Five Star Senior Living

My elderly mom has been a resident for almost 4 years. The staff are all amazing! The facility is clean and well-maintained! Planned daily activities. Just love the care they provide! Over and above! Highly recommend!

The caring staff makes this a great community. Wendy took her time with the family and answered all of our questions and gave advice to assist with the transition of our loved one in to the community. The staff were supportive of our loved one and worked well with hospice. My loved one passed during their time at the community, and the staff have been supportive of the family even after this fact.

The people there are great- meaning the CNA's they are very helpful and friendly. We really like the location of the community and the access - that is great. We do think the value is affordable and we would recommend The Gardens of Virginia Beach to other families based on our experience

This is a very caring community The staff know all the residents by name and visitors who are visiting family members. They truly seem to care about the residents. There are three meals a day served to the residents and they have choices to choose from. Ice cream socials, exercise group, singing, entertainment, religious services, and more are some of the activities available for the residents to engage with.

This has been an excellent choice for my 89 year old mom. She has friends and lots of activities. The staff are caring and although it is not perfect, overall the experience has been very good. My mom is walking the halls with her rollator each day, taking exercise classes, playing lots of games, sitting on the porch with her friends and enjoying each day. Her apartment is very cute. The staff has always been responsive with any work orders or issues that arise and they provide excellent care for all the residents.

The Gardens is wonderful! The staff is very good with the residents. They do a lot for them and make sure they're clean and well cared for. They have a lot of nice activities. Lots of game times. Twice a week they go on excursions. They always have entertainment (musicians, etc.) at least three times a week. They allow small cats and dogs. The other residents are all nice. It has been a very nice experience. I don't have a single bad thing to say about it. My mom, who I thought would have trouble setting in, has adapted very well and very quickly!

The entire Leadership, Management & Staff are outstanding providing loving and superb service to our challenged family member. The kindness, support, dignity, proactivity, touch and respect shown every hour is wonderful during these very difficult & sad twilight years. Their careful training and genuine smiles mean the world to our Family. Special recognition to their fabulous Resident Director [name removed] for her extraordinary patience, wisdom, angelic grace & phenomenal care. Exec. [name removed] is always accessible, man of action, wonderful listener & incredibly talented. Sales Director [name removed] has super patience, charming, excellent with on-boarding details and readily goes the extra mile. Top ratings across the board as we highly recommend this property heads and tails above any competitor anywhere across our great nation!

This was a nice community. This community was a little further family than we wanted.

My parents are in memory care at Granite Gate. GG is constantly working to enhance the experience for memory care residents. My parents look healthier and act happier than they have in years. The caregivers, nursing staff, med techs, and housekeepers are outstanding. As both my parents have dementia, it was difficult for them, not understanding why they were moved from their home. But the caregivers were always patient and did all they could to make them comfortable. Now they love it there. They love the food and the people. They say they are treated like family. The new director of the memory care facility is very focused on Alzheimer's care and the right care and activities for those with dementia. She even started a support group for families. My parents adore her and are loving the changes. I'm thrilled and relieved, and I know I made the right choice in Granite Gate. I'm sure there are many places where your loved ones will be safe, but feeling loved is a next level of care.

Outstanding staff, positive atmosphere.

Everyone is great to work with the food is great.

Staff is very friendly and helpful.

Very nice place. I looked at 6 facilities and this was my first choice. It just didn't work out with moving my dad from another state.

My loved one's care is being met and we are pleased that the medical needs are consistent for my loved one. The staff are wonderful to work with. There is bingo almost everyday for the residents, along with other activities for them to participate in. The meals are served three times a day to the residents, and they are able to meet dietary restrictions when needed.

Our family had an in person tour and it was definitely a decent tour experience, the food was great and the staff were very welcoming. It was a little farther away then what we were wanting but it was very clean and nice.

Overall we really like the Stratford Court, we really like the staff members and the freedom to come and go as we please. Based on our experience we would recommend this community to other families .

We had a very good, warm, caring experience. The medical care was super. They did a good job checking in on my loved one. I felt very fortunate having them watch over him at the end. It seemed like he had around-the-clock care that he needed. It was a very clean and very friendly environment. They had a nice courtyard for people to go outside and sit. And the activities director was super. I had absolutely no complaints.

We have lived here for over six years. It has been a safe and pleasant environment. The staff is very caring. We like the location. You are free to choose activities and make new friends.

We had a great tour of Meadowmere Oak Creek and thought it was a lovely place. All the places we toured were about the same - great amenities, clean, beautiful, really nice. This one was just less affordable for our family.

Forest Heights covers all areas of need and they're willing to accommodate you in every which way possible. They meet your needs of what you're looking for, as far as finding a good place for mom. The sales person was the one mostly involved with me and she was great! They went on and beyond what they'd normally do for my mom because she was a bit difficult to get in and was being transferred from a different facility. They all try to help; if one cant, the other will. They're there to help you. Everything was great, and I got my mom in as quickly as I could. My mom was living at another place that was more expensive per month. They were very high tech and my mom really got into cooking. They had someone there everyday who would bake cookies with them, and so forth. At Forest Heights they don't do that, so I think the activity level could be brought up. I know they go on outings, but I'm unsure if Covid put a damper on things. I would like a little more outside events, but I know with memory care you have to be very careful. My moms is a very active person and I'm grateful that they allowed her dog, which isn't really common in memory care.