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45 St. Patrick's Dr, Waldorf, MD 20603

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5.0
The Charleston Senior Community review
I have no other experience with any other facility. That being said they have been outstanding in caring for my mom.. I would highly recommend The Charleston Senior Community to other families based on the experience we have had.

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The Charleston Senior Community

Locally owned and operated, The Charleston Senior Community in Waldorf, Maryland offers assisted living and memory care services with a neighborly flare for compassion. Amenities like a chef-led dining experience, on-site movie theater, and plenty of common areas for socializing make our community a great place to consider spending your golden years. Residents revel among friends in the reimagined building of the historic, Clarion Hotel — an iconic spot in Southern Maryland. Join us for safe and healthy living in our vibrant atmosphere, today!

Community Amenities and Services

Life at the Charleston Senior Community brings exciting daily activities, craveable menu options in our dining room, quality care provided by a dedicated staff, and all the details needed to create an exceptional retirement experience. Make use of the outdoor lounge spaces, tavern bar with daily happy hours, or pamper yourself at the salon. The choices are everywhere!

Assistance with activities of daily living is offered to residents within both the assisted living community and memory care community, among many other services. Our memory care studio living spaces are tucked into a secure neighborhood with a nurturing environment where we offer specially designed daily activities.

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Assisted Living

Memory Care

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Reduces entrance fees required upon move in

Pet friendly

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Care types offered

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Amenities
at The Charleston Senior Community

Healthcare Services

  • Staffing & Ancillary Services
  • Memory Care
  • Incontinence Care
  • Medication Management
  • Non-Ambulatory Care
  • Diabetic Care

Meals & Dining

  • Room Service
  • Gluten-free
  • Professional Chef
  • Guest Meals
  • No Sugar
  • Low / No Sodium
  • Vegetarian
  • Meals Provided
  • Restaurant Style Dining

Room Amenities

  • Bath Tubs
  • Wheelchair Accessible Showers
  • Air Conditioned
  • Wi-Fi/high-speed internet
  • Handicap Accessible
  • Cable or Satellite TV
  • Ground Floor Units
  • Kitchenette
  • Respite or Short Term Stays Offered

Community Amenities

On-site dining options

  • Bar or Pub
  • Private Dining Room

Transportation & parking

  • Transportation at Cost
  • Uncovered Parking
  • Resident Parking Available
  • Covered Parking
  • Property Convenient to Public Transit
  • Complimentary Transportation

Pets

  • Cats Allowed
  • Dogs Allowed

Common areas

  • Indoor Common Areas
  • Meeting Room
  • Outdoor Common Areas
  • Library
  • Main Street Shops
  • Beauty Salon
  • TV Lounge
  • Outside Patio
  • Barber Shop

Recreational areas

  • Jacuzzi
  • Movie or Theater Room
  • Ballroom
  • Arts and Crafts Center
  • Piano or Organ
  • Raised Garden Beds
  • Fitness Center
  • Game Room
  • Billiards Lounge

Services

  • Beautician
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry Service / Drycleaning

Activities

  • Happy Hour
  • Live Dance or Theater Performances
  • Art Classes
  • Gardening Club
  • Live Musical Performances
  • Cooking Classes
  • Day Trips and Outings
  • Other Religious Services
  • Trivia Games
  • Stretching Classes
  • Reminiscence Programs
  • Wii Bowling
  • Water Aerobics
  • Activities On-site
  • Catholic Services
  • Devotional Activities Offsite
  • Pet-focused Programs
  • Light Therapy Programs
  • Activities Off-site
  • BBQs or Picnics
  • Tai Chi
  • Yoga / Chair Yoga
  • Karaoke
  • Birthday Parties
  • Dances
  • Holiday Parties

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for The Charleston Senior Community

