Pricing ranges from
    $2,793 – 3,351/month

    Northfork Senior Living

    200 Northfork Drive, Morehead, KY, 40351
    4.3 · 7 reviews
    • Assisted living
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    4.0

    Caring staff, clean community, expensive

    I feel well cared for here - staff are attentive and friendly, provide 24/7 care, and the community is clean; I'm grateful for their support during difficult times and when my family was hard to deal with. Downsides: the food is poor, management can be inconsistent, it's expensive, and the bus/transportation is basically unusable. Overall, I have a positive impression despite the issues.

    Pricing

    $2,793+/moSemi-privateAssisted Living
    $3,351+/mo1 BedroomAssisted Living

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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

    4.29 · 7 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      5.0
    • Staff

      3.3
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      4.3
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Attentive staff
    • 24/7 care availability
    • Residents prioritized
    • Residents well taken care of
    • Friendly staff
    • Clean community
    • Positive overall impression
    • Expressions of gratitude from residents/families

    Cons

    • Transportation issues (bus service not usable)
    • Poor food quality
    • Expensive
    • Poor management
    • Difficult family members complicating care situations

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in the reviews is mixed but leans toward strong praise for direct caregiving and the daily lived environment, paired with clear operational and service concerns. Multiple reviewers emphasize that residents are well cared for, with staff described as attentive, friendly, and available around the clock. This consistent comment about 24/7 care and staff prioritizing residents forms the strongest positive theme across the reviews. Several notes of gratitude underline that the hands-on aspects of care are a meaningful strength for the community.

    Care quality and staff: The dominant positive pattern relates to personal care and the staff-resident relationship. Reviewers repeatedly mention attentive staff and an impression that residents are prioritized and well looked after even in difficult times. The availability of care at all hours is highlighted, suggesting reliability in meeting medical and personal care needs. Reviewers also remark on staff friendliness and express gratitude, indicating good rapport and compassionate interactions between caregivers and residents. There is a secondary note that staff are managing challenging interpersonal dynamics, such as difficult family members, which implies staff are dealing not only with clinical needs but also with complex social situations.

    Facilities and environment: The physical environment receives favorable remarks; the community is described as clean and reviewers report a generally positive overall impression of the facility. These comments suggest that day-to-day living conditions and housekeeping meet expectations for hygiene and upkeep. There is no substantive negative commentary on building condition or cleanliness in the provided reviews.

    Dining and cost concerns: A prominent negative theme centers on dining and value. Multiple reviewers cite poor food quality, indicating dissatisfaction with meals provided. Cost is another clear concern — the community is described as expensive — which, when combined with criticisms of food quality, raises a perceived mismatch between price and value for some reviewers. These points suggest that while personal care is strong, ancillary services like dining do not meet expectations for the cost charged.

    Transportation and management issues: Transportation is called out specifically as a problem — the bus service is described as not usable — which could significantly impact residents' ability to attend off-site appointments, activities, or outings. Management is another area of critique: reviews mention poor management, which likely relates to the operational issues raised (transportation, dining quality, perceived value). The juxtaposition of strong frontline caregiving with criticisms of management suggests a split between day-to-day care delivery and higher-level administrative effectiveness.

    Notable patterns and overall assessment: The reviews paint a picture of a community that excels at personal, hands-on care and maintains a clean, friendly environment, but struggles with certain operational services and perceived value. Strengths are concentrated in caregiving staff behavior and resident-focused attention; weaknesses are concentrated in management-controlled areas such as dining quality, transportation logistics, and cost structure. For prospective residents or family members, the key trade-offs to weigh are the high-quality personal care and clean environment against reported issues with food, transportation, expense, and management oversight. If reliable transportation, dining quality, and administrative responsiveness are priorities, these reviews suggest further inquiry would be warranted. If direct caregiving quality and staff responsiveness are the primary concerns, the reviews provide reassuring evidence that those needs are being met.

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    About Northfork Senior Living

    Northfork Senior Living offers a quiet place for seniors who want an active and independent lifestyle but need some support, and the community is small, so residents get more personalized attention and staff knows everybody by name, which helps people feel comfortable if they're away from home for the first time or just like to keep things familiar and close. The facility has a variety of living options like assisted living, independent living, nursing homes, and memory care, as well as continuing care retirement community services, and adults aged 55 and over can move into studio apartments with furnished rooms, each with its own emergency alert system with a pendant style you can wear. You'll see plenty of garden spaces and walking paths, and a lot of residents enjoy leisurely strolls or time among the flowers, and there's a large dining hall where scheduled meals are served restaurant-style, all three meals a day as well as snacks and drinks, and special diets like allergy-sensitive or for diabetes can be provided without any fuss.

    Weekly laundry and housekeeping are handled by friendly staff, and move-in coordination helps new residents settle in a little easier, and with all-inclusive pricing and paid utilities plus free Wi-Fi, most people find budgeting simple and straightforward, and the on-site beauty salon takes care of hair and grooming needs, so that's one less thing to worry about. Residents can park themselves or use community transportation, and regular trips can bring folks to Battson Drug about 3 miles away for pharmacy needs or to Morehead Primary Care 2.7 miles away, with St Claire Regional Medical Center close by if something more serious comes up, and the facility coordinates with healthcare providers and keeps trained medical staff and certified caregivers on duty day and night to help with medication, bathing, dressing, moving about, or anything else people might need, which is useful especially for those with Alzheimer's or memory care needs. Pets are welcome in many cases, so some folks keep their small companions with them, and the common areas inside and out give everyone plenty of space to gather, watch a movie, join a community-sponsored event, or take part in planned activities every day, from entertainment to social games with neighbors, devotional services offsite, and an activities calendar aimed at helping people stay sharp and healthy in mind and body.

    Northfork Senior Living's staff are helpful and trained to give a hand when asked, and residents and staff say the place runs with a friendly and welcoming spirit you find in a good small town. The facility keeps all operations within state licensing requirements under Lic 20170910302, and being locally owned and operated, the community tends to attract staff and families from around the area, keeping ties with neighbors and local services. Northfork Senior Living keeps a simple focus-supporting seniors to live comfortably, safely, and with a sense of belonging, whether you're looking for independent living now or need a little more support with daily tasks and care.

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