Assisted Living Communities in Saint Louis, MO

"My wife doesn't see very well and The Mary Culver Home is designed only for visually impaired women, and they've been in business for 150 years, so I like it. It's a small home. It only got 27 private rooms, so she gets a lot of one-on-one attention and they're very good. They are very attentive towards her and I would highly recommend anybody if their spouse is visually impaired, because that's the one requirement to get in. I like the fact that the patient to staff ratio was like 7 to 1 and the food's good. My wife seems to enjoy the food and they do activities with them all the time. So, they try to get them involved in various activities and I'm pleased. The rooms are small, but they're all private, and they have a private bathroom in them. It's plenty and big enough to get around. I think the home was built in 1966, I believe, so it is an older home, but it's well-maintained. They have a dining area and they kind of wait on them like it's a restaurant. They'll come up there and take their order, and whatever they want, they'll cook it for them. They have exercise classes. They do tours of different countries and stuff like that. They listen to those kinds of tapes and then discuss them. The other day when I was there, they were doing Martin Luther King's history and life. So, they do something like that all the time for them."

"Autumn View Gardens-St. Louis does not tell you everything before you move in. Like they will not let you keep your pills if they're narcotics. They insist that they have to distribute them and they are not responsive. When I need pain relief, they are not responsive enough. The food's pretty good, though, and I did a chair exercise class, but I haven't gone to any other things yet."

"My ex-husband was at Brookdale Creve Coeur for fourteen months. He was in the independent living section, which had lots of activities, including movies, people playing music, and game nights. Then the pandemic hit. He did not thrive because everybody was having to stay in their room. When he had his shots, we moved him to the assisted living area because he was not doing well in the independent living. Then they insisted that he must have round the clock nursing, which we thought was abusive considering that he was in assisted living. I think he was supposed to get a higher level of care. The staff members were all lovely people. They were accommodating until they insisted we get round the clock care. My daughter was not particularly impressed with the food too. I know her father complained about it from time to time. For the most part, we were very happy with them. We just didn't like the way they handled him when he started getting confused. We were paying even more for assisted living than we are right now in memory care unit, which is backwards."

"Sunrise of Des Peres was beautiful. I would love to live there myself and it had a lot of what I like. It sits on top of a hill, but it's kind of off by itself, so you can actually see the main drag of Manchester Road. It makes you feel like you're at home, which I was very excited about. They have a great library as soon as you walk in, and a beautiful wraparound porch with rocking chairs. They present the food in a beautiful way on beautiful, colorful plates. They give the memory care patients a choice of two plates. Simple choices are the best, and the food looked very healthy, appetizing, and is served in an open air atmosphere. The apartment I saw had a little bulletin board outside the door that introduces newcomers to that person without them actually going in, so you get to know the person before you actually meet them. They have two people to a room, one by the door and one on the other side. In the middle is a bathroom and you have lots of space for a visitor without necessarily disrupting your roommate. It was very comfortable even though it was small. You cAN personalize it to your liking pretty easily, and make it a home for your family member at little to no cost."

"Friendship Village Sunset Hills was very nice. I met the woman who walked us around, but I did not see anybody else. The rooms were newly remodeled. They have a salon, a pool, a library, and a movie theater. The dining area was more like a restaurant than a cafeteria, so there's more choices. They had church, bingo, outings, schedules to go to movies and shopping, and they had doctors on-site. "

"In the last 12 months Town & Country Senior Living, has had: 2 Executive Directors, 4 Director of Wellness, High turnover of staff, Unable to get direct email for staff (had to go through main line), Poor communication between residents, staff, family and in house doctor, less than a year it has changed ownership again."

