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5.0
Avalon is Great with Memory Care
All of the residents at Avalon have varying stages of memory impairment. My mom fit right in with them. It was nice she was not the only one who had dementia. She passed away recently.
The staff were professional, kind, and communicative with me. They, the administrator, and owner were as well. They answered any questions I had. They guided and assured me through this tough thing to watch my mom go through.
My mom was diabetic and needed to be on various special diets. They worked with a dietician to ensure she received her 3 home cooked meals a day and any snacks and they were healthy for her. They did not charge me to have her seen by the dietician. It was included if you can believe it. As her dietary needs changed, so did her meals accordingly. Mom loved the food and she could eat.
The house and my mom were always very clean.
When mom was passing, they were there with her holding her hand and mine. I will never forget their kindness and support for my mom and my family.
About the facility Avalon House on Gelston Circle
Avalon House on Gelston Circle is a residential care home with a compassionate care team providing assisted living services. The staff helps with daily living activities and therapies, so residents can stay healthy, engaged, and mentally stimulated. Residential care homes are great for seniors looking for low resident-to-staff ratios in a care home. The Avalon House on Gelston Circle is in a family-friendly community, close to many neighborhood amenities and businesses.
In addition to providing residents with daily care services, the staff provides residents with group activities and events that make it easy for residents to stay social and active. The care home also has indoor seating areas, which are perfect for relaxing or socializing with friends and family.
Avalon House on Gelston Circle is in McLean, Virginia, close to medical facilities, pharmacies, banks, and other businesses seniors might need to visit. There are also grocery stores, restaurants, and local parks nearby for recreational days out and about.
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A Place for Mom has scored Avalon House on Gelston Circle with 9.3 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 6 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Avalon House on Gelston Circle has 18 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4 out of 5.
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A Place for Mom has scored Avalon House on Gelston Circle with 9.3 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 6 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Avalon House on Gelston Circle has 18 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4 out of 5.
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Steven S - Resident/client
Residential Care Home
April 19, 2024
Avalon is Great with Memory Care
All of the residents at Avalon have varying stages of memory impairment. My mom fit right in with them. It was nice she was not the only one who had dementia. She passed away recently.
The staff were professional, kind, and communicative with me. They, the administrator, and owner were as well. They answered any questions I had. They guided and assured me through this tough thing to watch my mom go through.
My mom was diabetic and needed to be on various special diets. They worked with a dietician to ensure she received her 3 home cooked meals a day and any snacks and they were healthy for her. They did not charge me to have her seen by the dietician. It was included if you can believe it. As her dietary needs changed, so did her meals accordingly. Mom loved the food and she could eat.
The house and my mom were always very clean.
When mom was passing, they were there with her holding her hand and mine. I will never forget their kindness and support for my mom and my family.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
April 25, 2024
Thank you for taking the time to share your family's experience with Avalon House. It is so kind of you. We adored your mom as well as working with your family. We still miss her and all of you. I am sure this will help others looking to place their loved ones in a home. Thank you for being a part of the Avalon family.
Fran T. - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
April 19, 2024
"A" for Avalon
I did not see placing my loved one in a facility. We said, "In sickness and in health". It meant I was not capable of caring for my husband in our own home anymore. It was an emotional process for me. I know I am not alone in that whether it means we cannot care for our loved ones in our own homes, or they cannot stay in their own home own their own or with help. That is hard to grapple with.
We I found Avalon, it felt like our own home. It is warm, friendly, and immaculate. The residents were also immaculate. I did not smell urine as many of the places I toured did. I knew this was the place for my husband. The residents had varying levels of memory impairment and forgetfulness just like my husband. It felt good knowing he was not the only one. The caregivers, lovely and helpful. He thrived having the same daily routine and eating home cooked meals at a kitchen table with his new family.
The office manager and team were always there for me. "A" goes to Avalon!
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
April 30, 2024
Fran, thank you so much for your helpful & generous feedback. Everyone here smiled when we read it. We have no doubt it will be helpful to others looking to place their loved ones. We miss your entire family and are so glad you chose Avalon.
Anonymous - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
April 16, 2024
Our Experience
I would recommend this facility if the family is going to be involved and frequent the home. It is clean. Staff: some are great- professional, empathetic and kind. Others are cold, unprofessional and run the house as if the residents are inmates. The 2 I am specifically speaking of are protected by management and my negative feedback was dismissed. The aide even saying my loved one was a liar. The move in was easy. Calls to family could be better. I have asked that they reach out to us any time there are issues or conflict with our loved one, if medication is running low. I have not received calls. As for the food: we are not allowed in the house during meals, our loved one complains about the variety and quality of food. Overly processed.
