Continuing Care in Clearwater, Florida

Sharron

I have been a resident of Belleair Towers for 2 weeks now. The community is fine. It's quiet and its clean. It's a 1-bedroom apartment and it's a nice size. They also have studio and 2-room units. The staff was fine and they clean the rooms once a week. I had just gotten out of the hospital, so I'm not familiar with the amenities and activities yet. They set appointments and they have some concerts available. They provide 3 meals a day. You either have it delivered to your room or have it at the dining area.

Sandy

I can't say enough good things about Belleair Towers. We moved here about 3 years ago from North Redington Beach, FL. I'm 86 and my husband is 90. This place is headed by two wonderful managers. They think about everything and they plan about everything. There's very little adapting we had to do and we're babied here. They're very accommodating. We have 2 bedrooms, a storage, laundry, parking, a nice swimming pool, and 3 meals a day. I'm just overflowing with gratitude for being here, especially with this pandemic, it reduces our dangers or possibilities of getting Covid. They also insist on wearing mask everywhere here. As a nurse practitioner for 40 years, I agree completely. The food is nice, the apartments are nice, they get cleaned every week, and everybody is friendly. I developed a 2-page criteria that had to be met, and they met all of them. It's a small community of about 70 people and we all help each other. The attitude and the community's spirit here is amazing! I'm just so pleased to be so safe. They have a plethora of very well-managed community activities, like movies all the time, a walking club, Bocce ball, brain games, a library, and you could be kept busy every minute. It's very homey and we are all friends and we can talk about most things with anybody. My husband is just ecstatic that we have found this place. This is the largest on floor space of any places that we looked at and more accommodating in cost. We feel like we found a little piece of heaven for ourselves. We planned to stay here till they drive us out. They bring up 3 hot meals a day, as you wish, snacks in between, so that's 5 trips up to each room every day. They're very accommodating and just wonderful people. The chef have a good handle on nutrition, so the food is of high quality, and everybody seems to be satisfied with it. There's a variety of breakfast every day the food is marvelous. There are two choices for lunch and supper every day, from soups to desserts including ice cream. Management communicate with us on paper every day, as to what's coming up, what we're doing and so forth. I'm bursting with gratitude to this place. We found our home here! If people are looking for a homey home, who's so caring, this is it. I'd like people to know that such a good place does exist, and their hearts are in it. I don't think we pay more here than we did in our home. I've never been so happily ensconced. I am just overwhelmed with the idea that there were people out there struggling to find a place.

Bob

My wife and I are currently at Belleair Towers. The service is adequate for now. They kinda cut back on activities now due to Coronavirus. They're not encouraging group activities but they keep the residents busy. They have a library, a pool, and an exercise area. They don't encourage you to the dining area right now. Most of the meals are delivered to your room, and the food is good. Our room is spacious, clean, and nice. They have housekeeping.

Rodney

Palm Garden of Clearwater is a very nice place. Everything is very well and seems to be topnotch. I'm not allowed to go in and participate and see what mom's doing, but basically she is in a wheelchair and bedridden. She's non-weight bearing, and they wheel her around to different areas where she can go to the cafeteria and communicate with other people. She doesn't participate in any sort of activities really that I'm aware of. This place was a recommendation of a surgeon in the hospital she went to for her surgery. It was right down the road and they recommended it. My mother seems to enjoy the food. She eats very well, and based on talking to her, she seems to be very pleased with it. The staff members seem to be very good.

A.C.

I toured Belleair Towers. As a visitor I very much appreciated that they were allowing actual visits in the current environment so that I could at least see the physical space as opposed to just a virtual tour. They were running screenings, they checked my temperature, I had to fill out a form on my condition, and obviously they kept me away from the residents. All of that makes perfect sense, so I was very happy with all of that. I met with John, who was the manager on site. The room that I saw was a two-bedroom and I believe it was in the North tower. I thought it was a nice size, there was room for what I was looking for, and that all looked very good. The bedrooms were a little small, but it had a big living/dining area which I think was more useful than a big bedroom. The amenities were presented, the activities were discussed, and obviously the activities were limited in the current environment.