The Retreat at Buford offers premier personal care and memory care with superior personalized care and compassionate staff. Situated in Buford, GA, our state of the art facility offers luxury style accommodations with a comfortable, small-town feel. Phoenix Senior Living is a company built on love that spans generations, offers ideal senior living options for seniors and specialized services for those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and various forms of dementia. Phoenix Senior Living, whose leadership collectively has been serving seniors for more than 30 years, believes that transitioning into your new home at The Retreat at Buford welcomes a new chapter in your life, where seniors can live as independently as they desire — a life where seniors live, love, learn.
The Retreat at Buford specializes in caring for seniors who experience Alzheimer’s and the many forms of dementia. We understand the toll memory loss can take on loved ones. The Retreat at Buford can help manage the highs and lows of living with someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Our Memory Care Neighborhood is designed to mimic a comfortable home-like setting. Pertinent memorabilia and furnishings are carefully designed to simulate a peaceful and familiar environment, coupled with active reminiscing daily. When living with memory loss, cultivating a successful day isn’t always easy. Our caregivers proceed with patience, compassion, and respect in all circumstances. Each day, The Retreat at Buford team enforces the philosophy that every senior can live a purposeful life – no matter his or her current state of mind.
Premier Services and Amenities
All seniors at The Retreat at Buford have full access to the facility’s wide spectrum of services and amenities. This includes permanent residents, Senior Day Program visitors, and short-term residents of our Respite Care Program. Seniors enjoy superior culinary experiences, personal care assistance, professional housekeeping services, and excellent transportation options, to name a few. Every resident has the ability to call for immediate help via our Ecall system located in all bathrooms and bedrooms, as well as by way of personal mobile pendants provided. Our executive staff and trained caretakers are committed to serving your loved one. We encourage you to take advantage of these unique on-site services and amenities:
Live, Love, Learn signature wellness program
Medication management
Activity and programming coordinator
Continence management
Personal care and grooming services
Courtyard with relaxing walking trails
Oxygen management
Full calendar of diverse events
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Reviews
4.2( 14 Reviews )
Eileen
January 30, 2022
We went to the The Retreat at Buford and we like them, but we're going to go with another place. The tour was good. It was pretty quick, and it was just barebones. It was just showing the different rooms and areas where the residents gather. The staff that gave the tour was nice, but I just felt like it was a little rushed. I thought the rooms were OK. The room was a nice size. I thought that the facility showed some age, like the carpet needed to be pulled up and hard flooring pull down. It looked like some of it needs some paint refreshing and looked a little dingy. We only saw one resident sitting in a common area, so we didn't get to speak to any of the residents. They have arts and crafts at times. I think pretty much once a day that they just do a simple craft. Then they do a game with them during the day; it wasn't very creative. The hallways are dark. It was just not bright and inviting.
Dmaclean
December 16, 2017
Ivy Springs Manor was our final choice for my grandfather after looking at several different communities. The food looked very appealing and fresh. They offer many services on-site including salon, foot care, dental care, PT, OT, and speech therapy, and they even have a geriatric physician’s office send staff on-site once a week! Every visit we met more staff and they were ALL friendly, professional and caring. The facilities were always clean, smelled fresh and inviting. The units offered a spacious bedroom and large bathroom with plenty of room to move around. All the units we saw had two windows which let in a lot of natural light. The residents all shared their love of the community as we walked around. We would highly recommend Ivy Springs Manor to anyone.
John742308
March 29, 2017
I have picked out Ivy Springs Manor for my mother and put a deposit down. I like the price, the people, and the activities. They have bingo socials and movies every evening. Plus, they go out to a restaurant and go shopping one day a week. My mother is going to be getting all three meals. The staff is very helpful, very attentive, and take time to learn everybody’s name and their wants and dislikes.
Lenita
November 24, 2016
Ivy Springs Manor is definitely a true assisted living facility. The facility was beautiful and had high level of care. The rooms were small and definitely not apartments but studios, but they did have varying sizes. What stands out is the level of interactive care with the residents.
