My father is doing good at Grand Villa of Deerfield Beach. He's been wanting to come home, but he needs memory care and he's been there for four weeks now. It's great so far. I don't have any complaints. It's very nice and clean, and the staff is nice and friendly. The rooms are nice. Everything is nice. His room has a bed and dressers. He had to bring his own TV, but he has a mini-refrigerator in the room. They have a barbershop there. They have a chef also. He's tried the food, but I guess because it's kind of healthy, he doesn't like it. They have salmon and sometimes steak or burgers (but not often because he's a diabetic). They have a good menu. The facilities look nice. He sounds so much better since he went there. It's expensive, but most memory care facilities are just about that amount.

My friend will be moving into Grand Villa of Deerfield Beach. We visited three weeks ago and we also visited there last week. The first time we visited we saw both assisted living and memory care, but the second time we focused on memory care. It was very well run from what we could see. The people were nice and the memory care is on the second floor and you have to have a key or something to get to that floor and from that floor, so there will be no chance of her wandering off. Everything looked clean and the places looked nice. It was just a very pleasant experience. The people were nice and the place looked clean and kept up. There were residents around and my friend spoke with one gentleman and she just seemed to get along right there already. We were really happy about that. The people seemed happy, and it gave a good impression. They were saying they took some of the residents to the Butterfly World and my friend loves Butterfly World. That was one of the good things that we thought was nice. They had a beauty shop and a general store.

My father's physical health has improved in Grand Villa of Deerfield Beach, because he's getting his medication on time and eating properly. I'd prefer they had more staff, but I don't have complaints about them at all. They've all been responsive. If I had an issue, they'd take care of it immediately. His bedroom is fine; it was a very nice bedroom physically. What scared him the most, is that his dementia is in the top 10% of the other people living there. So it's very difficult for him to see people that according to him are nuts. The activities they had there were not great. They have bingo frequently. Today, I was there and they had a youth group from a local church came in and sang. They also gave out flowers and Valentine's Day cards; it was very nice. Too bad there weren't more people there that could be responsive, because the kids did a great job. Most of the people were just sitting there with their head down. They have yoga in the mornings as well. It's a locked facility, and I have to be let in in the memory care center. A new executive director has recently started, and they’re also having a family night soon. I would say they’re in the middle of the road. The food is bland but my dad's health got tremendously well. I don't think the food is hot and we're not talking any high-class food, but it's healthy. In terms of the layout, I have a problem that I would have to walk so far to get in and so far to get out, and I would have to wait so long because it's locked. They don't have enough staff available to get you in and out as you wish. It is a long walk and also far from the regular parking lot. The place itself is nice, it's been all re-done, and the walls are nicely painted. The smell is not horrible like how it is in nursing homes. The pricing is actually lower than the others that I've looked at, but it's not the cheapest. Part of the issue is that they claimed that they’re taking the residents to doctors' office that are within 10 miles for free. But I've never gotten a free trip to the doctor's.

Grand Villa of Deerfield Beach is very good, but they have a lot of people, and we were looking for a smaller facility. The staff was very nice and helpful. The rooms were very nice and large. They have a salon.