Independent Living Communities in Branson, MO

"I liked the amenities at The Castlewood Senior Living. They have a selection on the menu where you can pick what you want to eat. They have a gym if you want to use it. The staff were very nice. They gave us all the information we needed and showed us what they had. So, it was a good experience. They let us have lunch to eat and the food was really good."

"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."

"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."

"My grandmother moved to NorthPark Village. It's very cozy. I forget how many residents they said they had, but it was a small number, so I felt good that I knew they were going to give her the attention she needed, and they weren't, like, overpopulated or anything. It felt very comfortable, and the decorations were nice. It had that homey vibe, so I knew my grandma would enjoy it. The staff seem very friendly and super nice. I feel like they have a pretty close connection with their residents. I overheard one of them talking about taking one of the residents out for their birthday. So I think that they care about the people there. They do bingo pretty regularly and they said something about Wheel of Fortune. I know that they said once a week, that not everybody has to go, but that they would allow people to go on a trip to town, Walmart was pretty popular, but they usually took a poll to see where everyone wanted to go. They also said something about the library coming and they can borrow books. I have had a couple of lunches there with my grandma, and the food is really good. They said that they've had that chef for several years. I feel like they said it was in the teens that he's been there with them, but it seemed like good food. I was very comfortable leaving my grandma there."