American House Shallowford
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- 7127 Lee Highway, Chattanooga, TN 37421
- (423) 805-9046
- 4.1 ( 4 reviews )
- Assisted Living and Memory Care
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About This Community
Residents of American House Shallowford are proud of the independence they maintain and enjoy the security of 24-hour personalized assistance. While we offer a helping hand with day-to-day tasks such as dressing, bathing and medication monitoring, they are treated as the accomplished individuals they are. They enjoy the freedom of choosing their own agenda and activities, while feeling secure in knowing that we are always there to provide support should they need it.
Our residents also enjoy a unique dining experience where original culinary creations, along with traditional dishes, provide a variety of meal options, and the social setting makes dining an event. Good friends, good food and excellent service create a truly enjoyable dining experience.
Our Chronicles memory care program uses the Best Friends™ approach. This relationship-centered care is built around each individual’s life history, cultural heritage and current abilities and interests.
Reviews
4.1
( 4 Reviews )
Debora
November 20, 2022
My mother is in memory care at American House Shallowford. It is a little bit better than average. It's been bought by somebody else and they are renewing all of their painting, furniture, flooring, and everything. It's going to be new, so that's one good thing. They play games, they do trivia, they watch TV together, and they eat together. My mom is able to be social. She's got some people to talk to, whereas here it was just the two of us in the house. It's a much better place for her socially. She eats the food. She uses the common areas in the memory care every day. She, not that I know of, does not take part in the common areas in the assisted living, but that's an option for her to take part in. We walk around the entire facility. I go for walks with her and we go through all of the areas inside and, weather permitting, outside. The staff is very nice. They're very good to her.
Marsha
October 13, 2022
The rooms at American House Shallowford were of nice size. Everyone that we saw seemed to be very happy in the memory care part. It was bright, it wasn't dark and dreary. The staff who gave me the tour was very happy, upbeat, and very knowledgeable about assisted living and memory care. She said the memory care was the part she loved the most,nd a that's why she was working there. She knew and spoke to the residents and they carried on some conversations with her. She seemed very, very nice. Another lady came in that works there. I don't remember what her position was, but she was very upbeat too. I liked her. They're in the middle of updating everything. The whole place was clean. The room that they showed us was newly painted and updated. They have an enclosed garden area for memory care. I know they have a lot of activities during the day, but I don't know the details of that.
Beth
My tour at American House Shallowford was a little disjointed. The person who gave me the tour was very new. A lot of the questions that I had, she couldn't answer. She was very quick to get back to me with the answers within the next couple of days, when she was able to find them. They were under construction when I toured, so it was a little bit messy.
It was a small community, which I liked for my dad. It seemed very homey. The care techs were sitting with the residents, and they were helping the residents. They seemed to be very caring and attentive.
They have movie nights and campfire nights. They gather in the common room decorated in a campfire atmosphere, and they also have game nights.
I know it's an older facility and they're updating that, but the construction kind of turned me off. Also, the person they had me tour with was very new and didn't have anybody there to help her. It was sort of off-putting to me.
Bryan
We're pleased with it. We're just upset because of COVID, we can't be over there all the time to monitor what's happening to my mom. So far, when we see her, she looks OK. The staff members are all OK. They're friendly, kind and seem to be on top of things. She's in memory care, and we can't go into that part of the faciity. When we see her, they bring her out into the library and we have to sit 6 feet apart with masks on and things like that, but at least we get to see her. They do exercises every day, they supervise them during games and puzzles, and they keep them kinda busy. The activities now are different from pre-COVID days, whereas before, it was great. They had entertainment all the time, and we could actually go out there all the time and we would have different schedules on who's gonna be there. Of course now with COVID, no one's gonna be there.
