My mother-in-law was at Johanna Shores in assisted living for a while until she moved into memory care. She lived there for a few years. I loved that place. Everything about the place was beautiful and the food was wonderful. It's just really, really lovely. They have everything you can imagine, lots of activities, a movie theater, pool tables, a beautiful outdoor patio right on the lake, and lots of social activities. Whether you're in the more skilled nursing or assisted living, they both have a lot of things. They have a nice chapel where a priest and a minister come in every week for services. I always say that if I ever had to go into an assisted living someplace, I'd sure like it to be there. It's like a resort. It's gorgeous. They didn't have room to put her where we thought she was needed, so she ended up in the more severe memory care area. She needed to be in a locked situation because she started to wander, but she didn't have Alzheimer's. She ended up having to go into their memory care, which was kind of hard for her because she wasn't as bad off as a lot of the other people that were in there. I know she didn't care for it too much, but they never had any open beds for her to go to a different floor, and she needed to be secured because of her wandering and getting lost and going outside. We didn't have a choice, but even there, everybody was still very nice and competent. It's just that they didn't have room for her on the other floor. You can never say anything's perfect because of staff issues. Sometimes, some of the caregivers weren't quite as attentive or good as others. They had a dining room with a full menu that they could pick from every night and even at lunch. It was nice, and she was lucky enough to get in there with her elderly waiver at the time. We got very lucky with that because that's another one that's hard to get into. We're on the waiting list there, too, for my dad, but there hasn't been anything. I feel like it's a very safe environment and people there were well cared for generally.

I would not recommend the memory care unit. They add on al a carte charges for various reasons including redirection which is commonly needed for people with Alzheimer’s. They also required loved ones to be on call and come in to help whenever they needed us to help. Security was also questionable as our loved one got out of the building multiple times. Lastly, the staff wasn’t well trained to deal with people with Alzheimer’s and at least on evenings and weekends they didn’t interact with residents beyond the minimum required. If you have a loved one that is quiet, non active and likes being alone, this place would work but you could find a cheaper place for that.