Southern Senior Living

    215 E Sellers St, Douglas, GA 31533
    • Assisted Living

    Happy with dad's homelike care

    My dad has lived here for over a year and I visit frequently; I'm pleased overall. Friendly, positive staff who keep us informed, home-cooked meals, a homelike environment, strict COVID precautions, and a happy roommate have him content.

    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

    5.00·(4)

    Overall rating

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

      4.0
    • Staff

      4.7
    • Meals

      4.0
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      5.0

    Pros

    • Friendly, positive staff
    • Good communication from staff/management
    • Home-cooked meals
    • Home-like environment
    • Residents report happiness and contentment
    • Opportunities for companionship (rooming with a friend, peer connections)
    • Family-friendly visitation / frequent visitors pleased
    • Demonstrated long-term resident satisfaction

    Cons

    • Strict COVID-19 restrictions

    Summary of reviews

    Overall sentiment across the provided reviews is clearly positive, with multiple reviewers highlighting staff demeanor, the atmosphere, and food as strong points. Staff are described repeatedly as friendly and positive, and reviewers explicitly note good communication and being kept informed about changes. Several comments indicate that residents are happy and content, and one reviewer specifically notes that a family member has been living there for over a year with an approving frequent visitor, which suggests stability and sustained satisfaction over time.

    Care quality is implied to be good in the reviews through references to contentment and the positive behavior of staff, but reviewers focus more on relational and experiential aspects than on clinical details. There are no explicit remarks about medical or clinical care levels, specialized services, or response times in these summaries. The frequent mentions of happy residents and a pleased long-term family member suggest that day-to-day care and support are meeting expectations for those reviewers, though the summaries do not provide clinical specifics.

    Staff and management come across as strong elements of the community. Multiple reviews emphasize that staff are friendly and that communication is effective—residents and families report being informed of changes. This combination of warmth and information flow points to an engaged staff and a management team that communicates decisions, which families often value when evaluating senior living.

    Facilities and social environment are portrayed as homelike and conducive to companionship. Reviewers use terms like "home environment" and refer to peers and the ability to have a room with a best friend, indicating that the setting supports social connection and personal comfort. Those comments suggest a community layout and culture that enable peer interaction and that residents can maintain close personal relationships within the facility.

    Dining receives positive mention via "home-cooked meals," implying that the food service offers familiar, comforting meals rather than institutional fare. While there are no detailed menus or dietary accommodation notes in the summaries, the specific praise for home-cooked food is a clear positive signal about mealtime experience and likely contributes to overall resident satisfaction.

    The primary concern noted across the reviews is the presence of strict COVID-19 restrictions. At least one reviewer calls this out explicitly, which may reflect limits on visitation, activities, or communal interaction during the pandemic. While these restrictions can be important for infection control, they were flagged as a negative by reviewers and could affect family access or resident social life depending on current policies.

    Notable patterns: the reviews consistently celebrate interpersonal aspects (staff friendliness, communication, resident happiness, peer relationships) and basic quality-of-life features (home-like feel, home-cooked meals). The set of summaries lacks detailed commentary on clinical care specifics, activity programming breadth, facility cleanliness, staffing ratios, or cost/administrative issues; these topics simply are not mentioned in the provided excerpts. In sum, the aggregated voice from these reviews is positive — emphasizing warm staff, effective communication, comfortable environment, good food, and satisfied residents — with the main drawback being stringent COVID-era restrictions reported by at least one reviewer.

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    Location

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    Southern Senior Living is located at 215 E Sellers St, Douglas, GA, 31533.

    About Southern Senior Living

    Southern Senior Living sits at 215 East Sellers Street in Douglas, Georgia, and is a small assisted living community with a capacity for up to 6 residents, located in a private residential house setting that feels comfortable and secure, so people can get the attention they need without being overwhelmed by a large crowd. The staff stays awake on-site 24 hours a day, offering help with things like bathing, dressing, hygiene, and getting in and out of the shower, plus medication assistance and two-person transfers if needed, and there's support for those needing insulin shots or help with toileting as well. Residents get prepared meals-one or two each day-and snacks, with options for special diets like those for diabetes, high blood pressure, or allergies, and caregivers are ready to make adjustments if a resident's health condition requires it.

