The Blake by QSL Management

The Resident Property Managers have a heart of seniors and were very helpful in assisting us find the right apartment for my Dad. They guided us through the process of admission making the move much easier. The facility is beautiful with many activities for him to choose from to keep him active. Residents appear to enjoy living there and have been very encouraging to Dad as he transitions to his new home. Allison with A Place for Mom did an excellent job assisting us in our search and directing us to Smoky Springs.

We helped place our dear friend at The Regency House, with the hope that the peaceful, friendly, and attractive atmosphere of the place would help her to improve or recover from her physical and psychological issues which were being greatly exacerbated by her previous living arrangement. After only two weeks at the Regency, we believe our friend is well on her way to recovery already.

From our first phone call for information to our first and subsequent visits we were were always impressed by all the staff we have interacted with. They have embraced my Mom and have treated her with dignity and respect and she is transitioning quite well into the Harbor Chase family. Kudo's to Kathleen and her dedicated and caring staff. This is a wonderful facility!

Your staff is excellent. They are a very caring group of people and have been very helpful in meeting my needs. I felt right at home every time upon my arrival. I also intermingled with some of the residents and found them to be very friendly. I think the cuisine is very delicious. I am looking to officially moving this Saturday-March 7, 2015.

Nice place. Clean and decorated nicely. Prices go up too often but sometimes they will work with you. Judy that works there is super nice. Staff works too hard. They serve meals and have to clean apartments too so the cleaning is not the greatest. But this isn't the staff's fault. The facility needs to hire more people. Meal times take too long. When you go down for lunch, you sit there for almost an hour waiting on your food which isn't good for the clients. But overall, it is a nice place. My Mom loves it there so these are the faults I see as her daughter.

They were friendly from the get go!

This is a clean community. The staff is friendly. Their care services are good for what they’re set up for. We don’t have anything bad to say about them. It’s a good community to check out that might meet your loved one’s needs.

I liked this place and would have loved to move my loved one here. It's very nice, but they just don't much for funding options. They are all private pay. I liked the environment of sunrise, it's active there is more to do than at a personal care home.

My first visit to a Holiday Retirement Home was in Akron, where a nephew & niece that I was visiting in the summer of 2013 wanted me to move to live with or near them. Copley Place was very attractive, and I was delighted to learn of the Holiday Travel Program. However, Ohio's climate & weather do not appeal to me, so I declined to move there. Because I was now hooked on living in a Holiday Home, I next visited one in the mountains of North Carolina, but it was too far from family & friends. Then I visited Smoky Springs in Gainesville, GA, about midway between family & friends in Atlanta and friends in Clarkesville, which was my home. It suited me perfectly, so I moved here in December 2013 and am extremely satisfied with my decision. The staff and residents are great people, and the food is excellent!

My parents moved in a couple of days ago and everyone, residents, staff, etc were so friendly and helpful. The setting is very homey and there are several activities throughout the day. The three meals are very imaginative and nutritious. The day my parents moved in was a special birthday event for the folks with a March birthday, which my mother had. It was a Rock-n-Roll party at dinner with live music and birthday cake. What an amazing welcome for their first night there! The director contracts with a nearby home health agency to provide specialized additional services, an innovative idea to individualized needs. I am so thankful to A Place For Mom to help me to link my parents to this wonderful place!

After reviewing several Independent living/assisted living facilities, we chose Smoky Springs in Gainesville for our aunt. The first impression was an open, cheerful, living space. The dining room is open to the second story with tables for four and restaurant style service. The hall ways are open to the atrium giving that light spacious look, with many small sitting and game areas. Her room is very nice with lots of closet space. And she has a nice balcony with room for two chairs and a table. Smokey Springs serves three meals a day, with snacks and tea and coffee available at all times. The residents we have spoken with are happy, with the only complaint we heard that it takes too long to serve lunch and supper. I would not hesitate to recommend this facility. Call me I'll be glad to talk with you.

My dad is there and so far, his first month has been going very well! He really likes the food compared to where he was. The room seems more bright. He has met quite a few nice people. Good Experience!

Mario and Paul were very helpful and understanding in dealing with my demanding Mother, and I think Smoky Springs is a cheerful and well-managed facility. Mom does not require care at present and she does not take part in activities so I can't rate them fairly but it seems that other residents value them highly. I know that care is available on [removed] I see the caregivers making their rounds each time I visit. Insofar as I know at this time, the single elevator is the greatest drawback. It would be possible to install a second elevator adjacent to the existing shaft, but it would be expensive, disruptive and would decrease capacity by two apartments, so I doubt that will ever happen.

It has made a huge difference in my mom, just in the last couple of months. She in in independent living, but she gets two meals a day, transportation, and her apartment cleaned twice a month included in the cost. They have a lot of parties to celebrate; they had Oktoberfest, and they celebrated for Halloween. They have a pontoon, so they take them out on Boca Ciega Bay. They take them out to eat, they took them to tour one of the navy ships in the Tampa Bay Harbor, and they toured a couple of mansions on the market in the area. The Fountains blew out all preconceived notions of what these places would be like. The residents are all happy and busy and moving around. It's very, very active. They even have a 25 seat movie theater! They have a gym and physical therapy that will come there to work with people, so you can stay in the same facility no matter what your care needs are. Everyone has been wonderful there, my mother has really embraced it. She lived by herself in Iowa, but now she has made a lot of friends. When residents first move in, they assign a peer mentor to help the new resident get the hang of it there.

We picked Sunrise of Decatur because dad had been in a sunrise independent living community in Boca Raton. They made the move easy and we have all felt welcomed by the community It was the right choice for dad who is doing better here than he had been in Stratford Court

Memory care supervisor and activity director are great!!! Beautiful grounds. Occasional issue with care but am glad I chose The Fountains for my mom overall.

I don't really have any complaints per se, I've had to follow up a couple of times on her medications. One time, she was given an incorrect medication that morning and recently she's been starting on metamucil everyday, and they didn't start that until very recently. They've been really good once I bring things to their attention and they always answer my questions promptly. It's been a big adjusmtent for her but she's happy at Oak Leaf and people have gone out of their way to make her comfortable, she's made some friends and she likes the staff. her only complaint, and this is probably not a valid complaint, but she says that they give her smaller portions than everybody else. She is getting good care and even though there ahve been some mishaps with the medication, the caregivers have about 30 people they look over so I understand that's going to happen, just as long as it's not everyday.

I really liked the Fairmont best, but I didn't like the location. It was too far for my family in Reston. They had a one bedroom apartment that was bigger than the two bedroom in Sommerset and it would have been easier to arrange my furniture. I was particularly struck by the lightness, there were big, large windows in the apartment, the hallways were light as were the common areas. They had a full meal plan which might have been too much for me because I'm on a restricted diet and it was the same price or less than Sommerset but I couldn't imagine getting in my car and driving to Reston everyday.

It's very nice it's just that the cost was a little higher. But it was a very nice facility!!

We chose The Fountains because its location was convenient for my family to visit our loved one. They were also recommended by people we knew and when we asked about The Fountains only heard good things. Our loved one seems to be adjusting very well and is starting to look better. Her appearance looks healthier and fuller of life then she previously was. We had looked into 7 other communities, but we chose them and feel it was the right decision. (Can not rate Care Services because have not used them)