Pricing ranges from
    $3,000 – 3,990/month

    Dacota Paradise Assisted Living

    603 West Bel Air Avenue, Aberdeen, MD, 21001
    5.0 · 3 reviews
    • Assisted living
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    5.0

    Spotless home and compassionate care

    I couldn't be happier with my choice. The facilities are awesome - spotless, home-like and odor-free - with wonderful food and impressive attention to detail. The staff are kind, friendly and compassionate, providing stupendous, attentive care; you can tell the owner truly cares. I highly recommend this place.

    Pricing

    $3,000+/moSemi-privateAssisted Living
    $3,990+/moSuiteAssisted 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

    5.00 · 3 reviews

    Overall rating

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    • Care

      5.0
    • Staff

      5.0
    • Meals

      4.5
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      5.0

    Pros

    • Clean environment
    • Impressive attention to detail
    • Wonderful food/dining
    • No unpleasant odors
    • Home-like atmosphere
    • Owner personally involved and caring
    • Friendly and compassionate staff
    • Excellent/stupendous quality of care
    • Well-maintained/awesome facilities
    • Residents consistently well fed
    • Highly recommended by reviewers

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment The collected review summaries present a uniformly positive portrayal of Dacota Paradise Assisted Living. Reviewers consistently highlight strong satisfaction across core areas—cleanliness, staff interactions, quality of care, facilities, and dining. There are repeated superlatives such as "best care," "stupendous care," and "highly recommended," which indicate that the reviewers perceive the community as delivering consistently high standards and a very positive resident experience.

    Care quality and staff A dominant theme is the caliber of caregiving. Multiple summaries use words like "best care," "stupendous care," and "excellent staff," and they describe staff as "friendly," "kind," and "compassionate." This suggests staff not only execute necessary care tasks but also provide positive interpersonal engagement and emotional support. The emphasis on compassion and friendliness implies good resident-staff rapport, responsiveness to residents' needs, and likely strong day-to-day interactions. While clinical specifics (nursing levels, medical oversight, medication management) are not detailed in these summaries, the general language indicates high confidence in personal care and assistance provided.

    Facilities and cleanliness Cleanliness and attention to detail are repeatedly noted: reviewers say the community is "clean," shows "impressive attention to detail," and has "no smell." These comments point to effective housekeeping practices and an environment that feels well-maintained and sanitary—important indicators for infection control, resident comfort, and overall quality. The phrase "awesome facilities" further supports the impression that the physical environment is appealing, functional, and cared for.

    Dining and daily life Dining receives clear praise: reviewers mention "wonderful food" and that residents are "well fed." That combination suggests meals are both frequent and of good quality, contributing positively to residents' daily experience. The reviews also describe a "home-like environment," which, together with good dining, indicates that the community aims to create a comfortable, residential atmosphere rather than an institutional one. There is no specific information about menu variety, special-diet accommodation, or mealtime service models, but the overall dining sentiment is strongly favorable.

    Management and ownership Ownership and management appear to be hands-on and personally invested. One summary explicitly states the "owner cares deeply about residents," which often correlates with strong leadership, quality oversight, and a culture that prioritizes resident welfare. This kind of leadership presence can drive consistency in staffing, maintenance, and resident-centered policies.

    Notable patterns, limitations, and missing information The review summaries are uniformly positive and do not list negatives or concerns. That consistency is encouraging but also limits the visibility of potential issues; there are no mentions of wait times, staffing adequacy, medical/clinical services, activities and programming, social opportunities, cost/fees, transportation, family communication, or regulatory/inspection records. In short, while interpersonal care, cleanliness, facilities, and dining are strongly praised, reviewers do not provide detail on clinical capabilities, cognitive care programs, rehabilitation services, or structured activities. These are common decision factors for families and would benefit from additional information.

    Conclusion Based on the provided summaries, Dacota Paradise Assisted Living presents as a well-kept, home-like community with excellent, compassionate staff, high-quality food service, and engaged ownership. The dominant themes are cleanliness, attention to detail, strong personal care, and an environment that residents and families feel comfortable recommending. Prospective residents and families should view these strengths as compelling, but may want to request additional specifics about clinical services, activity programming, staffing ratios, and cost to fill the information gaps that the reviews do not address.

    Location

    Map showing location of Dacota Paradise Assisted Living

    About Dacota Paradise Assisted Living

    Dacota Paradise Assisted Living in Aberdeen, Maryland, sits in a historical mansion building dating back to 1896 or 1865 and offers a smaller, home-like setting with just 10 assisted living units for up to 15 residents. This place serves older adults who want to live in a residential neighborhood while getting daily care, with care offerings from Level 1 to Level 3, including Alzheimer's care, dementia care, respite care for short-term stays, hospice care for end-of-life needs, and memory care. Staff who speak English and other languages stay awake and on duty 24 hours a day to help with dressing, bathing, toileting, showering, transfers, medication management, and continence management, and keep an eye out for needs, and there's always a 24-hour security and emergency response system. They assess each resident's needs and follow individual care plans, with a delegating nurse involved in care, and they work alongside health care providers and arrange home health services, including Medicare-certified care.

    The building has air-conditioning, large screen TVs, internet, telephone, cable, and furnished studio, shared, and one-bedroom apartments, some with kitchenettes and private bathrooms. Residents can enjoy meals prepared with organic ingredients and all-day snack service, with an on-site dietitian and special menus for different diets like allergies, diabetes, or dementia-friendly needs, and the staff provide feeding help for those who need it. There's mealtime help, within the facility, and help with daily activities, housekeeping, laundry and linen services, and move-in coordination, and residents don't have to worry about cooking, cleaning, or home management anymore because the staff cover those duties.

    The community has movie nights, arts and crafts, a games room, social and educational events, walking paths, beautifully maintained gardens, a chapel, and community services, with a visiting hairdresser and on-site pharmacy available. There's parking, transportation for doctor's appointments and other outings, and a concierge service. Residents can use private or shared suites, whichever fits their needs, and all services adjust over time if a resident's needs change. Dacota Paradise Assisted Living accepts residents without paperwork or processing fees and has transparent, all-inclusive monthly fees: $3,600 for a shared room, $4,000 for a private room, $4,500 for hospice for current residents, and $5,000 for new hospice admissions; this covers almost everything, including medication co-pays, depends, and delegating nurse fees, with no increases as needs change.

    The facility's been around since 1983, originally starting out in Baltimore and now running two Aberdeen locations on West Bel Air Avenue. The staff focus on both health and quality of life, providing board and care home services for small numbers of residents who need regular support but want a stable, familiar place to live as they age. The community supports independent lifestyles with as much help as needed, offering memory care, adult day services, and long-term care as well. The grounds and buildings combine comfort, history, and helpful support with daily activities and management of falls and safety.

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