Assisted Living Communities in Alliance, OH

"I visited Canton Regency. They were very friendly, very thorough, answered any questions I had, and offered a lot. They had booklets that show the sizes of the rooms. I saw the activity area. The staff took me all through the building. They have bus trips. They take you to different places like Walmart and to the mall. They have different buildings. If you are independent and you need assisted, you have to go to another building. The one downfall is they had no room in memory care. It's been remodeled and everything is clean, modern and well lit. It looked very beautiful."

"My mother is staying at Brookdale Canton, and it's been wonderful. They provide three meals. They clean her room once a week. They do her laundry once a week. She has assistance in the bathroom when she needs it. And then there is a doctor on staff if you want to use their doctor. There are nurses on the premises 24-7. My mom is in one bedroom, and it's the largest room. She has a bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchenette, and a living room. There are smaller rooms available for single or double occupancy. They have a beauty salon, an events director who does activities and exercise classes, and puzzle tables all over the place. My mom has a therapist that comes in and works with her."

"My sister moved to Vista Veranda. The people are friendly, and so far, no complaints. The staff so far is pretty good. You have to keep calling. They don't respond when you call, but I just keep trying to get somebody to answer my questions. The main thing I like, I was there yesterday, and for memory care, they have them playing volleyball with a balloon. They try to keep the memory care people involved in their activity, which is a good thing. The cleaning is good. It's quiet. To get into memory care, you ring the button and they come get you in less than two minutes to let through and from memory care. They have art classes. They have bingo there. One thing that they did I thought was cute was, I went to her room yesterday. They have the drawer marked sock. They have a drawer marked thermal. They have a drawer marked with my pajamas. Where her bathroom is, the lady bathroom, it's connected to another room and they say no exit. So she must have been trying to open the door. So, they try. Her room is not big, but it's not small. Some of them I went into were so small and they had a hospital bed, which I thought was more efficient for the room. She had a full-sized bed."

"Kentridge Senior Living was a very nice place. They have activities, and sometimes they have somebody who comes in and plays the piano. They have a little book club, you can choose to sit with the knitting club, and they have a gardening club, too. They have a little fireplace where people sit around and talk. The people and the patients there interact with each other. They have a very nice dining area. The apartments they showed me were also very nice. The person who showed me around was very nice and helpful."

"I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Jennifer (Activities Coordinator) at Danbury in Tallmadge. She is so creative and puts a smile on all the residents faces. All the activities are so much fun. I cannot thank her enough for all that she is doing for my mom and so many others at Danbury. She is really making a difference. Thank You!!!"

"Danbury Massillon is the best one I have visited. It's a little pricey though. The people were wonderful. They tried to do everything to get us in there, but my stepmom said she was not going to live there because it was like they would do everything for you. She still wanted to be able to cook and stuff. The common areas were large and very roomy. They were set up nicely. We looked at a two-bedroom apartment and it was kind of small. The facility itself was nice and clean. Everybody was just so friendly. It was a good experience."

"My church does ministry at Danbury in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. The residents seem very well cared for and they are always nice to us (there are 3 of us that go to Danbury in Cuyahoga Falls). I would give them a very high review. Lynn Bell Stow, OH"

"I visited Mulberry Gardens Senior Living. Everything is assisted living there, and it was gorgeous. I liked everything about it. The people were super nice and helpful, and there was a lot of space. The rooms were also beautiful and very spacious. I saw their dining area, and it was also very spacious, especially for people in wheelchairs. The staff who assisted me was wonderful. Some people were doing activities like crafts. They also had porches outside where they could sit and enjoy the weather. Anybody who goes there would love it."

"The building of Whispering Pines Village is beautiful. It's a Georgian court type of thing. It makes you think you're in the Deep South. It was gorgeous. It was really "whispering pines". There were pine trees surrounding this place, so it gave it a peaceful atmosphere. Plus, it's giving it privacy so the capable residents, are walking around the property and all that. They're putting in some sort of waterway out front so that people could go by the water, too, which was in the digging process last summer. I'm sure it's up by now. It's just a nice setting. The person who ran the thing was very competent. She knew what she was doing. If I was looking for one for myself, I would have picked it, but I was looking for my mom and she was a little too far. She needed less assisted living and she needed more skilled care nursing. So that's why we didn't choose it. The person was very knowledgeable. She understood some of the questions we'd have before we even asked and she guided you through the experience. The only thing I have to say about that place that I did not like was we did not see any residents. It could have been the day of the week that we visited or something unusual was going on or they were in their rooms or out on a bus trip. There had to be at least 100 people there, but I didn't see any people. That is weird because you know how you always like to talk to people to see what their opinions are. There's no one to talk to."