"I toured the Fields of Florissant. The community is very nice. The staff and the residents there were friendly. I did not get to see a lot of the facility, just when I walked into the dining area and the recreation area. I saw two of the rooms, the studio apartment and the one-bedroom apartment. Both apartments were very nice. The bathrooms were large and spacious. I like the one-bedroom apartment for my mom. Everything there was pretty much updated. I liked that they offered a microwave, a refrigerator, and a sink area inside each facility. It was a large facility, and the entire place seemed very clean. She introduced me to the activities director and said that she was very creative and always came up with different activities for them to do. It was Halloween-themed at the time, and there were activities around that."

"My father stayed a few weeks on the acute rehab side and then moved over to the skilled nursing care side for a few more weeks till he got strong enough to come home. First of all, the place is beautiful- both the rooms and overall facility. It is kept very nice and has a cheery atmosphere. It even has its own bakery that is open daily to get a sweet treat. The staff is attentive and patient and hard working on behalf of their patients. They responded to my calls and treated my father with extra special care. We were extremely nervous about having my father in a nursing home...and we got so LUCKY when we found Brooking Park. It was more like a home which was a grateful surprise! I/we highly recommend this facility!"

"I visited the facility and got the particulars. Erin, the manager, invited my mom, my brother, and me to visit the facility, and eat lunch there. My mom really liked the place, and her initial comment was it looked like a nice hotel. The food was very good, and I think that was one of the selling points. They bent over backwards to make mom's move and her settling in go well. She moved in Dec. 14th and is receiving excellent care. I like the fact that doctors come to her to meet her needs. The nurses and therapists are providing daily care to help my mom feel better. I would recommend this facility to anyone. Their care is wonderful, and they keep me informed as to all the procedures and care she is receiving. "

"I always thought retirement would be a time to enjoy life, and, thanks to the Life-Care Program at Friendship Village Chesterfield, it is. We have felt "at home" here since our first day (7 years ago) and love our comfortable apartment, new friends, and many activities. There is truly "something for everyone" here. "

"My dad moved to Garden Place Columbia because it's close to me. He could have his dog there. They were very professional, very polite, and very helpful. The food has good taste, good presentation, good quality, and quantity. The facility is very clean and updated. They have bands that come, they have bonfires, they have trips, and they go on all kinds of activities that they do."

"I liked everything about The Lumiere of Chesterfield. They had a private chef who worked with the people who lived there to get on the menu what they preferred to eat according to their diet. A lot of these people are diabetics and when they go to another facility, they don't care what they eat, they just put garbage on the menu. This private chef makes a world of difference. They have high ceilings and big, spacious rooms. It's much more spacious than a lot of the facilities I've seen. It makes it feel much more luxurious and much more like home."

"We went to Lake St Charles Retirement Community. We were only there a short time, but the place was extremely clean. Everybody was extremely friendly, not just the residents, but the staff we had contact with too. The staff was very nice, over the top, willing to take time and roam us around. They explained stuff and answered questions. All the units were very nice. They were working on them, cleaning them up, redecorating them, and repainting them. They had a large gathering room upstairs. There were a lot of activities. They go different places during the day, and they had transportation. They had a nice outdoor area in the front and the back. It is not a huge place, but it was nice. My mom likes it. She is just not quite ready yet. The dining room was very nice. They had white tablecloths and silverware. There were people sitting around and talking."

"My mother is there at Harvester Residential and I love this place 100%, and so does mom. She has had a shared room with somebody else, very clean and well ventilated. These people go out of the way to make every resident happy. They go to places, shopping, bowling, WI-FI activities, bingo and church. They are so nice, everybody there is really nice. My mother has got a little fatter, so I guess she likes the food. They have doctors, a psychiatrist who comes in, and they deal with a lot of dementia patients. They have a hairdresser on Fridays, a doctor every Wednesday, they do lab work once a month on them, they’re totally up and it is very affordable too. They’ve got an outside area, you can go outside and they don’t really restrain their people. They know how to deal with them, I just love this place. They do have a bunch of houses that people can live in if they can do it. When I had flu and I could go there and my mother would be upset, they did make her day brighter because I couldn’t be there. They are really amazing. "