Anonymous - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
June 2, 2023
Like with any other facility, visit often, keep your eyes, ears and nose open. Talk to the other residents and families. Listen to your loved ones. Stay involved. Avalon is a wonderful alternative to a nursing home. The model provides a comfortable space for loved ones where they receive the support they need surrounded by their things. Staff is trained but are often cold, removed and lack a caring/respectful nature we believe our loved ones deserve. Quality of food depends upon who is cooking.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
June 5, 2023
Thank you so much for your kind words as well as feedback. We always appreciate feedback from our families. We would love to chat further with you so we can work as a team. Our staff have been with us many years and treat our residents with compassion and respect. With that, chatting with you in regard to your feedback would be very helpful. We would never want you or any of the residents/their families to leave our homes feeling cold. Since you wrote this anonymously, we invite you to give a us a call. We take all feedback seriously as well as caring for our residents. Thank you so much again for taking the time to write your experience. It is appreciated.
Marc - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
April 28, 2023
We made the right choice.
It's hard to believe it's coming up on four years since we had to find a place for mom, who suffers from dementia, but each and every day I feel fortunate that she's getting excellent care from the fine folks at Avalon House. I don't know how they manage, but they've kept her healthy and smiling all this time, even through Covid! She's got her own room, which was a must, that we decorated to make it feel like home and it's close enough that at least one of us can visit often. It's also a big plus that the staff knows her, and she knows them. I'm sure they're all good, but we're grateful to have found the house on Gelston Circle.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
May 1, 2023
Thank you so much for sharing your feedback and kind review. It is really hard to believe how quickly the 4 years have gone since your mom moved in. We have been enjoying caring for her and really enjoy her straightforward personality. We feel so honored you chose Avalon to care for her.
Anonymous - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
April 24, 2023
Good experience
My mom is a resident of another Avalon home where she is content and well-taken care of. I really like the staff, in particular the 2 staff members who live in the home, but I know we are lucky with this particular home! I like that this isn’t a wheeling and dealing type of facility- it is peaceful. Home cooked meals are also a major bonus.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
April 27, 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your feedback and review. We always appreciate them and when someone takes the time to do so. We are thrilled that overall, you and your loved one are having a good experience. We look forward to continuing to care for them and working with your family.
anonymous - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
January 28, 2022
As good as it gets normal people
It is hard to get information just because normally it is an open door facility, but right now they are shut down due to covid. Other than that the facility is clean, it is safe, and it is a good value for the money. It is a great place if your loved one is not looking to take advantage of all of the bells and whistles that some other places offer.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
February 3, 2022
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review and comment. We find not only are they helpful for those looking to place their loved ones, but it is helpful feedback for our company and homes.
Like many of the facilities in our county, we do have modified visitation for the time being due to the increase in COVID cases. During this time, we have offered window visits, Zoom/tablet visits, as well as phone calls. We truly do understand this is not the same as an in-person visit. Should you feel you are not getting the information you would like to know about your loved one, by all means let us know by calling us or emailing us in the office. We do not know a family has an issue unless they tell us. The sooner we know, the sooner we can help. Someone from the management team would be happy to speak with you about this and work with your family as well as the caregivers at the home to ensure you are getting exactly the information you are looking for.
We truly appreciate your kind words shared, the feedback, and where you would like Avalon to do better while we have a more restricted visiting policy due to the rise in COVID numbers. We feel that it will be changing very soon, and you will be visiting in person with your loved one before you know it.
anonymous - Toured community
Residential Care Home
December 8, 2021
Community Tour
When considering a group home, it really depends on what you’re looking for. My mother would not have done well in a group home. Here there were four people sharing a bathroom. But it was a newer building. It had a beautiful view, and a new kitchen. It seemed like a beautiful house. They said they could provide a lot of care there. But it was concerning to me that two people living there full time would really be able to provide all the care for 6-7 seniors living in one house.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
December 9, 2021
Thank you so much for touring with Avalon House on Gelston Circle as well as sharing your review.
We are so pleased you liked the aesthetic of that home.
Avalon House is licensed for 8 residents and provides a 1:4 staff to resident ratio We also provide a 1 on 1 staff free of charge for the 1st three days a resident resides at Avalon House. Most facilities cannot boast that staff to resident ratio.
When full Avalon House on Gelston Circle has 8 residents. That home has 3 full bathrooms and 1 half bathrooms.
It is so important to take the time to tour as many communities as possible to find the right fit for your loved one. We are so glad you did that.
