Five Star Senior Living

Very professional and knowledgeable staff. Wonderful environment. Ms. Conner was very helpful and provided me with very useful information.

I can't say enough about the helpfulness and caring of all the people connected with Morningside. Moving parents into any place other than their own home is a traumatic event. Morningside staff knows this and are very understanding and helpful. Currently they are taking care of my mom and dad very well. My mom and dad can be together there which was a very important part of the decision. Because of the level of care needed by my dad, other places would not take both of them. So far this has worked out very well. I rest easier at night knowing the care that they get.

Love this place, but it's probably too expensive.

This is an option we considered when looking into places for my Mom. It's a very lovely community, and the staff were friendly, but it is also very pricey. It is a facility that provides care of all different levels, so it is fairly large as well. We were more interested in something smaller and more personal for Mom.

My loved one was here for a short time, and for the most part this is a really great place. It was one of the nicest places we looked at, and there are some really great people there. Unfortunately there were a few issues that were handled very poorly by specific employees that prevented me from giving this place 5 stars. But the management really stepped up and let those concerned know that how they handled it was not acceptable, and that it wouldn't happen again.

very nice

very nice

Very nice facility but apartment seemed too small. Didn't care for no dinner meal on Sundays policy.

staff was more than accommodating - we had lunch at The Gardens and enjoyed our visit. The facility is attractive, but we found other options more compelling.

It's hard to find a place for a loved one, even worse when you have limited time to do it. Our mom had worsening dementia. The staff was excellent to ease our minds and make the entry process as easy as possible. They were very understanding and were willing to work with the family that had extenuating circumstances. Our mom was there a few months. The rooms are spacious in the general assisted living area. The fees were better here than most other assisted living places. Reasonable. The building is old, but kept clean. They could update the décor, but I am sure rates would increase then. I was mostly impressed with the loving staff that I felt treated my mom as well as their own mom given similar circumstances. From the house keeping crew to the LPN's, all were very attentive, caring, and nice people. The activities team were innovative, and they had a theme displayed all the time to make it fun. I would recommend if you are looking and have a budget you should give DSL a look. Consider the care and attention your loved one needs, and sometimes you don't know and it's a guess or trial and error. Drop in unexpectedly to see how things are. None of these places are perfect, but you want to feel good about your decision and that your loved one is safe and well cared for.

They seem to do a good job at this community. All of the residents looked content and relaxed. The facility itself is very clean, and has a nice sort of homey smell, not clinical like some places. I've also heard good things about the food. All the employees I've interacted with have been friendly and helpful.

This did not seem to be for assisted living. It was gorgeous but not very easily accessible. It seemed overwhelming or overyeilding to navigate the place.

This community seemed very nice, I saw it when I was helping a friend look into a new place. The staff was friendly, and seemed to provide good care to the residents. My friend decided on a different community, but we were impressed with what we saw here.

My friend moved here after having a terrible experience elsewhere, and the difference is like night and day. This is a lovely community, it's a like a hotel! She is doing so much better here, and is much happier now. Considering this is about the same price she was paying before this location is a MUCH better value!

Nice facility, did not meet our needs regarding space and budget...$5105 quote...way out of budget!

This is a very nice community, Mom is enjoying herself a lot. She is becoming quite the social butterfly, getting along well with everyone, and participating in lots of activities! The community is very active, which is especially nice for Mom. They really need to work on the food. They talked it up during the tour and it left a lot to be desired, fairly bland and not a lot of variety.

Forwood Manor was wonderful, I was looking at assisted living, thinking perhaps his wife would be able to be there and take care of him. Ultimately she decided to stay home and we went with a different community but this was my first choice. The dining room was gorgeous. There was a lot space and the activities room was very large. Very clean and friendly.

My mom was there for 8 years in the independent living but I knew I wasn't going to put her into the assisted living there. The independent living is great because of the quality of the place as well as the quality of the living. The building is very well maintained. It was very solidly built in the first place and they've maintained it beautifully since. My mother-in-law also lived there for about 8 years. We really liked it a lot but the assisted living side is more like stick them in a hospital room and be done with it kind of thing. Neither my mother nor my mother-in-law were particularly enamored with the assisted living there.

I had lunch here when I was thinking about moving my parents in. The facility is brand new and very nice. The food was very good. We liked the place, but we decided to go with one closer to me in Philadelphia.

My mom is also on hospice besides the care there because she really needs a high level of care. We have an all inclusive contract for $150 a day, meaning that they will never charge us more based on the level of care that she needs. The only thing extra that we pay is for TV and the beauty salon. They do usually have activities, and entertainment in the summer every weekend, but this month there is not much scheduled at all. The people are very bored. I have heard them complain that they wish there was something to do. In the summer, their plantings outside are gorgeous but they need to water them! The food there was good. They just had a turn over in management. The director is gone and they have someone in the interim until they can find a new person. I am not sure why they had the turnover.