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Fairforest Grove Senior Living

120 Fairforest Rd, Columbia, SC 29212
9.8
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61 reviews

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C Chapman - Child of resident/client
5.0
Best Staff EVER!

I am so very thankful we found Fairforest Grove for Mother! It was such a difficult decision to make having to place her somewhere in the first place; but I couldn’t be happier with the outcome. I’ve not seen Mom this happy in a very long time. She is interacting with the other residents, making friends, and is actively involved in daily activities. The facility is maintained with the highest standards….no matter the time of day or night, it is always clean. I’ve saved the most important for last. The staff is the most amazing group of people I’ve meet. And I mean EVERYONE!…from the kitchen staff, maintenance, medical techs, caregivers to office staff. [name removed] should be very proud of her team. They truly care for our loved ones and care for them with such compassion. Mom and I absolutely adore each and every one of them!!! If I had to choose “A Place for Mom” again, I’d choose Fairforest each and every time!... Read more

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About the facility Fairforest Grove Senior Living

At Fairforest Grove, you’ll feel the difference that regional ownership and management make in creating a warm, family-focused environment, especially suited for senior living. Fairforest Grove is owned and managed by Mainstay Senior Living, not by a corporation or senior care conglomerate. Our team members get to know each resident and their family members personally, and become members of a large extended family. Visitors and residents often comment on the warmth and friendliness they experience from the very first visit. Come pay us a visit and see why others like making our home, theirs.

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Senior Living Options Offered

Assisted Living
Assisted Living
Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care
Memory Care
Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Fairforest Grove Senior Living is a community within Mainstay Healthcare Management properties. See all Mainstay Healthcare Management communities.

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Amenities at Fairforest Grove Senior Living

Health Care Services

Memory Care
Diabetic Care
Incontinence Care
Medication Management
Non-Ambulatory Care
Staffing & Ancillary Services

Meals & Dining

Kosher
Low / No Sodium
No Sugar
Organic

Room Amenities

Wheelchair Accessible Showers
Wi-Fi/high-speed internet
Ground Floor Units
Handicap Accessible
Air Conditioned
Cable or Satellite TV

Facility Amenities

Dining

Private Dining Room

Transportation & parking

Complimentary Transportation
Resident Parking Available
Uncovered Parking

Pets

Weight limit 16-20lbs
Dogs Allowed
Cats Allowed

Common areas

Private Bath
Outdoor Common Areas
Indoor Common Areas
Beauty Salon

Recreational areas

Arts and Crafts Center
Game Room
Piano or Organ
Raised Garden Beds

Services

Housekeeping
Beautician
Laundry Service / Drycleaning

Memory care

Secured Community
Designed Specifically to Accommodate Memory Loss
Enclosed Courtyard
Outdoor Walking Paths

Languages spoken

English

Activities

Devotional Activities On-Site
Devotional Activities Offsite
Visiting Chaplain or Priest
Other Religious Services

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9.8

Review Score

Review Score

61 reviews

9.8

Out of 10


5 star

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4 star

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3 star

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61 reviews

A Place for Mom has scored Fairforest Grove Senior Living with 9.8 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 21 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Fairforest Grove Senior Living has 61 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.4 out of 5.

How we score communities
Cleanliness

4.4

Friendliness

4.5

Meals & Dining

4.5

Care Services

4.4

Activities

4.3

Staff

4.9

Value for Cost

4.3

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5.0
NM - Child of resident/client
Assisted Living
March 24, 2023
Verified Review
Would Recommend

The staff is friendly and everyone takes time to talk with you and share information about how your loved one is doing. They seem to have varied activities.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

No data collected

Care Services

4

Activities

No data collected

Staff

4

Value for Cost

3


5.0
anonymous - Spouse or partner of resident/client
Memory Care
February 15, 2023
Verified Review
Fairforest Grove Senior Living review

We had a really good first impression, the community is very nice and the staff members are very friendly which is what we like most. Based on our experience so far we would recommend the Fairforest Grove Senior Living to other families.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

5


4.0
Susie - Toured community
Assisted Living
February 8, 2023
Verified Review
Tour Review

Our family had an in person tour and we really liked this community, it was one of our top choices. It is close to a pond and everyone was very nice. However they were going through some renovations so it was kind of hard to see some things.


4.0
anonymous - Toured community
Assisted Living
January 19, 2023
Verified Review
tour review

Our family had an in person tour and it was a really nice tour experience, they have a really nice walking path outside but the sidewalks are uneven and we were worried about safety if our loved one was to walk on it


5.0
Gregg - Child of resident/client
Assisted Living
January 12, 2023
Verified Review
Friendly Staff

Everything is pretty good. They need to update the memory care iside. I picked this community, because it was the best value for the price. I would recommend to other families.

