Independent Living Communities in Columbia City, IN

"Upon driving into Timbercrest, one can't help be struck by the beauty and simplicity of the facility. Regardless of the season, the grounds are well-manicured and very well-taken care of. In the winter, there is never any ice or snow obstructing the walks; in the spring and summer, there are always flowers and planters placed everywhere. Although I have never had any prolonged contact with the staff, the facility always seems very-well staffed, and the receptionists on duty are always very friendly and eager to help. In fact, every employee that I pass by on trips in and out of the various corridors are always quick to say hello and ask me if there is anything I need.I think what impresses me most about Timbercrest is the facilities and amenities offered for residents. There is a large kitchen area that is available for residents to use for family reunions or other gatherings. In this area, there are also dart boards and pool tables. The exercise room is large and fully stocked with machines of all kinds, and there is a craft room, a hardware, and a variety of other specialized areas to entertain hobbies of all kinds.The grounds of Timbercrest -- those beyond the front door -- are beautiful. There are gardens and walking paths that are easily accessible for anyone in a wheelchair or motorized scooter, and this is where I have spent some of the best time with my aunt. "

"We toured Peabody Community. The staff was very friendly, very helpful and very welcoming. They had a little welcome sign for me and my family. It was so good that they were thinking of us and took the time to make an effort for us. The facility was very nice, big, and offered a lot of things. Besides assisted living, they had rehab or memory care or the nursing home all in the same complex. If my mother-in-law had to go into memory care and her husband could stay in the assisted living, they would be right there together, which would be very nice. "

"The Yellow Retirement Communities is very clean. Everybody takes care of their little area. The community takes care of the snow plowing, mowing, and all the outside stuff. It's very nice. We found a 2-bedroom, one bathroom, and it's a little over 1100 square feet. The staff is very nice. They answered all the questions that we needed to be answered. They were forthright with telling us anything we needed to know or didn't know and how they took care of the water, the sewer, and the garbage. There is a washer and dryer in each apartment. They are all individual apartments. It's a regular apartment complex, but they are single-story homes. They've got one bedroom and two bedrooms with different floor plans. They don't offer any activities. If you just need to get into a smaller place, and you can still do everything you need to do, or at least most of everything you can do, it's the place to go in Fort Wayne. There are restaurants and shopping close by."

"Sacred Heart is one of the best I have experienced. It is very clean and does not have the offensive odor often encountered in nursing homes. The staff is very caring and professional. They make sure the residents have different activities such as Bingo, bringing in entertainers, interacting with local school children. There is a kitchen with a dining room that is very pleasant. There is also a beauty shop where the residents are taken frequently. There is a chapel with services for different religions. Overall this nursing home ranks as the best I personally have visited. "

"I've chosen The Towne House for my sister-in-law because principally, my wife and I both live here also. We have a very caring staff, 24-hour nursing support in the whole area, and a very good activities director. It's just a pretty place to live. The meals start about 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning in the cafe that's for breakfast and lunch, and then in the evening, there's a formal dining room. They finish up about 7:30 maybe, so there are three full meals available every day, but there's a meal allowance as part of our monthly fee, and the food is OK. They used to do it all in-house, then about a year ago, they outsourced it, and we're still trying to understand how that all works. My sister-in-law has a two-bedroom apartment on the first floor with a living room, kitchen, and two bathrooms. The place is very homey. My wife and I do some cooking on our own, while her sister does some as well, however, we usually go up to the dining room at least once a day to eat either lunch or dinner, depending on what looks good. They published the schedule a week in advance so we can see what the special is for the day, although there's an ala carte menu that you can choose from as well. I still drive and have a car, so we order groceries from a local grocery store online and then we'll pick them up once a week and bring them back. They play a lot of card games here and bingo once or twice a week. There's a game room with two billiard tables and a small movie theater that holds about 30 people and where we watch movies once a week. We have an in-house cable channel that runs information daily, both as a bulletin board type of thing, and also they run movies and other events on it. They have two buses that take people shopping once a week. Since we have our own car, we don't do that, but we were all out for dinner Thursday night at a local restaurant. There's a semi-monthly women's luncheon and there's a monthly men's luncheon. There's volunteer activities and we have a semi-monthly volunteer lunch. We're finally going to have a welcoming event for all the people that have arrived recently. So, we have a party and get together and get to know them. It's just overall a great place to live, and The Town House is actually a charitable operation. It is part of a corporation called BHI Inc. and it originally started out as a church based facility, and so it's a nonprofit."

"We liked Arbor Glen. It's great across the board. It was excellent. The people that we talked to were very friendly. They seemed to meet all of the needs my brother would have had. The lady that took us on the tour answered all our questions. She was very helpful in letting us know what was available. We're very well pleased. There seemed to be quite a bit that he could've been able to do if he had stayed there. It's easy to access to everything. The cleanliness was perfect."

"I will be moving into Heritage Park Assisted Living & Garden Homes. It's very convenient, friendly, and welcoming. The staff was very kind, courteous, and helpful. Utilities are paid for. They had a lovely dining room and a chapel. The area around it was light and there were lots of trees and hopefully birds. The dining area was very nice and looked welcoming and clean. Everything about it was good and it was clean."

"Georgetown Apartments was a very nice place. You have to be totally capable of doing everything. They provide meals, recreation, and a room and help in keeping it clean. It's totally senior help. I only met one person there, and she's very friendly and knowledgeable. I have friends living there. It fits their needs and they love it. It's very good. "

"My friend is in the Golden Years Homestead. I have talked to some residents. There are a couple that I have known for several years, who just moved their homes in the last few months. The outside is definitely a five. It's very, very nice with lots of trees around it. It has nice shade as well. It's one of those places that you look at and you say, oh, just relax and enjoy. The people I know there have said they haven't found a place more friendly than it, and the staff is great. They were very pleased that they found the place. The activities were much more to their liking, and they enjoyed them. They were well pleased. I can only say that they're very clean, and they have excellent cleaning staff. They didn't have anything bad at all to say about them. I found the staff to be very helpful and always see them with a smile on their face. When you ask them a question, they know the answer. They are very helpful, very engaging, and very honest."

"I had an in-person tour of Betz Senior Villas. The community did appeal to me. I would call it a duplex, like two houses connected. There are some nice walking paths that appealed to me. As far as the building itself, there's one bedroom and two bedrooms. I thought they were nicely laid out and not so small that I would feel claustrophobic. They all came with appliances, like a dishwasher, a stove, a refrigerator, a microwave, and a washer and dryer. Their rent is connected to your income. There is no staff, but there's somebody on the premises all the time. The person who showed me around simply manages the place. There's a nice little outdoor area with a small pond. They don't have empty units to let you tour. They just have a resident who agrees to allow people to tour her particular living unit."