Ecumen

Lakeview Commons is a great place! We really like the aides and the facility. The hard part is getting mom to participate in the zillion activities they have there. The other day an aide brought her meal to her room when she didn't feel like going to the dining room. We are happy with them.

We had a really great tour in which we were told it was not a “bingo” community. My mom fell in love with the intellectual and artistic activities from the [name removed], [name removed], and the MN Orchestra. She also likes the bar and restaurant that brings in lively night life. Many might find urban noise irritating but for Mom it makes her feel alive and part of the world. It was really important to my mom that it didn’t feel like a nursing home. There is private ramp parking for visitors, but it’s not intuitive or advertised to the public. This may be a challenging location for some people. For us who like urban life and are accustomed to urban transportation, this is a perfect fit.

This is a community with friendly people. There are staffing issues. Overall they are good and friendly people here and they do the best they can. The meals are not the best. The dining room has been closed down due to the pandemic. The meals have been delivered to the residents. Sometimes due to the delivery of food it can arrive cold. They don't have a lot of activities available due to the pandemic.

Things are going pretty good at this community. Dad seems to like the food and they they offer daily activities. The staff take good care of him and we have good communication with them. I would recommend this community.

a good option

I'm very satisfied. I like that it's non-smoking, and pet free. It really helps with my allergies. It would be nice if they had a community message board somewhere, where you could post stuff to buy or sell or trade. The food is good, though I think two deserts is very tempting. I like that there is only independent living so I find it easy to interact with the other residents.

very good, knowledge of the system was great

My mom was only in the assisted living community for a short time, but over all I’d give them a decent rating. They were able to help us find a better solution.

This is a nice community, it's very clean, and the staff have all been friendly. They've been good about working with us and trying to figure out the best level of care for my loved one.

I liked them a lot. It's basically really designed for people who need memory care even thought they have memory care and non memory care available. The only difference between the memory care and assisted living is the staffing ratio. They way it's set up encourages people to spend more time out of their rooms which is good.

My mother lives there

Was totally impressed with every aspect of this place. They didn't know we were coming though, however, the RN showed us around and did a wonderful job.

Nice.

First place I visited. Very nice, rooms a ittle small but would do. Window air conditioner in room a negative. Smaller homey feeling a plus. Memory care and EW available. This place is the best choice for my mother.

Very Nice. Lots of amenities. Medium price.Seems like a good place.

Visited today. Very nice facility. Definitely a consideration.

I liked this one and it had the nicest room. There was a big window and it was next to a pond. All one-level and good activities. There were two sides to each building with 15 people in each and activities were done with both sides, so there were 30 total. The dining area was smaller. They had a personal trainer that came in 3x/wk. and exercise every day. The cost would be close to $7,000.

I can only base my review on the times I visit, but I feel there is a good staff ratio and that they care. I can't say that it is the cleanest place I toured, but the management is very organized and friendly. I don't see as much personal interaction with my dad as I'd like, but again, I'm only there for visits.

They accept more challenging folks, difficult to place folks with behavior histories. They have private suites which is nice for people who get easily agitated around others, so with peopel who are isolate and haven't been around other people or doesn't want to be, or people at certain stages of dementia, having space and quiet is very nice for them.