Better Days Senior Living

    2317 Gilmore St, Jacksonville, FL 32204
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care

    Homey boutique care, highly recommended

    I toured Better Days for Elderly Care and moved my mother-in-law in - the home-like, boutique setting in Jacksonville is clean, welcoming, and small enough that residents aren't overlooked. Staff and the administrator are professional, compassionate, and available 24/7; medical support (physician-owned facility and excellent cardiology access), private rooms, homemade fresh food, and engaging activities gave us real peace of mind. Overall I'm very satisfied and would recommend it to families seeking attentive, dignified care.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.72·(29)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.7
    • Staff

      4.5
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      4.5
    • Value

      4.7

    Pros

    • Compassionate, family-style staff
    • 24/7 accessibility and responsive communication
    • Physician-owned with onsite medical oversight
    • Knowledgeable clinical staff and specialist access
    • Clean, well-maintained, home-like environment
    • Boutique, small-community setting
    • Engaging activities and wellbeing programs
    • High-quality fresh, homemade meals
    • Private and spacious room options
    • Safe residential location
    • Clear family communication and peace of mind
    • Attentive, dignified resident care

    Cons

    • Limited one-on-one caregiving time and individualized attention
    • Gaps in dementia-specific care protocols and supervision
    • Inflexible dining arrangements and mealtime practices
    • Inconsistent staff professionalism and communication tone
    • Workplace-culture and management-communication concerns
    • Variability in operational consistency and responsiveness

    Summary of reviews

    Across the summaries, Better Days Senior Living is described primarily as a small, boutique assisted-living option with a strong emphasis on a home-like environment and medical oversight. Multiple comments highlight that the facility is physician-owned and that clinical support — including access to specialists — contributes to families’ sense of security. Reviewers frequently characterize the facility as clean, well-maintained, and located in a safe, residential neighborhood. The physical setting is noted as welcoming and intimate rather than institutional.

    Care and staffing receive substantial positive mention: reviewers commonly describe staff and leadership as compassionate, professional, and attentive. Families emphasize 24/7 accessibility, clear communication, and a caring approach that helps create peace of mind. Several summaries specifically praise directors and owners for ethical, family-oriented management. Clinical competence is reinforced by references to knowledgeable staff and good relationships with medical providers, including cardiology support.

    Dining and programming are presented as strengths for many residents. Food quality is repeatedly described as fresh, homemade, and satisfying; reviewers also note a variety of activities, wellbeing programs, and social opportunities that contribute to residents’ engagement and quality of life. The facility’s boutique scale is framed as allowing many of the same services larger communities provide while maintaining a small, community feel.

    Despite the generally positive tone, a number of operational concerns appear across the summaries and are worth attention. The most prominent issues relate to individualized attention and dementia care: some summaries indicate limited one-on-one caregiving time and gaps in protocols or supervision for residents with cognitive impairment. Related concerns include reports of inflexible dining arrangements and mealtime practices that may not suit all residents’ needs. There are also remarks about inconsistent staff professionalism and communication tone, and isolated incidents that point to workplace-culture and management-communication weaknesses. These items suggest variability in operational consistency and responsiveness at times.

    For prospective residents and families, the pattern suggests Better Days may be a good fit for those seeking a small, medically connected community with strong emphasis on cleanliness, food quality, and active staff engagement. Visitors with family members who have dementia or who require intensive one-on-one support should probe specifically about staffing ratios, dementia-care protocols, supervision during meals and transfers, and how the facility addresses staff training and conduct issues. Asking for examples of how the community manages behavioral needs, staff turnover, and family communication during incidents will help clarify whether the facility’s strengths align with an individual resident’s needs.

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    Location

    Map showing location of Better Days Senior Living

    Better Days Senior Living is located at 2317 Gilmore St, Jacksonville, FL, 32204.

    About Better Days Senior Living

    Better Days Senior Living sits on nearly 2 acres of new land and offers a variety of care for seniors, so folks staying here have choices like independent apartments, assisted living, memory care for Alzheimer's and dementia, and even skilled nursing or short-term rehab. This place keeps things smaller, with fewer than 20 residents in each community, which means the staff can focus on giving personalized help without things feeling busy or crowded. Staff members, who've won awards for being friendly and helpful, help with bathing, dressing, and medicine, and they also offer live-in caregivers when needed, providing a steady hand for daily life.