    Housekeepers provide laundry and dry cleaning, keeping rooms clean and neat, so families don't need to worry about day-to-day chores. There's planned entertainment that includes movie nights, music therapy, art programs, animal therapy, tabletop games, outside trips, physical activity, and social night events, while other amenities include a garden, walking paths, recreation areas, a book room, hot tub, sauna or health room, and a hairdresser or stylist if someone wants a haircut or just to feel refreshed. Emergency alert systems and secure doors help, especially for those in memory care, so if someone likes to wander, the staff can keep them safe, while memory care also means there's specialized support for people living with Alzheimer's or dementia to help them avoid confusion.

    Transportation gets set up so people can still make it to the doctor, shopping, or whatever spiritual service they may attend, and the staff helps coordinate these appointments, plus transportation and parking are available so visitors have less trouble. The facilities, including ones like Pocotaligo River Health and Rehab and Lake Marion Health and Rehab, are recognized by CMS with Five-Star Quality Ratings, and skilled caregivers look after each person's needs, putting together personalized care plans that respect residents' dignity and independence.

    Assisted living is the main service here, but there are also memory care, hospice, respite, and long-term care options, so folks can get what they need if health changes or extra care is required after a hospital stay. On top of regular care, healthcare services may include incontinence care tailored to individual needs. There are also wellness and fitness programs that try to get everyone moving and feeling good, and the dining room serves meals planned by chefs who try to put taste and health first. Residents enjoy social recreation, group meals, and activities to keep minds and bodies active, and the community has won friendly awards, showing the staff are known for being helpful and kind, making life more pleasant for all. The goal is to keep everyone comfortable, well cared for, and engaged each day, while supporting individual independence as much as possible.

    People often ask...

    Southern Senior Living offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $3,024 per month.

    Southern Senior Living offers assisted living and board and care.

    The full address for this community is 215 E Sellers St, Douglas, GA 31533.

    No, Southern 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 Georgia, the Department of Community Health's Healthcare Facility Regulation division licenses personal care homes and assisted living communities and posts their health and complaint surveys.

    License numberPCH001404
    StatusActive
    Facility typePersonal Care Home
    Capacity15 residents
    LicenseeBETTY DILLINGHAM
    EffectiveMarch 8th, 2013

    Inspection Reports

    18

    Reports

    12

    Citations

    11

    Complaints

    9

    Years

    12 Aug 2025Complaint
    Found no deficiencies after investigating an intake.
    30 Oct 2024Inspection
    Found no deficiencies.
    14 Mar 2023Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. Investigated intake GA00232801; no rule violations were cited.
    09 Aug 2022Complaint
    Found no deficiencies after investigation.
    31 May 2022Complaint
    Investigated a complaint and found no violations.
    24 Mar 2022Inspection
    Identified deficiencies in cleanliness and repair of ceilings, absence of a grooming mirror in a resident room, and lack of annual competency evaluations for proxy caregivers.
    • Maintenance of cleanliness and repair of floors, walls, and ceilings
    • Grooming mirror in resident room
    • 111-8-100-.05(1)(g)Training curricula; annual evaluation of continued skills competencies by licensed professional
    21 Mar 2022Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. The intake investigation concluded with no violations cited.
    21 Sept 2021Inspection
    Found no deficiencies.
    21 Apr 2020Complaint
    Found no deficiencies. No rule violations were cited.
    20 May 2019Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.
    05 Mar 2019Inspection
    Investigated the intake and concluded that no rule violations were cited.
    25 Feb 2019Complaint
    Found that a current menu was not posted 24 hours prior to serving meals, violating nutrition requirements.
    • 111-8-62-.21(8)Nutrition.
    24 Jan 2019Inspection
    Found several deficiencies: staff lacked required training, a resident's medical exam wasn't properly signed, and medication training for proxy caregivers was not documented.
    • 111-8-62-.09(2)(a)Workforce Qualifications and Training
    • 111-8-62-.09(2)(b)Workforce Qualifications and Training
    • 111-8-62-.09(2)(c)Emergency Evacuation Procedures
    • 111-8-62-.09(2)(d)Medical and Social Needs and Characteristics of the Resident Population
    • 111-8-62-.09(2)(e)Residents' Rights
    • 111-8-62-.09(2)(f)Identification of Conduct Constituting Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation; Reporting
    • 111-8-62-.15(3)Admission
    • 111-8-100-.05(3)Medication Assistance Curriculum
    13 Dec 2018Complaint
    Investigated two complaints and found no rules violations.
    05 Nov 2018Complaint
    Investigated the allegations and found no deficiencies.
    28 Aug 2018Complaint
    Investigated the complaint and found no deficiencies.
    22 Jan 2018Inspection
    Found no deficiencies.
    02 Nov 2017Inspection
    Found no deficiencies. No violations were cited.

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