Cleanliness

4

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

4

Care Services

5

Activities

4

Staff

5

Value for Cost

5


5.0
Mark B - Child of resident/client
Assisted Living
December 12, 2022
Verified Review
Fairforest Grove was a Godsend to our family

The staff at Fairforest Grove always follows through. They are all very nice people that care about their jobs. Every time I walk in the door of Fairforest Grove Senior Living, they know who I am and they maintain open lines of communication with me about the status of my loved one. This community is a Godsend for my family. I feel like my loved one's voice is being heard and that she is respected in the community, by staff and residents. I don't eat with Mom, but she doesn't complain about the food or snacks! I just called her she is playing bingo. She loves the activities. The staff coordinated all of the community amenities, so my loved one could go have her hair and nails done and those types of things. It took it off my plate. The staff really relieved a lot of stress during this transition.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

5


5.0
Rosanne - Child of resident/client
Assisted Living
November 18, 2022
Loving care for my dad’s final days

I’m so thankful for the kind and loving staff at Fairforest. My dad was dying of cancer, and it’s comforting to us that his final days were spent in a safe, clean environment being monitored by a trained, professional, and caring staff. I highly recommend this Assisted Living Facility.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

5


4.0
anonymous - Child of resident/client
Assisted Living
November 7, 2022
Verified Review
great place for a loved one

Fairforest Grove is a smaller community so we like the atmosphere, our loved one does not get overwhelmed since it is not a large community. The staff really know and understand the residents. From day one the staff have been nothing but extremely accommodating, very very nice and receptive to any questions or concerns we may have. The friendliness of the staff gets a 5+. They have a lot of activities during the week and every month to put out a nice activities schedule. Overall it has been a great experience and we would absolutely recommend this community to other families

Cleanliness

4

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

No data collected

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

5


4.0
CP - Child of resident/client
Assisted Living
August 9, 2022
Verified Review
Feels Like Home

It's like a family here. My mom gets to connect with people who have similar issues as she does. Like her, they're not walking fast. They're on her level with wheelchairs/walkers. With that shared experience, she's able to make true connections. She's made friends, and they come and visit with her. It has been amazing for my mom. The staff get to know the residents quickly by name and know their families. They know me when I come in, and they know my mom. And that just makes you feel really good. Their contracted doctor who comes in to visit the resident is amazing. Someone always answers his office phone 24/7 - you never get a recording. And he makes it a point to personally call you back. I also like that he always sends an email after each visit with his findings/results.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

4

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

4


4.0
Anonymous - Toured community
Memory Care
August 8, 2022
Verified Review
My Tour Experience at Fairforest Grove Senior Living

We really liked the community. It was too far from family.


5.0
Nicole Y - Toured community
Memory Care
July 18, 2022
Verified Review
Tour experience

We had a wonderful tour experience with Fairforest Grove and loved all of the staff, especially the gal that was showing us around. Everything was awesome but location wise it was just not going to work out for our family.


3.0
anonymous - Toured community
Assisted Living
June 16, 2022
Verified Review
Tour experience

The reason we did not choose Fairforest Grove for my loved one was because it had that typical nursing home/institutional feel to it. We wanted a facility that was newer with a lot of natural light and windows.


5.0
Heather - Toured community
Memory Care
March 9, 2022
Verified Review
Tour review

Our family had an in person tour and this community was great. Everybody seemed very happy and it wasn't staged, we could see the staff working with the residents one on one, they answered all of our questions and it seemed like a perfectly fine place. However due to our loved ones advanced dementia we wanted a community that is solely focused on memory care.


5.0
Arthur Jensen - Loved one of resident/client
Memory Care
February 27, 2020
Verified Review
Great place for senior living!

I am very happy to have placed my father in such a great community. I hope he continues to thrive in his new environment.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Care Services

3.5

Activities

3.5

Value for Cost

5

Response from Fairforest Grove Senior Living

March 16, 2020

Thank you very much for choosing HarborChase and for sharing your wonderful experience. We are thrilled to hear that your father is doing so well and thriving. We look forward to seeing you and your family for years to come!


1.0
Anonymous - Toured community
Memory Care
January 21, 2020

Missed appt. because of family issue. [Name removed]is becoming annoying for calling me so much and being so pushy during a very difficult time. On [date removed] I toured property. Was not impressed especially for the price. Most expensive I have seen yet and look like nothing to do but watch tv or sit outside. Not what I am looking for.

Cleanliness

1

Friendliness

1

Care Services

1

Activities

1

Value for Cost

1


0.5
m. wactor - Loved one of resident/client
Memory Care
June 6, 2019
Harbor Hell

I would never recommend this facility. My mom got the worst care ever. We got ready to withdraw her and mysteriously her femur got broken, no falls were reported. Had surgery, went to [community name removed] but never recovered. Died within 2 weeks from plural effusion.