    There's a home-like feel here, and people will find shared dining rooms, groups for social and recreational activities, religious services, and rides for getting around town. You'll see that a big effort goes into planning activities, both inside and on outings, so residents can stay active, make friends, and keep busy. For seniors who need end-of-life support, hospice and palliative care are available, and those recovering from illness or surgery can use the short-term rehab services before heading home again. Memory care units come with extra support and secure areas to help prevent wandering and confusion.

    Rooms come in private or semi-private styles, which means folks can choose what fits them best, and the meals are made by chefs who put time into picking good ingredients and making food taste right. The whole place runs with a focus on fair and equal treatment for all, as a Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity Provider, and the license number for the assisted living facility is AL12806, verified by places like A Place for Mom through their checks. Care here follows detailed personal assessments, and everyone gets to decide on routines, like wake-up or bedtime, because staff try to make it easy for each person to keep their habits and independence. Families who visit can take tours, either in person or online, to see how daily life, meals, and activities look around here. The approach is holistic, aiming for health, safe surroundings, and a caring environment, with a mission to give comfort, security, and support for seniors and their families while people live out their golden years.

    People often ask...

    Better Days Senior Living offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $2,500 per month.

    Better Days Senior Living offers assisted living, memory care, and board and care.

    There are 19 photos of Better Days Senior Living on Mirador.

    The full address for this community is 2317 Gilmore St, Jacksonville, FL 32204.

    No, Better Days Senior Living does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Florida, the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) licenses assisted living facilities and publishes the results of its standard, complaint, and monitoring inspections.

    License number11968973
    StatusActive
    Facility typeAssisted Living Facility
    Capacity14 residents
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    Inspection Reports

    16

    Reports

    0

    Type A Citations

    0

    Type B Citations

    2

    Complaints

    10

    Years

    05 Jan 2026Standard
    Found previously cited deficiencies corrected; no new deficiencies identified.
    18 Nov 2025Standard
    Identified lack of identification for residents at risk of elopement and missing elopement procedures, with an observed attempt to leave by a resident.
    • Class 3A0032RESIDENT CARE - ELOPEMENT STANDARDS
    01 Apr 2025Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. A complaint investigation was conducted and no deficiencies were identified.
    15 Nov 2024Standard
    Found that previously cited deficiencies were corrected; relicensure review conducted by desk review.
    02 Oct 2024Standard
    Identified deficiencies: daily medication observation records were not maintained for residents receiving help with self-administration, and staffing standards documentation was incomplete.
    • Class 3A0054MEDICATION - RECORDS
    • Class 3A0078STAFFING STANDARDS - STAFF
    10 Jun 2024Monitor
    Found no deficiencies.
    18 Apr 2022Standard
    Identified deficiencies were corrected at the time of the survey.
    10 Feb 2022Standard
    Observed deficiencies in staff health clearances, preservice orientation, and emergency preparedness planning, including missing health provider statements for several staff and incomplete emergency power plans.
    • Class 3A0078STAFFING STANDARDS - STAFF
    • Class 3A0081TRAINING - STAFF IN-SERVICE
    • Class 3A0082TRAINING - HIV/AIDS
    • Class 3A0090TRAINING - DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS
    • Class 3A0200EMERGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
    06 Oct 2020Monitor
    Found no deficiencies. An announced initial limited mental health licensure survey occurred on Oct 6, 2020.
    04 Mar 2020Standard
    Found no deficiencies.
    14 Jan 2020Complaint
    Found no deficiencies during a complaint investigation conducted on 2020-01-14 in Jacksonville, Florida.
    20 Sept 2018Monitor
    Found multiple deficiencies related to administrator training and background checks, staffing levels, recordkeeping, and resident admission/discharge documentation.
    05 Mar 2018Standard
    Found a deficiency that was corrected during the desk review.
    21 Feb 2018Standard
    Identified failure to update the comprehensive emergency management plan annually and to submit substantive changes for local approval.
    • Class 3A0181EMERGENCY PLAN APPROVAL
    28 Dec 2016Monitor
    Identified no deficiencies during the December 28, 2016 Limited Nursing Services survey.
    03 Mar 2016Initial
    Found no deficiencies during the announced licensure survey.

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