The Memory Center Atlanta

Cindy

We got our father into The Memory Center Atlanta. It's a wonderful place. It's new and the people are amazing. They're very good with elderly people. It's very clean and neat. In the mornings, they have exercise class and memory therapy. It's got a little ice cream parlor and a movie theater. It's like a little town. The staff is friendly. Steve, the head of the place, interacts amazingly with the people. They have a chef that brings stuff out. It's a cool place. They have all sorts of stuff for them to do. They have a tavern for happy hour in the afternoon. They have ice cream socials every afternoon. They go outside, and they have cookouts for the residents. It's just a really neat place.

Provider Response

ATL My Town

Starting out --we went to multiple AL and memory centers to educate ourselves! Priority determining what the best care looks like our parent needed to receive maximum benefit from the program. When we came to The Memory Center of Atlanta, we had experience visiting several different places and both of us interviewed them with more questions than they gave us information. Probably a scary moment for this staff!! But they were so good with the thorough and confident responses that we were impressed. We were watching the residents and talked with them on our tour as they spoke to us. The activities were engaging and not just a quick throw down for the tour group to see. We came back for a second time with a followup walk through and signed him up. We have loved the communication the activity director puts out in the pictures and notifications to the families. The chef has personality and skills with special events with residents. I think the involvement that you see from the core staff when they are out with residents says the most and when you are known by your name when visiting-the bar of accountability is raised. It takes both sides with both the family and staff together to take care and provide a quality of life for these special people in our lives.

Greg

I toured The Memory Center Atlanta and overall, it was a good experience. I think the community was a great place for people who have memory issues, and it was probably one of the nicest places I've ever seen because they had like a town set up. They have a general store in there, a movie theater, a tavern, and all these different facilities for them to keep their dignity and have all kinds of activities for their residents. So, it seemed like a good place. It just seemed to be more on the expensive side, but they had more to offer and they only do memory care. They're very good people and the lady who gave us the tour was very nice. The rooms were also nice.

Provider Response

Concerned with care

I recently toured this community in search of a place for my dad. Very nice like online, however, my tour was rushed by the marketer whom seemed aggitated, not knowledgeable, and not willing to answer direct questions. She made promises on what COULD be, but my main concern was current staffing. They have 4 areas and only 1 person to care for everyone in each area. Both the ed and don are new and dont seem to know much of anything. This concerns me with what type of care my father would receive and for the current residents already there whom seem to not be getting much care at all. We will keep looking

unhappy and looking

The facility is beautiful and they were being lead by a awesome leader, Sandile. So angry that he's no longer there. The main reason our mom remained there was because of him, the nursing director Paulette, and the activity director Teal. Everyone was always available to help and go above and beyond. They need a new admissions person since they are changing management. She is horrible and treats the entire staff with no respect

Cliff

We have found a place for my dad, The Memory Center Atlanta. We chose this because it just had full service staff for him. Also his neurologist serviced that facility. It had an environment-like feel, a little town, and not like a hospital. Their staff was very professional, very organized and communicated very well. It's a very professionally staffed, well rounded community for memory patients.