The Best Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Essex County, NJ

"We looked at Crane's Mill. It was smaller and a little more intimate than other placesm, and it was very close to where my parents live, so it made a lot of sense. The atmosphere was great. Everybody was pretty active. The clubhouse was very active, and it looked like the people were having a good time. I would highly recommend it. "

"I came to Heritage Pointe the second week of November. I highly recommend this place. I'm very happy here. I'm here for almost four weeks now and already I'm part of a family. I'm very comfortable. I have a beautiful apartment and I'm quite satisfied with it. The help is absolutely phenomenal. There is a handyman here that jumps when you call him. This facility provides meals too. I've talked with people who have been here for a few months, for a year, for three to four years, etc., and they are all very happy. "

"A loved one is at The Holland Christian Home. Everybody loves it, they're wonderful. The staff, the care, the cleanliness, the food, are excellent. They have all kinds of activities, buses take them places, and they have a big auditorium. They are involved with the Christian Reform Church, so they have group services. They have a wonderful staff. They just added a whole new wing and it's beautiful. Everybody has their own room in the acute care section, and it is wonderful. The food is very good."

"My mother was a patient in the rehabilitaion center of Christian Health Care last year. We were very pleased with the care so we decided to visit the Nursing Home section of the facility. The facility is very pretty, the accomodations are very comfortable and clean. The staff was very nice and helpful. They have a good variety of activites to participate in and the food service was much better than the typical large facility fare. Sadly my mother passed away before we had a need for nursing home care or we would have chosen Christian Health Care. "

"My mom was a resident of Downtown Brooklyn Nursing and Rehabilitation. It was clean. They're very attentive. The exercise rehab has made her stronger. So she was able to recover faster by walking around and getting stronger and I was very satisfied with that. I think the main activity is just to get the person more mobile, to get them to walk around more, and get them stronger. The staff is very professional and attentive because they're always checking in and making sure everything is okay. The only negative was the food. The food was not good. Somebody did a survey for them. I told them that they needed to change the caterer for the place, or whatever that food has to change."

"I visited Cedar Crest, and I liked the layout, the apartments, the activities, the amenities, and the support. The people were very nice to me. They have an indoor pool, a fitness center, walking path, a post office on site, a grocery store on site, and a medical facility on site. They had a number of different apartment layouts that you could choose from, and the apartments were much larger than some of the other retirement communities."