Great community for assisted living and memory care. Defintley one I would recommend having been in…read morethe industry for the last several years.

The building is lovely and the apartments are spacious. Staff seems to care about the residents…read more Great programs for dementia and Alzheimer's care.

This is an exceptional facility. The staff is second to none and the care my mother received there…read morewas wonderful (for perspective, I am an RN & very picky about these things). They treated my mom like family. Everyone from the administration to the care staff to the maintenance staff were friendly and caring. I cannot say enough good things about these people and this facility.

Professional, friendly and respectful staff. I would recommend this facility . Extremely flexible…read morevisiting hours. It's a little outdated but they do a great job in decorating for the holiday season. Not perfect but I feel extremely thankful for my loved one to be at this location.

Short-term rehab: Bug infestation during the day and night. Short staffed. PT/OT wrote my mother…read moreoff and barely did any exercises with her. Some CNAs were fantastic/others left my mother sitting in a chair without changing her for up to 8 hours. When a person is hoyered out of the chair and back to bed and urine rains down out of the hoisting pad - you know your loved one hasn't been changed or properly tended too. Lots of neglectful behavior.

Suddenly having a loved one need full-time care plunges you into a world where you're a novice,…read morelearning for the first time of all the choices, providers, payers, complications, pitfalls, and confusion of growing old in America. There is no handbook. It's little bits of knowledge you glean from friends, other people in a doctor's waiting room, caregivers, online searches, and AARP magazine. You piece together a plan: not knowing what all is available to you, what to avoid, what's a waste of time, what's going to be the best random choice you'll make, or what is going to happen next in terms of health decline or improvement. You make the best decisions you can, based on basically no knowledge/experience in a chaotic, complicated environment. Choosing Delmar for my mother was the best decision we made - luckily, fortunately, unknowingly. It comes down to, "What will her daily life be like? How will she be cared for, when I can't be there?" No online views of attractive facilities or happy residents can tell you that. It's a leap of faith, entrusting your parent to strangers. So I'm going to use this space to answer the kind of questions *we* had - in terms of what we found *at Delmar* , not the other nearby Smyrna/Atlanta places. For those, I can't help you - knowing teveryone gives the same standard info online, on the phone, in person. Every day I visit my mother, so I think I have a good handle on how they perform. **What care can she get?** This is a little complicated. Because I actually didn't know what kind of care she needed. Or how to determine that. I just knew that she could not live with us and he longer; her daily level of need was too great for me to manage. I was struggling to keep her showered, dressed, fed, taken to doctors, care with medicines & for wounds, much less entertained, loved, and cognizant of what's going on. A full-time job it had become. Even when I'd hire a "sitter" once in a while, I was using that free time to sleep or rest. Delmar helped me understand that they could do the care parts, so I could spend my time with her in other ways. She went into Assisted Living. (I had been so afraid she'd need Nursing Home care - which is a big jump from living on the same farm for 86 years, to basically a room. Though that's what she had, at our house for the past 6 months.) It was A LOT of "assisted" - and has grown to be a lot more, in the past 3 years. They did all the things I had been doing for her. She was still quite ambulatory, but had macular degeneration so her sight was about nil, and was very hard of hearing, so even with aids in, required yelling and patience. They offered MUCH assistance that we did not need. (But have since then needed): - Giving medicines - Getting her to the dining room for meals - Introduce her to other residents - Take her downstairs (for events, beauty shop, appointments) and take her back up - Do her personal laundry and also linens - Explain what is going on - Clean her apartment Eventually: - Give showers - Make her bed - Help her find clothes/dress - Remind her of dentures & hearing aids - Change diapers/help her remember - Walk her to bathroom in the middle of the night - Bring meals / snacks to her room And more. WITH A LOVING ATTITUDE, too. My mother is frustrating. But I've never seen a CNA or dining worker or maintenance person treat her with anything but kindness. Sure, there's the fact that I'm THERE and it could be otherwise when I'm not. But TRUST my mother would tell me! **How can I know things?" Delmar has been INCREDIBLY helpful in sharing what is available, outside of their own care - both free services and paid. They turned me on to how to get VA benefits, which halved her rent for us. Plus Medicare-covered podiatry services and flu shots. (Eventually, Covid.) And HOME HEALTH services to augment what Delmar does. Like, bringing in physical therapy, counseling talk-therapy, nursing visits. **Can we afford it?** It seemed SO expensive to us. But the other, less-great places around Atlanta were expensive, too. We didn't know how we'd swing it. But we DID know she couldn't live alone, nor could she live with us and get the care she needs. CONTINUED at https://mydelmaryelpreview.blogspot.com

Nurses. They made my husband wait an hour before helping him to bathroom in a very crowded room…read moremade for 1 but holding 2. Do not use this place.

A great facility. The therapy is top notch! Excellent caring staff. PT, OT and other services were…read moreprovided.

Where to begin? Presbyterian Village is an unexpected blessing in my life! I delight in the natural…read moresetting, the fellowship and dedication of staff. The Village offers a wide selection of activities but respects my individual need for privacy and quiet. Laura Dorsey

This is a great place to live. The campus is a wonderful oasis that is not too crowded, lots of…read moretrees and open skies. But the best parts are the residents and the staff - all caring individuals looking out for each other.

My mother lives in this community. She is in assisted living. The highlights of this community are…read moreall day dining and prompt care. She can order breakfast anytime of the day. The menu changes seasonally with a good selection of fresh fruits and vegetables. There are always fabulous activities. Last week they had llamas in for a visit with a fun western themed evening. The staff is wonderful and the General Manager is always available for residents and families. Best senior living in Woodstock by far.

My Mom has lived at Merrill Gardens for 3 years. When her husband passed we offered to move her…read moresomewhere else, but her comment was "This is home!" She loves the staff, she's made friends, her quality of life is good and she's well cared for! We are grateful for all the wonderful and caring staff that create such a great environment! I've spent hours here with my Mom and have gotten to know a lot of the care professionals and staff. They truly love my Mom like family. Is it perfect? Of course not! No situation is 100% perfect, but they work hard to care for residents with love and dignity. I would highly recommend it for a loved one.

My mother-in-law lived in the Evergreen neighborhood for persons with dementia. I cannot speak…read morehighly enough of the care she received there. The staff was so sweet and engaged. Everyone was very loving with my mother-in-law and it was obvious they genuinely cared for her. One care giver even came in on her day off to help my mother-in-law celebrate her birthday with a big cake. No place is perfect, but I can honestly say we felt blessed that we chose Arbor Terrace to help us care for my mother-in-law. Good people make such a difference!

I want to thank both the memory care staff and the Claiborne management of Brickmont of Acworth for…read moretheir commitment to excellence and their compassionate care for their memory care residents. My Dad spent the last 3 years in Brickmont of Acworth's Memory care community where he was given respect and treated with kindness. Not only was my Dad's quality of life fuller but my life was better too because a knew he had the very best care up until his last day on this Earth.