Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Falcon Heights, MN

"I toured Vernon Terrace of Edina. The tour guide was very nice. I liked that it had a secure place to enter the building. Once you got in there, you had to check in and let them know what you were doing there. The lobby was very nice. It was right off the dining room and another little room where you could have like family meeting and even family dinner if you wanted to. The tour went well. It was a very nice facility. The staff members were very good. It was a little bit older facility, but it was still very nice."

"I went to Presbyterian Homes- Timber Hills, and I saw their memory care and the general campus. Megan was fabulous and outstanding. They were great, and I think the facilities are a little bit better than adequate. The main area is a little dark. It's done in heavy, dark wood because we're in Minnesota, and they are kind of going for that "northern cabin" look. I only saw one room in memory care, and it was big for my father. It was a two-bedroom with two baths. The problem we had with it was it faced the west, so it had the west sun shining in, and they just had flimsy blinds. We all know how that is during the summertime -- it gets hot. As far as the building's cleanliness, it looked clean. Did they have the hand-washing-and-sanitizing area that I saw at other facilities? They did, but it was not as stringent. There were also outside areas where you could take somebody out for a walk, but he didn't have access to a garden area. It was just a door in and out to the hallways."

"The Waters was one of the high-end places we saw. It basically has apartments instead of rooms, you get a full, functional apartment with a full kitchen. They have just about everything, including a advanced work-out equipment. It's laid out nice and it's in a convenient location from the highway. Some of the food is good, some is not good, but the specials have been pretty good. The staff was nice, but one of the nurses messed up my mom's meds."

"I am thinking of moving to Amira Choice Bloomington. It's brand new, it's upscale, it's very nice. The staff was very friendly and they have a lot of activities. It just seemed to be a nice place that I would be happy at. There's an exercise room on every floor, they also have garbage and recycling on every floor. I will have my own balcony, which is a considerable size, my own laundry facilities, and big walk-in closets. I just met the receptionist, because this place is manned 24 hours so there's always somebody there. And she was a young girl, but very, very friendly and outgoing, and the sales manager is a very outgoing young guy too. I also met the recreation director and they were very nice. It all looked very nice because it's brand new. But they had lots of places where you could sit and visit with somebody else, or be by yourself if you want to, so you didn't have to stay in your unit."

"My mother was at Friendship Village of Bloomington. She was there for rehab. It is a new facility, it's beautiful, and it's terrific. The room was fairly big. The staff was good. They had meetings once a week or once every other week. Now and then you could catch somebody and ask them how she was doing. Finally, in the end, they said, "She's got about ten days and she'll be out of here." I had ten days to get her up and moving. The staff was all friendly except for the social worker she had. She didn't communicate very well. She was supposed to be calling you back but she never did. They didn't have too many activities because it's a nursing facility. They just stayed in their rooms. She had a broken or cracked leg, so she didn't do much. She had physical therapy and occupational therapy. The food looked good. However, they gave her spinach, it is a big leaf and nobody bothered cutting things up for her, so she had to figure out how to eat it herself or eat it with her fingers. That's kind of a crummy way to eat a salad. They didn't serve it according to people who needed help. It was all under insurance so it didn't cost me anything, but after that, it was going to be $203 a day."

"The facility was lovely! Staff was very friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend this facility to anyone looking. I could see myself living here."

"Summit Place is a wonderful facility. The rooms are nice. They have a model room, and it was very nice and very well laid out. It's a little simple. There might have been a microwave but not a stove just because you're in assisted living. However, you would have to move to a separate section for assisted living. And then the memory care, they had a great programing seven days a week and not just during the weekday and nothing on the weekends, so that's very, very good. The grounds were beautiful. It was a nice place. The staff members we encountered were great. They're very, very nice."