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I would refer Inspired Living to anyone whom asks. Overall is a wonderful facility, but they do need some assistance on communication back to the family with updates.

I toured at both the Hidden Lakes location and another Inspired Living location. They were similar, but I preferred the other location. I liked that Hidden Lakes was a smaller community, but overall it was just okay. It had that odor about it, which I know a lot of time can’t be helped but is still off-putting.

The community is an excellent place for a loved one that needs assistance with memory care. This community is more set up for those residents that need memory care, and not for assisted living assistance, in my opinion. The staff are very responsive to the family's questions or concerns during our loved ones stay.

I think it's all been very good. But they stretch the fact that they have a lot of Spanish speaking employees, and they really don't. With My mom's dementia, she's losing the ability to speak in English and is going back to her native Spanish, so sometimes that's an issue. There are some things I wish they would do differently, but I know there is a revolving door of healthcare workers everywhere right now. Overall, I think they do a pretty good job. You have to be realistic and let go of some of your expectations. If you can do that, you'll be pleased. Their pricing is the same as other places I looked into, but the facility is a little nicer. It's freshly painted, and they have a lovely garden where she loves to sit. The reason I picked them is because I knew she could stay there through her whole sickness and not have to move from level of care to level of care like at other communities. She had a difficult adjustment, and they were really good at bringing her into the fold. They're also super responsive to any comments that I might have.

They are very friendly at this community. They provide good care to my loved one. They are low on staff at the time but the staff that they do have are good and work well with my loved one. They have activities like noodle ball, bingo, wine down Wednesday, movies and more for the residents to do to stay busy and active in the community.

My Dad has a great room, he gets great care. They are attentive, thoughtful, and caring. It's a clean place that I know my Dad is safe in. That makes him happy as well as myself. Housekeeping comes once a week. Laundry comes daily. This is a locked memory unit. They offer themed activities like cognitive, spiritual and physical for the memory care residents. Community themed as well to help the residents get to know each other. The staff call with any concerns.

Our family had an in person tour and it is a very nice community, we liked how it had assisted living and memory care, but the were very unresponsive to our calls and we lost interest.

Our family had an in person tour and this is strictly memory care. Unless your loved one is really deep in their stages of dementia/Alzheimer's I would not suggest this community. The tour was good, it is a nice community and we did see fun activities going on, but it was just not the correct stimulating environment we were looking for at the time.

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The friendliness and cleanliness of the community really stood out to us as a good first impression. We would recommend Inspired Living at Hidden Lakes to other families.

Inspired Living gave us a great tour and were one of the only places that actually showed us the memory care unit. The facility is beautiful and has a very nice swimming pool. I was concerned though because during our tour I did not see any residents or staff, no nurse stations were open and it seemed empty. I asked how many beds they had there and she said 120 but only 50 residents were actually living there.

The nursing staff is responsive. They do call me on a very regular basis with different updates. They recently separated the unit into two areas - one side for people who are less functioning and one side for people who are more functioning. I don't necessarily see employees as much as I would like to for my mom on the better functioning side. But overall I think they take very good care of her. They're reasonably quick to get her cleaned up with any incontinence issues. Everybody is very friendly, including management. I think the staff seem a little overburdened sometimes, with not enough people for what is required of them. But my mom enjoys the food. And they're good about getting the residents together for activities like exercises and stretching, going out to the gardens and gazebo and asking about their fondest memories, playing a news/history/trivia games. Those things all seem very positive to me.

The community is cheerful, clean, and up-to-date. It is better for those residents that are more independent then end of life. It would be an excellent place for assisted living. The memory care unit was run different than the assisted living unit. I would recommend it as a top choice to check out the community for their loved ones.. I would check several communities out for a reference point, and visit all the places in person.

We chose Inspired Living at Lakewood Ranch because it sounded reasonable for what my brother needed at that point in time. They were very good with communication throughout covid. I would recommend them to others looking.

Communication can sometimes be difficult. The response time can take longer than we liked but they did respond. I would recommend checking out this community.

Our loved one physically looks brighter than what she did before coming into the community, and she looks like she is getting good nutrition. We would recommend this community to others.

We like the smallness and staff ratio here. Just seems a little expensive for what you're getting.

The layout of this community is very ideal especially with it being a memory care facility. It is very well designed, the building is in a U-shape with an outdoor area in the middle. We believe this staff is handling COVID the best that they can, we have only been able to visit once and they have done a beautiful job keeping this community clean. The staff was very friendly when we visited, everyone was great. All in all we are happy, and they have done a very good job with the activities. They have a wonderful calendar with a list of the daily activities. There is singing, games, religious services and movie nights. The food is excellent. We were able to eat there a couple times and its very nutritionally balanced, very good portions and a great variety. The rooms are a little bit on the smaller side, but a whole lot cleaner then the other places we looked at, and the bathrooms are a very good size.

We chose this facility due to affordability. The food was pretty good, there was quite a bit of variety. They also gave snacks morning and afternoon. The outside looked very nice but the inside was older looking.

I am concerned about communication with and from Inspired Living at Lakewood Ranch. When calling in, staff is always "at a meeting" and when messages are left, calls are never returned. Staff apparently was accepting whatever my sister (Alzheimer's patient) told them without checking validity. She appears to not be showering and skipping other personal hygiene. If communication was better this could be handled rather than neglected. Activities offered seem appropriate and in time she may become more involved. Facility is attractive, friendly and well-maintained.