Discovery Village Deerwood Assisted Living & Memory Care

Rona is the pastry chef here and she is amazing!! Everything we have eaten that she has made has been wonderful. In the photo is an example…her homemade chocolate chip cookies. I don’t think you can find any that are better than this!

I don’t have any relatives or loved ones living here but I just felt compelled to write a google review….So I live across the street in an apartment complex and see an ambulance come there almost EVERY SINGLE DAY…and sometimes MORE THAN TWICE IN A NIGHT. This will be at the independent and/or the assisted/memory care center. An ambulance just entered there and is rushing away with its sirens ringing as I’m writing this. Coming from a medical professional the amount of times an ambulance and fire truck come rushing in this place is appalling . As a medical professional who works in a hospital I’ve seen more ambulances at this place than the own hospital I currently am employed at. Not sure if it’s people falling, chest pain, what have you. But something needs to be investigated. I know people call 911 for serious medical attention and I mean that seriously. But this place is turning more into a nuisance than a positive place.

My now 92 year old widowed father has been living at Discovery Village at Deerwood since early July 2023. Quite discerning and not always an easy person to please, he is quite comfortable, content, and appreciative of the accommodations within the community. From my side, what I’ve found remarkable is the overall spirit, professionalism, warmth, empathy, openness, flexibility, and dedication of the staff, from top down and bottom up, including the room servers, nurses and assistants, wait staff, culinary servicers, activities and entertainment staff, faculties personnel, and management, all who work well with residents and one another, a good number who, along with various of the residents, are inspiring and excellent examples and role models in what they do and have to say. The premises are modern, attractive, upbeat, unpretentious, and welcoming for residents and visitors alike. Issues arise, general or specific, and each is brought to the attention of management and/or staff, is considered in due order and understanding, and a fitting modification is provided. As in any such type of community, it has perhaps had its share of turnover, but from what I’ve seen all of that has come from situational life changes within staff that reflect well on the community, in each case yielding new personnel then gracefully brought into the fold. In other cases staff members return after stints elsewhere expressing there desire to return. Getting to know various members of the staff, as various members of the community, is to add to one’s family. I consider it to be one of the great blessings in my life as that of my father to have discovered Discovery Village as a place for him to be living at this stage of his life. As such, I highly recommend it for anyone who is looking for a senior community within its price range or - the bargain it also happens to be relative to many if not most other senior communities - at a somewhat higher price range.