I toured Charter Senior Living of Buford for my mom. In general, for some people it is OK. For me particularly, it didn't work because the price was so high. The rooms were OK, but you have to furnish them; you have to provide the furniture. This didn't work for me because the price was so high and you have to provide the furniture; also, there was a language barrier. The staff was very knowledgeable and very nice. She informed me of everything. The place was clean. I saw the dining area, too, and it was nice and clean. They showed me a room, probably a showroom. They took me on the wing for the memory care, but I wasn't able to go in and visit and to see exactly what's going on. They said it was almost lunchtime; they said the residents might be there and they didn't want them to be stressed.

It is a nice place, and we're very happy with it. I can't get in there to see my mother, so I don't know much, but it looks nice. I've been inside it and the rooms are current, updated, and painted with lovely colors. I haven't really been there when they were eating, but I see some pictures on Facebook, and it looks like they're doing fine. I don't see as much in memory care as I do in assisted living. In assisted living they do a lot of stuff. She has more of a studio. Some of the rooms have microwaves and refrigerators, but I think those are mostly on the assisted living side, not on the memory care side. There would be room enough for a small refrigerator, and maybe a countertop that they could put a microwave on, but my mother doesn't have that. They don't have that in the memory care. For the memory care, they did candy cane reindeers one day. I know they have a dog that comes in and the residents get to play with the dog. They also have recently gotten a kitten. In the assisted living side they do a lot more activities because they can take care of themselves, so they're out there playing cards, checkers, and games. They have a library and pavilions outside, and that's where I've been able to see my mom. They bring her out into the pavilion and then I can see her that way. The problem is it's been really cold and my mother gets so cold, and I just feel horrible making her sit out there to see me. Most of the time our meetings are for like about an hour. Sometimes they go a little shorter if my mom's really cold. The last time I was with her she had on a coat and two giant blankets wrapped around her, because it was really cold. It's made it very difficult. They seem to really care about my mother, and she seems happy with them. I talked to the director one day last week. I said, "Do you have any idea how my mom is doing?" And she just right off the bat told me everything that was going on with my mom. Even the director knows what's going on with the residents, so I'm pleased about that. She seems happy with the food once they figured out what she likes. The building has a much older feel to me. On one side there's the assisted living, and I haven't been down there. There's a big, kind of cafe, kind of dining room where they sit and play games and do crafts. There's a library across the hall from that, and then the rooms were just off, but as far as my mom is concerned they have a much smaller kitchen and a much smaller library. There's a sitting room where everybody could just sit out there and read or do whatever they want to do. The rooms are down the hallway, and I think there are only 12 rooms.

It was a nice place. The only thing that kept me from going there was the distance from my house. It had very nice rooms, a very modern building, it was the newest of all the places that I visited, and they had very good activities there. I noticed that in the beginning they were having an activity session in the memory care area, the food was probably the best I saw anywhere, they had a menu that was listed, and all the different choices that they got, even in memory care, it was excellent. The price was very, very good based on the amenities. They were very good, the lady that did that, they were very informative, and that was my number one choice in the beginning.