Novellus Living

We toured the Atria Cypresswood and it is a great community. They gave a nice presentation and some preserves to take home with us. The staff was super nice. It was a clean and well-kept community. We chose another community that was more in-line with our budget.

This has been difficult to write because our experience is limited with Camlu. A couple of days after moving in, Camlu informed us that our mother needed more assistance than they thought when they interviewed her. This new level of care would add an additional $800 per month to her rent. This has created a hardship for us. On day four after my mother moved in, she fell and broke her hip. This happened about 4:30 am. The hospital "examined" her and said she was fine. Two days later, still in a lot of pain, she insisted that Camlu call 911 again. This time the hospital diagnosed a broken hip. We have no idea why the fracture was not found on the first trip to the ER. So mom lived at Camlu for six days. She has spent several weeks at a rehab facility and is scheduled to return to Camlu in a few days.

This place was very nice. The staff were excellent and they were very kind and helpful. They assisted us with any questions that we had. The only thing that we did not like was the price it was just way to expensive.

This seemed like a clean community when I visited. I did not get a warm and fuzzy feeling from this community. They did not have an one bedroom available at the time of our tour. The people I met during the tour were knowledgeable.

They serve food between 4:30 and 6:00. If you go down after 5:00 they seem to always be out of food. The food is not good. The caregivers that work with my mom are very good. They know her by name and are personable. I am not happy with the administrative staff. They have a reasonable amount of activities, however I think they could do a little more. They do have nice music activities.

My first thing my wife said when she came in was that it doesn't smell and it's very clean, which is a big deal. The staff is very friendly, nice and accommodating!

My mom has been at Orangeburg Manor for only a week. While the ambience of this establishment is not quite as ornate or swanky as many others, it does promote a clean and healthy living environment for it's residents. The staff seems truly dedicated to providing quality care to all. I felt nervous when leaving Orangeburg Manor on the day I brought my mom there. However, when I arrived the very next day to find my mom playing Bingo (with a smile on her face), I knew I had made a fine choice. And while the rooms are certainly on the small size, my mom and I have nothing else to complain about.

It is a nice homey feeling that you get from this place. It is a great location from restaurants and shopping.

We ended up moving our loved one out [dates removed] and is now at [community name removed]. There was definitely room for them to improve on things, and the rates got raised on us twice without warning.

My sister is currently a resident at Novellus Clairemont and overall the experience has been just okay. However, they are very short staffed for care givers and office staff. Also, the parking is terrible. I do not recommend this facility to others.

I would recommend everything about Orangeburg Memory Care except for the food. Extreme poor quality and variety. Nothing to excite the palate.

I would say if they are going into memory care don't go there. I would say only go there if it's for assisted living. I picked it because the memory care was a small wing and felt they would attend my husband's needs which they did not. When you go in your first day in a wheelchair and less than a week you are restricted to a bed it's a bad situation for the person and the family

Our family had an in person tour with Brookdale Clairemont and we found the facility to be old and as well as the units we saw. Also the showers were not wheelchair accessible which is why we did not pick this community for our loved one.

I toured this community and based on that I would not recommend it. The price was lower than a lot of others. But the entire facility smelled like urine and we were just not impressed.

When we first moved my mother into the community, she was living in the assisted living but then moved to the memory care. At that time, it was a very nice place, but when we moved her out we found her lying in feces and in very poor condition. The caregivers that were there at one point were very good. The last executive director was very rude to our family.

Staff was VERY friendly and helpful. The facility was really not very clean and a lot of miss -matched furniture...overall rather depressing for an independent living senior. Thank you for the courtesy but not a match for us.

They didn't seem to do a good job of assessing my mother. About 3 weeks after her arrival, they stated they couldn't deliver the level of care she needed. It then took more than 3 months to refund the money. That being said, I can't say enough good things about the daily caregivers on both shifts, and weekends, and including the pharmacy techs, and [Name removed]. They showed so much compassion, gentleness, and empathy to my mom. I feel mom wasn't there long enough to accurately rate them Maybe 3?4?

Our loved one is doing okay, she is still trying to get acclimated at the Brookdale Clairemont. She is shy and needs people to reach out and include her. They had an ambassador who helped show the new residents around for the first day, I think she needed more than one day. The food is not what we expected. We had dined there with her and the meals were not very appetizing. The food that was served was cold. It is discouraging for people who really count on the meals to be one of the highlights of their day. We are really happy with the care that they are providing for her. We like the fact that the doctor comes in to visit her, and that she is taking her medication on schedule. We really like her room. There are beautiful views of the nicely landscaped courtyard for the residents to get out and enjoy. They offer transportation for trips to go on outside excursions. We're hoping she will meet new friends and feel more welcome.

We had visited this community and mostly was concern if they could care for my wife. We seen a lot of places and some were less expensive. I had a tour with them and learned that they could not handle my wife.

My grandfather recently was living at this community and I have to say things did not go as planned. He ended up having to leave because they could not provide the care he needed with his memory loss. They also assigned a personal caregiver to him that my grandmother was not aware of and was billed for. It was hard enough moving him here and then to find out I had to move him again was very hard on him.