Bill620455
Ivy Springs Manor was fine. The dining area was a little bit more spacious. They had one upstairs and one downstairs, and both are very pleasant, nice, and roomy. The grounds are very pretty and nice, and there is a pleasant little walking area. The staff is very nice and informative. The residents all looked fine and enjoying themselves. They were working on different kinds of projects. They had some crafts going on and a movie schedule for that evening.
Donnap
September 26, 2016
Seems like a very nice place for your love ones to live . My best friend mom lives here and she loves it . The food is great and she always talk about the great care staff ! She said the care staff treats her as if she's their grandma haha !
Visitor112872950
August 22, 2016
The hallways at Ivy Springs Manor were dark. The place was well-decorated, but it didn't seem sunny. It's on a steep hill, so you can't go out and walk around on the grounds. The dining area was okay. I got a tour from somebody who wasn't supposed to give me the tour, but the person did. The person pushed a little bit too hard in telling me how passionate everybody was, and that was kind of overkill. Show it, don't tell it. I wasn't impressed. The location is farther away from me, too.
Visitor106501650
May 17, 2015
The biggest thing why we chose Ivy Springs Manor for my dad is because it met my dad's needs. They help him get in and out of bed. They also assist him with everything in the bathroom including the toilet and the shower, and they help him get dressed. They also escort him three meals a day. They would help transportation to and from doctor's appointments. The rooms are efficient with a small kitchen. Overall, the place is friendly and new.
melissaacnj
May 09, 2015
For $60,000/year, It would be nice to serve the residents brain healthy meals. For it to be a relatively new facility, I would think they would be knowledgeable or at least do the research to ensure the foods served to the residents contribute to brain health. If we decide to select Ivy Springs Manor, it looks like I will have to take my mother-in-law most of her meals and snacks. That's a lot of work when you are paying that kind of money out of pocket. It's a bummer because I was impressed with everything else with the facility and program.
Sonya5
April 22, 2015
The staff was friendly and helpful at Ivy Springs Manor. They were OK. The rooms and apartments were nice, big, fancy, and modern-looking. It looked like a relatively new facility. Everything was bright and pretty. I probably would not recommend them because of the price. It seemed expensive to me. It was all nice and new. It was very pretty. It looked like a hotel.
Visitor3352
June 25, 2014
The rooms were OK at Ivy Springs Manor; however, I want my aunt to have one a little bit bigger than that. It looked like a hotel room with carpet. It had a bathroom, but there was no kitchen. Overall, I don't like the idea of assisted living being one room. That was my problem with it; it only had one room. Also they were a little more expensive than where I put her. Their dining area was big and nice. They did different activities for them, i.e., arts and crafts. The staff was very nice. They had a lot of people on staff.
Visitor79245450
March 31, 2014
The one that I liked the most, which was also the most expensive, was Ivy Springs Manor. The facility is only a year and a half old. They are a memory care center. The rooms are much larger. It smelled very nice. There were more people out of their rooms socializing and partaking in things. I thought that was wonderful.
They have movie night every night. They make popcorn and have something to drink. They have refrigerators out and about, so you have 24-hour snacks. All the rooms have miniature refrigerators in them. They take you places. The one thing I thought was really interesting is they said that they'll go to Wal-Mart, but they'll also go to the dollar store. The dollar store, although you don't think it's much, when you start getting seniors with dementia, a Wal-Mart may be too big and too much. A dollar store is small, but it gives people an opportunity to get out of the house and wander around, so I thought it was impressive.
I have their activities calendar. They have brain games, bingo, exercise, church, a hair salon, a nail salon, ice cream socials, arts and crafts, and guest singers. They'll even do a cocktail hour in the parlor and have non-alcoholic beer. They'll do bowling if you're up to bowling. I don't know if that means going somewhere or if it's a miniature version on the Wii.
Katie Hunter
May 20, 2013
My Grandmother lives at Ivy Springs Manor. She loves it. The managers and staff treat her like their own. I love the family events and community involvement. I highly recommend this community to anyone's loved one.
Visitor 1
November 12, 2012
Ivy Springs Manor is a beautiful facility. It's brand-new. They have laptops in each room, beautiful furnishings, it was gorgeous. They have activities, too.
