The senior staff seem committed and happy, and dedicated to residents. The facility is well-kept…read moreand very home-like and pleasant, and the residents are friendly and busy.

Such a beautiful newly renovated Senior Living community! The staff here are compassionate, loving…read moreand happy. The food is delicious and there are many options. They keep everyone's social calendar full and there is always an activity going on. I highly recommend this community!

My Mom is a recent new resident and has adjusted well to her new surroundings at Creekside Pines…read morethanks to a wonderful supportive staff and welcoming fellow residents.

My mother lived in Creekside for close to nine years. Recommended by "A Place For Mom" we visited…read morevarious communities, and -- though an hour from my home -- decided that Creekside was the best fit. In all these years, we never second-guessed our decision. ** Creekside boasts a competent and dedicated staff. Stephanie Hendrix is a hands-on director who rolls up her sleeves to ensure that residents are well taken care of. And George Kahl, the maintenance director? Simply the best! Helpful, kind -- he goes above and beyond. ** Apartments are amongst the nicest I've seen: spacious and bright. WIFI, as well as heating and air conditioning (which residents control) is included in the rent. ** Let's face it; no senior residence is cheap. But Creekside offers more of a 'bang for your buck' than comparable communities. ** Free transportation within a ten mile radius is an invaluable service. Plenty of shopping in Hiram, and a Wellstar facility with excellent geriatric care is a short distance away. So is Paulding Hospital. ** The social director plans a varied itinerary including bingo, exercise, musical events, field trips and more. ** All- day dining is another plus. Apparently, my coffee is not nearly as good as Creekside's. (Gee, thanks, mom!) ** So many nice and interesting people live there. I've chatted with a man who played baseball professionally, a woman whose ancestors are honored with statues around Marietta Square, and my all-time favorite: the former wife of a famous Hollywood director! If you or your loved one are in need of a safe community for independent senior living, Creekside Pines may be just what you're looking for!

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

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.

They need more staffing and the staffing needs training and they need better bug control cause I…read moresee huge roaches in here and the food they need to get somebody in there that knows how to cook cause the food is taste and looks disgusting a majority of people that work here are very nice and helpful but then you got that few I just want to get paid and I don't want to do anything I get this place two stars

My mother was sent here for rehab. Over a 3 day period she was bullied, intimidated, manhandled…read more(with bruises) left for long periods (over an hour) in a dirty diaper and because of the poor care she has a UTI. They cram patients into tiny rooms with 2 to 3 people sharing the space and if you want a private room, be prepared to pay $300 a day! But, don't expect to be able to have any creature comforts. They are not allowed! You can't use your own walker or wheelchair either. If they find one for you it will be mostly broken. My recommendation? Find a safer, better run facility that is staffed with people who actually care about their patients.

I have the opportunity to visit many senior care and senior living facilities and Corso Buckhead is…read morea top tier place. They have the most amazing interior design and comfortable seating areas. Clean, professional staff and excellent food. They have at least two restaurants and so many nice places to visit. For the person/family considering moving into Corso I highly recommend a tour.

I recently took a tour of the Corso Atlanta facility. This place has everything that any person…read morecould want. The staff is attentive. They have thought of everything from the flower shop, valet, salon, wine room, activities, cafe. I can be a big critic but I could not find anything to criticize about this place. It is a major consideration for me as I get older.

My mom lived in this community for over five years, first in assisted living, then in memory care…read more Though she passed two years ago, I wanted to add this review because I'm saddened by the overall rating here on Yelp, which appears to be fueled by disgruntled former employees who were dismissed for cause. My experience with this facility and with this organization was outstanding...far better than I expected from any progressive living situation for my mom. I found the physical environment, the administration, and (most importantly!) the staff to be of the highest caliber. Staff clearly were treated very well by the management group, as there was very little staff turnover during my mom's tenure there. Candidly, my mom had the assets to allow her to live anywhere, but I never found another facility in the greater Atlanta area that so thoroughly and consistently delivered what their residents needed, even during Covid. PLEASE read the many five-star reviews included in "other reviews that are not recommended" below. Why are these excluded from the overall rating?

Very nice place and nice apartments for the residents. Only problems are held between some staff…read moreand management. Lots of lifting people, hurting your back and there are no lifts. Everything is done with whatever strength you have . You also have to work in the dining room, pull, wash, dry,fold and out back laundry, buss tables, laundry everyday except weekends, give showers everyday, and sometimes the next shift would be late with no notice and you have to keep smiling through it all. The attitudes of some people here are ridiculous. Residents are sweet but the managemt overrules the good things. You also make $10 an hour and even after you take the CMA class for what they tell you is free, you have to pay $300 if you leave before a year is up. You do way too much for the pay, 5 different job titles for one pay.

Never use this facility. Has been reported to The Governors office. If you love your family member…read moretake the somewhere else. My mom almost died here. NOT CLEAN. Over 50 pct of facility had Covid. No workers were there. They were sick or quit

It is very unclean. Cigarettes everywhere at the front door... roaches inside the building. It is…read moreso hard to find someone who works there. There is no door greeter. They use the bare minimum. Management is rude to residents and staff members.

In this difficult Covid 19 season, I cannot say enough good things about Winnwood. Mom is 95 and…read moreneeds to be protected from the outside world. Winnwood has eliminated outside contact to keep our loved ones safe. But they have gone out of their way to feed our loved ones, entertain them and show them a lot of love. Great team! Could not have picked a better place for her.

Winnwood looks great on the outside and they are doing improvements on the inside, but there are…read morethings wrong that are hidden, even from the staff. I live in one of the independent buildings and more often then not, we have no hot water. I usually wake up around 2-3am to shower to get some mildly warm, not hot, water. I have complained to management but always get the same answer, "we are working on it". My family is looking to move me as soon as we can find a place. Management should be ashamed, we are all older people living here and pay quite a lot of money, money which includes meals. The food is not good, it is cold and often they don't order enough to give all what we ordered. We have spoken to the chef and the Director, both seem to do nothing. Current but looking to be former resident!