American House Zephyrhills

I had an in-person tour of American House Zephyrhills. It was awesome. It was a nice facility. The staff seemed nice. The rooms were nice. The accommodations and the program seemed nice. They have a meal plan and different activities. I think they had a salon or barbershop. It was convenient from where I plan on moving to. It was really close to my house, so that was good. The grounds were clean and well-kept. It's a very well-maintained property. The staff was personable, knowledgeable, and friendly. They didn't have a refrigerator, which I thought was a little odd, and it didn't seem to have a place where you could put one.

American House Zephyrhills was what we highly recommended. It's just very impressive and just up high on a hill. It has a view of a small pond across the way. I think every unit had a balcony on the second floor. You could go from a single room, then all the way up to the full care. One of our friends was there, and she got worse, so they moved her into a nursing home. The staff was wonderful and very informative. She was factual. She didn't try to glamorize anything. We got the menu and it seemed adequate. We went up to the second floor because that was where she was showing us a one-bedroom apartment. There were two men sitting there playing some kind of video game on TV that was in a central area, and there was another couple of men sitting there watching them play these games. They were all very jolly, having fun, and enjoying themselves. If it was on our income, I definitely would want to live there if I needed assisted living. It was a beautiful facility. It was like being in a home. It was super clean, and everything looked like new. I think most people would want more, as far as the updated equipment, appliances, and carpeting.

We toured American House Zephyrhills. We met with a young lady, and she was very helpful. We had a number of questions, and she answered all of them very well. She showed us everything: all of the building and the different rooms. Everything that we asked, she did explain. We saw the studio, and we saw one bedroom; they're very nice. They would be comfortable. You furnish your own furniture. They do your laundry, and they come to your room and take it. They do it on your floor. It's done not as a group laundry, but just as theirs. They offer free cable. They have a bus that will take them for appointments. They do have exercise classes in a room. Somebody was leading them and exercising. They have crafts for them. They show movies for them downstairs and give them popcorn and on Sundays and Wednesdays. They have church services. It's very nice. It's like a Hilton. You have nice views at your window, and the dining room was nice.

American House Zephyrhills was a newer facility. It was very clean. The staff was very nice and very knowledgeable. Overall, it was a very nice facility. It was spacious. The way everything was laid out was very nice. They have rooms where they play bingo, they do arts and crafts, they get together, they socialize, they have church services, and so on and so forth. Those areas were laid out very nicely. They were very spacious, very nice, and very clean. I saw the kitchen, and it was very nice and very clean. The staff was very nice, very knowledgeable, and very friendly. Everyone I saw spoke to me. It's a very nice facility.

American House Zephyrhills is the one that we're going to pick. It's the newest of the ones we've visited. It was originally built for independent living, so the rooms feel like you're in an apartment. It doesn't really feel like you're in an assisted living. It's very much laid out so that it feels like you're walking in a hallway of a hotel. It's very nice, and it's up to date such that they have kitchen areas with actual wooden cabinets that are up to date. They actually have full-sized refrigerators and full stoves. The stoves are not hooked up, but if you have someone who is still mentally aware, they will consider hooking the stove up for them. There was no other place that actually even had a stove in the room. The only staff we talked to was the person who gave us the tour, and she was very knowledgeable and very nice. They have a pool table, a little bar area where they have a happy hour, a dining room, a private dining room, and an actual exercise area. The big thing that they have is the rehab facility on the second floor, so you don't have to go out for rehab. Their rehab is connected with the hospital; their staff comes and does rehab on site. They have different levels of care, and they rank them depending on what they need. Level 1 is the minimum, like getting them out of their bed. If they need bathing, that might take it to Level 2. They had a back courtyard, but the rooms that we looked at all had a balcony. The balconies have room for two seats and a small end table, so people can go outside without leaving their room.

American House Zephyrhills had a nice layout and a lot of activities, but it was over in the Zephyrhills area, which is a little bit further from me. There also weren't a lot of things to do outside. It's for someone that's not that mobile. The staff was really nice, and all the residents that I met seemed happy. They had studios and apartments available.