Live Oak Village Independent & Assisted Living

Live Oak Village Independent & Assisted Living was very nice. If I had a need today, I'd be there tomorrow, but it's out of my price range at this time. I visited both independent living and assisted living. It was very pleasant and it was not overly sterile. Assisted living wasn't huge with tons and tons of people. It was a very nice neighborhood for independent living too. Everything, of course, was one floor, which was very important. There were no elevators. I didn't see anybody other than workers because it was really early in the morning and breakfast was already over by that time. They have good activities and they have movies and exercise programs. They have transportation with set schedules going to different grocery stores and pharmacies during the week for those people who don't drive on the independent living side. I was very impressed. It had good amenities too. The appliances looked like they're in good condition and relatively new. The staff that toured me had only been there a couple of weeks so she was limited on historic information, but she was friendly and forthcoming and knew most of the answers, so she was good and she tried hard. What was kind of nice, too, was that the independent living could have a meal in their dining room, they could go over and sit down, or it could be delivered to them. That was kind of a cool thing. I think it will cost $6, but that's cheap. The layout was very nice. It wasn't a huge giant facility so it was cozy. The gal didn't know when I asked how old the buildings were because some of them looked like they'd been around for a while. It was a beautiful neighborhood though, very quiet, and with lots of old oak trees. I was impressed because I've been to these facilities. I've been around them in several different states too and this was a nice one. I didn't see any maintenance personnel. I only saw 2 other workers, but it just had the clean feeling. It didn't smell of urine, food, or bleach. It was much cozier than that.

We were very pleased with Live Oak Village Independent & Assisted Living. What stood out was the availability of services that we want. They had a nice community center, a swimming pool, and other activities that you could participate in. They also had food available that you didn't have to pay for every day, whether you use their services or not. There was good-looking food available and the dining hall was very nice, large enough, and very clean. The marketing director who took us on the tour was very knowledgeable and seemed enthusiastic about the facility, which I thought was very impressive. They had old and new apartments. The old apartments, of course, were less expensive, but they still had carpet in them. When they built the new ones, there was no carpet. In the old ones, I didn't consider it to be resident-friendly because of the carpet and we visited some units. I'm not just assuming that it would be a disadvantage. We went into a couple of units and just really the carpeting was a disincentive. There were other openings, but they were considerably more expensive than the ones that we could swing on our budget. We saw the daily offerings and they sounded balanced like it's something that we would enjoy eating. One thing I felt about it was it would be more like living at a resort than a retirement home.

Really just went for a "look see". The facility was nice and apartments were nice. Probably low-end construction but adequate and nice sized. Just didn't speak to us. They do what they say they do and were really friendly. All in all a very nice place for the price.

I liked Live Oak Village a lot. They had apartments and townhouses, and a separate assisted living area across the street. There's a big clubhouse, swimming pool, and dining room. The people I met were very nice, and the place looked nice.