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Ortega Gardens
4.5 (70 reviews)Jacksonville, FL
Assisted Living and Memory Care in Jacksonville, with spaces to feel at home and support for your next chapter.
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Ortega Gardens is a memory care community in Jacksonville, Florida. FALA identifies it as an assisted living facility with an Extended Congregate Care specialty license and lists a capacity of 60 beds. Its memory care is described for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. FALA also describes a Meaningful Moments approach, in which residents’ life stories, interests, family backgrounds, work, and hobbies inform individualized care plans.
Service listings include memory care, high-acuity care, incontinence care, medication management, diabetic care, and care for people who are non-ambulatory. Living arrangements include studio and semi-private rooms, and respite or short-term stays are listed. Room features include air conditioning, Wi-Fi, garden views, ground-floor units, handicap accessibility, and wheelchair-accessible showers.
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Dining is available on site, with a café or bistro and a private dining room also listed. Dining features include restaurant-style service, a professional chef, special dining programs, guest meals, and room service. Listed meal options range from vegetarian, vegan, kosher, and gluten-free selections to international, organic, no-sugar, pureed, and low- or no-sodium meals.
Common areas include indoor and outdoor spaces, an outdoor patio, a meeting room, a library, a computer or media center, and a TV lounge. A butterfly or hummingbird garden, raised garden beds, an arts and crafts center, and a golf course or putting green are among the recreational features listed; a piano or organ is also available. Other listed services include housekeeping, laundry or dry cleaning, a beauty salon, barber shop, and beautician services.
Activity listings include art classes, quilting or sewing, cooking classes, gardening, and sensory-based and reminiscence programs. Social and cognitive options include brain fitness, trivia, a book club, karaoke, and happy hour. Movement activities include chair yoga, tai chi, stretching, walking, and Wii bowling. Further listings name a cooking club, card games such as DakCards or Pinochle, a men’s club, educational speakers, pet-focused programs, community service, and intergenerational activities.
Religious offerings listed include Christian, Catholic, Protestant, and other services, as well as devotional activities, Bible study, and visits from a chaplain or priest. Social events include holiday and birthday parties, dances, and barbecues or picnics. The activity calendar also lists off-site activities and day trips, live musical performances, resident bands or musicians, and live dance or theater. Pets are listed among the amenities. Transportation information includes complimentary rides and transportation at cost, and the location is described as convenient to public transit. Uncovered and resident parking are listed. FALA states that Medicaid is not accepted; FALA lists English, while another directory lists English and Spanish.
- Starting at
- $5,355/mo
- Care options
- 2 available
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Key amenities
Pool & outdoor spaces
Garden
Fitness & wellness
Fitness programs
Housekeeping
Housekeeping and linen services
Transportation
Community operated transportation
Social activities
Community-sponsored activities
Staff & support
12-16 hour nursing
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- 12-16 hour nursing
- 24-hour call system
- 24-hour supervision
- Activities of daily living assistance
- Air-conditioning
- Assistance with bathing
- Assistance with dressing
- Assistance with transfers
- Beauty salon
- Cable
- Community operated transportation
- Community-sponsored activities
- Computer center
- Concierge services
- Coordination with health care providers
- Dementia waiver
- Diabetes diet
- Dining room
- Fitness programs
- Fitness room
- Fully furnished
- Gaming room
- Garden
- Hospice waiver
- Housekeeping and linen services
- Kitchenettes
- Meal preparation and service
- Medication management
- Mental wellness program
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Move-in coordination
- Outdoor space
- Planned day trips
- Private bathrooms
- Resident-run activities
- Restaurant-style dining
- Scheduled daily activities
- Small library
- Special dietary restrictions
- Specialized memory care programming
- Telephone
- Transportation arrangement
- Transportation arrangement (medical)
- Transportation arrangement (non-medical)
- Transportation to doctors appointments
- Wellness center
- Wifi
Care options available
Memory Care
Specialized support for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
Learn more“My husband was a resident at Ortega Gardens. He had the very best of care. The staff treated both of us with dignity and respect. It is not an easy job caring for someone with dementia but they did it with kindness and skills that I appreciate as a former nurse. I can’t say enough about the great care in a beautiful setting.”
