Assisted Living Communities in Marion, IN

"My relative moved into Century Fields Retirement Community. The people are wonderful. They pay attention to the detail of his care, and there's a lot of continuity of care. I feel like they take care of everything and then communicate with me on anything that I can do to coordinate with them to make his stay more pleasant. My relative says the food is very, very good. He has no complaints about the food. The people are very welcoming. He has a one-bedroom apartment, and it's fairly large. It has a view of a pond, so he enjoys seeing the wildlife. They have a variety of different apartment types, everything from a studio to a two-bedroom. They are very responsive to both his physical needs and his general well-being. We have just had a wonderful experience so far."

"I love Wellbrooke. The services here are A+, from the aides to dietary section. Would definitely recommend to everyone to come here."

"My grandmother lived in this facility for about 6 months. The facility was very clean and had employee's that were attentive and seemed to care about the residents there. When my grandmother finally passed away and I was along side her during those final moments, the facility took extra care to give us privacy and meet our needs. The nurses on duty were always available when needed and helped my Grandmother to stay as active as possible. They listened to her appointed caretaker and never adjusted the medicines without prior contact to both my Grandmother's doctor and her legal medical power of attorney. Overall it was a well maintained facility from the maintenance to the staff. "

"We visited Silver Birch of Kokomo, and I like the fact that she can have somewhat independent living, along with somebody there to assist her medications and the layout of the facility. The staff I've come across on Saturday were excellent. They offer different activities like bingo and cards. They have a room that they can play all that in and the dining services and different things like that. I was impressed by the room. We just had a little glitch coming in the front doors, but that's the whole Covid restrictions and all that other stuff. There was just a little glitch in getting in the door."

"Primrose has been a great place to visit when I go see my grandmother . The staff is always helpful and friendly . She is very happy she doesn't want to leave when go get her. She loves her home and the other residents she calls her "other family." She feels safe at night knowing her door is locked inside and staff there 24/7. Primrose is making her live ! Activity is great she is involved . Her happy hour is better than when we go out !! Food is great salad bar every day and options . We love it! "

"My dad is at a new facility called Emerald Haven. It's very small and more like a group home. For people who are mobile and very high functioning, it's a fine place, but if they have any health issues, I can't recommend it. The only meal I've had there was a Christmas meal, and I had to cook it. However, a lot of the residents don't like it because they have to share a bathroom with someone. The house itself is very nice, comfortable, and very pretty. It's an open concept with a very nice kitchen/dining area and a fireplace in the living room. However, they have like fifteen people in there who have come and gone, and part of the problem there is that no one knows who works there and who doesn't. Also some of them are not trained to work with senior citizens or senior citizens with issues, but they have a manager who is doing her best, and she is very good. They are supposed to have activities, but so far, the only one I've seen is a jigsaw puzzle."

"Aperion Estates was cheap, and we stayed there for about 9 months. The place was fine and well-maintained. There was plenty of space, and you have your own apartment. They have activities like bingo, they tried to have something new all the time, and they gave you plenty of opportunities. But we had to move in with my mother to help take care of her. They were having some problems with the kitchen, so they were getting the food from the nursing home, but I heard that they are getting their kitchen started up again, so if they do that it would be fine. "

"Morrison Woods Health Campus seems congested, but it appears to be clean. The outdoors was nice. They had an area where residents could go outside if they wanted to. They have a physical therapy department, an activities department, and a beauty salon, but they did not have anything available where you would have a private room as they were full. The staff was alright. They were nice. Everybody just seemed like they were just extremely busy. They had patios and gardens and I saw someone that even had a dog. So, you can take your dog outside, too."

"Waterford Place is a great facility for those nearing the end of their time with us. The staff was always exceptional and welcoming. They have treated my family, both those living there and those visiting, with respect and care. They have even allowed us to come on holidays and have (rather large) gatherings and celebrate together. My grandmother died the day after Christmas in 2008 and we were able to have a nice family dinner and gift exchange with her the night before. The facilities themselves are very nice and convenient for patients. The location is towards the northeast end of the city, which was very convenient for my family. It was also a short drive to the hospital, should anything happen to a patient or if there was an appointment they had to make. The one downside to this facility was a certain faculty member who was not very welcoming or nice to my family. She would not speak to my grandmother (the patient) and often ignored us. I do believe this person had a past with one of my family members, but she should not have let that interfere with her work. "

"My mother is in Wellbrooke of Kokomo for rehab. She loves it there. They're wonderful. They're very nice to her, they take care, and encourage her with her physical therapy. She's doing really well with them and they make her feel at home."

