Wooddale Village Retirement

I'm a resident of Wooddale Village Retirement. I have been here more than a few years, so obviously I'm happy with it. We have one main meal served a day, dinner or lunch, and a light breakfast. We have juices, cereals, and rolls. There are different things that you can have for breakfast. We have light housekeeping once a week. They clean your carpet once a year if you want. We have outside door entries at both the front door and the back, and I like that. I don't know of any other place that has that. I'm in the largest one-bedroom. It's 875 square feet. It's very adequate for all my needs. I like that it's very warm and friendly. They take care of you very well. That's important to have a welcoming feeling, and we have that. I think the staff members are very happy, too. They have all been here a long time. The activities director has been here 25 years, the chief chef has been here 15 years, and the head of sales has been here for over 20 years. Everyone has been long-term employees and obviously are satisfied also. We are not associated with any large company, but we have two men that are owners. The food is very good, too. We have 170 units. We have four maintenance men, and they're all busy all the time. The groundskeeping is very nice and very well done. It's a very nice place. Right now, we're shut down. Normally there's 18 card games to choose from. There's bingo and bowling. It just goes on and on. We have two pools, one is heated and one is not. It's very nice. It's going to be hard to find something as nice.

I really liked Wooddale Village Retirement. It was actually a little bit bigger than other places and the apartments were a little bit bigger too, with a full kitchen and a little patio. They have a couple of swimming pools, one heated, one not. Each apartment faces a big central court, and the apartments are clustered around the activity center, so it makes it accessible and it's located within a few steps of almost every apartment. They have a library and the dining room is fantastic. They have an indoor spa, a theater, an exercise room, and a hair salon. Sharon, the person who took us around, was awesome and greeted almost everybody we passed by name. They have the best food of any place that we visited. The grounds were spectacular. It was just very comfortable.

We moved into Wooddale Village retirement, and it takes care of our needs. We recommend it to most of our friends. It's a 2-story structure with just under 200 apartments, some are 1-bedroom, and some are 2-bedrooms, with five or six different sizes of apartments. They have a cafeteria-style breakfast, with a choice of midday or evening meal. A maid comes around once a week to clean. The staff is excellent.

Wooddale Village is very close to my daughters and my church, and there was a Masonic temple down the street -- all the things we love. They had a 2-bedroom which we wanted, and it has a nice kitchen, dining room, and living room setup. There is no furnishing, so we're bringing our own. I was extremely pleased, and it was just what we wanted. I just felt at home there right away.