The Best Independent Living Communities in Shelby County, KY

"I am a resident of The Grand Senior Living. It's a beautiful place to live. The people are very friendly and they make you feel at home. The food is delicious, including all the meals and snacks. The place is new. It's only been open for four and a half years and everything is well-appointed. I am gradually getting moved in because you provide your furniture. It's set up with a living room area, a fully appointed kitchen, a washer and dryer, a one-bedroom, and a large bathroom. I have a balcony that overlooks a wildlife area and it's a very quiet place to live. The layout of the building is very easy to get around and they have elevators everywhere. They have lots of classes offered. I've already been to a yoga chair class, there are plenty of offerings every day, and it's one of the few places that has a heated pool."

"I'm in Brownsboro Park Retirement Community. The people that work here are very friendly and very helpful. They have a nice place if you want to take a walk. The grounds are nice. They provide lunch and dinner, and sometimes they have breakfast, too. With regards to activities, they have an area downstairs where they may have somebody come in and entertain the residents, like playing a guitar and singing. They have movies down there on certain nights and stuff like that. In the rooms, the kitchen is fully equipped with a stove and a refrigerator. It's a nice place."

"Our Mother has been a resident for about a year and a half now, and throughout the pandemic we felt very confident that she was living in the safest environment possible, which was a huge relief! Her apartment is just the right size to be surrounded by her own furniture, pictures and decor from her home, which makes it feel just like home."

"I love my room very, Great layout. Close to all the activity's and dinning room. Food is good, different stuff all the time. I love they have snacks out all day. The Staff is amazing they are so caring and very hands on with everyone. They are the highlight here. I also love that we have different activity's housekeeping and transporting when needed. Everyone is great here"

"Vitality Living Springdale was extremely nice and clean. The staff was great. The food was good, and that was a big thing. It was a nice place. I like the fact that they can order off of a menu; I like that a lot. That is one of the big things. They have an exercise area and a movie theater. And then they have snacks and stuff for the residents in the dining area."

"I liked it and the staff was nice, but I liked how the facility was set up. They had activities that were suitable for people of my mother's age group. The staff was very nice, she gave me a little gift when I left. She was very nice, very helpful, and very knowledgeable about trying to understand how they can create a program for my mother. It was very creative."

"We are in Westminster Village Kentuckiana, and we are so happy to be here. We love it. The atmosphere is fantastic. The people care a great deal about their patients. My wife and I get to live in the same apartment. She's in assisted living, and I'm in independent living, but we share this apartment. The meals are fantastic and well prepared. They cook over a thousand meals here a year, and they have a high score of at least 98% of the time because they have very good meals. I haven't had a bad meal since I got here. The residents are very friendly. The women outnumber the men, but it's OK. I've made friends with the men here. The service is so gracious. I came home late for lunch, and they had a plate waiting for me when I got here. I went into the dining room, and they brought it to me, and I just sat down and ate. It was a wonderful meal. It was a salad with vinaigrette dressing on it. It was an excellent choice. What they have to work with, they do work with it. It's not sterile. It is a very comfortable environment. It's gracious living. For the price, it cannot be beaten. They fit my needs. The activities are very good. Value for the money is five stars. You couldn't go wrong if you pointed your customers or people in this direction. They were happy that we had Medicaid. We were sharing a handicapped apartment in New Albany, and this is much more affordable than I thought it would be."

"I toured Tucker Station Senior Apartments. It's a very nice place for seniors who can do things you can do for themselves. It's very quiet and peaceful. They have lots of activities. They have a family room, a gym, and a beauty shop. They have a library and a cafe. They are dog-friendly, and have a nice lobby and a community room."

"We liked Forest Springs Health Campus. Everything was topnotch. The staff was really nice and the residents we talked to all really liked the place. The apartments were well-done and well-detailed. We liked the meal plan for the people who are living in the independent living side."

"I toured Arcadia Louisville. It's a really nice place with a nice staff. The staff was very good. They had redone the facility, so everything was brand new. They had a little bit better situation. They had a studio, which was all he really needed. Where he's at now, he's in a one-bedroom, which is costing us a little more. That's all they had available, but they had really extremely nice rooms there, and they were less expensive also. They had a nice library. The dining room was very nice. It looked like their menu was extensive as far as their food. They had redone everything in that place, and it was done really topnotch."

"My wife and I have chosen The Forum at Brookside but we haven't made plans of moving. We have toured the place and we just liked the atmosphere of it, the whole aspect of the cleanliness, we felt that it was modern, and just because of the amenities they provide. We just felt that they matched our needs and desires. We looked at their independent living. We just thought we liked the totality of all of it. They have a library, exercise with the indoor swimming pool, and also accommodations for taking you shopping and to your doctors. We liked the ease that if you were in a villa or an apartment and you couldn't get out, they would bring your meals to you. We liked the layout of the facilities on the property. It's got a good walking area and a very attractive one too. We liked the scenery around there and the privacy of it. "

"I was most impressed with Ashwood Place. I like that even though it's independent living, they have a subcontractor they work with, and they offer a la carte assistance. The rooms were nice. Everything was very nice there. The staff was very professional and very informational. They had activities."

"My sister moved to Forest Hills Commons. I think the people there are very sincere about taking care of seniors. The place is always nice and neat and clean. The food is good. We are a big family, so my sibs are very happy that she's close enough to us that we can go out there without a long haul around the city. The people there are very professional. The person there, I don't know if she's the director or whatever, but she is very charming. She is very connected to her workers and appears to be very kind and happy that people are there. They do have a lot of activities there. I know that they have people come in and play music. Sometimes when I get there, it's in the hallway, and the people are playing orchestral music and the pianos are being played, and it's lovely."

"My sister has been in Episcopal Church Home for a couple of months now. It's a very caring staff. Dr.Cornett is a supreme gerontologist. She's in a large two-person room. They don't stay in the rooms very much, but being a shared room, it's a lot more affordable and enough for her. She has dementia, so she really doesn't know much about where she is or what she's doing. She likes music, and they have a cat and a dog; she likes to see them and pet them. They have big windows where they can look outside and a nice flower garden. The location is very convenient. The grounds are well maintained. The food is OK. The desserts are really good. They do a good job with the facility. She's in a locked down Alzheimer's unit, so we don't see that much activity, but they have lots that the people can participate in. Episcopal Church around here comes very highly rated, especially Dr. Cornett; she's excellent."