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Pricing & residences
Monthly rates starting at
$5,355 / month
Rates and availability can change. Ask the community for a personalized quote and details about included services.
| Residence | Monthly rate |
|---|---|
| Shared room | $5,355 |
| Residence | $6,510 |
Resident & family reviews
4.5 · 70 reviewsMy husband was a resident at Ortega Gardens. He had the very best of care. The staff treated both of us with dignity and respect. It is not an easy job caring for someone with dementia but they did it with kindness and skills that I appreciate as a former nurse. I can’t say enough about the great care in a beautiful setting.
Me and my church family visited this nursing we love it and will be coming back soon
2 years ago we placed my brother in memory care at Ortega Gardens in Jacksonville Fl. It was a very emotional and trying time for our family. Brian Sheridan’s guidance was a huge help to us and definitely a blessing. Every time I step into Ortega I am impressed with the professional, friendly and very respectful atmosphere. My brother is very content and feels right at home here. The staff are here to help and continue to do an excellent job with the residents, family member’s, and visitors. If we have any questions they are excellent at responding quickly. I am very impressed with the staff…
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2 years ago we placed my brother in memory care at Ortega Gardens in Jacksonville Fl. It was a very emotional and trying time for our family. Brian Sheridan’s guidance was a huge help to us and definitely a blessing. Every time I step into Ortega I am impressed with the professional, friendly and very respectful atmosphere. My brother is very content and feels right at home here. The staff are here to help and continue to do an excellent job with the residents, family member’s, and visitors. If we have any questions they are excellent at responding quickly. I am very impressed with the staff and how they maintain their day to day. I’m happy to see that my brother is happy and comfortable here. A big thank you to the owners and the staff. You are doing a great job!!
More recent reviews
Staff is very unprofessional. They don’t treat residents right
Last year our family diligently looked at and visited many assisted living homes with some type of memory care for my mother. Some not very good. Thankfully, we came upon Ortega Gardens memory care and what a blessing it was. They are specialized in working and caring for dementia patients. Equally, all of their staff are trained on the compassionate care that was needed for them. Their facility is set up with three identical neighborhoods. From the least affected patients to the ones who progressively go thru dementia and need more care. This way they live and interact with the residents that are in about the same similar condition. It's an outstanding model that more long term care facilities should adopt. Unfortunately, most of the other place we visited lumped all of the dementia patients together. It was sad and not conducive to their disease and certainly not compasionate. The family would sincerely like to thank Ortega Gardens and all of their staff for the care and compassion they showed our Mom throughout her stay and most importantly in her final days.
I would give Ortega gardens a 5 in all the categories. The staff at Ortega gardens go above and beyond for the care of my mother. I'm not sure how I got so lucky finding such a wonderful place to take care of my mother who suffers from dementia. The staff, there are truly committed to making sure everybody is comfortable and happy. It gives me peace of mind, knowing my mother is in such a wonderful place. If I could give them a 10, I definitely would.
Ortega Gardens (on Timuquana Road) saved my life. My mother had rapidly progressed and needed 24 hour assistance. My siblings and I tried to take care of her in each of our homes. We had to keep passing her back and forth and that wasn't healthy for any of us, especially my mother. We tried the adult daycare route. That was not much easier. She absolutely needed more care than we could provide. It was impossible to work and take care of her at the same time and I financially couldn't retire. Ortega Gardens has been able to take care of her activities of daily living as well as her doctor appointments. My mother has been a resident of Ortega Gardens for almost two years and they've done a better job than I could've. I'm thankful to have found them.
Thank you so much for the love and compassion shown to our family member from the moment she got there several years ago right up through helping her cross over. She was loved by your staff and that of Community Hospice. We are blessed to have you in our community.
What families highlight
- Compassionate, knowledgeable caregiving staff
- Specialized memory-care program and dementia expertise
- Clean, bright, well-maintained interior spaces
- Attractive outdoor garden and enclosed walking areas
- Structured and personalized enrichment activities
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