Thrive Senior Living

My father has been here for 2 years and he has enjoyed his staff here immensely. He loves the staff and the atmosphere. I enjoy the visits myself with the staff and of course my father. I also like the "free cookie."

I can't think of a better place to live.

He could not be in better hands. Everyone treated him like family. In time he came to love all of you. The care you gave him was the best in the world.

We couldn’t be happier with the management and staff. Kind and caring at all times with everyone. They make everybody feel at home. The facilities are first class and they are as clean today as they were when they first opened.

Savannah Commons is a great place, couldn't recommend more highly. Great staff, facilities, terrific residents. [Name removed] & Savannah Commons Team provided kind, considered and professional help during my mother's stay. When things took a turn for the worse, we will never forget their helping us make it through such an unbearably sad experience. We are forever grateful.

Our experience with Thrive has been wonderful. They are extremely helpful and caring - it is a great place for a loved one to live.

Beautiful loving community staff is great. Enjoy my time there.

I am very impressed with the services and staff at Thrive. Wonderful community.

I was the first one who moved in here in October 2017. [Name removed], activity director, met me at the front door entry. The staff has been superb, [name removed] has been great. I have everything I need here. Wonderful nurses, food, activities, theater, hair salon, transportation for dental and medical appts. We have shopping trips and outings, too.

Only been living here 1 week. Very impressed with the staff. Food is nutritious and good. Staff is very responsive to my needs. Room is comfortable. Food nutritious and well prepared. [Name removed] is doing an excellent job.

My Mom has been at Thrive since the opening day [date removed]. The facility is nicely furnished and has pleasing decor. The caregivers are trained to know each resident AND their family. Meals great tasting and snacks are plentiful. I am extremely pleased the care my Mom receives and I can't imagine her living anywhere else.

Thrive a Green Island in Columbus, Georgia is such a blessing from God. The care my mother has received there has been excellent and far beyond my greatest expectations.

I found Savannah Commons last year when looking for a place for my dad to live. He immediately made new friends and felt at home. They had more activities than the average 30 yr old! I always joked that his social life was better than mine. Happy Hour on Fridays, Sunday ice cream socials, music entertainment, field trips, etc. At the time he moved in he was still independent but had many health issues. Living three states away, it was very comforting having such a loving staff looking after my dad. They took him to his doctor appointments and they were always quick to call me when he was not feeling well or acting not quite himself. They treated him with respect and dignity and always spoke with a gentle tone. Eventually he had to be moved to the assisted living side and the staff were so helpful and understanding. They treated my dad and I like we were family and they helped me get through the most difficult times of saying goodbye. I am forever grateful for their service and would recommend Savannah Commons to anyone contemplated moving a loved-one into independent or assisted living care.

My grandmother lived as a resident of Savannah Commons for over 4 years. She began in the Independent Living section, and as time went on, moved to Assisted Living and then eventually Memory Care. My family and I visited Savannah Commons often and even stayed overnight in their "family" apartments (which are furnished apartments that you rent like a hotel room). The rooms are great and meant we could spend even more time visiting my grandmother, since we stayed on-site. The staff is simply amazing - so kind, so loving, and very welcoming to family and friends who visit the residents at Savannah Commons. They always greeted us and my grandmother with a smile! As my grandmother became more elderly, she needed more care, and the staff really stepped up to meet her needs. The nurses and hospice nurses are all very informed, ready to assist, and it's clear they enjoy their job. I'm so thankful my Nan had this incredible community and staff in her final years.

The entire team at Thrive is committed to loving, excellent care. Everyone knows each resident and family member by name and goes out of their way to make the entire experience positive.

