Park of the Palms, Inc

We're pretty happy with Park of the Palms right now. Mom was resistant at first because we moved her out of her home, and she's never been in an environment like that, but she adjusted fairly quickly and she's happy. The facility is a little dated, but the personal attention makes up for it. It is less expensive than a lot of comparable places that we found. It is a small town atmosphere type of a thing. It's like individual little apartments, very clean. The staff is very attentive. I've been there several times during different meals, and there appears to be plenty of food. I know they changed chefs, but Mom appears to be very happy with what she's being fed. Unfortunately, she's not all that mobile to where she could partake in a lot of activities. They have daily things that are group activities, and sometimes field trips as well to get them out and about. They have cards, and they have clubs.

I liked Palms at the Park because it was a smaller community and the location was near Jacksonville which was where my cousin and aunt live. I liked their dining room, which was located in a big lake and overlooked the lake. They had a gym, a fitness room and a library. They had planned activities and they also had a church on the grounds. The staff was tremendously helpful. And I fell in love with it when we drove through the front gate, the church was right at the entrance when you came in and it's old Florida, stuck old buildings with Spanish archaisms and the price was very reasonable. You could either take the meal services or not. If you wanted a meal, all you had to do was call the dining room and make reservations.