The 10 Best Independent Living Communities in Decatur, AL for 2024

"I toured City Center Village. The thing I liked best about City Center Village was that the residents actually like living there. They voiced that to us when we were not in the presence of anybody that worked there. It was quite ensuring that Mom wou..."

"We toured Brookdale Cedar Springs. It was great. I was so excited at this point when they showed me everything. I was very excited. I think that the room itself is what kind of turned my mother off because it was like just one room. Then you put your..."

"The people at The Terrace at Priceville were very welcoming. It was a pleasant and nice place. We noticed that the residents were communicating with each other, they were all so friendly with each other and with us, and they seemed happy. The place w..."

"The staff is very friendly and very helpful. The rooms are spacious. I enjoyed Sunday lunch the food is great and there are always having fun activities to participate in...."

"We moved here about 2 months ago. We checked out a number of other independent living options in our area but 2 bedroom options were not available or had long waiting lists. We were not willing to wait in a one bedroom apartment until one became avai..."

"My mother is going to stay where she is at now, which is The Goldton at Athens, and just move from the independent living into the assisted living. She doesn't want to do it until around the first of the year, but she's pretty much decided that she w..."

"The tour at Monark Grove Madison was a good experience. It was very welcoming from the moment that you walked in. There were so many things for the seniors to do. Everything was convenient to them. They had a gym, a pool, and pretty much anything tha..."

"Madison Village is a convenient location. It has a washer and dryer in the apartment and the full kitchen is great. The space is nice and it's a brand-new apartment. Nobody's lived in it yet. They'll bring food to your door and I really liked all the..."

"Vitality Living Upland Park was beautiful, but the cost for the independent living was way beyond my mother's ability and I don't have the extra funds monthly to pay the difference. It was a wonderful facility. The activities that were available on t..."

"Regency Retirement Village in Huntsville offers a wider variety of care. Most retirement facilities will cover independent living and assisted living, but nothing else. Or if they cover skilled nursing, they don't cover assisted living or independent..."

"I went to visit Redstone Village. What I like best about it was that the community looked good and well-managed by the staff as best as we could tell. We met some of the people who live there, they seemed to enjoy being there. Of all the places we've..."

"We had an excellent tour at Merrill Gardens at Madison. It's close to my son and it's got excellent food. It's well done and the big plus is you can eat 7 days a week, all three meals a day, and you can go in and eat anytime. They have washers and dr..."

"The Commons is very pretty, attractive and clean. A washer and dryer was there, as well as a shower with an area to sit in the corner. I saw one or two ceiling fans in some rooms. The staff is very nice. The lunch was very nice. They had exercise equ..."

"Fleming Farms Senior Living was excellent. I've had a friend that was there and it's very nice and very good. They've got one, two, and three bedrooms. They're a nice size. They have weekly housekeeping, a bistro, and a nice dining room. They have lo..."

"Magnolia Trace was a very nice facility. After I realized what was entailed in regards to the cost of it, I was really turned off quickly. I wasn't expecting that. If I had the money to do that, I would. I do not have that kind of money. It was lov..."

"I visited Gateway Place. They had facilities for community relationships, like a workroom, gym, or something of that sort. The staff was amiable, friendly, and very helpful in showing me the facilities. For the most part they were OK in front of me. ..."

"My mother is at Presbyterian Apartments. It's a 62 and over facility. She has a one-bedroom, one-bath apartment. It's fairly large. She likes it, but she's on the 11th floor, and she's not happy with a tall building. She's happy with the area, but th..."