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A Place for Mom has scored The Charleston Senior Community with 9 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 4 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, The Charleston Senior Community has 36 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.1 out of 5.
Overall Rating
4.1
Cleanliness
4.3
Friendliness
4.4
Care Services
4.3
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.6
Activities
4.3
Value for Cost
4.3
A Place for Mom has scored The Charleston Senior Community with 9 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 4 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, The Charleston Senior Community has 36 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.1 out of 5.
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Colleen L - Family/friend
Assisted Living
August 12, 2024
5.0
Verified Review
The Charleston Senior Community review
I have no other experience with any other facility. That being said they have been outstanding in caring for my mom.. I would highly recommend The Charleston Senior Community to other families based on the experience we have had.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
A Davis Waters. - Family/friend
Assisted Living
January 4, 2024
5.0
Verified Review
Review for The Charleston Senior Community
My family and mine experience has been very positive as we have a safe place for my Aunt. The Charleston was not only good for my Aunt, but also for our family as everyone who is supporting her are in their early or mid career and the stress of juggling schedules to take care of her was having a toll on our health and careers.We picked The Charleston because of the personal interaction they provided, flexibility in setting a move in date, additional information they provided on Assisted Living to educate us, and at the time of need, they were running a special that helped us financially as we had to close out her prior living arrangements while at the same time find Assisted Living for her.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Michael - Family/friend
Assisted Living
September 18, 2023
5.0
Verified Review
A Great place for a loved one
The staff members at The Charleston Senior Community were friendly and the meals and dining service was great. The activities were limited due to COVID, but the quality of care was outstanding. Based on the experience we had with the community we have already recommend them to others and will continue to do so.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
February 9, 2023
4.0
Verified Review
The Charleston Senior Living community
We had a pretty rocky start during the move in process - they could improve on their onboarding process and their rules. The rules seem to be quite rigid which made the experience quite overwhelming. However we do really like the people there and we have fun with them.
Donna - Family/friend
Memory Care
November 3, 2022
1.0
Verified Review
Would Not Recommend
We had to take our loved one out of The Charleston. She was not getting the care that she should have been. She had things missing from in her room that we cannot get back. It just was not a very good experience for my family. As of now she is at [community name removed] and we have no complaints. They are taking care of her, and we could not be happier.
anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
July 8, 2022
1.0
Verified Review
Highly not recommend to families
Overall our family did not have a good experience with The Charleston, we were concerned with the odor in the community and the response time of management - it was poorly.
anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
April 8, 2022
5.0
Verified Review
Highly recommended
The experience has been excellent so far. It is a very active community and they encourage the residents to go to the activities. They have things like card games, exercise classes, bird feeders, etc. My mother says the food is like a 5 star restaurant and she really likes it. The cost is reasonable for what is provided. My mother was apprehensive of the big change, but with where she is at we feel confident that she is in good hands. There are 2 residents here who she had been friends with years ago so that has also made her feel more comfortable. Overall I would recommend The Charleston Senior Community to others looking.
Cleanliness
4.5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
4.5
Mike M - Family/friend
Assisted Living
February 18, 2022
5.0
Verified Review
The Charleston is a great choice.
Everyone down there has been extremely helpful. Everyone is pleasant. The food is outstanding. They have a lot of activities. But the care is the most important thing. And everyone really takes care of my loved one, a heck of a lot better than I was able to do. They're doing a good job with the Covid situation, checking people in and being on top of everything. I would highly recommend them.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Value for Cost
4.5
Anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
September 20, 2021
4.0
Verified Review
Safe Place to Be
The people are the best part of this community. They are helpful, pleasant, and caring. My loved one has been in since June and the staff have all be positive to work with. The community will try and work with dietary restrictions. The activities and some food options are being limited due to the pandemic.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Care Services
4.5
Staff
5
Value for Cost
4
anonymous - Toured community
Memory Care
August 12, 2021
5.0
Verified Review
Tour of The Charleston
