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Charter Senior Living of Columbia

8220 Snowden River Pkwy, Columbia, MD 21045

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Jeff Guy

Child of resident/client

5.0 out of 5 stars

Staffed with literal angels

Before visiting Charter, I thought it was terrible to send a loved one to any assisted living place. Visit a few. People are drugged up, sitting stationary for hours, waiting to die. Then I visited Charter. They had a guy playing live music, engaging an audience of residents. They residents were actively engaged, smiling, tapping to the music, singing, etc. After a few spontaneous visits (to be sure the first wasn't a fluke), my family realized that sending our loved-one to charter might actually breathe new life into her. The staff warned us that there might be a rough transition period. They weren't wrong. But the staff rallied around us those first few weeks, sharing photos and videos of her dancing, smiling, and positively glowing. We got countless texts, emails, and conversations with staff, giving advice on how to handle our visits to make them a positive experience for our loved-one. I'll be forever in the debt of [name removed], [name removed], [name removed], [name removed], [name removed], and others.

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Charter Senior Living of Columbia

Become part of the family at Charter Senior Living of Columbia. This purposely designed community provides seniors with personalized memory care services that are designed to help them thrive. Licensed nurses and memory-care certified caregivers are on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition to custom-tailored care, residents can enjoy chef-prepared meals, interactive activities and events, and convenient services, including housekeeping, transportation, and laundry.

Daily services and activities are tailored to each resident’s unique abilities and needs through the Flourish℠ memory care program, which nurtures residents’ self-esteem while reducing boredom, loneliness, and aggressive behaviors through five key points:

  • Velocity program — Daily activities and events keep residents stimulated and engaged.
  • Oshibori experience — A daily routine that provides aromatherapy and serves as a reminder for mealtimes.
  • Grab-and-Go neighborhood activities — Spontaneous small-group activities catered to residents’ individual needs.
  • S.T.A.R. — Specific Therapeutic Assisted Recreation, a family oriented program that encourages families to bring in personal items to share and reminisce with their loved ones.
  • Rest and Restoration program — An intervention program that provides audio, video, engagement, as well as comfort stimulation and redirection.

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for Charter Senior Living of Columbia

9 out of 10
Review Score15 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
4.4
Cleanliness
4.6
Friendliness
4.7
Care Services
4.5
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.8
Activities
4.4
Value for Cost
4.3

A Place for Mom has scored Charter Senior Living of Columbia with 9 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 3 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Charter Senior Living of Columbia has 15 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.4 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 9/21/25

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Jeff Guy

Memory Care

Family/friend

September 21, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Staffed with literal angels

Before visiting Charter, I thought it was terrible to send a loved one to any assisted living place. Visit a few. People are drugged up, sitting stationary for hours, waiting to die. Then I visited Charter. They had a guy playing live music, engaging an audience of residents. They residents were actively engaged, smiling, tapping to the music, singing, etc. After a few spontaneous visits (to be sure the first wasn't a fluke), my family realized that sending our loved-one to charter might actually breathe new life into her. The staff warned us that there might be a rough transition period. They weren't wrong. But the staff rallied around us those first few weeks, sharing photos and videos of her dancing, smiling, and positively glowing. We got countless texts, emails, and conversations with staff, giving advice on how to handle our visits to make them a positive experience for our loved-one. I'll be forever in the debt of [name removed], [name removed], [name removed], [name removed], [name removed], and others.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

June 30, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Highly recommend

I would highly recommend Charter Senior Living of Columbia. The transition of my loved one from another state had the expected complications but the staff at Charter went out of their way to make the transition as smooth as could be hoped for. After my friend's admission, the staff showed a flexibility in finding the most appropriate way to deal with his dementia and his bilateral lower extremity paralysis. I have found the nursing staff interested in doing what is best regarding incontinence issues and nutritional support. Happy to support Charter Senior Living of Columbia.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

February 24, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Would recommend

I keep getting texts about housekeeping but when I visit his room floor is sticky and there is trash in the floor. Nothing major but not enough to give 5. The rooms/amenities are comparable to the rest and are great. The non privacy fenced grounds nice big area to walk and can see through outside of fence.

Ed O

Memory Care

Family/friend

September 3, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Review for Charter Senior Living of Columbia

Overall a good experience. While a bit expensive it's mostly in line with similar communities in the immediate area. It is nice that's it all memory care and has easy access to outside areas. The food service has improved lately with the hiring of a new head chef.

