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Took my 92 year old dad to Quail Run Estates (QRE)senior living apartments and Don H showed him 5 different apartments that were about to be available. My dad chose a very nice studio with a deck on three sides, lots of light. We heard that keeping the Verizon land line phone was one way to have a lifeline device as it was programmable so that the managers (24x7) at QRE would be called first and could establish if there was need for emergency services. Don mentioned new drapes and blinds for room darkening and a grab bar near the shower. Dad moved in 18 May. Drapes were up, no blinds. Grab bar near shower was not up. The phone was there and we chose to continue it, but as we read in the phone manual there was meant to be a pendant for my father to wear. This was not there and so we made a list of the missing items and brought to management office. Three weeks later, my father fell somehow and was found by the cleaning lady on the bathroom floor after lunch. He was unconscious, so the EMTs were called and brought him to ER. A week in hospital with no broken bones, 6 weeks in rehab and he's back to QRE. They did expedite the lifeline pendant. They did put in half of the blinds. They did put in the grab bar. The remainder of the blinds remain undone. He now has home health aides doing a wonderful job, but he is less capable than he was when he entered QRE I see that QRE has been making an effort to engage my Dad, to provide more activities and are planning to reconfigure one room with another large screen TV where they can have more action films (in particular to try to entice the men). Don made an effort to put my father and another tenant together to play cards. I think everyone means well, and if performance were up to the promises, I would rate this top notch. It may be that a single person who is barely making it on his own and is not an outgoing person has more difficulty in a setting such as this. We know this is not a clinical situation, but QRE knows that there are borderline people and I feel they need to have a way to check in, especially on such people living alone.

Beautiful grounds and housing. But, not sure this would be right for Mom. She needs more assisted care than they normally provide.

8-23 visited: studio-$1325/mo -similar to room at Concordia larger studio-$1800 1bdrm-$1900 walk in shower area 3 meals, activities, independent living w/communal activities; kitchenettes -can use plug in stuff like microwave, crock, toaster **PULL CORDS in all rooms** housekeeping once a week;washing of linens only-you do own clothes; free transport to 10sq.miles for dr, church,etc.; patio in front& back; 2mgmt teams that live there; **NO MEDICAL people on site** can pay 1 month for a trial to see if you like it. Home Health care EXTRA; up front cost of 1 month's rent to paint, add railings, other items to your request. [removed] lock in rate for a one month fee-rates go up around 3-5% a yr. currently have 6 open units.

Awesome place! Definitely one of my picks should the need arise. Would prefer some in house medical assistance.

HIdden lakes is independent living, as far as the care, she gets her meals. At times she does feel like the meals could be better but for the most part they're pretty good as far as I can tell. I've eaten thereand I thought the meals were pretty good; when we moved her in they said we were totally free to eat meals down there with her too. When you have food like that everyday its not the same as your home cooking so thats more of the problem than the food not being good. As far as the help she gets, we hired that. There at Hidden Lakes there is a "First Call Home Health" and they have an office there in the building and we do have a lady hired to help with bathing and she's wonderful. They also are fine with her great grandchildren coming to visit her which was the one question I asked when we were looking and they love to visit her too.

They take very good care of my mother there. Her only complaint is the food because she's very, very, very picky. I would say about 75% of the time she's happy with it. They try to accommodate a lot of tastes which they should. There is always an alternative. She loves her room and the services that they offer. Everything is clean when I go in. They got her in to a room situation as opposed to an apartment and she doesn't cook so that's a good value for her. They worked with us money-wise to get her into a situation that she could afford so she is happy there.

Very good. I actually thought my mother would have liked this one better. It was a little bigger and my mom liked the smaller size of another one we saw. They were very good but they were a little big more expensive and to get in there you had to put down a month and half of rent which is pretty substantial. It was a nice place.

includes everything, pay only phone. 2500 for 2 bedroom. life alert in string? balcony and porch

Great location! For walking, taking the bus. Only downside, wish it was a continuing care facility. Don't want to move many more times.

My father was here. It's independent living and just needed more care. They did not have many activities at all. They were going through some management changes when he was there. If he didn't need the care it would have been great for him.

Tiffany was very helpful and responded quickly to all of my emails and phone calls. The rooms were very nice, most with a small patio area. Lots of activities and outings available to the residents. I have read 2 reviews that cautioned reading the fine print before signing a contract with Grasslands. They did offer a 'fixed rate' option for rent at an additional cost, this makes me wonder about the possibility of rent going up each year, red flag!

This is where we placed my parents. We liked the layout of the rooms at Orchid Terrace better than the other communities that we looked out. The staff is very friendly, especially Julie the event coordinator. They were also competitive with the other communities we looked at in terms of price.

I put a friend of mine in there. He's living there alone and is independent. So far, he's liking it. They seem to do a pretty good job of the activities. They do some road trips and seem to have good participation. The reason we chose Walnut Woods was based on the value and based on the level of service and community they have there. When I say serviced I mean the managers and everyone - they're really friendly. It's a very nice place and very comfortable.

enjoyed the facility and Tim. Think my parents would be happy there, but issues are price is a little high for their budget, no two-bedrooms available and the laundry is outside of their room. Location would be perfect.

Overall - I would say, from what I've seen, I guess four out of 5. They're outstanding. They're giving good service. Everything's subcontracted out but I'd give the care services a four. My parents aren't involved in any activities yet, but the residents seem happy. My parents moved in about four weeks ago.

Valencia Commons has been very helpful, although, there have been some things they never followed through on so we had to take care of them on our own. We looked at six other places before deciding on Valenica Commons, primarily because of it's proximity to a family friend.

Willow Grove is very welcoming and clean and well maintained. It’s nice and bright and the furnishings are very pretty. They were without an activities advisor for a month but they have a new one now.

Nice place.Want to see a few options with a full kitchen.

Independent living, very clean, spoke with Polly, only 1 elevator for 4 floors, handicapped rooms on 1st floor, rooms have nice natural lighting, dining room looks clean and comfortable, grounds are well groomed, Polly called each resident by name, month to month rent includes 3 meals, utilities and bus to area places (stores, doctors, etc), includes them on trips

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