"I toured Sunrise of Cuyahoga Falls. It was a little bit more money than the other place. The staff was great. They were very friendly. The only room they had left on my second visit seemed like in an area that could be congested at mealtimes and stuff like that. We just didn't have the feel for it as much as we did at the other place. They had some beautiful gardens that they took residents out to. There were different areas where there's like baby dolls and a crib and they can dress the babies. There were old-fashioned typewriters and old-fashioned telephones. They have vanities set up so that the women could put some jewelry on and those type of things. And I saw them reading to them, which was nice. I think it would be a nice place to recommend."

"My father has moved into Brookdale Barberton. It's a very warm community. There are about 28 residents that live there, and every one of the residents that I've met had been very nice. So far, I can't say enough about the staff. They've all been just extremely nice and very helpful with my father. I'm very pleased and very happy with moving him there. He seems to be very happy. My father's apartment got a front area that we use as a seating room, and then it's got an open back room that's a good size with a walk-in closet and a very good-sized bathroom with a large shower. He's got a good-sized room. We have a couch in there with a couple of chairs in the front seating area and some tables with lamps. He sleeps in a reclining chair, but we've got his chair in there with another couple of lamps, a dresser, and his television. He's got more than enough room. I've been very pleased with everything that's been going on so far. I'm very pleased with the value for money. We saw other locations and saw what their rates were. This rate is on the lower schedule as far as rates are concerned with other locations. It's not as fancy, but that's exactly what I wanted. Dad is a very simple person, and I knew he wouldn't go for a more opulent place. This is just very homey, very simple, and very clean. It's everything that he needs, so we're happy. They have a spa that he hasn't used yet, but I'm going to encourage him to use it. They also do some physical therapy. We have a mutual friend that has been there a couple of months and he is doing some physical therapy, and I think he's been really happy with it as well. Everyone has been very nice and very helpful. The facility is very well kept and clean. I was there this morning and he looked at me and said (and kind of surprised), 'There's a guy that comes by every morning and gets my trash.' He just thought that was the neatest thing."

"I went to Eden Vista of Stow. We liked that it looked clean and homey, not like a big, fancy hotel. The apartments had a living area, a kitchen area, a bedroom, and a bathroom. The person who took us around was very friendly and very informative."

"My sister is going back to Cardinal Retirement Village. She had an apartment there, and that's where she was when she fell and broke her ankle. It was very nice, though. It seemed to be well-managed. The rooms were nice. She was only there for a little over a month before she broke her ankle. They only asked for a three-month contract lease, and after three months, it's month-to-month, so that's a nice feature for them. Not having somebody sign a long-term lease is a good idea. The residents were very friendly, and the staff were very friendly, too. I think my sister said they usually have choices of what you get for your meals. With her only being there for four weeks and the experiences she had, I think she said the meals were good. The apartments were clean. Originally, she had a studio apartment, which was just one room with a kitchen area and a bath. What they have available now is a one-bedroom apartment, which is much bigger than the studio. She didn't like the studio because it was kind of small. My sister participated in some activities. They had bingo and other activities, but I'm not sure what they were. They were giving her a discount on her room, so that was a plus. The value seemed to be the standard value, but when I compared it to other places, they were slightly lower."

"I toured Vitalia Senior Residences at Stow. The place was gorgeous and very nice. Everything seemed like it was going to be great. It was very costly. It was probably going to be very costly for my mom's condition. She doesn't need two-person assist yet, but she needs a lot of assistance. They couldn't give me a price or an estimate or anything like that until she was assessed, whereas others could give me guesstimates at least. I just couldn't get pricing, and I was in a hurry because I wanted to get Mom out of the environment she was in. However, everybody was friendly. I met directors from different departments, and they were all very friendly. It looked like they had good activities too. The cleanliness was good. The room was nice."