Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Chrisman, IL

"My grandmother is at Pleasant Meadows Senior Living. We chose to move her there because it's one of the places that have skilled nurses who would work on her dementia. So, they provide the level of care that she needs. They have all kinds of things up there. They have a spa day where the girls come in and paint their nails. They have bingo and movie nights. They have a hair salon, which is important, and an ice cream parlor."

"I had a pretty good tour at Sycamore Manor. The staff covered everything. They had a little library, an area to see movies, an activity room, and they had a little courtyard. It was nice, and I kind of liked it. The lady that toured me was nice. The room that I saw was more like a studio apartment, and it was nice. It was located in a nice area. There was a mall right across from it. The outside had little patios, like little balconies. Every room had a balcony. The meal that I had was good."

"Robert Flowers Village is connected to the nursing home. The residents can get their food from the nursing home if they want to, but other than that, they're pretty much independent. It's 12 to 14 individual apartments connected by a hallway, and each has individual entrances. You don't have to go to the lobby to get to your room. It's not a controlled environment, but there's not going to be a lot of people running around. I put my name on the waiting list to move in there. I liked that it was an individual apartment, it had washer and dryer on the same floor, had separate entrance, each one has a backdoor, and you can have a little patio. Most of the people were a little younger, and they're pretty active on their own. They can go out to eat, cook for themselves, order in, or order food from the nursing home, which wasn't spectacular but not terrible. "