Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Rockford, IL

"I toured the Grand Victorian of Rockford. It's classy, and even though it's grand Victorian, it is still more modern. It doesn't make you feel like you're walking into a Victorian mansion. It is very welcoming and comforting. They've got all of the services. Everybody was pleasant. I love some of the rooms. It's all one room, but it has a half wall that you can split to have your bedroom on one side and a living room on the other, which impressed me and was wonderful. A gentleman took me on that tour, and we were standing and talking. One of the staff members introduced herself to me and said how wonderful the place is, even to work there. She seemed sincere. It didn't feel like a setup. Most rooms have a refrigerator and a microwave, but no stove or anything, even for assisted living. So, the person can still have snacks or do things in their room. They have the pull cords and everything, but they also track whether or not somebody is showing up for meals. They all have a button on them. The nice thing is that they are aware of their people and call people by their names."

"I toured The Grand Victorian of Sycamore. It was a very welcoming place, very bright, very clean, and had a lot of options. We had a very extensive visit and met a lot of the staff. We learned a lot of things. They were very helpful. The food wasn't the most delicious, but depends on your taste and what's offered that day. It was nicely done. It was a beautiful facility. It was extremely nice."

"My husband is in independent living in an apartment with me at Peterson Meadows and we get one meal a day. They were very helpful in helping us to move and take care of all the finances and the logistics of moving within two months period of time. They make recommendations to realtors in the area and moving companies and it was very easy. The community itself has beautiful landscaping. It looks like Disneyland without the rides. The director has a strong background in dementia patients and facilities. She's guiding this community with some of those that fall under that umbrella. There's a variety to the menus according to season. The soup is wonderful. The spices sometimes are a little bit too much for me, but they give good portions. Salads are wonderful and they have nice desserts. I don't see a lot of people gaining a lot of weight. It's pretty all-inclusive, with our spiritual needs, our physical needs, and our nutritional needs. Anything that needs to be repaired, it's their responsibility and they come in in a timely manner. The activities that are available to us are very good. Weekly, we play bocce. We have cornhole. Seasonally, we have bowling. We have mini putt. We have many different card games available, euchre, nickel cards, and Bridge. Value for money is fair. We had to fill out a financial statement. I think that they assess people individually and carefully screen people financially. So, there's no embarrassment here. Nobody talks about money."

"I love this place it was a pleasure being there if I had to go I'd would go back every staff was excellent It felt 💯 family. ,, 🥰🥰🥰🥰💕💕💕"

"My mom is pretty set to choose Fairhaven Christian Retirement Center for herself. The staff was wonderful and caring. It was a nice facility. It was clean, spacious, and welcoming. There were lots of activities going on while we were there. The residents were very active. They were eating together, doing puzzles, exercising, and all sorts of stuff. They have exercise rooms, activity rooms, and lounges on every floor. They had beautiful grounds. There was a wooded area with walking trails, and we saw a lot of seniors walking and exercising."

"My husband is at Anam Care. I am very, very impressed with the friendliness of the staff and the other residents. When you walk into it, the residents are clean. They will make eye contact with you and smile. They're friendly. Some are ambulatory, and some are in wheelchairs. My understanding is that everybody is out of their room during the day unless they need a nap, so they're all in the community most of the time, and it's wonderful. I'm very impressed with it. My husband got a reasonably large, unfurnished room, about 14 x 14. It easily accommodates a single bed or a full bed. Some of the rooms have small sofas, overstuffed chairs, little tables, and dressers. They're very, very nice rooms, and you can furnish them to make them very cozy and homelike. I was able to take pieces of furniture from my home, move them to my husband's room, and try to make it familiar, comfortable, and a nice place for him. Once I walked in all the residents were in one of the community rooms that had a couple of sofas, a couple of seats, and some overstuffed chairs, and wheelchairs filling in other places there. Most of the community was there together. Everybody had a small dish of ice cream. Everybody I observed was able to feed themselves. It was vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and sprinkles, and they loved it. The other snack that I observed was freshly popped popcorn kind of mixed in with some Cheetos cheese puff bars or something like that, too. Each resident got a small bowl of popcorn and some fruit juice. The one activity that I was there to observe when I arrived, my husband was in the second community room, which is set up a little bit differently. They use this room for crafts or different activities. Most of the residents were there participating. Two gentlemen, probably in their 60s or 70s, were playing guitar music from the 1950s and 1960s. When I sat by my husband, he was sitting up well in his chair. He was alert and participating. He was tapping his fingers to the music, which he hadn't done for a long time, and he started singing along to the songs that he knew. It was just delightful to see. Other people in the room were also interacting like that. It was a wonderful, wonderful time. It is very expensive, but I feel very, very good."