The Forest at Duke has been a very caring community. The meals are pretty good. With the pandemic, some of the activities have been falling down. There is not enough publicity on the activities that are offered and this causes some of the attendance to go down. Many of the activities are just recycled on a continuous loop on a local TV channel. Sometimes, these are just old movies. Residents are referred to an activities table where there are just pages to color with some announcements about activities, but there is very little follow-up to elicit enthusiasm or participation by residents. Residents are delivered meals a couple of times a day, though the dining director has recently changed so the quality may go down.

I like Duke, but I am not making changes as of now. They have very nice programs. They also have food, which you can use; they don’t want you take food in your apartments. They showed me all around, took me to dinner, and you can order what you want. They have programs and all kinds of activities.

My mom is the one who personally chose The Forest. The deciding factor for her was she wanted to go somewhere were she already knew people. She has friends in this particular facility in Durham. My mom said if she's gonna go to any place it's gonna be this one. She would be happy to be in The Forest at Duke. I once visited this facility and it's actually a very nice place to live. The facility itself is really attractive and all the people are very friendly and warm. You will feel the concern. We're still not sure if she's going to agree to leave her house. We live in Charlotte and my mom is in Durham so she wants to go where she has friends and that happens to be in Durham. The Forest at Duke is a great place to recommend.