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190 McSwain Dr, West Columbia, SC 29169

9.3
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68 reviews
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Our families experience
The staff team at Pines Columbia is friendly and usually available when you need them. Communication of events at facility have improved so that family has an opportunity to schedule and be present.

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Pines Columbia

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Senior living options offered

Assisted Living

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Amenities
at Pines Columbia

Healthcare Services

  • Memory Care
  • Staffing & Ancillary Services
  • Incontinence Care
  • Medication Management
  • Non-Ambulatory Care
  • Diabetic Care

Meals & Dining

  • Room Service
  • Guest Meals
  • Vegetarian
  • No Sugar
  • Low / No Sodium
  • Restaurant Style Dining
  • Meals Provided

Room Amenities

  • Air Conditioned
  • Wheelchair Accessible Showers
  • Handicap Accessible
  • Wi-Fi/high-speed internet
  • Respite or Short Term Stays Offered
  • Ground Floor Units
  • Kitchenette

Community Amenities

On-site dining options

  • Café or Bistro
  • Private Dining Room

Transportation & parking

  • Resident Parking Available
  • Uncovered Parking
  • Complimentary Transportation

Pets

  • Cats Allowed
  • Weight Limit (lbs)
  • Dogs Allowed

Common areas

  • Meeting Room
  • Computer or Media Center
  • Library
  • Outdoor Common Areas
  • Outside Patio
  • TV Lounge
  • Beauty Salon
  • Indoor Common Areas
  • Barber Shop

Recreational areas

  • Piano or Organ
  • Arts and Crafts Center
  • Movie or Theater Room
  • Raised Garden Beds

Services

  • Grocery Shopping and Errands
  • Beautician
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry Service / Drycleaning

Languages spoken

  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

Activities

  • Other Religious Services
  • Day Trips and Outings
  • Happy Hour
  • Visiting Chaplain or Priest
  • Cooking Classes
  • Live Musical Performances
  • Gardening Club
  • Live Dance or Theater Performances
  • Art Classes
  • Wii Bowling
  • Stretching Classes
  • Trivia Games
  • Community Service Programs
  • Activities On-site
  • Wine Tasting
  • Educational Speakers / Life Long Learning
  • Devotional Activities On-Site
  • BBQs or Picnics
  • Pet-focused Programs
  • Devotional Activities Offsite
  • Visiting Rabbi
  • Catholic Services
  • Activities Off-site
  • Forever Fit
  • Holiday Parties
  • Dances
  • Yoga / Chair Yoga
  • Live Well Programs
  • Birthday Parties
  • Karaoke

