Senior Lifestyle - Main

The Addington Place campus is truly beautiful. It's impeccably clean and well maintained. But the truly great and incredible part is the compassionate, caring, and unbelievably dedicated and professional staff.

We chose The Club at Briarcliff because the facility itself is beautiful and everyone I talked to was very knowledgeable and caring, they were really interested in making a good home for my mom. It is in a safe, quiet location. The staff who run the activities are amazing. The room size is adequate for what she needs, she is in a private room. but they are not in the rooms a lot, they want the residents to engage. I would definitely recommend to others looking.

It was a beautiful and large community. We felt that it was little too fancy for my loved one, as they wouldn't have taken advantage of all the amenities.

We really liked Aspire at West End, it is a nice facility. The only issue was it is strictly independent living and we were looked for something that had assisted living.

We chose Canfield place because of the convenient location to family and it seemed like a good facility that had a better value than some others. The room size is fine for one person and what he needs. I would recommend to others looking.

[name removed] was wonderful. She made me feel very welcome and relaxed. The residents I met during my tour were so kind, warm and friendly. The place has a very joyful feel to it, a real caring community. The living quarters were very spacious and the amenities were amazing! I will definitely be considering Lake Barrington Woods as one of my future homes.

The staff are very, very nice here, and very helpful. Generally the food is good, and they give you a choice if you don't like what's on the menu. Sometimes the food is cold, but I understand that they have a lot of people to take care of delivering food to the rooms during Covid times. I'm looking forward to when the dining room reopens. They have plenty of activities for you to do every day if you choose to. They have a pool here, and I enjoy water aerobics, bingo, and the live entertainment they bring in. Really overall, it's a very good place. Otherwise I wouldn't be here. I feel like the cost is reasonable and worth it, to receive meals and to have help available during emergency situations. There are probably places that are cheaper, but they might not have the same amenities and services. If you voice your concerns, they listen and help you. Nothing is perfect, but I am very happy here.

They have plenty of activities provided for residents to participate in. I checked out a few places and this was definitely the best one out of all of them. It is a good facility, everyone is friendly and she is happy. I would definitely recommend to others looking.

We chose Park Creek Place because of the location as well as when meeting with staff, I had a better feeling after talking to them. The room sizes at the facility were adequate for what he needed. We were only here a brief period of time but they were extremely compassionate and dedicated until my dads passing. I would recommend to others looking.

Location is still very good (more like a 15 minute drive) but amenities are really strong - the coffee shop in particular is a really nice feature and something that my mother would love. The dining options, activities, and overall facilities condition are all great. Also, I think that, because of the size of the studios, these might actually be an option for my mom and also might be easier to navigate without the additional walls/doors. I did read a few comments that the care was inconsistent and that a few people had felt the need to bring in outside help in addition to the onsite care. Do you have any thoughts on how I should interpret that feedback?

My husband [name removed] and I met with Beth Verity today at 2:30 to discuss the possibility of my dad moving here. It was very informative and we liked the beautiful facility and friendly staff. We learned that Maine makes it easy to transition from private pay to Maine's Medicaid program. I was told that New Hampshire would not allow my dad to apply for Medicaid in their state because he would be coming from massachusetts. So now I think it's wiser for me to place dad in a Maine facility. Sentry Hill is less than 10 minutes from my house and I am frequently in that area, so it would be very convenient for me. I am visiting Evolve at Rye (in New Hampshire) tomorrow, so I will compare it with today's visit to Sentry Hill but I am thinking it's better for dad to come to Maine.

It is a nice place. It is working out fine for my loved one. The best thing about the community is that things seem to be running well. We wish there were more outdoor setting areas for residents and families that visit.

It can seem expensive, I wish they took Medicaid and they don't. This is something you need to think about. The staff are wonderful. It is great to know that our loved one is taken care of. The staff keeps us updated about our loved one. There are a lot of activities for the resident to participate in. The community was with hospice.

Overall I have a good impression. Cleanliness is good. One concern has been the weekend staff across the board. There's just not enough of them, and they tend to be less responsive. The weekly staff overall has been good. They're caring and work closely with my loved one. So the care he receives has been good. The food is good, but I was concerned about the portion size. One day I saw lunch was a small piece of pizza and four onion rings, and then he was offered a piece of pecan pie, which didn't seem like a really balanced meal. But I would recommend this community to others.

The people who led the tour were excellent. They answered all of my questions. Really what I was looking for were the three C’s: care, compassion, and communication. And Bayshore Memory Care met my approval. However, distance played a part in our choice, and we found a different place that I felt embodied those three C's the best.

Our family had a virtual experience and it was a very good tour. They took us around the community and showed us typical rooms and the layouts. They gave us a good idea for the lay of the land.

Everything has been very positive, it is a wonderful place and they are doing a beautiful job. They have a wonderful gym, a wonderful patio where all the flowers people have planted are blooming and growing. It is just gorgeous. Very positive experience.

we toured this community and it was a very nice facility. The staff was very friendly and accommodating and made sure we were comfortable. They answered all our questions and were very informitive. The community is on the bigger side and my loved one needed something smaller.

I think you have to be sure of what they do and don't do if your loved one is a full care patient. My only complaint was that our loved one's room was never cleaned, as far as dust and dirt, which we didn't know until we moved her out, because it's considered assisted living. The nursing staff was very nice. The aides - some of them were very nice, and a few of them were very standoffish. I think that my loved one revived good care though. Her skin was intact, and that was a huge thing. She was in a bed or a wheelchair, and she did not have any skin breakdown, so they were obviously taking care of her. The value was very good. They made sure she was included in the activities. They called me when the hair person was there to see if she wanted her hair done. The staff was wonderful. They communicated really well to me. They were responsive to my calls. I can't say enough good things about them. They were really active in taking good care of my mom.

We did a virtual tour of Bayshore. They did a really nice job with the difficult circumstances. It was really convenient because my sister and I live in different states with different time zones so we were both able to be on the tour at the same time and ask any questions that we had. It was a bigger facility so we felt that this would be more confining since they only had one hall for memory care.