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We toured this community when we were looking into care options for my loved one. Some parts of this community looked very nice. The outside areas, the foyer, and the assisted living areas were all very new and nice looking. However, the memory care area where our loved one would have been was just one long hallway that didn't feel particularly warm or inviting.

Private pay only. Private room - $5300. Shared room - $4800.

Not a very professional tour. Offices were messy. Dated decor and memory care area was dark and depressing.

It seemed a little cleaner and a little fresher than the community that we ended up choosing, but in terms of overall value, it didn't compare. The price for what they offer wasn't worth it.

We visited a while ago. It seemed like there was too small of a population, and not enough going on.

It just didn't seem to be as small and as well run. It seemed like it was kind of going through some growing pains as far as their procedures and things.

We have had lots of fall downs on what we expected from Homewood. The marketing guy was very good and kept saying “If you want the best are for your loved ones, we may not be the least expensive, but we are the best.” Since then we have been scratching our heads. The staff does not seem to communicate with each other and really seem to not take responsibility. When an issue arises and you ask them what happened or how it happened we just get empty answers like “I don’t know” there was only one member of the staff which was a college student that actually said “I don’t know, but let me find out” We are paying about $3,400 a month to have our loved ones here. They do charge a low start rate but when you start adding services needed it really adds up fast. The community itself is beautiful and is in excellent condition. It is a smaller community compared to the others in the surround area. Everything about the community is actually really good except for the actual care services and their lack of communication. It seems like no body here really knows what is going on.

The day staff is really good but the evening staff is bad they take a long time to answer when they pull the cord to get help, it could be an hour later they. The evening staff is not very friendly and the food is awful. I had to wait at the community while taking care of something, they brought me a tray and the food was really salty. The food really is just not good. I’m not happy that they come to residents when they want to come not when the residents need them. We decided on them because it’s small community and seemed like they would be able to provide more personal care, but they seem to take a long time to answer the pull cord during the evenings. They raved about their food and how good it was, that turned out to not be accurate. So we are very disappointed in those areas. However recently changed the carpeting and put new furnisher in. They also offer a computer class for the residents.

The establishment is very nice - but the rooms are quite small.

Locked Assisted Living unit. No dogs allowed. Beautiful facility. He is too independent to be on a locked unit.

Dedicated building. Total # residents in mem unit: 15. All inclusive. Nurse 6-7 pm. Dr. onsite 1 day/week. Transportation to doctor appt included but must provide an aid.

From S. A. $4000 per month - this is assisted living. Also listed at $1,600.

I think it is a wonderful community, that is trying hard. They don't have adequate number of staff to care for the residents. Sarabella is using a lot of agency staff to assist with the care and number of staff as it is a newer community. The community recently hired a new Activities Director and they are trying to implement a new activities. The activities seems to be going into a good direction.

When we first moved our family member to Serenades it was outstanding and continued that way until September 2017. Since then the care staff was reduced. Followup from all staff is non existent. The lack of care has dwindled. Team [removed] is no longer involved with the activities. Some of the newer residents should be there as their needs/actions require a higher level of care. There are some very caring aides, unfortunately they are overworked. What was once outstanding, is now in a tailspin and needs corrections.

This is a very nice community and we have been satisfied until today. It's a sad day at the Hamptons to loose one of the only managers who care! Bring our Nurse back. I personally am not comfortable leaving my loved one here. From an unhappy camper.

So far it has been a work in progress for my mother here at this community. I would like for them to follow through on many of the things that were promised to us in the beginning. We were told she would have transportation to and from her doctors appointments, but they have not provided any rides. They said they have an on site doctor, but after the move when found out he didn't take her insurance. She says the meals are horrible. I wish they would be more upfront about the service they have available.

Service is bad

Director of Sales and marketing, needs to be more familiar with her job and facility. The initial process of arranging for my Father to be admitted, was not clear and had various problems. She was off property when I needed her direction and advice the most, and would not return an important call till after she was back, 3 days. Promised mobile pendant communication, in house, but found out later it was not available. Fair to poor follow-up in the new resident process, after deposit and rent was paid. Accommodations and food are fair to good, according to my Father.

The food is somewhat bland. We realize they are trying to cater to a large group with varying diets and they do provide spice alternatives but wish there were some items with some flavor. Other than that everyone is nice, attentive and always supportive without being pushy or aggressive.

My parent has Alzheimer's and was stayed in the memory care facility here for a little over a year. I looked into many facilities and this one stood out from the others. However after time, the level of care declined to where I was concerned for my parent. I can not say for certain what the cause was however I can tell you that I am not impressed with the new director that took over in 2014. I spoke with her to give her a chance to address some of my concerns with my parents's care and she suggested I give her two weeks to resolve them and she would follow up with me. That time and more passed and nothing changed and she never got back to me. It was not until weeks later when I gave notice he was leaving, she was very responsive. There are some great people working there. The activities director is spectacular. Many of the nursing assistants are incredible, however there seems to be some favoritism under the nurse manager and staff is encouraged to be neglectful and lazy if you are in inner circle of hers so that work is easier for them. Ironically, it is the nursing assistants outside the head nurse's inner circle that truly care about and take care of the residents. Some of the concerns I had were that they would not do things unless I asked, such as trimming nails that were close to becoming infected, shaving, showers where rarely given and often it was obvious that my parent had been in the same clothes for multiple days. Stains and messes in the apt floor were never mopped. This facility is new and they have a great customer facing marketing team. However this facility is all looks and no better and perhaps worse than many others and costs much more. In summary, I feel it would be dangerous to leave a loved one under the care of this facility unless you make frequent visits and constantly request and remind these people to do their job.