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The Dorchester South

12930 Dorman Rd, Pineville, NC 28134

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5.0 out of 5 stars

The Dorchester South review

The Dorchester South community was great, it was perfect for what was needed for our loved one at the time and she is not at [community name removed]. Based on the experience we would recommend Dorchester South to other families who may need a place for their loved ones.

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The Dorchester South

The Dorchester provides 55+ active adults independent living with a vibrant social calendar, new friends, great amenities, and a maintenance-free lifestyle. Comfort, convenience, and safety is what you’re getting with The Dorchester South senior apartments in Pineville, North Carolina. Centrally located among Charlotte, Ballantyne, Matthews and Fort Mill, we are unlike other independent living communities. Other communities have built-in services and added costs, but with The Dorchester “a la carte” services, you only pay for what you use!

We are less than five minutes from Carolina Place Mall, Atrium Pineville CMC Hospital, and I-485. Within two miles are scrumptious restaurants and convenient shopping, including Food Lion, Harris Teeter, Harpers, Starbucks, Olive Garden, LongHorn, Belk, JCPenney, Old Navy, Barnes & Noble, Rite Aid, CVS, and more! You’ll never feel without a thing here at The Dorchester South. Contact an A Place for Mom advisor today to see if our independent living community is right for you! We currently have no wait list and immediate move-ins are available!

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Our front desk concierge is available around the clock 24/7 for any questions or concerns. Our community is secured with 24/7 video surveillance for the peace and security of all residents. We offer a...

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8.5 out of 10
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Overall Experience
4.4
Cleanliness
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
Care Services
4.3
Staff
4.8
Meals & Dining
5.0
Activities
4.4
Value for Cost
4.3

A Place for Mom has scored The Dorchester South with 8.5 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 0 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, The Dorchester South has 34 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.4 out of 5.

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Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

June 7, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

The Dorchester South review

The Dorchester South community was great, it was perfect for what was needed for our loved one at the time and she is not at [community name removed]. Based on the experience we would recommend Dorchester South to other families who may need a place for their loved ones.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

July 21, 2023

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Nice community.

The food options, the activities and the safety the community provides is something we likes most about The Dorchester South community. For activities they have different outings every week as well as party and get togethers. Based on our experience so far, we would recommend the community to other families.

Anonymous

Senior Apartments

Resident/client

May 2, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Review for The Dorchester South

I am now a resident at The Dorchester and very very happy.The place to be!!! Reasonable monthly fee, so many activities and bus trips for everyone, everyone is friendly and helpful. Both residents and staff. The food in the dining room is good but most prefer to cook in their apartments either because of convenience or cost. Here there is a reasonable fee for the meals. Love being here!!!

Anne #261

Senior Apartments

Resident/client

April 2, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Maintenance

[name removed] A very great guy personality is wonderful. Always does a great job.

Anne A

Senior Apartments

Resident/client

April 2, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Cleaning Anne # 261

Cleaning. [name removed] is a very positive and friendly person. I’m always happy when she comes.

Joy Patterson

Senior Apartments

March 4, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Best quality - Best price

This community has the best staff! Loving caring helpful friendly just all around awesome. The community has many amenities to meet your needs. Take a tour you will love what The Dorchester has to offer you.

anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

March 1, 2021

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0

We chose Dorchester South because of the convenient location. The apartment sizes are great, perfect for her needs. Overall, it has been a good experience and I would recommend them.

Timothy Mullican

Independent Living

Family/friend

December 8, 2020

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0

A great fit

We chose Dorchester South because it offered a lot for what you have to pay and the location. The rooms are pretty good sized, they do have huge bathrooms. Perfect for one or two people. I have eaten here a couple times and the food was really good. Overall, I would absolutely recommend and have several times

Anonymous

Independent Living

Resident/client

November 20, 2020

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0

A Place To Look At

It is a nice community. It will be better when the pandemic is over. The community is very friendly, nice, and accommodating. If you walk through the front doors, there is always somebody to greet you. The food is good, but can be expensive at times.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

September 22, 2020

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
5.0

My review of the Dorchester South

We chose The Dorchester South because they had an apartment that was income sensitive. The apartment she is in is smaller, but it is for the value of the price. She said the food is pretty good for the most part, but sometimes they do put a little too much salt. My favorite part about the facility is the activities. Some of those include bingo, exercise classes, events for the holidays, etc. I also love that they have a 24/7 front desk person, so someone is available at all times if we need anything. The only downside is that they don't have shuttles available to medical appointments.

