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The Dorchester South review
The Dorchester South community was great, it was perfect for what was needed for our loved one at the time and she is not at [community name removed]. Based on the experience we would recommend Dorchester South to other families who may need a place for their loved ones.
About the facility 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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Amenities at The Dorchester South
Healthcare Services
- Staffing & Ancillary Services
- Medication Management
Meals & Dining
- Gluten-free
- Professional Chef
- Restaurant Style Dining
- Guest Meals
- Room Service
- Low / No Sodium
- No Sugar
- Vegan
Room Amenities
- Handicap Accessible
- Wi-Fi/high-speed internet
- Bath Tubs
- Wheelchair Accessible Showers
- Air Conditioned
- Full kitchen
- Ground Floor Units
- Cable or Satellite TV
Community Amenities
Transportation & parking
- Property Convenient to Public Transit
- Transportation at Cost
- Resident Parking Available
- Uncovered Parking
Pets
- Cats Allowed
- Weight Limit (lbs)
- Dogs Allowed
Common areas
- Beauty Salon
- Main Street Shops
- Indoor Common Areas
- Computer or Media Center
- Meeting Room
- Central Fireplace
- Outside Patio
- Outdoor Common Areas
- TV Lounge
- Library
Recreational areas
- Arts and Crafts Center
- Piano or Organ
- Billiards Lounge
- Game Room
- Fitness Center
Services
- Grocery Shopping and Errands
- Beautician
Activities
- Devotional Activities On-Site
- Yoga / Chair Yoga
- Visiting Rabbi
- Forever Fit
- Community Service Programs
- Brain fitness / Dakim
- Trivia Games
- Educational Speakers / Life Long Learning
- Wii Bowling
- Devotional Activities Offsite
- Visiting Chaplain or Priest
- BBQs or Picnics
- Art Classes
- Live Well Programs
- Day Trips and Outings
- Live Musical Performances
- Birthday Parties
- Wine Tasting
- Tai Chi
- Gardening Club
- Stretching Classes
- Cooking Classes
- Activities On-site
- Dances
- Intergenerational Programs
- Activities Off-site
- Holiday Parties
- Live Dance or Theater Performances
- Happy Hour
- Karaoke
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A Place for Mom has scored The Dorchester South with 9.2 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 3 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, The Dorchester South has 34 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.4 out of 5.
Overall Rating
4.4
Cleanliness
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
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 9.2 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 3 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, The Dorchester South has 34 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.4 out of 5.
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Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
June 7, 2024
The Dorchester South review
The Dorchester South community was great, it was perfect for what was needed for our loved one at the time and she is not at [community name removed]. Based on the experience we would recommend Dorchester South to other families who may need a place for their loved ones.
Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
July 21, 2023
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.
Anonymous - Resident/client
Senior Apartments
May 2, 2023
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!!!
Anne #261 - Resident/client
Senior Apartments
April 2, 2021
Maintenance
[name removed]
A very great guy personality is wonderful. Always does a great job.
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
Cleaning Anne # 261
Cleaning. [name removed] is a very positive and friendly person. I’m always happy when she comes.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
Anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
April 30, 2019
really nice clean place staff friendly but we feel we are not ready for a place like this just yet
Anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
January 17, 2019
Very nice place. Lovely environment. I could definitely see my parents living here. It felt safe and well taken care of.
LR - Family/friend
Independent Living
November 11, 2018
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!
Al Jenkins - Resident/client
Independent Living
November 10, 2018
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.
Anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
January 16, 2018
The apartments are older and less spacious than the Manor. Nice list of a la carte services.
Anonymous - Toured community
Independent Living
November 25, 2017
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!
Anonymous - Family/friend
Independent Living
July 13, 2017
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.
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