Assisted Living Communities in Salem, OR

"Prestige Senior Living Southern Hills was wonderful. The people were great. It was very clean. I think it would be a nice place for someone to live. The staff who gave me the tour were very helpful and very nice. The room was spacious. Their dining area was pleasant."

"I'm now a resident of Brookdale River Road. The staff is very good and very nice. I like them. The facility is well-kept. It's older, but it's in good repair. I like my room. It is just about the right size. The only thing I have to mention is I don't think the food is up to par. They serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There are snacks available, but the cooking is very commercial. They overcook their vegetables. Sometimes they repeat the same menu several times a week. They are developing a program of activities. Their activity director left some months ago. They just got a new one, and she is building up activities to have on a regular basis. They have bingo twice a week and movies. They have a bus, which is back in service. They are working on how to use the schedule right now. It's not really well-established. They have shopping twice a week."

"What I like best about Briden Kinder Care is that it's well-kept and they have friendly staff. What I like least is that their driveways is really steep. We did not taste the food, but the food smelled good. The facility was very nice. The rooms were good. They're adequate or better. When I stepped in it felt warm and homey."

"Cedar Village Assisted Living & Memory Care is affordable. It's beautiful. The people were nice. I got to hug one of the clients. The staff was very professional. They have activities, they said, three or four times a week, that they can come down and participate in. They take them to outings. The room was nice and very appropriate for my loved one. He's in a wheelchair, so it was very convenient. He would have been able to get around quite nicely."

"We were impressed with Bonaventure at Keizer Station. It looks very nice. It's very well laid out. The room was nice, bright and open. There was plenty of room, and we were very impressed with it. The appliances were there; it was fully outfitted. The staff who gave the tour was very knowledgeable and very concerned about our desires. She answered all of our questions. One of the rooms we looked at was under renovation, but it looked like they were doing a very good job."

"My father has moved here. It's been very good. The staff is very good. It's very clean and laid out very well. I wasn't able to try the food. I asked residents who were eating the food and they told me the food was very good, very healthy, and very nutritious. They have a gym, a small lounge, and a bus that takes people to several different appointments a week. They also have social outings per week. They make sure that they do something for every major holiday. They have entertainment come in every Friday. We visited several communities and this is the one that was closest and that we thought had the best of what we wanted."

"I just moved here to Heron Pointe. I like the little cottage that I am in. I got my own kitchen, two bedrooms, a fridge, dishwasher, microwave, and everything. You can get three meals a day and house cleaning twice a week. Everything you want is here. We do barbecues, bingos, and quite a few activities. The food is good. The staff are good people. They do what they need to do."

"We liked them, but it was more like a senior living than assisted living, and Mom wasn’t ready for that. It was small, with only 30 rooms. "

"We put a deposit at Mount Angel Towers. It sat out in the country. They have lots of grounds, and they have lots of activities. They have a big wood workshop that men can go to. The staff is great. The residents are very happy to be there. Everybody has smiles on their faces. It's a big facility, so there are a lot of people there. The rooms are nice. They are big, and they have redone them all. My in-laws chose a two-bedroom and some windows go from one side of the apartment to the other side of the apartment. You can look out and see all the grounds, and it's a beautiful view. We had a meal there. It's restaurant dining. You can go in and just order anything you want off the menu at any time you want to eat. The food was really good. I think what sold my in-laws to the place were the apartment and the residents. The apartment was big, and the view was incredible. It had tons and tons of storage, and it had a full kitchen, too. And that's hard to come by these days. There were 10 residents that came and told us that they loved living there, that they had been there for so many years, and that it was the best thing they ever did. The staff was super great and super accommodating, too. We loved how they interacted with everybody else that was there. The price was a huge point as well. It was considerably lower than the normal range in Oregon. As far as the hallways and the main gathering areas are concerned, those were not super upscale. They weren't bad, but it was super clean and well-kept. They also had a huge selection of every kind of breakfast item from waffles to pancakes to French toast to omelets to eggs to bacon to sausage, to ham, anything you could imagine. And then they had a huge selection of soups, salads, sandwiches, and pasta. You can pick what you want to eat. You can either come at breakfast or lunch. You can come in between and get a meal, and then you come to dinner. That's kind of how they do it there. "

"Country Meadows Village was more of what we were looking for. The assisted living was right across the driveway, so everything was close by. The apartments were all in one building and they had housekeeping come in and you didn't have to hire that on your own. That was all part of the service. It was a lovely campus. The staff members that we met were very helpful and very knowledgeable. It was absolutely beautiful and it's an enormous campus. The people seemed to be living their best life. Bikes and other good things are all over the place. The rooms were lovely and quite large. They had fairly large kitchens and everything. It was just a very comfortable-looking facility. When we were leaving, the bus had just pulled up and was in the entryway there and people were getting off the bus. They have transportation available. They have a beauty barber shop and a large dining room. The common areas that we saw were set up for just whatever you would want to do. The grounds were beautiful. The golf course is about two blocks away, so if you wanted to golf, you could walk to the golf course."

"I toured Silver Creek Senior Living. It was very, very nice, but they had very limited Medicaid apartment availability. The tour was really good. The community looked like it had a great atmosphere, and there were lots of activities and things to keep people busy. The staff who gave the tour was amazing. Super nice. She was ready for me and called me by name as soon as I walked in. She gave me literature, too. The apartments were very beautiful, friendly, and comfortable. Everything was accessible. The dining area looked really good, too. There were a lot of people eating at that time, and they all seemed to be very jovial. I noticed that they had a movie room, an activity room, a game room, and an area where people were doing jigsaw puzzles and card games and stuff like that. "

"We fell in love with the apartment at Fircrest Senior Living. It's beautiful and had a balcony that overlooked the airport of McMinnville. The manager was absolutely fabulous, very friendly, open, led us around, and wants us there. We can take our dog, which is important. They showed me a two-bedroom, but my dad is moving into a studio this coming weekend. They offered three meals a day and had transportation to shopping, doctors, and planned outings. It's the best price for a beautiful, brand-new apartment. The kitchen was all done in stainless steel."

"I toured Bonaventure of Albany. It was nice and clean. The staff was very friendly and nice, and they kept in contact with us for quite a while after the tour. It's a beautiful building. The rooms were small, but they were nice."

"Brookdale Geary Street was a nice place. They had lots of activities for the seniors there, and it also appeared that they had several people on staff to help. They're well kept up and nice, and they had good amenities. I did not try the food, but they had a large variety and it looked like it was healthy."