Anonymous - Toured community
Residential Care Home
October 12, 2021
My Review of Avalon House on Gelston Circle
This was a nice community and was smaller than we wanted.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
October 20, 2021
Thank you so much for your feedback and review. We are so glad you toured a few communities so you could find the right fit for your loved one. As you have seen, what is right for one resident, may not serve another as well. We are so pleased you found a place for your loved one that is right for them.
anonymous - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
October 4, 2021
Be cautious
I would tell others looking that Avalon House has many locations, so I would check each one of them out in your area. The staff vary at each place, I would not rate the staff at this particular location high. Our family did not have a good experience here.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
October 20, 2021
Thank you so much for your feedback. We are so sorry you had that experience. The management team is available 24/7 to discuss issues with each family who has a loved one in our community. If you have not reached out to our office, we invite you to do so we can discuss this further. We would be more than happy have a chat about this. Thank you again.
Anonymous - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
August 30, 2021
Like Being in a Cozy Home for My Loved One
I was thrilled with everything, except disagree with one staff member. I was able to speak to the owner and they were able to assist in getting the situation resolved quickly.
Compared to other options I considered, that were more expensive, I felt so lucky to find Avalon House.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
October 20, 2021
Thank you so much for your review and feedback. That is so kind. Like any business, we strive to do the best job possible at all times. However, when an issue does occur, someone from our management team is available 24/7 to reach out to. We are so glad you reached out to the owner as you have so that we could resolve the issue right away. We are honored you chose Avalon House for your loved one.
Vicky - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
May 4, 2020
Very Caring
They were wonderful, I would highly recommend Avalon House.They sent pictures to me of my dad, he looked happy. They answered all my calls quickly. He gained 9 pounds so he was well cared for and liked the food. They were quick to let me know when he started to fail and had great communication so nothing was a surprise.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
July 24, 2020
Vicky we loved your dad and miss him dearly. We are so happy you and your entire family had such a good experience at Avalon.
Jed Fonner - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
March 18, 2020
Review of Avalon House
My experience with Avalon Homes was wonderful. My father lived in Avalon 10 which is a relatively new home on a quiet dead-end street in Mclean VA. The residence is modern, clean and very nice. The rooms are large and well updated. But most importantly, the staff is wonderful. The head nurse, [name removed], took great care of my father and I could tell that she really cared about him and all the other residents. He had considerable mental and health problems and none of that phased the staff at Avalon. My father was previously at a different care situation (name rhymes with Tunrise) and the Avalon Home was a million times better. Having dedicated, live in staff who take care of just a handful of residents means they can take a much more personal approach to each residents' care, and that really makes all the difference.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
July 24, 2020
Jed thank you for this review. We miss your dad dearly. He was such a ray of sunshine. We still talk about him often. We are so happy your family had such a great experience at Avalon.
Anonymous - Toured community
Residential Care Home
August 4, 2019
This place is in a very expensive Great Falls neighborhood with a bad house plan. Lower level with two bedrooms only reached by elevated chair. Lower deck (with steep cliff) is closed off. Upstairs is cramped -- one person sitting in LR, bedrooms off to sides. Cramped kitchen/dining area. No activities on site -- people have to go to government-run senior center. This place is so overpriced at $4,500.
Response from Avalon House on Gelston Circle
July 24, 2020
Hello. I am so sorry you feel this way. You are correct we do not let residents go onto the deck that overlooks a steep hill on their own as that would be dangerous. We do 2-3 activities per day but they are not all day. I am sorry you had the experience you did.
Alison Rosenberg - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
January 20, 2019
My mother has been at Avalon House on Gelston Circle for about two months. She has some dementia, and after two falls needed a place with closer supervision than her large assisted living facility could offer. The home is lovely and the well-trained staff is very caring and attentive. It has given me peace of mind.
Anonymous - Toured community
Residential Care Home
March 10, 2018
Beautiful home in a woodland area of McLean. Sunroom is glassed in and residents enjoy a panoramic view of stately trees, sky, birds, squirrels. Staff was welcoming; a full tour of the home was cheerfully conducted. House is well taken care of, very clean, safe and secure; residents have their own
bedroom, share bathrooms. Felt like a home.
Anonymous - Family/friend
Residential Care Home
December 6, 2017
I Loved Everything About Avalon House
I loved everything about Avalon House, from the owner and staff, to the houses, and the caregivers. The way they respect and treat people is excellent. After months of searching various other houses and communities, we finally picked Avalon House for our loved one, and it is perfect. Unfortunately, our loved one was only there a week before she passed, but while she was there, her experience was wonderful.
Anonymous - Toured community
Residential Care Home
September 23, 2015
Very happy with Avalon House. A nce alternative to assisted living. I really liked the home environment and that they specialize in memory care.
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