Excellent polished facility. Mom has dementia and staff goes well out of their way to address her…read moreneeds. They keep good account of her activities and give detailed updates of her standings. Very caring bunch of professionals. Meals have variety and I've seen cook come often to query feedback on quality. Okay is not enough for those caregivers. We are blessed with their honest efforts to provide top quality assistance . Thanks Dogwood forest of Acworth Mom has finally come to rest. Our experience was emotional and heartfelt . We could not have asked for a better extended family then Dogwood Forest. At a time when many were suffering due the Covid 19 conditions. They anticipated our every need when we were too overcome by events to realize some important matters for my mom. Thank you is not enough , God has blessed this team to be apart of our life when we needed it most . We pray you continue to be a meaningful support group for our community.

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

I wanted to update my review. The issue was resolved quickly after I blew up. It shouldn't have…read moretaken that much, but I am happy with their quick actions.

This facility is a high priced jail cell. I strongly recommend you don't contact this place as my…read moresister in law lived there 6 years. She passed two weeks ago and my wife played bingo twice a week and made many friends. When she attempted to enter she was told she is not allowed in the facility. The woman at the front desk told my wife that she was trespassing and if she didn't leave she would have her arrested.

My father and I took a tour of Merrill Gardens yesterday. The whole facility was immaculate. The…read moredinner dining experience was wonderful with many options to choose from. The apartments are spacious and very well kept. Paula was so helpful and always goes the extra mile with great communication.

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 parent received excellent care here. The caregivers are warm & caring. Any time I had questions…read moreI received answers quickly--they respond efficiently to families. Clean and safe. I absolutely recommend the William Breman Jewish Home.

Absolutely the worst. I had two weeks here and every minute was horrible. They would bring…read morebreakfast to slam it down and never see another person until they came to pick up the dirty dishes. This is really a terrible terrible place.

My grandfather lives here and it is so wonderful. The staff are great and caring and I'm so…read morethankful he can call this home. He lived alone prior to moving here and interviewed many places. We, as the family, have always been regarded as important. Suzanne is amazing and has always addressed any concern we have promptly and with my grandfathers needs as the priority. We know he's safe here and he's happier than he has been in years! Yes, older people can sometimes be a challenge, but they handle him with care and do what they can to make him feel like this is his home. I think the other reviewer on here may not be cut out for this line of work. I also noticed she's never reviewed anything in a positive light. 2 stars max. Don't let her review stop you from checking out Benton House. I cannot tell you how pleased we are with this place!

We brought my mom to live here after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. She did not come willingly…read morebecause she didn't understand her illness and was a handful when she arrived. Suzanne and Chuck went out of their way to make the adjustment as smooth as possible. After a few short weeks, she loved it there. All the workers were extremely kind to her. We had a few minor hiccups with her medications, but that is to be excepted and they were quick to fix the problems. Eventually my mom was placed in their memory care and I was happy with the care she was given. They helped get my mom on hospice and kept me aware of the hospice staff and how they were doing. The biggest gratefulness I have towards Benton House is when my mom fell and fractured her back. We thought for sure she would have to be placed in a nursing home. They were wonderful to accept her back and told me this was her home. She died a few weeks later, but happy and grateful that she was able to live her final days in a place she eventually fell in love with.

Belmont Village Buckhead was a true blessing for our family. My parents recently passed away, and I…read morewill always be deeply grateful for the care, dignity, and compassion they received while living there. From assisted living to memory care, the staff treated my parents not just as residents, but as individuals with stories, preferences, and personalities that mattered. The caregivers were patient, attentive, and genuinely kind. They supported not only my parents, but our entire family during a very emotional chapter of our lives. The facility itself is beautiful and well-maintained, but what truly sets Belmont apart is the people. The staff's professionalism, warmth, and consistency gave us tremendous peace of mind. We knew our parents were safe, respected, and cared for every single day. If you are trying to decide on a community that will care for your loved ones, I can say with complete sincerity that Belmont Village Buckhead provides exceptional assisted living and memory care. We are forever thankful.

Belmont Village attentive staff caring for residents accessing their needs. Nursing staff caring…read moreand professional. I enjoy working here I feel its a great diverse group of caring and respectful people here. Cjmccleod

CROOKS!! Stay away. They are not trained for their job. I would take loved one to a dog kennel…read morebefore going here again. They do not stand behind their contracts. I deeply regret ever having them care for my mom. She passed away after only being there 3 days.

A heart felt Serenity, truly a home for the elderly indeed. Was blown away, when one elderly…read morehappily sang Amazing Grace. Then, the only thing I could feel, was the vibrations of love, a family, a home, the comfort, and how physically and physiologically they were healthy. The One on One personal care really sets them apart, Neat work guys, I recommend.

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.