Covenant Living of Cromwell

Pauline

I am a resident of Covenant Living of Cromwell. The residents who live here and the staff work together; everybody is very friendly, and they make it easy for people to transition into this place. If you're going from independent living to assisted living, or to memory care, or to Pilgrim Manor, which is skilled nursing care, they make those transitions easy. And they have people who regularly talk with people who are interested in coming here. So they meet the residents, and they chat with them. It's just a very friendly place with lots of activities. The staff works hard. This is a non-profit organization, and they're highly restricted by their budget. I think that maintenance and upkeep would be better if they had more funding, but that's what it is. We're provided with a food allowance, a certain amount of money, and that usually allows you to get a full meal, like an entree plus four sides every day. It works out for most people. But I do some of my own cooking. I don't usually eat breakfast with the community. I eat breakfast at home, I make my own coffee and toast, and stuff like that. The presentation is usually very good. Taste varies depending on what it is that they're trying to make. Sometimes when they're trying to make specialty things like Mexican or Korean, it can be a little too spicy for some people. But they are very receptive to people having allergies. They're aware that a lot of people have gluten sensitivity or celiac disease. They're also aware that people have allergies to particular foods, and they try to work with the clients to make sure that they have food for everybody, including vegetarians. They have everything from playing cards to fitness classes. There's a small fitness area with machines that you can use. They have free weights, a treadmill, and another machine that you stand on and basically walk. They have trips outside. For example, last summer, we did a lobster roll contest where we went to all these places that made lobster rolls, we tasted them, and then voted on which one was the best choice. So it was fun. They have all kinds of activities; they just went bowling the other day and had lunch out. I've been on trips where we went down to the shoreline, and we got on a boat tour of the Thimble Islands. They do boat tours around Rhode Island. They have all kinds of activities. We have a hiking club. Usually, once a month, the hiking club takes people on the community bus, and they walk on a trail that is manageable for most people. There is a buy-in for this particular institution here, but if you look at the monthly rates, they're lower than most other places.

Callie

Our tour of Covenant Living of Cromwell was great. It was awesome. It was like a hotel when you walked in there. It was absolutely beautiful. The staff was amazing. They had a cafeteria, a restaurant, and then they had a coffee shop. So there were three places you could go for a meal. They had a snack room, too. They allow you to have three meals a day, but it was like a credit card setup where they give you so much money every month and allotment for food. I think it was $300 for each person a month. The menus were awesome. The apartments were very nice. They even had a deck where you could go outside (each one had a patio deck). It's very quiet and you could bring pets if you wanted to. They had a movie theater, a music room, and an activities room where you could crochet or needlepoint or have any hobbies, you could do it there. They kept their residents engaged with a bunch of activities going on. We would have picked it, but we just couldn't afford it. It was a little on the high side.

Provider Response

Elizabeth

Covenant Living of Cromwell was nice. They had a lovely apartment. I have pets, and they were fine with all the pets. The apartments we saw were good, clean, really nice, and had a nice, big kitchen. We were shown two apartments and then immediately taken to their office, where they started talking about -- we didn't get any meals; we didn't get anything. They were warm and friendly, but they had a lot of construction, so they were not able to take you around, and so we couldn't really see much.

Anonymous109872150

Covenant Village is very attractive, well-kept, and well-managed. The staff was very efficient and friendly. The highlight for me would be the variety of services. It was a good experience.