The Best Independent Living Communities in Boone County, AR

"We looked at The Rose House. That was my favorite of all of them because it had high ceilings and bright lights. The lighting was good, and so that was nice. It was very appealing and homey. It was reasonable. I think it was like $2,500 for the month, and I didn't think that was too bad. The other thing was we had an aunt who spent her last days there, and they were very happy with it. We visited with the main staff. She took us into a couple of the rooms to show us what they were like. Then one of the residents there followed us down, and we just had a very pleasant visit with her. Those rooms are not big. They might have a bedroom and a kitchenette-living room area. However, if you have to be somewhere with small rooms, it would be nice to have high ceilings, so that's the thing there. They have 26 rooms and they're not a big place, either. The staff was very, very good. She said that they were hoping to build another one. The only disadvantage with that particular place is you have to go up a hill-type driveway to get to parking. Then if you have a vehicle yourself, you would have to park it at the back, and they would have to bring it around because there's just not a lot of room on that corner."

"We really liked what The Oaks Retirement Community offered. They had an indoor swimming pool and a hot tub, plus a movie theater and an exercise room. If we need certain things, we pay extra for it, and we like that better. The staff was excellent. We would move into independent living because that's all we need right now and then when we needed assisted living, it's kind of like down the hall. You get three meals a day. You go down for breakfast, and you tell them what you want to have, so they cook it right there, fresh. It was beautiful. The grounds were awesome. I love the sitting areas outside and covered areas. It was wonderful."