The Pointe at Ocean Boulevard

Patricia

I visited The Pointe at Ocean Boulevard. The thing I liked the least is the room doesn't have full kitchens, but it does offer three meals a day, and it does have a big kitchen in the facility to where you can use it. The staff was awesome and very knowledgeable. It does withstand hurricanes. They only have one size of apartments; that's about 600 and some square feet, and it's adequate.

Dee

The Pointe at Ocean Boulevard was more like a condominium type of thing. It was very, very nice. It was upscale. The food was great there. Everybody was very friendly. It was very clean. I was very impressed with the room that we saw. They had what looked like a regular fancy restaurant with tablecloths and linens. They had like eight pages on the menus to pick what you wanted to eat, and it wasn't like assigned feeding type of stuff. It was also very clean. They had lots of activities to do for the patients, but they didn't have a nursing staff. The rooms were very, very spacious. I think if my in-laws were more on their own, it would be great. However, I don't think they had the staffing thing that would take you down to the dining room if you needed it. My in-laws are just not at that stage right now. They have a beautiful courtyard. They have everything you could think of. They would take you out to go grocery shopping. They would take you out to go to the store. They would take you to the doctor. You just signed up for what you needed. It's an independent living, but they're there if you need to leave the facility to go someplace. I think the patients were even allowed to bring their cars there. They have parking for the patients that are there. It's an independent living, but you have peace of mind that they are not alone. If they needed somebody, there was somebody that would help them.

Helen

I went to The Pointe at Ocean Boulevard. The main facility was absolutely lovely and their food program was a wonderful central thing, but they're all apartments. I really don't want an apartment. The facility itself was beautiful. It had many more options and amenities than the other place, but I don't want apartment living. The fellow leading the tour was excellent and knowledgeable. He knew about the surrounding areas on the facilities. The apartments were small and it felt like assisted living more than independent living.

Tony

I toured The Pointe at Ocean Boulevard. It was great. They have great programs, great staff, you could tell everyone that lives there seemed very happy, so obviously the place promotes all of that, and the people feel at home. They're not in that place just to age there, they feel like they're at a house, and that's the thing that's very important for the elderly. They have a pool, they have exercises, they have movie theaters, they have a library, nothing but amenities and activities, and a calendar so that everyone can be aware of what's happening.

Danice

The experience that we had with The Pointe at Ocean Boulevard was very interesting. The restaurant was very good. The food was excellent. Everyone that we spoke with was very, very friendly and helpful. We found that the unit would be too small for us. We could get by with just having a one bedroom, but we needed two baths. The biggest one they got was only a one-bedroom, one bath. Otherwise, we liked it very much, and it was located in a very good place where you could walk to restaurants and grocery stores. The person who toured us was very informative and very friendly. She has called us back to see if there was anything that they could do to interest us about the place. They had a nice pool and two real nice outdoor courtyards where you could go out. They had activities too. They had a nice place where they would hold exercises. They also would take you out to your doctor's office. It would just be a little bit too much walking for us to go to the dining room.