Cleanliness

3

Friendliness

0.5

Care Services

0.5

Activities

2.5

Value for Cost

0.5


0.5
Leah - Loved one of resident/client
Memory Care
March 11, 2019
Elderly Abuse

This place neglects the needs of the seniors living here, they do not treat them or their families with respect. Me, my mother, and my grandmother were in there to visit my great great aunt and she told us that they haven’t given her the medicine for her eyes so after 30mins of looking for someone we found two women eating and watching tv... we asked them when it was time for her meds and they said she gets them at 8 and her medicine provider is on break so she will be back in about 15mins, 30mins pass and we ask them again (politely) and the other lady told us she will be back in 30-40mins (so they have no clue when this women is getting here and it has been 2 hours...) we wait in her room and one of the lady’s and the medicine girl comes in and she points her finger at my aunt saying they already gave her, her meds when her other family was here (we called them and they said they did not) so she insisted they did not and the lady started raising her voice at my aunt telling her she has no clue because she doesn’t keep track. So my mother and grandmother repeated what the two ladies earlier said and one of the ladies who is African American insisted they did not and was screaming that we cannot treat her like this because of the color of her skin (we NEVER mentioned the color of her skin not once...) and we said we weren’t and that they need to give my aunt her meds and the ladies continued to scream at us and the African American lady screams “IF YOU WANT ME TO BE A [removed] ILL ACT LIKE A [removed]!” And slams the door to my aunts room SLAMS IT! While all these elderly people are sleeping. All in all this place needs to be shut down, they do not ever have enough staff and the staff they do have does not care about the elderly. They are very rude and don’t care if the elderly get their meds are food they need... So please please please do not take your older loved one here, they deserve love and amazing care. Not people that won’t help at all... (Side note: they also did not come to help my aunt clean herself after she deficated in her bed, they did not answer to her emergency button and my grandmother had to drive there and clean her up. They also don’t lock the doors so anyone can come in or out. And they do not pay attention to the elderly, my aunt walked out of her room and wanders the hall at night and she is very weak because she doesn’t eat the food it’s too nasty. This place needs to be shut down...)

Cleanliness

0.5

Friendliness

0.5

Care Services

0.5

Activities

0.5

Value for Cost

0.5

Response from Fairforest Grove Senior Living

April 15, 2019

We’d like the opportunity to speak with you personally so we can learn more about your experiences with HarborChase. Please give us a call at [removed].


2.5
Anonymous - Loved one of resident/client
Memory Care
April 6, 2018
Early cancellation penalty for lack of 2 week notice on resident that passed away.

Please be careful with this facility and read the small print. Had a family member stay here and when she passes away, they charged us over $1,200 because we didn't provide a 2 week notice on us cancelling. SHE PASSED AWAY. When she arrived at the hospital they acknowledged she was severely dehydrated. Just saying please please please make sure you read all the fine print before signing up a friend of family member for this facility. Bad way of doing business!

Cleanliness

2.5

Friendliness

2.5

Care Services

2.5

Activities

2.5

Value for Cost

2.5

Response from Fairforest Grove Senior Living

July 24, 2018

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. You have our sincere condolences on the loss of your loved one. We are also sorry to hear that you have an unfavorable view of our community. Although we don’t discuss specific resident details publicly, we do take great care to ensure that all of our billing practices are fair and transparent. We will also say that the overall wellness of our residents is of paramount importance to us and we can assure you that we adhere to strict standards for nursing and senior care. Thanks again for your review. We appreciate your time and your concerns.


4.0
Anonymous - Toured community
Memory Care
September 25, 2017
Verified Review
No Nursing Staff On Site

We toured a few different communities and this one we liked very much. However, I had been advised by someone not to consider a community that didn't have any nursing staff on site which this property does not. The community was clean and well kept. The staff was very friendly and nice most helpful during the tour. I did find that the community was maybe slightly too big for what my dad would have liked and made him feel comfortable.

Cleanliness

4

Friendliness

4

Care Services

4

Activities

4

Value for Cost

4

Response from Fairforest Grove Senior Living

October 16, 2017

Thank you very much for your excellent review! We’re happy to hear that you had a great tour and we very much appreciate your kind words about our beautiful community and friendly associates. As we do offer comprehensive assisted living and memory care services, we’d love to have another opportunity to discuss our highly-trained associates who are on-site and available 24 hours a day. We do indeed have nursing staff, that is our Director of Resident Care. Again, we thank you for your visit and hope that we’ll have another chance to get to know you and your dad.


4.0
Watch what you say - Loved one of resident/client
Memory Care
August 16, 2017
Treatment of hands on staff

The management staff is very low rate when it comes to the hands on staff have over heard many times management talking down or talking about hands on staff but the sad thing of it all is the way some of the resident talk to the hands on staff and most of all how the Executive Director talk to staff members. Over all care is GREAT even though the building is very short staff across the board. I would like to know why fish is being served 4 nights out the week. Great place are far as care but I would not allow my DOG to work there. Watch how you talk and treat your staff.

Cleanliness

2.5

Friendliness

4

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Value for Cost

4

Response from Fairforest Grove Senior Living

September 14, 2017

Thank you for reviewing us and for the overall high ratings. We appreciate the kind words about our associates and the exceptional care they provide our residents each and every day. We also appreciate you taking the time to share some of your concerns. Our culinary team serves a wide variety of seasonal dishes and menu items. Many of our residents enjoy and request having fish on the menu on a regular basis. Since there are numerous menu items, residents are always free to order whatever they choose, just like in a restaurant. Again, we thank you for your review and wish you all the best.


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