The Best Independent Living Communities in Louisa County, IA

"Brookstone of Aledo was really close to New Windsor, and mom knows people there. It's also a much smaller town and facility, so she liked that one better. I'm very familiar with Brookstone of Aledo because I've been there before to visit people I know who are there, and they were great. They have a hairdresser and activities, and they're very helpful and very pleasant people. They walked me through everything, and then they called me afterwards to ask if I had any more questions. They had very nice one-bedroom apartments and price-wise, it was the same as the other one we visited. They all had basically the same thing; it's just a question of where mom would be happy."

"I went to United Presbyterian Home. I looked at a one-bedroom apartment. It met my needs pretty well, if I get to that point. The community was small, and they have quite a bit of stuff there. Where I'm living now, I don't have a lot of stuff. The staff was very good, very helpful, very friendly, and knew everything that I had questions about. I had no problems with that at all. They have things going on in the home and different activities. They have exercise, a library, a spa, and a pool of some kind. I ate there one time several months ago, and the food was good."

"My father had a much better time in the hospital than in assisted living. In the assisted living center, they came and worked with him only a few hours each day, whereas in the hospital, they worked with him the majority of the day. Also, in the facility, there would be patients out walking the hallways in the middle of the night yelling at the top of their lungs, making it very hard to sleep. Overall, I would never use this assisted living facility in the future. "

"We looked at Atrium Village. It was a two-story facility, and it was fairly new. The staff was great. They had studio and two-bedroom apartments, but none of them were really big. We didn't look at the activities too much, and I didn't see a whole lot of it there. "