Givens Estates
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- 2360 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28803
- (828) 274-4800
- 4.0 ( 15 reviews )
- Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, and Continuing Care Communities
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About This Community
Refund Plan: 50% of Entrance Fee. Priority access to Assisted Living and Nursing Care on Fee-For-Service basis.
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4.0
( 15 Reviews )
Judy
Givens Estates was quite beautiful. It was high-end, but also expensive. It was like going to a resort. It was interesting to us that it puts itself forward as a not-for-profit, yet it was glamorous. The people seemed happy. We saw a lot of residents. It had everything I could think of and more. They had a room where you could have live entertainment with a spacious stage and just a lot more options.
The apartments were lovely. We saw a two-bedroom and there wasn't anything about it that was negative. They were fairly new, so they had lots of light, tall ceilings, and stuff that appeals if you can pay for it. The facilities were all lovely. They had a workout room, a pottery room, and woodworking.
Ellen
September 13, 2022
Everything about Givens Estates is top-notch. It's quite a lovely place, and it's modern-looking and efficient-looking. It's for people who would like to be near a city.
My friend who lives there has a two-bedroom unit, and it's small. She really enjoys playing bridge and doing crafts.
They actually have a nice little get-together area and a little cafe. Both are very conducive to communicating with friends, families, and other people. They also offer transportation. They'll take you to the bank, as long as you keep up with the schedule. It's a very good service.
The place is just excellent and well-kept. It is in a lovely setting, and the food's great.
abailey
Our parents are in this facility and it has been bad.
Our dad sits soiled all day without help from the nursing staff or counselors. The apartment smells like HELL. Our elderly mom is trying to be the nurse for our elderly dad and she says her life has never been worse.
We get very little / no response or attention after numerous visits and phone calls.
Their information is never straightforward, they never do what they promised upon move-in or promise when we are able to get a hold of them.
We are so sad and don't know what to do...
Robert
June 23, 2021
I pretty much have decided to go to Givens Estates. It's pretty big. They have several different residence sides, but the main side is their big building where they have the restaurant and everybody is served meals. They also have a pool, a fitness center, different kinds of workshops, and meeting rooms in that big building. Then they have buildings that are mainly like living areas or apartments. They're kind of completing another one right now.
They've got different sizes of rooms, and most of them have a deck. They have 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom. They have a really nice dining room. They've got a private room that you can reserve to eat in there if you like. The food is served from the main main kitchen.
I've known them for 20 years, so I'm very familiar with them. My dad, stepmom, and wife's mother were there. We've been very kind of close to the whole operation over there. The staff was great. They're the best.
Lynn
May 22, 2020
Givens Estates is excellent; a friend of mine stays there. It's a Methodist Church-based community, but it's expensive, and he has to buy the condominium to live there. They have several levels of care. You can step up if you need a different level. My friend is independent in a way since they have their own condominium, but they have care coming in and they have a cafeteria that they go to for meals. In the independent living they also have houses. It's a great community with a lot of retired doctors and nurses, and they have a clinic that deals with specialist doctors, geriatric meds, and Alzheimer's and dementia. Doctor Noel is the physician in charge and they're an excellent community. Anybody with the money and resources should check it out. Everybody can go to their memory clinic and get assessed since they take Medicare and charge a deposit. They have activities. Like a lot of the guys would get together and do woodworking. With the virus, they're pretty well-cloistered. Apart from the cafeteria, they also have a dining area with formal dining. The food is good, and gourmet.
wow1234
January 21, 2018
This place is elegant but it should be for the insane prices they charge. The food is decent, but only about 1 meal a day is included in the monthly cost. My parents live in one of the independent apartments and are relatively mobile. There are not enough maintenance workers to do all the work needed and no one to help the residents with small chores like moving heavy items. There are not generators for each building so when the power goes out (which it has twice in the 6 months they have lived there) if they need power for something like oxygen or Cpap machines, they are out of luck. I expect more from a place that costs as much as this place does
robottechie
July 04, 2017
Over priced and seems like they don't get back in touch with you quickly enough. Keep your parents at home, if possible.
Carol457587
November 25, 2016
Givens Estates is really nice. It is up on the hill. There's great walking trails. There is good group bird watching. It's really pleasant. There's the university neighborhood plus the city neighborhood, so there's kind of a mixture of café and restaurants and export and import stores. They got pretty sophisticated staff too. The place is relatively expensive, so there are a lot of people with really lively minds, and they're physically lively too. They have class, which is a very challenging kind of sophisticated dance class, so it is for people want to stay in shape. There is more than just balance for the elderly there. There's real program going on. People I talked to likes bird watching walks; they're active, and they're probably in their 80s.
Beth on waiting list
I'm on the waiting list. I recommend taking their tour, where you can talk with residents. I know several people who love living there. If you're low-income, need to be careful to check their rules. Some residents are in a special program for lower-income folks, plus Givens is building a separate facility near Gerber Village, which has grants for helping retirees who have less income.
Kiki1
March 18, 2016
My parents moved to Given Estates two weeks ago. It’s a very clean and pretty facility that didn't smell like a nursing home. The rooms are nice, and the food is very good. They have physical therapy, activities, card games, and book clubs. We like the staff so far. I love the food; we were able to eat with my parents. The common areas are nice, very clean, and beautifully decorated with fireplaces. However, my parents complained that there wasn’t a bank on site, so they have to drive to the bank. They wish that it was closer to stores, so that they shop.
Michael0604
April 13, 2015
My mother and I went down to North Carolina last week, and she has found a place and is all set. Givens Estates is the name of the place. They just seemed very helpful, and everyone who lived there really liked it. It is a beautiful place. So far, everything looks great. Everything appears to be very good. They seem to really care about the people and would go out of their way to make sure everything is the way that people wanted it. They had plenty of activities and lots of nice grounds.
sunnysouth
July 26, 2014
We were looking at this place and since it is advertised as being built by the Methodists and supposedly for 'low income', we did not expect to see a monthly fee in the thousands of dollars. What type of a low income person do they think could afford this?
Apparently it is overpriced like everything else in the "San Franciso of the south.'
Visitor88515150
July 20, 2014
I liked Givens Estates a whole lot. It was one of those communities where you could advance to what you needed to once you were in the facility. If you were in the assisted living and needed to go to skilled nursing, you had the option to do that. They had a lot of amenities there as well, and it was a beautifully well-kept area. The people there were very nice, very helpful, and very friendly. I thought the only problem with that was that it was a one-room thing instead of apartments. So, it was a lot smaller, and that's not quite as amenable to what my mother was looking for.
Visitor Girlfriend
September 11, 2013
Givens Estates offers the same services as with the other CCRCs I visited. They have many levels of care. People living there are well attended to on all levels. I have had friends there. Their food is fine. They have a number of activities for their residents. I would recommend this place.
Mrs. P1
May 14, 2013
Givens Estates is a very nice place. My friend can do whatever she wants. She can take exercises in an indoor pool, get massages, go to lectures, she can go to dances, and even walk her dog. There's tons to do and she can do as little or as much as she wants. She can live there for the rest of her life. If anybody wants to move there in retirement age, it's a good place to be. It's expensive though.
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