Michael

Memory Care

Family/friend

July 31, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Overall A Great Place

My mother is currently a resident here, and overall it is a great facility. The people at all levels from the management to the floor nurses all seem to care and treat the residents with respect. Several of the nurses go out of their way to say hello to my mom when they start their shifts, and ask her how she is doing. The food is decent, and they have activities to keep people entertained. They also do field trips for the residents. There are a few minor issues I have noticed. Sometimes the person who helps my mom get ready in the morning forgets to do some minor things (nothing too important). And all the residents with varying degrees of impairment are mixed together. That could be a positive or a negative, depending on your point of view, but my mom has told me that sometimes the odd behavior of other residents with more severe impairments makes her uncomfortable. But overall, I would definitely recommend this facility.

Stan A.

Memory Care

Family/friend

April 12, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Unparalleled Care

This is the best community and best care of the residents. The staff was phenomenal. The staff's willingness to make things happen to satisfy the wishes of myself and my wife was outstanding. The communication was exception during the stay here.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

September 4, 2020

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

They Set Us At Ease

This community is great at communicating with the families. They seem to take great pride in treating your family member with respect. They truly seem to love the residents. The activities will have musician come play, parties, food, themes to help connect people within the community. I feel like they are opened to talk to you and they aren't hiding anything.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

January 14, 2015

4.5 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
3.5

Friendly and caring

Our mother had previously been in a bad situation, but she's doing well here, so my perception might be skewed. They people are friendly and they seem to care about their residents.

Open Eyes

Memory Care

Family/friend

November 5, 2014

1.5 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
2.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
1.5
Care Services
2.0
Activities
2.5

Things are not as they appear

[Removed] Dimmed lighting to dumb the residents down and make dirt harder to see. The staff have clever little things that they tell you that *seem* spontaneous but are actually carefully crafted phases and buzzwords, cute and phoney.<br />Like dog food, what you're buying is a product that's cleverly packaged and slickly advertised. Do you really love the person you're considering leaving at Somerford? If yes, then find a smaller establishment where a person will have some dignity.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

October 23, 2014

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
3.0

Residents of all functionality mixed together.

I would give their food a four. My concern was that when I toured it seemed like they made it sound that they would place my loved one with other men and with those that were experiencing a comparable level of Alzheimer's. However they are set up more in a general population sort of arrangement. This means that the more severe residents are mixed in with the more functional ones, and I don't think my loved one was ready for that quite yet. It would be nice if they were more up front with that. I did like the flexibility, and the opportunities for the family to participate.

Family Member

Memory Care

Family/friend

May 30, 2014

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

It was excellent, I highly recommend it!

It was excellent, I highly recommend it! We used the respite services for two weeks. The staff is really excellent, everyone who works there is great. I would use them again, I am very pleased, I would use them for a permanent placement too. They are a little on the expensive side. It is strictly Alzheimer's and dementia. They have 64 beds in four neighborhoods with a central area, where they can do activities and where they offer services. They have a very nice outdoor area, with a lot of freedom for the individual. Everything is done like it would be at home for serving food. They were able to take care of her extremely well.

Family Member

Memory Care

Family/friend

April 28, 2014

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.0

Once we visited them they were the hands down winner for where to go.

It has been pretty good. The staff has been really responsive. There haven't been any complaints about the food or the laundry so far. Sara was amazingly supportive. The location was good for our family. Once we visited them they were the hands down winner for where to go.

Son

Memory Care

Family/friend

February 6, 2014

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

We were very impressed with the program.

She settled in extremely well, we were very impressed with the program. We were quite happy to see the levels of activity that the staff had the folks doing there. If her resources had been more extensive we would have left her there. They handle advanced dementia and Alzheimers patients, so the level of care is a little higher which makes the price go up a little. She seemed quite happy with the food. She didn't really want to leave.

Satisfied Customer

Memory Care

Family/friend

July 25, 2013

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.0

Ease of getting around

We were looking for a community that was more specific to Alzheimer care. The approach they have here at Somerford seemed to be the best approach for our situation. We like that it is a smaller community because we thought a larger community would be confusing and intimidating to someone with Alzheimer. Due to its size it allows for ease of getting around so it is very easy to navigate. Somerford has been great and we would recommend them to anyone.

A Place For Mom Customer

Memory Care

Toured community

December 24, 2012

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0

nice facility.

nice facility.

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