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The Dorchester South

12930 Dorman Rd, Pineville, NC 28134

8.5
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4.0
Nice community.
The food options, the activities and the safety the community provides is something we likes most about The Dorchester South community. For activities they have different outings every week as well as party and get togethers. Based on our experience so far, we would recommend the community

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The Dorchester South

The Dorchester provides 55+ active adults independent living with a vibrant social calendar, new friends, great amenities, and a maintenance-free lifestyle. Comfort, convenience, and safety is what you’re getting with The Dorchester South senior apartments in Pineville, North Carolina. Centrally located among Charlotte, Ballantyne, Matthews and Fort Mill, we are unlike other independent living communities. Other communities have built-in services and added costs, but with The Dorchester “a la carte” services, you only pay for what you use!

We are less than five minutes from Carolina Place Mall, Atrium Pineville CMC Hospital, and I-485. Within two miles are scrumptious restaurants and convenient shopping, including Food Lion, Harris Teeter, Harpers, Starbucks, Olive Garden, LongHorn, Belk, JCPenney, Old Navy, Barnes & Noble, Rite Aid, CVS, and more! You’ll never feel without a thing here at The Dorchester South. Contact an A Place for Mom advisor today to see if our independent living community is right for you! We currently have no wait list and immediate move-ins are available!

