Continuing Care Retirement Communities Communities in Roanoke, VA

"Caring and communicative, well maintained and welcoming. "

"We have known Friendship Manor for years because we've kind of grown up in this community since the 60's. It's a massive facility now all over the valley. The people that we talked to were excellent. They answered all our questions regarding Medicaid, the facility, and services. I can't say anything bad about the staff. The staff interacted with residents. The lady who took us around was very informative. However, the whole facility is basically a hospital floor. Residents are only allowed to have a hospital bed. They cannot bring in any chairs or recliners or anything from their home. They were well taken care of, that was obvious. It was clean, but the actual facility offered nothing as far as homeyness or being welcoming. It literally was a hospital floor that they left exactly the same and put a memory care residence in. The staff who toured us was very accommodating. She worked with our schedule, and she was extremely knowledgeable. She knew what mom would need and what they could offer. She was very helpful with Medicaid, with any of the processes there, and guided us as if we were going to need that to help supplement her being able to pay for this. Honestly, it was $8,400. We were just flabbergasted. It would have been very sad because there was nothing there: no flowers and no garden. They had a 4th-floor balcony as their outdoor area that was completely concrete, nothing inviting or welcoming at all with it. I was just very disappointed with what we saw there. We would never have considered it for her. I felt like the care level was very good though. The staff interacted with the residents. I didn't see anyone sitting alone like what you think of people doing in a nursing home in memory care. You'd kind of think of them being pushed aside. The residents in Friendship were all in various areas where they could be monitored by staff. I don't feel like there was any problem with actual care. I think they were very well taken care of."

"I went to Friendship Manor (Friendship Retirement Community). This was the place that I would pick if I decided to go to active living community. They were upgrading all of their apartments. They were large and modern. The people seemed to be very caring, and to me in my situation, pricewise, they seemed to be very fair, and it would work for me. They had a lot of amenities just like everybody else. It was close to town and to the malls. I talked to two or three of the staff. As a matter of fact, I told them that if I chose to come there, I would probably volunteer to help them out, and they liked the idea. It was in a safe and not so busy neighborhood. They had a large ground, and it was very pretty. "

"I visited Richfield Retirement Community. The staff seemed friendly and helpful. I thought their apartments were roomy enough for me, since I was on a wheelchair. They also took the residents shopping and on outings but I did not think they had transportation for my condition. "

"We visited the Glebe and had dinner there. We visited a cottage unit and an apartment unit and stayed overnight, and we were positively impressed. The residents seemed to be very happy. They had an in-house swimming pool, which was nice, and a salt water swimming pool. They had extensive facilities on site. "

"Warm Hearth Village is a retirement community like no other. With 220 acres, I love the beautiful surroundings. It feels like you are far away, but still close everything at the same time. "