Deer Park Village Deer Park, IL

The guy at Deer Park Village was so nice. We toured the independent, but what turned us off there is that if we chose the independent and something happened, they would just call 911. No one checks on you, so that was a turnoff for us. Because of mom's condition, she'd have to be in assisted living. She doesn't like that because there's no kitchenette. She's in that in-between phase. The rooms were beautiful, very nice, and very well-kept. They're not that old. They're not as new as the others, but they're very elegant. I saw more people interaction there than the other place. We went to the dining room, but there weren't a lot of people eating because we went about 5:30-6:00 p.m. It seemed pretty deserted. The facilities there were very, very nice. They had a pool, a chapel room, a theater, movie night, and a library. They had a lot going on over there. There's a lot of amenities that she won't use though, so it's kind of a waste. The grounds were very nice and very well kept. You look out the window, and there were trees. It's a very pretty setting where it was located. The staff was really nice. I called him, and he stayed over to give us the tour. He was going to go home, but he accommodated us. He agreed to meet us and to wait for us, so we went there. He went over above and beyond.

It was very nice, but a little out of my mother's price range. They took a lot of time with us. What concerned me was the independent is separate from the assisted living. They had very nice rooms and beautiful screened-in decks. They had a swimming pool, an art room, and a full activity chart. It also concerned me that they don't do well-checks for independent living residents.

Everything was really nice, but I was looking for more of a fitness-type room, and they only have bikes and no other equipment (like a treadmill). We looked at both independent and assisted living, we prefer to be in an independent apartment, but when the need arises, we'll use assisted living. Here you have to switch to an assisted living section, and the apartments there are really small. So that didn't appeal to us. The staff was really nice and it's a lovely community. The apartments we looked at were nice.

It is very nice. There are a lot of activities going on here that you can't even go to all of them because there's just too many. They have arts, exercises, games, shopping, and trips to museums. The staff is very nice and respond pretty quickly. They have a doctor I see that will start coming here. They provide three meals a day. The place is big, and they just finished the garden.