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for The Dorchester South

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A Place for Mom has scored The Dorchester South with 8.5 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 2 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, The Dorchester South has 33 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.3 out of 5.
Overall Rating
4.3
Cleanliness
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Care Services
4.3
Staff
4.8
Meals & Dining
5.0
Activities
4.4
Value for Cost
4.3
A Place for Mom has scored The Dorchester South with 8.5 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 2 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, The Dorchester South has 33 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.3 out of 5.
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1-20 of 33 reviews
Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
July 21, 2023
4.0
Verified Review
Nice community.
The food options, the activities and the safety the community provides is something we likes most about The Dorchester South community. For activities they have different outings every week as well as party and get togethers. Based on our experience so far, we would recommend the community to other families.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
4
Care Services
4
Staff
4
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Anonymous - Resident/client
Senior Apartments
May 2, 2023
5.0
Verified Review
Review for The Dorchester South
I am now a resident at The Dorchester and very very happy.The place to be!!! Reasonable monthly fee, so many activities and bus trips for everyone, everyone is friendly and helpful. Both residents and staff. The food in the dining room is good but most prefer to cook in their apartments either because of convenience or cost. Here there is a reasonable fee for the meals. Love being here!!!
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Anne #261 - Resident/client
Senior Apartments
April 2, 2021
5.0
Maintenance
[name removed] A very great guy personality is wonderful. Always does a great job.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Response from The Dorchester South
September 27, 2021
Thank you for your review. We appreciate your positive feedback. Our staff takes great pride in providing excellent customer service.
Anne A - Resident/client
Senior Apartments
April 2, 2021
5.0
Cleaning Anne # 261
Cleaning. [name removed] is a very positive and friendly person. I’m always happy when she comes.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Response from The Dorchester South
September 27, 2021
Thank you for your review. We are blessed with an awesome Housekeeping team, they take pride in there work everyday.
Joy Patterson
Senior Apartments
March 4, 2021
5.0
Best quality - Best price
This community has the best staff! Loving caring helpful friendly just all around awesome. The community has many amenities to meet your needs. Take a tour you will love what The Dorchester has to offer you.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Response from The Dorchester South
March 11, 2021
Thank you for your review. We appreciate your comments and thank you for taking the time to give us a review.
anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
March 1, 2021
4.0
Verified Review
We chose Dorchester South because of the convenient location. The apartment sizes are great, perfect for her needs. Overall, it has been a good experience and I would recommend them.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
4
Response from The Dorchester South
March 4, 2021
Thank you for your review. We appreciate the feedback. Very happy you are having a good experience. Our team strives to provide excellent Customer Service and meet the needs of all our residents daily.
Timothy Mullican - Family/friend
Independent Living
December 8, 2020
4.0
Verified Review
A great fit
We chose Dorchester South because it offered a lot for what you have to pay and the location. The rooms are pretty good sized, they do have huge bathrooms. Perfect for one or two people. I have eaten here a couple times and the food was really good. Overall, I would absolutely recommend and have several times
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
4
Care Services
4
Activities
4
Response from The Dorchester South
December 14, 2020
Thank you so much for the kind words and the wonderful review. Thank you for choosing to live with us. We appreciate it!
anonymous - Resident/client
Independent Living
November 20, 2020
4.0
Verified Review
A Place To Look At
It is a nice community. It will be better when the pandemic is over. The community is very friendly, nice, and accommodating. If you walk through the front doors, there is always somebody to greet you. The food is good, but can be expensive at times.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
3
Care Services
4
Activities
4
Response from The Dorchester South
December 14, 2020
Thank you so much for the kind words and for choosing The Dorchester! Our number one priority is to keep our residents safe during these times. We look forward to adding more and more events once the pandemic comes to an end. Thank you, again, for living with us!
anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
September 22, 2020
5.0
Verified Review
My review of the Dorchester South
We chose The Dorchester South because they had an apartment that was income sensitive. The apartment she is in is smaller, but it is for the value of the price. She said the food is pretty good for the most part, but sometimes they do put a little too much salt. My favorite part about the facility is the activities. Some of those include bingo, exercise classes, events for the holidays, etc. I also love that they have a 24/7 front desk person, so someone is available at all times if we need anything. The only downside is that they don't have shuttles available to medical appointments.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
4
Care Services
4
Activities
5
Response from The Dorchester South
September 28, 2020
Thank you so much for leaving a review for us! We appreciate that your family choose The Dorchester! Glad to hear you are enjoying the activities we offer each month!
Jodi R - Family/friend
Independent Living
September 21, 2020
5.0
Verified Review
An outstanding friendly community that deeply cares for theirs residents
In our opinion The Dorchester has the best value in the area, it is very reasonably priced. It is independent living, however the care services they do offer are good. There have been times where this community has been mistaken as just assisted living, but this is independent with assisted living. If you need more assistance you would have to hire outside services to come and help out. The activities are fantastic, before COVID there was four days of exercise classes that included yoga and Tai Chi, they could also participate in seminars. This community would bring in musicians and comedians. There would be festivals they could go to, and even the Mayor would join. The executive chef at this community is absolutely great, everyone at this community loves her. The food is ale-cart so you can either eat every once in awhile or all the time. She is very accommodating with the residents when it comes to different diets, for example if you are vegan or have diabetes. No one complains about the food or the kitchen staff The rooms are absolutely beautiful. There are two separate apartments you can chose to live in, that is the Dorchestor or the Manors. The Dorchester are more smaller and have in come based one bedroom apartments, or non income based one and two bedroom apartments. The Manor's are the most luxury styled apartments. There are five libraries at this community and three of them are at the Dorchester.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
5
Care Services
5
Activities
5
Response from The Dorchester South
September 28, 2020
Thank you so much for the kind word, Jodi. We appreciate you taking the time to review our facility. Thank you for choosing us. We take pride in everything we offer at both The Dorchester & The Manor!
Diane - Family/friend
Independent Living
August 21, 2020
5.0
Verified Review
A great place for retirement
We chose this facility because of the price. The room sizes are perfect, my parents are in a room together. They have a very spacious bathroom. IO have not eaten here but my parents have said the food is really good. My favorite part about this community has been the fact that my parents are no longer alone. They have people around them all the time. I would absolutely recommend The Dorchester South
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
5
Care Services
5
Activities
5
Response from The Dorchester South
September 1, 2020
Thank you so much for the wonderful review, Diane! We appreciate the kind words. So glad that your parents are enjoying themselves. We hope to see you around The Dorchester soon!
anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
March 11, 2020
4.0
The community was everything I expected and more. The only negative was the square footage of the unit that fits my budget. I will have to do further drastic downsizing to fit in. Everything else was within reasonable limits. It appears to be a great place to live. All of the staff was very friendly and professional.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
4
Value for Cost
4
Care Services
4
Activities
4
anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
April 30, 2019
4.0
really nice clean place staff friendly but we feel we are not ready for a place like this just yet
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
4
Value for Cost
4
Care Services
4
Activities
4
anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
January 17, 2019
5.0
Very nice place. Lovely environment. I could definitely see my parents living here. It felt safe and well taken care of.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
5
Care Services
5
Activities
5
LR - Family/friend
Independent Living
November 11, 2018
3.5
Nice p lace, but check your bill carefylly.
My mother lived at the Dorchester for 2 years. The facility and apartments were clean and pleasant. The maintenance staff is awesome! The staff in general is great, friendly, , etc. The food was good but is not offered enough. Weekends consist of sandwiches only at lunch; No dinner. Often on Holidays, the dining room only offered sandwiches as well. The Dorchester is for INDEPENDENT residents. If they can cook for themselves and they are not interested in activities, etc, it is great. There are some activities but there is not much effort to engage new residents. Note: if the resident should fall or be injured, they can not assist in ANY way. They have to call 911. They will go check on a resident if there is a concern, but they can't help them up if they fall, for example. If your loved one might need any assistance, independent living is not suitable. My difficulty was the billing. I am not referring to the prices, which I thought were very reasonable, but the accuracy of the bill. You need to review each month's bill carefully! We had charges for things we didn't use or incur. Getting them corrected was impossible. ( I am not referring to dining charges). Mom had to move to assisted living. Two charges that I was told would be corrected were not. Very frustrating!
Cleanliness
3.5
Friendliness
3.5
Value for Cost
3.5
Care Services
3.5
Activities
3.5
Al Jenkins - Resident/client
Independent Living
November 10, 2018
4.0
Verified Review
Senior Community
The Dorchester is a fine place for seniors who want a community that is filled with activities. There are places to go, things to see and continous activities, all day, every day.
Cleanliness
4.5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
3.5
Care Services
5
Activities
5
anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
January 16, 2018
3.0
The apartments are older and less spacious than the Manor. Nice list of a la carte services.
Cleanliness
3
Friendliness
3
Value for Cost
3
Care Services
3
Activities
3
anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
November 25, 2017
5.0
This one is perfect! The tax-advantaged one bedroom apartment called the Dover is $797 and fits nicely in our budget. We didn't have a formal tour but simply walked in and the receptionist was super nice and the residents greeted my mom and we ended up staying for almost 2 hours just talking with them and they showed us around it was amazing. I've sent them a message requesting a formal tour and instructions on how we can get on the waitlist for the one-bedroom Dover model. It does not include a meal plan but optionally she can have dinner or sandwiches in the restaurant on site just as if she would be going out to a local restaurant except it's right on site. This one is definitely our favorite so far!
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Value for Cost
5
Care Services
5
Activities
5
anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
July 13, 2017
3.5
Verified Review
Best Staff Around
My mother in law is extremely pleased and very content since moving here. The community is very homey and friendly. Everyone on the staff from the groundskeeping to the kitchen staff to the nurses and administration has been more than helpful to the point where they go out of their way to get things done I just can't say enough about the whole staff in general. My mother in law doesn't, as a rule, go down to the dining room she prefers to cook for herself but I must say the operating hours are more like a country club than say a restaurant. The main 2 reasons for us choosing this place was my mother in law could get a first-floor room and it was handicap accessible and the price was the deal breaker we were very pleased as to the cost.
Cleanliness
3.5
Friendliness
3.5
Value for Cost
3.5
Care Services
3.5
Activities
3.5
anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
July 12, 2017
4.0
Verified Review
Mom is Great
So far this community is working out well for my mother. It is a nice facility with kind people. I'am pleased with all they have done for our family. She is safe, and receiving great care. I'am comfortable with her move to this community. She is doing great, and I'am satisfied with this community overall.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
4
Value for Cost
4
Care Services
4
Activities
4
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Amenities
at The Dorchester South

