I visited American House Elmwood. The memory care was on the second level, and I didn't really care for that that much because it just was basically a hallway, rooms, a cafeteria, and a sitting area. There wasn't much up there. It's really small, but it was really nice. I just didn't personally like the layout of the upstairs with memory care. The main assisted living area was nice. The staff was really nice, informative, answered all the questions I had, and was very personable. We got a box of cookies, which is a nice gesture, and they were good. They had a gathering room, and the dining room was really nice.

The assisted living part of American House Elmwood I thought was great, but the memory care left much to be desired. We saw the memory care while they were eating lunch, and it all looked so sad. And they don't have a nice dining room as the assisted living did. They just had a room with folding tables. I thought the assisted living portion was great. But the memory care, there was much need for improvement there. The patients or residents, all look so sad. In the assisted living, we saw people in the halls, they were all happy, but in memory care , the residents of that portion just looked extremely sad. I saw no problem with the rooms other than it didn't have as much as the assisted living did. I can understand not letting them have a stove and whatnot. But assisted living may have refrigerators, a microwave, and a coffee pot, where the memory care was more like a studio apartment. It just had the bedroom, the living room, and a bath. I didn't see any of the staff in memory care, and I didn't see much staff in assisted living. They were in an office, but I didn't see them in the halls. But the woman that took us on the tour, was great. I believe her name was Jessica, and she was very, very nice and she seemed to be able to answer most questions that we had. We saw a little library area and they have an area for things like bingo. No activities were going on at the time, but I saw the area and it was nice. And I thought their dining room looked wonderful; it was just a shame that all residents couldn't share that. I thought the memory care was awful. The assisted living I thought was great but the memory care I thought was horrible.