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Active promotion

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No

Pet friendly

Yes

Pet friendly

Yes

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Reviews

for Pines Columbia

9.3Review score68 reviews
9.3
Review score
68 reviews
5 star
50%
4 star
28%
3 star
12%
2 star
6%
1 star
4%
WindRiver Companies
8.6
Review score220 reviews9 communities
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A Place for Mom has scored Pines Columbia with 9.3 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 19 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Pines Columbia has 68 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.1 out of 5.
Overall Rating
4.1
Cleanliness
4.3
Friendliness
4.3
Care Services
3.9
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
3.9
Activities
4.0
Value for Cost
4.1
A Place for Mom has scored Pines Columbia with 9.3 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 19 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Pines Columbia has 68 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.1 out of 5.
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Best of Senior Living 2023
WindRiver Companies
8.6
Review score220 reviews9 communities
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VF - Family/friend
Assisted Living
June 18, 2024
4.0
Verified Review
Review for Pines Columbia
Love the community. Stores, restaurants and doctors are close. Mgt. works well with resident families on any concerns.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
4
Care Services
4
Staff
4
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
4
Value for Cost
4
Anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
May 14, 2024
4.0
Our families experience
The staff team at Pines Columbia is friendly and usually available when you need them. Communication of events at facility have improved so that family has an opportunity to schedule and be present.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
4
Value for Cost
5
Anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
May 8, 2024
5.0
Verified Review
Genuine care and concern
My dad passed away in August. The Pines was wonderful to him. Very caring kind staff. They were always well staffed, we never felt like they were short handed. The staff really tries to grant all requests no matter how big or small. The public bathroom could be updated/repaired to have a more clean feel for guests.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
April 19, 2024
4.0
Verified Review
Would Recommend
We have enjoyed The Pines everyone is friendly and helpful. We do think is a great value for the price. The person that showed me around was very nice and it was clean. It's smaller than where she came from and I love the smaller size. She knows everyone and she can walk around on her own. It has brought her a lot of independence.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
4
Care Services
4
Staff
4
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
4
Value for Cost
4
Nancy - Family/friend
Assisted Living
April 15, 2024
2.0
Verified Review
Our Experience
They were extremely short staffed. We literally were going back in the middle of the night to calm mother, who could not master the button and would lay in bed and scream for help. So we got up, dressed and had to go back there because they would not answer the phones. She was there for exactly a month and they tried to charge us an extra month and we had go to the corporate level to explain that they were unreasonable. They gave her her medicine incorrectly. I should have kept her home and let her die happy. I have to live with that for the rest of my life.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
3
Care Services
2
Staff
3
Meals & Dining
3
Activities
2
Value for Cost
1
Dawn W - Family/friend
Assisted Living
April 2, 2024
5.0
Verified Review
Highly recommend Pines Columbia
we chose Pines Columbia because the facility was more up to date and clean and did not have a nursing home vibe like other assisted living facilities.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
4
Value for Cost
5
DR Ben Levinson MD - Family/friend
Assisted Living
February 19, 2024
5.0
Great place
They took my cousin who was in skilled care facility with myasthenia gravis. They were welcoming ,attentive to his needs and communicative to me when things are not right. They have been accommodating for his special diet and the staff has been very pleasant and listen to my concerns. The cost is very reasonable and the rooms spacious . I recommend this place to anyone in the West Columbia area.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
January 18, 2024
5.0
Verified Review
Pines Columbia Review
We were just there visiting my wife's sister. Wonderful place. The staff are wonderful. Our sister is getting along well there.
Anonymous - Toured community
Assisted Living
July 14, 2023
3.0
tour review
Our family had an in person tour with Pines of Columbia and the sales lady was absolutely wonderful! However there was another community that was just going to be the better place for our loved one.
Anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
July 10, 2023
5.0
Verified Review
our families experience
The staff is nice. They are responsive, too. Mom says her meals are not made with her restrictions in mind. Salt and fat are the main issues there. The lost some of her laundry, but it was found a little over two weeks later. She likes the facility, which is critical.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Care Services
4
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
4
Value for Cost
5
Anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
June 16, 2023
5.0
Sweet community
The reason we gave the cleanliness a 4 is because the public bathroom was a little off. I was really impressed with the staff, their attentiveness and relationships with the residents. It felt like a big family with all the dynamics. So grateful for A Place For Mom for pointing us to the Pines. Also, they picked up on some health concerns during rehab and Dad got care promptly due to their awareness of a change in his energy.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
May 18, 2023
3.0
Verified Review
Caregivers are the "plus" for The Pines!
They are short staffed. The administration is not good. The meals were okay. The client care staff is wonderful and treat the clients and family with honor and make connections. They care. I absolutely loved the care staff. The head nurse, [name removed] ,and my mother's caregivers were wonderful and truly loved her so much. One asked for some little thing of hers if I could spare them when she left and they knew she was on hospice. They treated her so sweetly. We had a camera in her room and they were sincere. However, we had to go back in the middle of the nights because they didn't answer the phones and mother was screaming in panic and couldn't remember to press her call button. And it was because they would only have 3-5 staff there for the whole 84 room facility. The administration doesn't care nor did they keep their word to us. I would not choose this facility again.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
4
Care Services
3
Staff
4
Meals & Dining
2
Activities
4
Value for Cost
2
D. Werda - Family/friend
Assisted Living
April 27, 2023
5.0
Verified Review
Would Recommend
We have had a great experience with Pines Columbia, and I would recommend it to other families. The staff there are extremely caring. And they have been just great with everything.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
5
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Greg - Toured community
Assisted Living
March 15, 2023
4.0
Verified Review
My tour of Pines Columbia
I toured Pines Columbia when looking for Assisted Living for my mother. It was a good tour. The cleanliness and friendliness were good. The staff seemed good, also.
K S - Toured community
Assisted Living
March 2, 2023
5.0
Verified Review
My Tour Experience at Pines Columbia
We liked the community. It was more than we wanted to spend.
Anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
February 8, 2023
5.0
Verified Review
Would Recommend
The Pines is a very nice facility that is the right size, so the staff know everyone personally and they pay personal attention to the residents, which is one of the most important factors in assisted living. The facility has been recently renovated and is very attractive.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
4
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
4
Value for Cost
5
Anonymous - Family/friend
Assisted Living
January 10, 2023
5.0
Verified Review
Recommended
I'm satisfied with this facility and my dad is, too. The staff is friendly and always there to help and to answer my questions. The food is good, but I'd suggest a better variety/more choices for breakfast. They tend to have the same few options everyday, no variety. Communication with the family is good. Housekeeping is ok, it could be better. They do offer transportation for the residents. Overall, it's a good place. I wouldn't mind living here myself if I needed it, I'd be content. I would recommend them to family and friends.
Cleanliness
4
Friendliness
5
Care Services
4
Staff
5
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
4
Value for Cost
5
AL
Assisted Living
December 30, 2022
3.0
Going Down
In the past the service, upkeep and Patient/Elderly care was great. During the last couple of years the service has fallen off. The Rooms are unkept, and the staffing is slack. Those who remain are trying to do a good job, but the quality of care is still lacking. I realize the effect COVID had on all types of businesses, but Hospitals, Senior Care Facilities, and Schools should always keep a high standard. I pray the next visit reveals more attention to detail, cleanliness, and overall compassionate care then the last.
Cleanliness
2
Friendliness
4
Care Services
3
Staff
2
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
3
Value for Cost
4
Vonda - Family/friend
Assisted Living
November 29, 2022
5.0
Verified Review
We Love The Pines
I have already told others about the community and will continue to recommend them to others for their loved ones. My loved one enjoys it here. The meals are delicious. The food is well balanced for the residents, and well cooked. There is wide time frames for meals for the residents to come down and enjoy the food. There are three meals a day being served. The only issue is the doctor and nurse techs with the medication given to my loved one, and taking blood sugar readings. The doctor isn't providing all the medication information to the nurses to provide my loved one. The doctor on staff, isn't following the primary doctor instructions for my loved one's medications.
Cleanliness
5
Friendliness
5
Care Services
4
Staff
4
Meals & Dining
5
Activities
5
Value for Cost
5
Mary D - Family/friend
Assisted Living
July 29, 2022
3.0
Verified Review
Borderline Satisfactory Value for the Money
Do not expect to have your loved one cared for without constant intervention from a family member. The staff requires consistent supervision, particularly in regard to the dispensation of medications.
Cleanliness
3
Friendliness
3
Care Services
4
Staff
2
Meals & Dining
4
Activities
4
Value for Cost
4
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