Assisted Living Communities in Peoria, IL

"St. Francis Woods was the best thing that could have happened to my parents. My father lived there for a short time before he passed away, then my mom continued to live there. I tell all my friends that they need that kind of service for their family. I highly recommend them. It is not a fancy place, but we have been in some of the ones that were aesthetically very pleasing and looked very luxurious, but the staff didn't necessarily care in some of those places. You couldn't find a more caring staff than what you have at St. Francis Woods. The administrator sets the tone that people are treated like they would want their own family is treated. I cannot speak highly enough of them. When my mom needed to have hospice care, I wanted her to stay there, and they wanted her to be there too. But they don't have 24 hour nursing. Their nurses go home at night. So I left my job and actually went to stay with my mom. They did have CNAs that were wonderful that would come every couple of hours and help me turn her, and do what she needed to do. They were just so loving and caring. Their maintenance man stopped by every evening as he left his shift to check on her. I'd see him standing at the end of the bed, close his eyes and pray. That's not his job, but that's how those people are. When I walked in, I wasn't bowled over. But as far as providing loving, personal care to their people, I'm just so thankful, so blessed that we found them. If I hadn't found this place when my father was sick, I don't know what my family would have done."

"Lutheran Hillside Village is a fantastic facility and is obviously spiritually-based with a Lutheran background. It’s a large facility that has everything from independent living, to assisted living, to memory care, to nursing. My mother moved from independent to memory care, and my stepfather moved from independent to assisted to nursing, and I'm very pleased. I love the continuum of care. The facility and the staff are outstanding. My mother and stepfather have been very happy. In memory care, there are activities every day, and on Fridays, they take a bus trip somewhere. When they were in independent living they took them to a basketball game, they took them to local health club every day if they wanted to go, and they had outings several times. It's a very active community and it's a good value. It's a higher end home, which is why it's more expensive than others, but the care is better."

"I toured Apostolic Christian Skylines. It was beautiful scenery. It was not too far outside of town, but it was away from everything. My problem with it was the cost. It was more on the pricey side. Other than that, it was a great place. I like the menu and all that they have to offer. The room was nice. However, for what my father was trying to bring (He's a packrat and he was trying to bring too much), it would have been a little tight. It is ample space for what you need in there. Overall, if I could afford it, it would have been a perfect place. The staff members were very helpful. There were no dumb questions. I didn't feel stupid. No question was illiterate to them. The staff was really friendly. The facility got a little confusing, not so much for me, but my father."

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"Courtyard Estates was very nice. The dining room was on one floor, and the apartments were on the second and third floor. For somebody really ambulatory, it would be just fine, but it might be a stretch for somebody who is disabled. The staff seemed to be fine. "

"My brother is at Liberty Village of Peoria. It has a basic layout for the skilled nursing facility. It has long hallways with individual rooms, which look like you're in a hotel. The rooms are quite big. In the skilled nursing area, there are 2 people in a room, but each room is 32 feet long by 16 feet wide. So, it gives each resident a little bit of space on his own. Their rehab facility seems very well educated and most of the people there are kind and caring. They seem to have fun with the residents. Those who need help feeding themselves seem to be taken care of. I've been going out there almost every day and I go out at lunchtime, so the food looks pretty good. I haven't sampled it, but I watch most of the residents eat and they seem to be enjoying themselves. The desserts look especially good. My brother mingles with the people who can go down to the lounge, and they have little activities there like games, but there was not a lot to do on the skilled nursing side."

"My brother is in Serenity Assisted Living and Memory Care right now. He is doing pretty good, and he loves it there. I'm in Arizona and he is in Illinois so I can't get there, but I've heard very good reports that the people are very friendly and very kind, and everybody that goes there, doesn't want to leave. The food is so good that they don't even want to go anywhere else at lunchtime. They want to stay there because they have a chef that cooks there. Everybody just loves it there. They don't want to go anywhere else. That's all I know, and that's what they told me. Then, later on, I heard him say that everything that they told me was true. He said that he can't believe it and that he has never been in a place like this. He said everybody calls him by name and that the help is so friendly. They just have real special care for their patients."

"Therapy staff is awesome. They do everything they can get the resident home. They work you hard but in a good way. The nursing staff really care about the patients and do what they can to make the patients feel at home."

"My first choice is Villas of Holly Brook and Reflections East. The food was ok, but we were there right towards the end of lunch and we were not offered an alternative. It was buffet-style. The staff was very nice, they were very friendly and very helpful. The size and layouts of the units were really good. They only have 1-bedrooms and 2-bedrooms, they don't have studios, and they were very, very nice. I liked them. They had a physical therapy room, exercise room, and movie theater, and they have a lot of different activities. It's a faith-based organization and I like that. Their food is really good, it's just that we were there at the very end of mealtime. We had just finished lunch so some of them were in the room resting, some of them were playing cards, and some of the staff were filling in so they would have enough to play cards. I thought that was nice of them. Some people were just sitting out on their patios, visiting. They have a courtyard, like a little garden area, and a big enclosed porch where everybody gathered. We went back for a get-together there, it was very nice. The facility was all laid out on one level."

"Facility has given my mother excellent care, even more so since Covid. Would recommend this facility to anyone looking for a great care giving place for the elderly. "

"We ended up putting my dad in Washington Villas of Holly Brook. He has only been there for a week, but I think it is a perfect fit for him. He loves it. The staff is great. I love Angela, the director. She is great. They are on top of things. If he has to have an appointment made, they make it and refill prescriptions. They are very good. The have an activities director and a card group. "

"I went to the Morton Villas of Hollybrook. It was nice, new, clean, and looked to be well run. The staff was very friendly. The room was plain, and would be fine for an elder person. They encourage people to personalize and make their own living space. We just got glimpses of the other ones that were all fixed up, and they looked very nice and homey. They had a big activity center, a workout room, like a gym, and in addition to the main cafeteria, they had a fifties diner cafe that looked really nice. They had a bulletin board with a monthly calendar of activities, and it looked like it was packed with activities throughout the month."

"My mom will move into John M. Evans Supportive Living. They have very friendly staff, and are very welcoming. I did two tours there. I really liked the actual room arrangement. It was very large, and to her, it would be more homey, like she's living in her own apartment, which was my big thing. It's a two-level thing, but they have elevators. They have people who come in and do their laundry and clean their rooms once a week. During the time that I was there, they were eating lunch, and it smelled very good. They have a menu on the side, right before you go into the dining room. If you don't want what's on the menu that day, they have an a la carte option that they can make for you. So you have two choices, and that's for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They have an outdoor. They can go outside. They have a little walk around that they can do. They have a little back gazebo and chairs out back where they can go out and sit in the sun if they want to. They have activities, and they get a little money thing so they can win prizes or buy stuff. They've got a little store, and they can buy stuff out of it. It was under a little bit of construction, but other than that, everything was clean: the bathrooms, the hallways, and everything."

"My mother has been a resident of Snyder for the last 4 years.During that time she has received dedicated care from a knowledgeable, professional staff. She has a daily "made to order" breakfast in the dining room and frequent visits from staff to ensure her comfort. Mom has a great and seemingly endless selection of television programs as well as the option for supervised outings and daily games and entertainment with other residents. At Snyder Village I am seeing continuous improvement and an administration open to suggestions with a willingness to deliver exceptional care. I am pleased to rate this facility 5 stars and would recommend it for senior care. "