7 Assisted Living Communities in Dorchester County, South Carolina

Barbara

Management will make you think they care but Executive Director does not. Meals are frequently overcooked. Some staff cares the majority do not. Meds go missing or not given. Activities are only for specific residents. Cleanliness is not a priority. Laundry stacks up. Residents escape. Memory care residents are left unattended and are always left to sit in front of a tv all day. Assisted living residents are often treated badly when asking for help. Don’t push your call button it will be over looked as well. Over priced and very lacking on quality caring staff. No one is properly trained. No one is allowed to be empathetic. Staff is suppose to be robotic. Who wants this for their loved one. The Blake will say anything to get your money!

Carlos

Staff is not attentive. Memory residents are sitting all day doing very little and often nothing. Many left wet and dirty. Meals are often not edible. Most go unbathed. The wellness folks don’t help with issues. We are currently looking to get our mom out quickly.

Rhonnie

I liked Royal Oaks. It was small and only had 50 beds total or a little bit more, and it was clean. The person during the visit was very helpful. She told me of the different activities they had, and they had outings. I checked the memory care and the assisted living, and the rooms were decent sized with bathrooms in each one.

Lakieta

Harmony at Wescott Plantation was very nice. It wasn't the nicest, but not because of the cleanliness, and it wasn't as new as some of the locations we visited, but it was still very clean. The staff was very friendly, they greeted the residents like friends, and you could tell they had a rapport with the residents because they asked about their family members. I saw a calendar of activities for the residents and there's quite a bit of effort and time that goes into organizing things to make sure the residents have things to do. I did not try the food, but I wasn't impressed with the menu; it seemed limited.

Joy

We selected Royal Oaks for my mother-in-law. The staff seemed very nice, the location was very good for the family, and they were a little more reasonable price-wise than the other locations. I really liked their marketing person, and the director seemed very down-to-earth and approachable. They have transportation and a lot of activities. The rooms were very nice, and I liked the garden area.

Linda

Presbyterian Village was wonderful. I’m familiar with the place because my mother was there, and they’re very friendly and informative. I’m going to get a house, and I liked it because you feel like you’re in a village instead of in a nursing home. They have arts and crafts, entertainment, planned trips if you want to take them, and exercises. They offer one meal included in my rent. The staff was very knowledgeable, friendly, and very compassionate.

Glad to be Gone

The place is way over priced for what we got. The cleaning staff and the waitress and waiters are very nice but massively underpaid. Because of the low pay expect things will disappear from “Your Apartment” (You really don’t have your apartment, That is until the rent is due) they will just walk in without notice. Their Managers live on the property, but you will never see them. THEY PUT PROFITS ABOUT WE WHO LIVED THERE

CF

My mom has already moved into Royal Oaks. It's relatively clean for the most part. It's completely brand new since they've completely remodeled it. They have an assisted side and a lockdown side for Alzheimer's. The food could be better but it's not bad or terrible. The staff is really friendly and receptive to whatever you need them to do. My mom is in the memory care area. They do their laundry twice a week, feed them three meals, and have housekeeping clean their rooms, but I wish they'd do a better job on the cleaning. They have a large TV room and activities for them, like bingo, and have a DJ come in on Fridays when they have music and dance. They just had a big changeover in staff, which seems like it made a big difference for the better, and they're still trying to iron things out. They're in the process of hiring more staff which I agree that they do need. You can see that they're really trying to step up their game. The layout's nice but I just think they made a poor choice on some of the carpeting and furniture. As far as the pricing, though, you can't beat it because it's cheap and a bargain.