"I chose Bloom At Kokomo for my mother. What I like about them is that they have assisted living, memory care and severe memory care, all at the same facility. So if she gets worse, she doesn't have to move. She can move within the same building to a different wing. The food is average. I think it's nutritiously balanced, it's what they need, it's geared towards old people and what they can eat. They have their bigger meal at lunchtime and the dinners are very often just cold sandwiches or something like that. But those old people don't eat very much anyway, so it's adequate but it's not delicious by any means, and I would never pay to eat there. The person I worked with on entry, some kind of director of community relations, that person was outstanding. She was excellent, very thorough, and provided a lot of information. She took time with me, gave me her personal cell phone if I had any other questions. That's the main thing that got me in there to go for a tour. When I called her, she wasn't abrupt in treating my question. I didn't know what I was doing; this is my first time and I didn't have this experience before. She's very patient, thorough, took her time, and adjusted her schedule so I could meet with her when it was convenient for me. She's just very nice. They've had some turnover in the memory care department, and the person that's in there now is excellent. The person that was in there before, the first few months my mom was there, was average at best. They're very, very good right now. But that first person that was in there was not responsive and didn't know and could never answer my questions. I always had to ask somebody else. But obviously, they found that out because she's not there anymore, and they replaced her with a much better person. The director was the same way, the director that was there when I got there was not on top of things the way somebody that's a director and operational manager should be. But the man they have in there now is outstanding. So they've made a lot of changes since May, when my mom went in there, and where they are now for the better. The maintenance is very good, I liked it a lot, both on the assisted living side and the memory care side. They cleaned the rooms three times a week. They help with whatever kind of spills or accidents in the bathroom or anything that might happen there, and they're on it right away. They take care of the clothes washing. It's still a nursing home atmosphere, so it's not a happy, joyous place, but it's very clean. It's very adequate. Everything is on the first floor for my mom and that's what she needs, not up and down any steps. They have a lot of activities. My mom has dementia, so she's not up to many of those. Sometimes they have a trivia about old-time stuff, where they ask them about things that happened back in the '40s and '50s when they were alive. And the people seem to like that. I've brought in different kinds of treats multiple times, and they allow it as long as it's prepackaged. And they do their best to facilitate getting the 14 people in her wing together to have a treat or whatever it might be. They have things like they do their nails on one day, my mom likes that, and they have bingo every Wednesday and Friday. They have some movies that they watch, there's generally music in the living area and the residents are sitting out there. They do a good job of trying to provide options. The other thing I like is they are not pushy, because if she doesn't want to do it, they don't make a big deal about it, they don't make her then. So that's good because I don't want that. They take them out as well. There's a bus and it will take them like for a ride, or to a store to go shopping, or they did a band concert in the park and things like that. It's very good if your person isn't as bad, and I see the people enjoying that. It's expensive but they're all expensive, so it's comparable. The thing I like about it is the fee is fixed per month compared to the other place I looked at, which had a sliding fee, depending on what you needed. So as you needed more, your price went up, so that's why I picked this one."

"Staff is not perfect but great; they always work towards doing better and trying to accommodate anyone who walks through the door with a smile "

"Kokomo Place was the one that I spent the most time with because the staff was trying to help me get in there. There was a federal subsidy that I could get and then I'd be able to move in, but it didn't happen. It was OK. I could see myself being there. I was a little bit younger than most of the people I saw there. It was nice. I liked the rooms. I loved the place. They had a center garden that was just beautiful. The lady in charge that I spoke with was very nice and very helpful. All the food prepared was homemade. It was nice, but I couldn't afford it. The rooms were nice. They had the garden area in the center that was enclosed. It had beautiful flowers. It was very well maintained. The outside was beautiful, too. Where it was located, though, it's not like you could just get up and take a walk outside. There was no place to go because it was just streets and sidewalks. The lady in charge told me the food was all homemade, so that was encouraging. If they had a little more room where a person could walk around and stuff, it would have been nice, but it was a nice building and it's clean."

"Mom has been in Autumnwood Village Assisted Living Community in Tipton for a little over a week now. It's a nice place. It's next to a hospital. It's relatively close for me to get there. It has a decent price, good food, and good staff. It's a smaller facility. The folks who work there seem to do a very good job with the attendance of patients. They have laundry, meals, field trips, and organized events. It's very clean and modern."