Benton House of Oviedo

This is a good community, it was more than we wanted to spend.

They were the first ones that we looked at and we were sold immediately by the cleanliness of the facility and the friendliness of staff and residents, mother just loved it. The facility is pretty new and very well maintained. The caring-ness of the staff and the cleanliness of the residents is something that really sticks out to us. Everyone of the residents here are very well dressed and the staff makes sure everyone has their stuff together. Even the people on the memory care side that comes over from time to time to do happy hours look great which shows just how attentive the staff are. Their philosophy is we are here to work for you and we really like that approach. They have monthly meetings with the residents where they get together with the chef and activities director and go over their likes and dislikes and the staff truly listen and take that feedback and apply it. They have a lot of activities provided, my mother loves to play bingo, they have therapy dogs that come in once a week, they even had Shetland ponies in the courtyard and the residents could feed them carrots and pet them. Every Thursday at 4 they do happy hours and they bring in entertainment, they offer one glass of wine or beer if they want it. They also celebrate residents birthdays, have holidays parties, etc. and are just very creative with what they do. Their covid policy is great, they do test the residents and if someone comes back positive, they have to quarantine for 10 days but they have one specific caregiver for those 10 days so there is no cross-contamination. They do not shut down the facility so I am still able to go in and visit my mother as long as she is not the one who has it. Visitors do have to wear masks, but the residents do not. Since she has moved in there has not been one positive covid case so clearly what they are doing is working well. We have been so impressed with Benton House of Oviedo and would highly recommend them to others looking, they have been a God send to our family.

We chose Benton House because the facility is new, clean and in good shape. It was also only about 50% full and my mom needed a place that was going to be more quiet with not as much going on. The room sizes are decent, she has a private room. I would tell others that they do not take Medicaid funding. They do have some really good activities, I wish they had more exercise classes or walking groups. Overall I would recommend them to others looking.