Independent Living Communities in Elmhurst, IL

"I'm a current resident of Brookdale Glen Ellyn. I'm very happy with the facility. The staff is all very nice, very welcoming, and very helpful. I'm pleased with the food. The food manager has meetings with the community more than once a month to get the opinions and suggestions of the people, and I appreciate that, too. I like pool exercises and other exercises, and they have walks and entertainment, too. It's a very nice community, and all the people that are here are very nice and nice to talk to. I haven't met anybody that hasn't been a help to me. I'm very happy with my apartment. It is only a studio, but it's perfect enough for me. It's on the first floor and I get a nice view of the entrance from the window. I'm happy with the activities."

"Cantata is the new name for what had previously been the British Home and apparently its name was changed just a few weeks ago. I was told that the name change is an attempt to overhaul the stuffy image associated with the British Home. The word "Cantata" is derived from the Italian word "cantare" which means "to sing" and the name change is meant to convey a kind of new age composition of voices to care for the elderly. To my mind I never had that image of the British Home as being stodgy. I used to go biking along the bike trail just outside the home and I was more curious than anything. I had always associated the Home with Brookfield Zoo which is practically in its backyard. Nevertheless I can appreciate what the nursing home is trying to do in recreating its image. I would recommend this assisted living facility based on its cleanliness, the amount of light exposure from its modern windows and an ample size health center that also allows membership from the community. Indeed on the day that I visited I saw some very energetic seniors on bikes and tread mills and I was very impressed. These folks were trying to live life to its fullness! That along with the light streaming from the floor to ceiling windows in the lobby and throughout sold me. Like any place that you are deciding to live there are pros and cons. Another positive is the proximity to medical staff that are housed at the facility. The thing that I did not like about the facility was the rather nondescript furnishings (the chairs and tables throughout). The sitting rooms just didn't seem like a place I could relax, but that could just be my own taste. The dining room I thought was pretty generic (except for the windows). The menu did not impress me, but I will say that I did get a whiff of what smelled like peach cobbler and that was fantastic. I was told that meal preparation had been taken over by new management recently. I also did not care for the individual apartments, especially the carpet which was dark and seemed institutional. I will say that the facility was clean and smelled good. The receptionist and customer relations specialist were very nice and helpful. Overall I would recommend Cantata and this may be a great time to move here not only because of its name change, but the kind of upbeat image it is trying to promote. "

"The location of Brookdale Oak Park is perfect. My church community is in Oak Park, so I know a lot of people living close by and I know the area well. Actually one of my friends just moved to Brookdale Oak Park, which was kind of what prompted me to even look at that. The person who showed me around was very friendly and accommodating. She was very well informed with lots of good information to share with me. The facility was lovely. They have a really good dietary program where they could accommodate dietary issues easily. I liked the fact that the apartments have a full kitchen. If I wanted to cook meals for myself, I could do that as well. They also have a little area where some of the residents can do some gardening. They have groups that go walking, a lot of different activities, and transportation to activities as well."

"This is such a wonderful community. Beautiful court yard and they have great staff that care. The rooms are very specious. Great place to live "

"I visited Generations at Oakton Arms. The least I liked was that it wasn't a one-level place, it has elevators but other than that, the amenities and everything they offer were great. They had maintenance out cleaning up when I was out there. It didn't feel like a nursing home. It feels like a little home. They had a workout room and a gathering room where people could go and practice their religion and the staff was pretty nice."

"My mother is moving in. The staff are terrific. Christina is the individual I worked with, and she has been fabulous. We had some unusual circumstances, and she tried to be very, very helpful getting the right answers. I give her a very strong rating. The place is very clean and updated. We were pleased with it. The dining room was closed due to Covid. They have been so accommodating. I would like something closer, but it has what we want for my mom, which includes the pool. It is a little bit farther than where we wanted to go, and it is not a catholic facility."

"We've had a pretty good experience so far. My dad is there and it seems like they take care of the residents, but the worst thing is with this COVID now it's really hard to see him for a long time. Still, it's been a pretty good experience overall. If something happens, or something comes up, they always update and call you, or if I need to know something, I call them, and if they cannot answer the phone, they call me back in an hour or so. He's picky with his food but he said he likes it. It's an older place, but everything seems clean, updated, and organized. They play bingo too, take them to Walmart on a bus to buy stuff, and some tours that they offer sometimes, so the activities seem pretty good."

"I toured Clarendale Six Corners for my uncle. It's convenient. They seem to care, and that he's going to get the care that he needs. It seemed like a nice place. The staff was very friendly, very informative, and caring. The facility was brand-new. The size of the room was adequate and seemed to have a positive atmosphere."

"I visited Encore Village of Schaumburg. The staff was great. It was a pretty nice place. I had no problem. It was clean and convenient to get around. Everything was right there. You didn't have to walk them out to get here and there. The patio was clean and beautiful."

"Belmont Village is a place that we might have chosen if there wasn't an alternative close by. It doesn't really have continuing care in the same sense, but it does have a memory unit which I don't really want. Belmont has organized rooms and pods of ten to fifteen people with a common living room which makes it easy to meet people. It is something that can really benefit people that are not very outgoing. It's got a big gathering place which is just inside the door and a dining facility right next to it. It seems to be very pleasant. The sales woman seems to know residents by name in spite of the fact that there were a lot of them. A lot of them spoke to her as they passed by. I was impressed by that. The food was very good. Because we wanted a continuing care community, it was particularly appealing to us, but it did seem like a cadillac place for this. It is intended to be a different kind of place. "

"Autumn Green at Midway Village was nice and clean. The rooms were beautiful. The staff member who assisted me with the tour was really nice and welcoming. They had a nice dining area, and they had a cafeteria where you could see the cooks in the back preparing the food. They had arts and crafts, and they took them on trips to the grocery stores. They had another room where they could play games. They had a pool table in there and they had workout rooms."

"my mother is a resident - her apartment is very nice - very clean - staff is great - newsletter each day keeps the family abreast of facility details - especially during Covid- would highly recommend this community."

"Independence Village of Naperville had the best rooms that we have seen, in the way they were laid out and their cabinet space. It was a one bedroom and one bath that we looked at. They also have a one bedroom with two baths but that was more money. The owner's son gave us the tour. They have about three places and so it is owned by a family. They make sure they have activities on Sunday. He gave me a paper where they had all their activities on it. Their library was kind of just bookshelves, but they had a beauty salon. Location-wise I loved it. Their meal choices were simpler than other places, and I liked that. At our age, we don't need big meals."

"We toured StoryPoint Naperville. It was a very friendly staff, very clean, modern, and up-to-date. It looked like a five-star high-class hotel. The three-course meals look five star, very high quality from what we've seen on the display as far as the meals and all. All in all the place looked in mint condition. They did an assessment of her with the nurse, and they decided that she would need a possibly level two memory assistance in the memory care facility. They're just not furnished. You have to bring all your things in like, the bed, the chair, the TV and all that. We didn't go upstairs to the memory care facility, but they showed us on the first floor, and they were nice rooms with windows. The staff was very good, very knowledgeable in what they were showing us, and answering questions. They had all the questions and all the info and stuff while we were touring."