Vista Veranda

Cheryl

My tour of Vista Veranda went very well. I like it very much. My mom and I both felt that the staff were very attentive, very kind and very friendly, and willing to explain everything very thoroughly. I thought the rooms were beautiful. We saw what they referred to as a large room and a smaller room. There are big open spaces and bathrooms with walk-in showers. I appreciated all the bars that were located in the bathroom or even walking down the hallway. My mom uses a cane so she could use her left hand to hold on to the bar and use her cane on her right hand. They have a beautiful dining area. The menu is posted on the board. It was explained to my mom how she would fill out what she wants for her meal the next day. They offer choices as well. The grounds are very nice. They have a nice patio on the back where the residents and family members can sit when the weather is nice. They have rockers on the front porch. That does, unfortunately, face the parking lot, but at least there are chairs out there where they can sit. Some resident were individually reading up and playing cards, and then they also had bingo when we were there. We met the activities director. They have a calendar of events. Each month they have one family night, and the family night this month is watching an Elvis movie and having popcorn. They have a physical therapy room, and they have a physical therapist on staff. They have a salon and a pantry, too.

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I went to visit Vista Veranda. They showed us the lunchroom area and the general living area where the TV and chairs are for all the residents to socialize together. They showed me an example of one of the apartment rooms there that had the living space and bathroom for the individual resident. We basically had one of the head nurses interview my dad just to do an evaluation on him and what his level of need was. That was pretty much the tour. The staff was very polite, very nice, and very informative. I thought it had a very good layout. The memory care unit had locked doors and I thought it was clean and it was nice. We wanted to go there, but for whatever reason they didn't want him there. They have private rooms, they have varied menus, and they have an activity calendar for the residents. They say that they take the residents on trips to restaurants, trips to shopping, and activities that come in like church and singing and things like that. They have an onsite physical therapy and an onsite hairdresser.

Jeffrey

Vista Veranda was nice, clean, and modernized. The people were friendly and nice. The social worker works with you. They had a nice rehabilitation center. I had a problem with communication because I live two hours away and I would email them information and it'd take a couple of days for me to get my emails back, but overall, the staff was nice. I like their floor plan, the cleanliness, and everything.

John

Vista Veranda is really nice. I have really no complaints about it. The staff was very nice to both of us. The accommodations were very well organized, and very clean. I would definitely recommend it to anybody that's looking for their loved one. They had studio apartments, just a standard apartment. They had bingo. They had a dining area, activity room, and they had a physical fitness room.

Roy

Vista Veranda has a friendly atmosphere with friendly employees and residents. The whole place is clean, and the dining room is set up very nicely. My mom's room was also set up very nicely. She is in their memory care unit. They do crafts activities just to get motivation and a little bit of body coordination stuff. They also have field trips, so they take some of the residents out. Last week they went to Cracker Barrel restaurant. A couple of weeks ago, they went to Cleveland Science Center. The residents have to pay for field trips. She hasn't gone on anything, but they do offer that. It could be a little bit cheaper, but I know everything takes money; I think it's kind of fair.

Janet

We visited Vista Veranda and looked at both the memory care area and the assisted living. The staff was very good. The lady even came over here and brought me a lunch. The food wasn't their food though; she just got takeout here. Their menu looked good, and sufficient, and you had choices. I didn't taste any of their food, but I think they have meals at set times. It's a little bit older building, but they had a garden area where you could at least work in the dirt or help them do some planting. My husband always liked doing the garden, so it would've given him an opportunity to get his hands in the dirt again, and not every place has that. It has a busy area around it, but you can look over and see a park, and if you felt like it, you can walk over there, and they have some walking areas around there a bit. They're very accommodating, very caring, and very friendly. The facility seemed good. They're limited with what they can show with the COVID going on, but it seemed adequate from what we could see.