"I live at the Atria Riverdale. They have memory care and I'm not in that. I live in my own 1-bedroom and I love it here. I've been here since 2019. I love the apartment, the housekeeping is great, and reception is great. I love the peace and quiet, too. There are many activities but during the lockdown, there weren't as many obviously for safety reasons. I love the art lectures and the exercise classes, but that was more before the pandemic. The activities are starting again. We get an activity schedule every day at the front desk.
The lobby is beautiful, and the patio is beautiful. There is a new chef and the food is terrific. Housekeeping is once a week and is really good, they come in to do the garbage every day and they vacuum.
Activities are terrific. They have people from the outside coming in. We have a terrific Engage Life department to help and make sure we're doing activities. For a while during the pandemic, they made a schedule, and visitors can only come one hour, but now they're back where we could have visitors when we want. When visitors come in, they're still taking their temperatures and everyone here. During the lockdown, they were taking them twice a day and they asked us to report symptoms.
They were bringing meals to all the rooms during the pandemic, but you could continue with that program whenever you want. I take advantage of that where you could have meals in the apartment. There's a little bit of a choice with the main courses, fish or beef or chicken, and you could put substitutes. There's a beautiful dining room that was closed during the pandemic. I used to go to the pretty dining room.
We're on the Henry Hudson Parkway, but I find it very quiet. I'm really happy with the director. They're really not a medical facility, but there is a nurse on the premises. If you need help, they would sort of guide you and their LPNs. There's medication management and that is extra. They would bring you your medicine if you need it and they manage and order the refills. They're in touch with the doctors too if the refills start to run out.
There are computers downstairs, a library with books, and a movie theater. I'm doing a lot in my apartment because it's peaceful and quiet here. I've been able to do things here that I wasn't able to do at home because I get help with the housekeeping and with the food. There's a lot of activities going on now, and we get a schedule every day. There's a lot of warm friendly people, too.
There's care level zero, one and two where you could pay extra and they'll come and help you with the shower, escort you to the dining room or do room checks. You can have private home health aides on your own, too.
Atria Riverdale is more reasonable than others. I think it's a fairly good deal for the money because housekeeping and food is included in it and they've got beautiful apartments. They also have studios that are less money and much larger 1-bedrooms. The kitchen is like walk-in, there's a microwave, no stove, a refrigerator and a really nice bathroom that's marbled, and the sink is marbled. It's a spacious bathroom shower and no bathtub. There's 24-hour concierge service and mailbox. I feel safe here and secure. You get a key with the door fob. I've never had a problem here with stealing from the outside.
It's very clean, too. During the height of the pandemic, they were sanitizing the place and all of that. We have elevators. Social distancing has been going on with the pandemic, where they only allow a certain amount of people in the dining room, mask mandate, they separate the chairs, and there's not too many people in one space. There's only a certain number of people allowed in the movie theater.
They're following the rules and regulations for Covid. For visitors, too, they have to be screened and answer questions. My mother came about a month ago. They allowed it for an hour and they were allowed up in my apartment, no more than three people for an hour. Now, it's resumed where they could come whenever they want and as long a time as they want and it doesn't just have to be in the apartment.
I'm not here for memory care or memory issues. I just needed a quiet calm place where you get assistance with housekeeping and food. You're allowed to have private or agency aides here if you need extra help. Everyone gets assigned to a residents relations counselor and you could call upon him as issues come up. They take email and phone calls, and that's an important piece."