Grace Living of Marietta

I really like that the community doesn't seem institutional, or a corporate safe environment. It's more like a home. And that it is small. An individual care can be provided.

They always cared about my mom, and she was happy there. She enjoyed the music entertainment. Her room was nice and always clean. Also the staff was very nice.

In my opinion, everything is good. The facility is small and can only accommodate 7 residents at a time, which I like. I feel like the staff gets to know the residents more personally than in a larger facility.

Caring staff, room is always clean, mother always has her hair combed and is dressed nicely. Most meals seem to homemade, not institutional. I would recommend this facility to others. In fact, I already have. They are set to move in at the end of May/early June.

I moved my uncle there after having a horrible experience with a Memory Care facility in [city removed]. Don't be fooled by how pretty the place is or the fact that the "Chef" is donned in a white uniform, look at how caring the employees seem to be. Grace Living is a family run business and the owner is a nurse who cares about her residents. Once it was obvious my uncle's health was declining she called in hospice and he was able to stay there until he passed. I highly recommend Grace Living, especially for those who are no longer very active or participating in many activities.

Originally my mother did not want to make the move from her own home to senior living, and the fact that she has settled in nicely at Grace Living and is not begging me to go to a different place is such a gift. I have no complaints on the care they provide. They have some staffing struggles like everybody else, but the staff they do have are as nice as can be and take good care of my mother, who is still ambulatory and can do a lot on her own. She doesn't complain about he food, and she most certainly would if she didn't like it. They serve a light breakfast, morning snack, with lunch as their heaviest meal, then an afternoon snack, and a lighter dinner. She just wishes she could have more coffee in the mornings. The one area for improvement is activities. They don't have an activities director, but they play bingo a couple days a week, have Christian TV shows on and Christian music playing, and occasionally they'll do a craft, etc. She just wishes there were a little more to do. But I'm very pleased with the price. They're more reasonable than a lot of the places I checked into. Some of the more expensive places were bigger with more services, but Grace Living is a smaller family-run facility that we're very happy with.

I would recommend the community to others for their loved ones. The community is reasonably priced, clean, and it has a relatively good staff. It would be good to have a nurse or medical person of some degree to evaluate each resident each day.