Assisted Living Communities in Valley, AL

"Mountainside is the perfect place for mom. The staff are very caring, the food is good and they do activities to keep the residents entertained. "

"Valley Park Manor was really good. It was a bigger place, and they had more workers than the other place. I don't have anything bad to say about it. The people were super nice, and we met the nurse. It was clean. The room they had available was a little bit smaller. They showed us somebody else's room, and that lady had a couch in her room. How big it looked depends upon how you place your furniture. They had a courtyard, and they could go sit on the back patio. They said they ate ice cream outside back there. It was fenced in, so that people couldn't get out or animals get in. It was a pretty tall privacy fence, so that was nice. They were cooking, and it smelled really good."

"Lakewood is extremely well run. The administration is the best I’ve seen. Staff is caring. Food is quite good. The facility is clean and attractive. Rooms are spacious with plenty of light. There is an activity director who engages the residents. "

"The director of Poplar Creek Senior Care was very knowledgeable and personable. He took time to explain everything. He was just a super nice guy. It's kind of a small sort of homey place. It had a nice atmosphere. The common areas, living room areas, and visiting areas are very homey. They had traditional furnishing. It did not have any odor. It smelled nice. It was a pleasant atmosphere. We looked at some rooms. They don't have any availability currently, so the rooms that we peeked in were occupied. We got a good sense of the layout of the rooms, the size, and how much you could bring in there. Everybody was very friendly, welcoming, pleasant, and personable."

"We have moved my father into The Harbor at Opelika. It has been very good. He seems very happy there. They seem to take good care of him. They have a lot of activities and he is involved and he is up and moving. It has been a positive experience so far. He has only been there for a little bit, and we have been very pleased with them. They are very professional, they spend a lot of time with them, and they keep them busy. We're very happy with it. Food is pretty good, too. They do a good job. They have a little bit of everything. There are only 32 people in there, so it's very well kept, it's not overcrowded, and it's very apportioned. It's not so big that you can't get around, but it is not small either. They have something all the time from devotionals, to walking, to music, to activities, to things that work for them to get them to improve their memory and get them active."

"We moved into LaGrange Heritage Senior Living. The curbs were too high. You couldn't get up the curbs. There was a bump into the garage. You had to step up to get into the apartment, and the bathrooms were too small for seniors. You could not get a walker and an electric chair in it. They're just not senior-made. The cabinets are too high, the bathroom vanity is too low and too small, and who would give a handicapped place a bathtub for old people? Old people can't get in a bathtub. The staff lied. I paid monthly for cable TV and was there for nine months and never got it. I asked them to repaint the walls. Somebody had touched up the wrong color paint. I asked them, but they never did it. They lied and said it would be done the following week. They lied a lot and never did anything for you that you asked them to. Three neighbors told me the same story. They had been there from the beginning and still didn't have cable TV, but they paid for it. It's a big facility, and their offices and the dining room were very clean."

"My room is nice and clean with just enough places for my things. The staff is helpful and fun. They try to make it interesting and bring residents together for all types of programs. I love dominoes and it is available a number of times during the week. The front porch rockers gives you time to talk to assisted and independent residents on really nice days. This is my second place and has been very enjoyable to move here."

"My father has been at Lakewood Senior Living of Smiths for seven years, and he is happy. It is small, there are only 16 residents, and the people that work there are just wonderful. He has a one-bedroom apartment with a big closet, a big bath, and a bedroom. I love the food. They have lots of activities going on all the time. A lot of it is church centered. They have sitting exercises. It is like a home type environment, and there are no shared rooms. In the last two years, he has gotten a little quarrelsome because he is 98 years old, and they just handle him very nicely. I am very pleased with that. "

"I had toured Spring Harbor. I loved it; however, it was one of the places where you bought into it for life, and I couldn't afford the initial payment. It was like a minimum of $200,000. It was that kind of a place. It was about perpetual care, but the initial cost was too much for me. But it was a beautiful facility. The apartments for independent living are larger. The activities are first class, high end, and very cultural. They take their residents to cultural events in the city. They have lots of sporting and physical activities. It's just a very active community. The facility itself is immaculate and elegant. Everything about it is very high end. It's lovely. Everyone I met was extraordinarily friendly. There's a full-time physician available on the premises. It's just an extraordinary place, but it is expensive."

"Auburn Assisted Living is wonderful and I love them. It's just that my friend needs full nursing care. She has been there for a year and a half, and I wish so badly that I could keep her there. It is the nicest place and it is top-notch. The staff that they have is great. I would recommend them. They have a hair salon, a movie theater, a game room, an exercise room, and a bus that takes them out to eat once a month or to the store or the doctor. They have a full-time person to take care of the activities on a daily basis. They have little wine and cheese parties on Fridays. The whole facility is very clean, very friendly, and warm."

"My father moved into here two weeks ago. It's been great and it's a very nice place. I like that they have their doctor on-site. They have some nurses there and they are very friendly. They have a cable, phone, and nice food. The facility is just awesome. They also have bingo activities, movies, and a other games to play."

"Franciscan Woods is small and personal. Their bath is good. I know the director, and it is a very clean and reputable place. My mother-in-law has been there for about six months, and the staff has been excellent. I think they do a good job, and I'm there almost every day. They have all kinds of activities. They have an exercise room, and they plan several things every day. They have church on Sundays, dinners, and a Mother's Day party. They do all kind of stuff for them, and they are very active. "

"I was at my lowest looking for a place for my mom. I called the Landings on a Friday and the voice on the other end sounded so friendly. When I told her I was calling from out of town she said no problem. She asked if I mind if she called from her cell phone so she could give me a tour of the community, No one had offered me that before. As she walked around the staff seemed so happy, the patients were playing bingo! The room that she showed me would be perfect for my mom . I just wanted to thank Ms. Carr for taking the time out of her day to make my day when I was having such a time. Customer Service goes a long way. Needless to say The Landings will be my first stop when I get to Columbus. C.Wellington"

"My husband is at The Gardens At Calvary, and I can't say enough good things about them. We chose this community because it is a Christian environment, close to my house, and I had references from people I knew that had been there before. Our experience has been excellent so far. The staff is very patient with him. He needs a lot of support and they're very good about that. He likes the food too. They have activities like bible study, exercises, bingo, music where they sing or listen to it, and crafts. It's been really hard for them to do these activities since COVID, but they've managed to keep them going. The facility is beautiful. It's hard for me to pay that much money for the services we received, but compared to others it seems like I am paying just about the same."