The Best Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Sherburne County, MN

"My sister is in Willows Landing Senior Living. The first couple of years, the directors and the people there were fantastic. They have a new director, and every time I turn around, they're raising her rent. I just got another notice that they're raising her to $15,000 a month. They said it's because she needs more care. They've got people checking on her more often. I can understand that, but not $15,000. If they do extras, that also gets added on. They're always calling me to say that she won't ask for their help. She's always tried to be very, very independent, and they keep hollering at her about not calling when she has to go to the bathroom. She says, "I can do it myself." It seems like it's every couple of weeks they're calling and complaining about something. She's in assisted living, but they talked about putting her in memory care, which is gonna raise the price by another $3000. It's huge. It's three floors. It has elevators. The dining room is on the main level. She's in a wheelchair and can't use her arms to move her wheelchair. She's at the end of the building, and it's a long way to the dining room, which she doesn't go to because it is so far. She has an apartment, and I order her groceries instead. Some of the aides are very, very nice to her. Some of the management just don't seem friendly to her. Two weeks ago, when I walked in, they brought her her breakfast. It was French toast, and it was burnt. I don't think it's really convenient for the seniors. It's so far for them to walk. She's been there a while, and there's been a lot of turnover among the staff, but they've all been pretty nice to her until these management people came. They show a lot of stuff on their schedule."

"My grandfather is getting older and he and my grandmother are looking for a retirement community. I visited with them and the staff was very kind, their menus looked delicious, and the living quarters were quite spacious. I really don't have anything to complain about in that regard. Bathrooms were semi-private. There looked to be an adequent amount of nursing staff so if anything did happen there would be a fairly quick response. The placing is extremely convenient as the community is only a half an hour long from my family's lake and there are a bunch of relatives living with a fifteen minute commute. There appeared to be quite a bit of leeway allowed and the amount of activities was astounding. Bingo for my grandmother, shuffleboard, classes about knitting and clubs up the wazoo involving members of the community. Plenty of electronic devices for my grandfather to fiddle with and as he starts to lose faculties (as has slowly begun happening), there are plenty of on-staff aides to help as needed. Transportation is provided for groceries, doctor visits, etc. which is extremely great because my grandfather really can no longer drive. "