Jodi R

Independent Living

Family/friend

September 21, 2020

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

An outstanding friendly community that deeply cares for theirs residents

In our opinion The Dorchester has the best value in the area, it is very reasonably priced. It is independent living, however the care services they do offer are good. There have been times where this community has been mistaken as just assisted living, but this is independent with assisted living. If you need more assistance you would have to hire outside services to come and help out. The activities are fantastic, before COVID there was four days of exercise classes that included yoga and Tai Chi, they could also participate in seminars. This community would bring in musicians and comedians. There would be festivals they could go to, and even the Mayor would join. The executive chef at this community is absolutely great, everyone at this community loves her. The food is ale-cart so you can either eat every once in awhile or all the time. She is very accommodating with the residents when it comes to different diets, for example if you are vegan or have diabetes. No one complains about the food or the kitchen staff The rooms are absolutely beautiful. There are two separate apartments you can chose to live in, that is the Dorchestor or the Manors. The Dorchester are more smaller and have in come based one bedroom apartments, or non income based one and two bedroom apartments. The Manor's are the most luxury styled apartments. There are five libraries at this community and three of them are at the Dorchester.

Diane

Independent Living

Family/friend

August 21, 2020

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

A great place for retirement

We chose this facility because of the price. The room sizes are perfect, my parents are in a room together. They have a very spacious bathroom. IO have not eaten here but my parents have said the food is really good. My favorite part about this community has been the fact that my parents are no longer alone. They have people around them all the time. I would absolutely recommend The Dorchester South

Anonymous

Independent Living

Toured community

March 11, 2020

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0

The community was everything I expected and more. The only negative was the square footage of the unit that fits my budget. I will have to do further drastic downsizing to fit in. Everything else was within reasonable limits. It appears to be a great place to live. All of the staff was very friendly and professional.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Toured community

April 30, 2019

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0

really nice clean place staff friendly but we feel we are not ready for a place like this just yet

Anonymous

Independent Living

Toured community

January 17, 2019

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0

Very nice place. Lovely environment. I could definitely see my parents living here. It felt safe and well taken care of.

LR

Independent Living

Family/friend

November 11, 2018

3.5 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
3.5
Friendliness
3.5
Value for Cost
3.5
Care Services
3.5
Activities
3.5

Nice p lace, but check your bill carefylly.

My mother lived at the Dorchester for 2 years. The facility and apartments were clean and pleasant. The maintenance staff is awesome! The staff in general is great, friendly, , etc. The food was good but is not offered enough. Weekends consist of sandwiches only at lunch; No dinner. Often on Holidays, the dining room only offered sandwiches as well. The Dorchester is for INDEPENDENT residents. If they can cook for themselves and they are not interested in activities, etc, it is great. There are some activities but there is not much effort to engage new residents. Note: if the resident should fall or be injured, they can not assist in ANY way. They have to call 911. They will go check on a resident if there is a concern, but they can't help them up if they fall, for example. If your loved one might need any assistance, independent living is not suitable. My difficulty was the billing. I am not referring to the prices, which I thought were very reasonable, but the accuracy of the bill. You need to review each month's bill carefully! We had charges for things we didn't use or incur. Getting them corrected was impossible. ( I am not referring to dining charges). Mom had to move to assisted living. Two charges that I was told would be corrected were not. Very frustrating!

Al Jenkins

Independent Living

Resident/client

November 10, 2018

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.5
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.5
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0

Senior Community

The Dorchester is a fine place for seniors who want a community that is filled with activities. There are places to go, things to see and continous activities, all day, every day.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Toured community

January 16, 2018

3.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
3.0

The apartments are older and less spacious than the Manor. Nice list of a la carte services.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Toured community

November 25, 2017

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0

This one is perfect! The tax-advantaged one bedroom apartment called the Dover is $797 and fits nicely in our budget. We didn't have a formal tour but simply walked in and the receptionist was super nice and the residents greeted my mom and we ended up staying for almost 2 hours just talking with them and they showed us around it was amazing. I've sent them a message requesting a formal tour and instructions on how we can get on the waitlist for the one-bedroom Dover model. It does not include a meal plan but optionally she can have dinner or sandwiches in the restaurant on site just as if she would be going out to a local restaurant except it's right on site. This one is definitely our favorite so far!

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

July 13, 2017

3.5 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.5
Friendliness
3.5
Value for Cost
3.5
Care Services
3.5
Activities
3.5

Best Staff Around

My mother in law is extremely pleased and very content since moving here. The community is very homey and friendly. Everyone on the staff from the groundskeeping to the kitchen staff to the nurses and administration has been more than helpful to the point where they go out of their way to get things done I just can't say enough about the whole staff in general. My mother in law doesn't, as a rule, go down to the dining room she prefers to cook for herself but I must say the operating hours are more like a country club than say a restaurant. The main 2 reasons for us choosing this place was my mother in law could get a first-floor room and it was handicap accessible and the price was the deal breaker we were very pleased as to the cost.

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