of living at Serenades by Sonata for two years. He was well cared for by a loving staff that he called his family. He thoroughly enjoyed the interior courtyard, going for walks several times a day to smell the flowers, watch the butterflies and clouds, and enjoy the sunshine. He also enjoyed the top notch activity program which kept his mind challenged and encouraged social interaction. His favorites included SongBirds, therapy dogs, and activities on the IPad. You can tell the staff enjoy each other as well as the residents. They find creative ways to celebrate all kinds of things from holidays and birthdays to baby showers and honoring their vets. Check out their facebook page to see the residents in action. Dad would give Serenades by Sonata a two thumbs up and so would we!

Serenades West Orange in Winter Garden, FL, is what a facility SHOULD be for everyone everywhere who struggles with finding quality care for a loved one when it is no longer possible to care for him or her at home. In addition, Serenades is for Alzheimer's/dementia care -- a niche desperately needed in this country. We moved our Mom from the memory care unit of an assisted living facility to Serenades West Orange in May 2013. It has been a wonderful experience from the get-go. Serenades is so far superior in all ways to the other facility: clean (as in CLEAN); bright; wide hallways to accommodate walkers and wheelchairs as needed; motion sensors; well-placed helpful lighting in the rooms for residents (such as a light strip next to the bathroom door, permanent nightlight over the toilet); good food (individually served to each resident -- food kept warm on the built-in induction burners on the kitchen counters; well-trained staff; friendly, caring, and attentive staff; excellent/timely communications and follow-up with staff via email/phone; meds dispensed by RNs with iPads (and residents' photos for proper ID) (Note: Mom was mis-medicated multiple times in the other facility, which manually wrote down the meds); RNs 24 x 7; secure -- no chance of your loved one wandering out of and away from the facility; excellent/stimulating activities (music, dancing, arts and crafts, language arts, etc.) provided by Team Elliott Education 3 times a day, 7 days a week. We went from being totally stressed out about Mom's care because of constant problems (some minor but mostly MANY major ones) and spending 80% of our visit time following up with the executive director and resident care director at the former facility to being able to really visit with Mom at Serenades West Orange. A very few minor items were handled expeditiously without our having to constantly follow-up like at the former facility. Our stress level concerning Mom's care has gone down 1000% because of Serenades West Orange! Our dear Mom is declining rapidly with late-stage Alzheimer's at this point, but we know she is well cared for at Serenades West Orange. THANK YOU EVERYONE AT SERENADES WEST ORANGE for "getting it" in what quality Alzheimer's/dementia care should be.

Memory unit was impressive, as were the staff members for the memory facility and the assisted living portions of the residence. I was impressed by Becky, the director of the Yamato Homewood Residence and the care in which the residents were assisted and thought of--I will be visiting again.

The staff at Serenades is very kind and helpful. Their focus is on the residents and their over all well being.

Top of the line, but more for someone with dementia and she would have been locked down. She didn't want that. She would have felt like she was in jail. Was like a five star ritz carlton and the staff was wonderful. It was beautiful, and the staff was great! This would have been my number one pick but she wasn't that demented that she needed to be in a locked facility. They have a beautiful garden.

This facility is amazing! My mom is well cared for and treated like family by all of the staff. The residents receive healthy meals, fresh fruit, and snacks all day every day. There is a nurse on duty 24/7. There are activities daily and the staff is exceptional. My mom was at Emeritus of Ocoee before coming to Serenades, she was abused, denied food and medically neglected. I'm so thankful that we found Serenades. The facility is beautiful! They go above and beyond! If you are looking for an Assisted Living Facility where your loved one will be loved, respected and well-cared for Serenades at Winter Garden is the place for them to be. Look no further, trust me.

Since my mom has moved into Serenades, I don't worry about anything. The girls are so kind and gentle. I believe they are Angels. The best decision we could have ever made. Thank you all!

They have taken excellent care of,my father

most likely the place I will choose however it the farthest from my home. I liked the rooms very much. cost seemed to be all inclusive of necessary care.

I love the small size and the cleanliness of the facility. The location could be better. Overall very good for level of care she needed at the time. It's open and airy feeling. Some were more like prison wards.

We have been very happy with Addington Place, our loved one really likes the aesthetics of the place. The food is really good, we have had many meals there - it is low sodium meals there is no additional sodium added to them which is nice. The staff is really good. They do have a lot of activities going on. Our loved one especially loves the arts and crafts classes. She also really enjoys the the Wednesday happy hours and the live entertainment. They take them out on outings and have movies in the afternoon. We would recommend this community to other families based on our experience.

This is a bigger community and a new building. It was more expensive than we anticipated.

The tour was great at this community. The community was great but there was just another community that worked out better for my loved one. The tour guide was good and was able to give me all of the information I needed about the community.

We had a little bit of a rocky start with her medications, but since she has settled in things are going great. Poet's walk is strictly a memory care facility and we liked that they specialize in that type of care. It is a smaller facility with more personalized and intimate care. They have a lot of activities provided and so she is not in her room a whole lot. It is quite expensive but they do provide great quality of care and the staff really know what they are doing. I would definitely recommend to others looking for memory care.

The food is really good. The staffing in the dining room needs to better equipped to assist with feeding the residents that need this assistance. The community is improving on things each day. This is still the best community after looking at multiple communities in the area. The staff get to know your loved one and their care needs. Once they learn the needs of your loved one they do a good job. The staff is very receptive to any questions, concerns, or changes the family or your loved one may need.

This community was very nice but there was just another community that we were more interested in.

The care service they provide are very good, and they just started the activities back up. They really have done a great job.