I was impressed with everything about The Charleston other than the price. If I had to do it over again I might go with them, they insisted on memory care on the get go for my loved which ended up being what was needed.
Tracy - Family/friend
Memory Care
September 25, 2020
4.0
Verified Review
Highly Recommended
I would highly recommend this community to those that have parents that need this type of care or assistance. The community used to be a hotel and the rooms have their own bathrooms with a walk in shower. There are rooms available that have a bathtub.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
5
Care Services
5
Activities
4
Anonymous - Family/friend
Memory Care
June 18, 2020
2.0
Verified Review
The Charleston Senior Community
Other than the outside, the community is pretty clean. Some of the staff is friendly and some not so much. We felt the staff was under-trained and underpaid. It seemed like in the memory care area, there was not much in the way of activities. They seemed to place the residents in the common areas and turn on the TV and that was it. In the beginning, they would do things like bring in outside entertainment, but as time went on this dwindled. The community seemed like an ok value since they were a little cheaper than other places in the area, however we did not think there was enough attention given to the residents.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
3
Value for Cost
3
Care Services
1
Activities
3
Anonymous - Family/friend
Memory Care
May 14, 2020
5.0
Verified Review
A responsive, proactive community
I have found The Charleston to be a very responsive and proactive community. They are very good at communicating with families. I have had no issues. The food is hit or miss. My mom is a bit of a picky eater. Room sizes are good.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
4
Care Services
5
Activities
5
Penelope Woods - Toured community
Memory Care
March 19, 2020
5.0
Verified Review
Review of Charleston
Without a doubt more welcoming than any others. Changed my feelings about senior care. I am actually excited for my mom's new adventure. Thank you Charleston for making this transition so positive.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
5
Care Services
5
Activities
5
Robert Hersh - Resident/client
Memory Care
March 18, 2020
5.0
Verified Review
Review of The Charleston
Very nice facility with impressive amenities. Very professional staff - I would recommend them to anyone needing an assisted living situation.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
5
Care Services
5
Activities
5
Terri Eason - Family/friend
Memory Care
February 11, 2020
5.0
Verified Review
Review of The Charleston
I am very appreciative to The Charleston. This was my father's first home after his major stroke. Everyone here is quite loving and patient. There are plenty activities and the facility is very clean.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
5
Care Services
5
Activities
5
Charles Gaines - Family/friend
Memory Care
February 11, 2020
5.0
Verified Review
Review of The Charleston
Father recently admitted facility staff were all very pleasant, courteous, and professional. Every question asked was answered polity and completely.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
5
Care Services
5
Activities
5
Kday55 - Family/friend
Memory Care
November 13, 2019
1.5
Non caring administration and shoddy hiring
My mother resides at this residence for a year and a half. The rooms are spacious with large windows and the dining area is attractive with fresh flowers on a regular basis. A lot of the aides are lovely and enjoy working with the elderly. About 20% are uncaring, lazy and unsympathetic. To the point of putting the residents at risk. This has happened to my mother on more than one occasion. Even when I filed a complaint those aides continued their employment. They don’t care about excellence, just numbers ( which are also lacking) The executive director stays in his office and only knows the residents on paper or he deals with their families. He is never seen with residents except on promotional videos and commercials. In fact when my mother passed away, we got many condolences from aides, therapists and other residents but none from the administration. No card, no call, no email. They are primarily concerned about re filling the rooms. Also, when the cost and level of care rises, the actual level of care remains the same which is not initially explained to the residents and their families. Even the aides have no idea what level of care each resident is on. If you have a loved one that doesn’t have great needs and can get around on their own, it might be a pick for you. Otherwise, I don’t recommend this place.
Cleanliness
1.5
Friendliness
3
Value for Cost
2
Care Services
2
Activities
4
Anonymous - Family/friend
Memory Care
September 9, 2019
2.0
Would not recommend
There are some good people working there, but most of the staff on the memory care unit sit around and socialize with each other instead of interacting with the residents. And when you ask the staff a question, a lot of them don't know anything. And when you try to find their supervisor, he is no where to be found.
Cleanliness
2.5
Friendliness
3.5
Value for Cost
2.5
Care Services
1.5
Activities
2
Anonymous - Toured community
Memory Care
August 21, 2019
5.0
My mom and the rest of the family were very impressed with the facility and staff of Charleston Senior Community. My mom became very ill right before she moved, but Charleston staff stepped up immediately to give her the care she needed. They were very responsive and made the transition so calming and reassuring to all of us. I would highly recommend this community!
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
5
Care Services
5
Activities
5
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