Senior Living Apartments in Florence, OR

Lone Oak is a very nice place, I would rate it at about a 4 for most situations. For us, it did not work, and I had to move [Removed] after about 1 month. The staff are incredibly kind and helpful, but it is a living situation meant for someone who can be more independent than my sister; the staff are available to help with physical limitations of residents, but it is a small staff for the size of facility. They also missed one medication dose during her stay there (and my sister needs 3 administrations of medication per day to prevent epileptic seizures – she was given that dose, but late). The front desk is not always staffed, so my sister was able to walk out one day and she got lost while trying to access the stores a block away (because of her brain injury). After 2 more attempts to leave, the head nurse informed me that my sister needed a sitter to guarantee her safety and that I needed to move her into a memory care residence. So I loved Lone Oak, but it did not work out for our situation.

Ocean Ridge Assisted Living has proven to be a life saver for me, the wife whose husband has dementia as well as a very difficult personality. I have a lot of health issues of my own, and realized I had reached my limit with being able to care for my husband AND myself in our home. I reached out to A Place for Mom, and they were kind and helpful. After touring Ocean Ridge I knew it was the best place for my husband to live with this progressive and relentless disease. Now I can take proper care of my own self as well as oversee the needs of my husband. Since we have no supportive family, I feel very grateful that I can trust the staff and feel sure he is safe . I have heard some say that he didn't need to be in assisted living YET, and my answer is that care like this is very hard to find, and it is the loving thing to place your loved one before it becomes an emergency situation. Quality of life, for everyone, is so important!