Northstar Senior Living

I was very very happy with them. I'd recommend them to anybody. We like the location, price, and the facility - all that is good. I think they could do a little bit more in the communication area.

They're a nice assisted living place in Japantown. It was a completely different situation that what my mother is in now. It's a nice facility. There are individual rooms and they make the food for you and everything but they don't really treat people with dementia so I didn't think it would be right for my mom.

I didn't think it was a good fit for my sister. She was pretty independent and it seemed to me that if you need more care that Emeritus might be the place that you would want to be. It didn't seem quite as open to me.

I went to go see it but I didn't get as far as seeing a room or anything. I know it was like $1000 more than the other place we were looking at and I just didn't get the same feeling when I walked in there. They were redecorating and repainting so it was a bit of a mess. The staff was nice but I guess it just was not a good time to assess the office.

I loved the feel for this and it seems to offer the stimulation I am looking for. I will take someone from the family to look at it. They have a 3 month waiting list and no respite care. Highest on my list now. $4,000/mo + cable... too good to be true.

The staff that we have dealt with have been very friendly. My frame of reference is that for many years mother lived with my sister and brother-in-law and then they were brining in outside help and Emeritus is a little bit under that cost and it's a much lovelier place. She moved in on Sept. 4th and on the 5th of Sept there were a few things not done. When we walked in the room mother was in bed, she did not have her oxygen on that she would normally have at night. that might have been her own doing but anyhow it wasn't on. It was an awkward start. There was some catching up to do. Now things are going better. It was day two before they had it figured out. I get calls from several staff members there and I talk to the former caregiver that came to my sister's house who visits mother and to the best of my knowledge, things are going quite well. There have been no serious issues. It's going about as smoothly as can be.

It was a really nice place. It was kept very nice. It was cheery and all the staff was friendly and happy all of the time. They had 3 outdoor places that I could go with my mom and sit and talk. The grounds are very well manicured and they have a good activities program. I'd give them a 4 on quality of food. It's good but not quite as good as where my mom is now. We moved her because of the cost. It was $4760 a month and I'm getting ready to retire myself so the cost became too much.

It was nice but it just wasn't the right match for what we needed at the time.

I liked it but my sister takes insulin shots 4x a day and she has a tendency to bend needles if the does it herself so she needs soemone to do it for her. They didn't have anyone to giver her shots on weekends so I would have to go over there every weekend to do the shots. They were very good, it was just the shots.

Friendliness is off the chart, it's pretty pricey and I've been over several times when my mother was out in public and her clothes were on backwards and that really upset me. There have been a couple of times when it smelled like urine but I have to be fair and say that that was only a couple of times in the past 7 months that my moms been there. I cant say enough about how great the staff is, the director, Leslie is AWESOME and they have so many activities. They really cater to keeping the clients busy and they have quality entertainment as far as making every effort to include the families and keep them recreationally busy. The food also is always good as far as nutrition and variety. For the most part, I'm very happy with them!

I understand this is a good place for Alhzheimer's care. Not ready yet.

Alzheimers focused; small, nice looking

Montessori style of care. One of top 2 for memory care. Great rooms, active program. Hard to see anyone at same level as Art.

Part of a community called Five Star, specializes in memory care only, doesn't look like AL

Good location. Smaller facility--not corporate run so not as stringent on rules/costs. Willing to disciss price. Nice outdoor space with tons of bird feeders. WW2 vets with a bulletin board decicated to vets. Very small apartments. Pets OK and would screen in patio to prevent pet from gettting loose. Residents appeared to be very cultured/educated.

interested

Nice place not an affordable one for my dad.

Woodmont had a suitable apartment available sooner than the others. They are a troubled property (also the oldest in Tallahassee) which is undergoing a rehabilitation process including new staff, interior renovation (plus a new roof), upgrades to personnel and operations. We were impressed with the staff and were willing to put our faith in their "comeback". Especially since we are actively involved by frequently visiting my parents. Since so few residents live there now, my parents are well known to the staff. However, because there are few residents there isn't much social stimulation or variety of activities available, which my mom needs and misses. She is high-functioning and is only in a progressive care facility because of my Dad's need for assistance, supportive staffing, and potentially memory care down the line if he declines to a level where mom can't manage. He's doing well there with the low stimulation. He's consistently sleeping better than he was before. So it's a temporary compromise situation for them, and they are on a waiting list for another community which has more amenities and social opportunities but a long waiting list.

This community was nice but we did not like the fact that all the rooms did not have bathrooms in them.

We chose Pacifica Senior Living because of the affordability of the facility. The room sizes here are adequate for his needs. The nursing staff is very friendly when they call. My dad is happy and they seemed to figure out how to take good care of him. I would recommend for people who cannot afford to take care of their loved ones.