Distinctive Living

I helped a friend locate this community, and I have heard only positive things! The staff is friendly and caring, the facility itself is well kept and clean, and she even likes the food! The family is entirely satisfied!

My father has been at Inspired Living at Sun City for about two months and everything has been great. The nurses and all the people at Inspired Living at Sun City are all very kind to everybody. They have good activities and do different things on a daily basis. They are very people focused and really friendly. They know all the people by name, know what they need, and the nursing staff is just excellent. It is a very safe and secure place as well. We have been very pleased.

They do an absolutely wonderful job at Inspired Living at Hidden Lakes! I'd give them higher than 5 stars if I could! The staff here is unbelievable. The CNAs do a great job looking after the residents, and the activities directors are excellent! The facility itself is nice looking, and always very clean. I've been there at all different times of the day, and it seems like they've got someone out 24/7 making sure messes get tidied up quickly. I highly recommend the place!

My loved one was only able to be here for a short time, but overall I think Chelsea at Bald Eagle was a very nice community. They took her in and gave her the very best care that they were able. She was in their memory care wing, and the staff there is very friendly and professional. I would recommend them highly.

Since moving to Emeritus I have found a huge change in my mothers overall attitude. She has made great progress with her therapy, and has made many friends. I am so thankful for everything the staff has done to make her feel like part of a family. Sincerely, Tammy Painton

They have been very friendly over there at Elmcroft of Grayson Valley. I have had a very good experience, and for what short time mom has been there she has had a good experience as well.

We're very pleased with how things have gone with Chelsea at Bald Eagle! The staff are all very friendly, and they did a great job welcoming my parents to the community. I also appreciate how good they've been at keeping us in the loop about how things are going with my parents!

This is a great place. There are plenty of staff on hand and they seem genuinely concerned about their residents. Everyone we met reached out to Mom and went out of their way to make her feel welcomed and comfortable. The place is very clean and well maintained.

Chelsea was unable to care for my mom in the Alzheimer's unit. At the time of the initial assessment they were going to be able to accommodate her needs, but I would have liked to know that as she progressed with the Alzheimer's this wouldn't be the best place for her. They don't get better when they have Alzheimer's. We liked it a lot because it didn't have the nursing home atmosphere, it looks like a hotel, it's beautiful. My only complaint is about not disclosing that they wouldn't be able to care for her as she advanced.

I have looked to a lot of places and found this Hidden Lakes to be the best of all I like the cleanleness of every room and hall I am very empressed with the bright cheerful colers of the rooms and halls I have looked to many places and found that I could have paid more and sometimes less but I am sure you get what you pay for I am very satisfied with hidden lakes Bradenton

Great friendly staff. Clean, great food. My dad is really happy there.

Really liked it. Felt it would be a great place for mom. Money is an issue though. With that said it is still in the somewhat reasonable zone.

We toured this community when we were looking into care options for my loved one. This was a nice looking place! The staff all seemed very friendly, and the facility itself was well kept and clean. Unfortunately my loved one was adamant about staying in the area she was in, so this didn't end up being an option.

Angela Magness was amazing! She was so helpful and kind. She helped us find an assisted living home for my in-laws (Emeritus at Quail Creek) and followed up to see how we were doing. She is GREAT! Thank you so much for all of your help. We will highly recommend you to others going through this!

Beautiful facilities, food was fantastic,! Rooms were on the smaller side.

So far we are having a very good experience. They really seem to understand patients with dementia. A horrible disease that anyone who is experiencing it with a loved one knows.The whole atmosphere and the staff are perfect for patients with memory problems. I am a critical care nurse and have never been on this end until now . Our experiences have been less than I could ever imagine. I think we found the right fit for our family member to live out his days in a safe environment with staff that really understand and care. Thank you to all the staff for what you do!

Wonderful, wonderful Place. Dad is extremely happy and so are we. Actually, we brought him from TX, and he is 93, so we were really concerned about him adjusting. The staff is so caring and loving and made an effort just like they said they would. They put someone with him all day long until he adjusted. They were there for him because he is legally blind and now he is really comfortable. They helped us get furniture and home health for his knee, something that wouldn't have been available at his previous community.

Vanessa from A Place for Mom recommended the community and when we went to visit it we just loved it. It was the best fit for what our loved one needed and what we were looking for. It is a very nice and pretty community. It provides a very home like atmosphere. We were pleasantly surprised by them. They offer plenty of activities for the residents. They make it very comfortable for families to come and visit. They are very warm and welcoming.

We chose Ivy Ridge Living Center for several reasons, first - the price was right, second - it was neat, clean, bright, and very appealing from when we first walked in. There were no bad smells, they do laundry everyday which I really liked. The people there are very friendly they answered all my questions. The staff addresses any issues or problems right away and even change their process if they find a better way of doing something. They have a very progressive dementia unit, every resident has their own room and wears a bracelet that can only unlock their door. The doors automatically lock and they just installed lights with motion sensors so the lights automatically come on if my mom heads to the bathroom at night. Throughout Ivy Ridge there are no ridges or rugs for residents to trip on and walkers easily slide on their floors which I really like. It is very bright and cheery, they did a study and found dementia patients respond better to bright colors so they painted part of the facility yellow and part green in an effort to help better orient the residents. Ivy Ridge is fairly new and has only been open about a year. A friend said there were 14 residents in January of this year and now there are 38, so it is filling up quickly. The staff does a good job with answering questions and discussing financial options. Also, the social director updates us on how my mom is doing and will take a handful of residents on outings for dessert. Her nurse speaks to me directly and is on top of the medications and medical needs of the residents. I also really liked that there is a locked courtyard that residents can access as they please. It doesn't allow them off the grounds so they are safe within the facility but they can still go outside when they want. They even can even put a GPS chip in resident's bracelets for residents who tend to wander off. My mom did not need this but it was nice to know Ivy Ridge has the technology and will use it if needed. Everyone treats my mom with dignity and respect. They also have a very nice dining experience, there's no rushing the residents through a meal. They sit about four to a table and offer residents seconds and keep checking on them which I really appreciate. I toured about 30 other places and I knew right away that Ivy Ridge was our first choice for mom.

I have recently moved my mother into her new apartment at The Chelsea at Brick. From my first visit there, I was impressed and knew this was the place I had been looking for. It is a top notch facility that feels like home. The staff is wonderful - kind, caring and friendly and everyone goes the extra mile to make new residents and their families feel welcome and at home. I highly recommend The Chelsea at Brick