Healthcare Services

  • Staffing & Ancillary Services
  • Medication Management

Meals & Dining

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

Room Amenities

  • Air Conditioned
  • Full kitchen
  • Ground Floor Units
  • Cable or Satellite TV
  • Wheelchair Accessible Showers
  • Bath Tubs
  • Handicap Accessible
  • Wi-Fi/high-speed internet

Community Amenities

Transportation & parking

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

Pets

  • Weight Limit (lbs)
  • Dogs Allowed
  • Cats Allowed

Common areas

  • Beauty Salon
  • Outdoor Common Areas
  • Computer or Media Center
  • Outside Patio
  • Central Fireplace
  • Indoor Common Areas
  • TV Lounge
  • Meeting Room
  • Main Street Shops
  • Library

Recreational areas

  • Fitness Center
  • Arts and Crafts Center
  • Billiards Lounge
  • Game Room
  • Piano or Organ

Services

  • Beautician
  • Grocery Shopping and Errands

Activities

  • Stretching Classes
  • Day Trips and Outings
  • Happy Hour
  • Live Well Programs
  • Tai Chi
  • Visiting Chaplain or Priest
  • BBQs or Picnics
  • Activities Off-site
  • Live Musical Performances
  • Brain fitness / Dakim
  • Yoga / Chair Yoga
  • Dances
  • Devotional Activities Offsite
  • Holiday Parties
  • Wii Bowling
  • Forever Fit
  • Birthday Parties
  • Trivia Games
  • Karaoke
  • Art Classes
  • Community Service Programs
  • Gardening Club
  • Live Dance or Theater Performances
  • Activities On-site
  • Educational Speakers / Life Long Learning
  • Cooking Classes
  • Visiting Rabbi
  • Devotional Activities On-Site
  • Intergenerational Programs
  • Wine Tasting

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