You might be interested to hear from someone who has a mother who has been at this facility for 3 years now who has moved from independent living (two years) to assisted living (one year), The most important message I have for you is that management, and the nursing staff, bend over backward to help their residents and families deal with issues that pop up, whether it's a financial, medical, or other difficult issue such as understanding and coping with dementia. This team has seen a lot, which is true of the staff at many similar facilities. They have extensive knowledge and experience about all kinds of situations that arise with the elderly. They had ready solutions to problems we didn't even anticipate. But I just did not expect to have this level of human caring for our needs. Several times we have been concerned about a change in my mom. We've dropped an email to the executive director, and she's gotten on the phone with us very rapidly. And she just listens and talks us through what's going on. My mom thinks of the staff at Savannah Commons as family. Maybe that's expected. But for me, what's even more telling is that now, my husband and I and the other siblings think of the SC staff, especially the director and the head of nursing, as family too. They have just been there for us, through good times and not so good. Savannah Commons management made the transition for my mom to assisted living so easy. The AL facility, Savannah Springs, is even more beautiful than the Commons and has a lovely courtyard filled with plants, flowers, walkways and a gazebo to provide shade. The common areas are large and beautifully decorated and sometimes you will catch residents themselves playing the piano that's in the living room. The facility is all on one level which makes it easy for the residents to navigate. And they hired a new chef who is awesome! We have eaten there multiple times and the food is really, really good. My mother often comments on how beautiful the paintings are that they have displayed throughout the facility, and how beautiful the place looks on the outside of the building as well. My husband and I have visited there at different times, day and night, weekdays and weekends, and the shifts happen seamlessly with all nurses having the latest information for medication and other changes my mother has required. We have complete confidence in this facility and we can't say enough good things about it!! You will love it there as well, we are sure!

The staff at Savannah Commons is some of the best I've come across. They are very caring and attentive to any and all concerns myself and my loved one who is a resident have. They treat us like family and take great care on being some of the most respectful and trust worthy staff. My loved one looks forward to the weekly activities especially the weekly manicures that are included in the monthly fees. The grounds are charming and in the Spring and Summer attract birds and butterflies, even in the winter there is a quiet elegance to the exterior. The facility offers transportation and are diligent in taking all safety measures.

We are really thrilled with Savannah Commons as a new home for our mother. She has been there two months now and says that she really likes it as well. They have multiple common areas where they gather for a variety of activities. Although Mom hasn't gotten into the routine of checking the monthly calendar and marking down the things she wants to do, or keeping up with the regularly scheduled activities yet, that will come with time. The restaurant is nice and has table service, although Mom has not been utilizing the dining facility as much as she is supposed to be doing. She has used the transportation services multiple times and seems to have no trouble doing so. The range of activities offered is really good and except to make purchases and go to appointments off of the property, there is no reason to leave the building. In the wintertime and during inclimate weather this is very important to us that she be able to still go and do things and mingle with others on a regular basis. The interaction between the residents and the staff always seems to be very positive. The only reason I gave it four stars for Care Services is because this is an "Independent Living Facility" and as such, the level of personal care is minimal, although they do monitor the residents comings and goings, and try to be certain to speak to or visually observe them at least once every day so they be aware of them on an ongoing basis. I visitied 6 different facilities before selecting this one, and I knew at my first visit that it would take a lot for any other residence to top this as my first choice.

Was very impressed with the facility and all of the amenities provided. Crystal greeted everyone we encountered and was greeted in turn. Residents told me how much they liked being there and that it was the best place in Savannah. Definitely in consideration for us.

My Mom, who is 80, has had an apartment in SC's independent living facility for almost a year. It was difficult at first, coming from her own home, but she has made many new friends and she enjoys the activities, including bingo and movies. To summarize, it has been wonderful for her and now she loves it. I've found the staff to be very, very concerned for the residents. They make the place feel very intimate. Some residents spend more time in their apartments; others get out and about and interact more, taking advantage of more of the activities and so on. So it depends on the person. The Executive Director's philosophy is to help people stay “independent” in as many areas of their lives for as long as possible. So if someone needs an extra service, they try to arrange to provide that service or have it brought in so the person can remain in the independent living facility as long as possible. This has worked very well for Mom, who needs some cognitive help but is really sharp in many areas and is in tip-top shape physically. Mom continues to desire her independence, of course, and it would be a shame to move her into a more assisted environment overall because of one or two issues. I appreciate SC's sensitivity to these issues. The design of the facility naturally sends residents off the elevator in front of the front desk whenever they go to meals, many of the activities, etc. This puts the staff's eyes on them multiple times each day, and the staff can be alert for signs of physical problems and memory/dementia issues and so on, very naturally. As the Executive Director said to me, “If someone has lived here for awhile, and they come to the first floor for dinner and turn right instead of left, that tells us something.” The staff go to continuing education to learn about these issues and what to look for. The staff all know my mom by name and I have come to know many of them as well just through our visits. Mom loves this place. It has a slightly gentile/Old South feel to it, in a very caring way. This Northerner really appreciates that! I can tell the staff love the residents and would do anything possible to help them, from the heart, if you know what I mean. The grounds may not be the most beautiful; there’s not as much natural walking space, which has always been important to my Mom. But as she says, “I can walk in the halls and in the parking lot. What matters to me are the people.” Amen, Mom.