170 Red Fox Drive, Duncansville, PA 16635
4.8
(11 reviews)
"We visited the Celebration Villa of Altoona a couple of weeks ago, which is my choice, but I got to convince my brother. He's not excited about the idea, but I wanted him to go and see that it's not like a hospital or it's not a nursing home. It's assisted living. We didn't interact with the residents, but the staff I met seemed to be top-notch. I don't have anything bad to say about John (the guy who runs the place). He seemed to be a very dedicated man, and that's one of the reasons I liked the place. The place was more than adequate. It was set up where there's a common area and a dining room kind of like in the middle, and it kind of pokes off into four directions and at the end of each direction, there's another common area. There's plenty of common space there. The room was more than adequately sized. I was impressed with the size of the bathroom. It sounds like they do a lot of things. They take some of the residents out and go for ice cream at times. What little we talked about sounded good. I didn't want them to overload my brother too much with all these activities and stuff. They have a hairdresser who comes in every Tuesday, which is nice, for ladies to get their hair done or guys to get their hair cut. I think he said they have a hot tub or a sauna or something like that. I've visited it twice and once with my brother. I just don't know it well enough. If my brother was already there and I was seeing more things, it could be a five-star. I only met three staff members. A nurse evaluated my brother for his level of care, and she seemed very good and nice. I was introduced to one of the ladies who take care of the rooms. These people had all been there for 10 to 15 years. That says a lot to me about the staff that they would be there that long. The first time I visited there, I was getting ready to leave, and John asked me to wait a moment and went into the kitchen where they were making fresh cookies for lunch and gave me three cookies to take with me and they were very good. They were homemade cookies. They were still warm when he gave them to me. I can't rate the food, but John went on and on about how good the food is there. I've seen the kitchen and the common area, I've been in John's office and we saw one room. Everything I've seen and everyone I've talked to, I've been very impressed with. When we were there, they were starting a complete refresh. They were going to be redoing everything, the dining room, the halls, and the paints. They told me it was a long overdue facelift."
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