Independent Living Communities in Rochester, NY

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"Seneca Towers is fine and I like the privacy they offer. However, before I moved in, I told them I don't want a place over sixth floor because that's the limit of the fire department ladder, but still they put me on the 20th floor. Their elevators are small and it would take 10 minutes to go 20 floors. I have to do my laundry at 4:30 in the morning because that is the only time I can make use of the elevator. It is during this time that there were less people using it. The neighborhood surrounding Seneca Towers is terrible. It is almost like an inner city environment. I'm not happy with it at all. "

"Brickstone at St Johns is very nice. It's a smaller community. They're more intimate. They're more of a family-oriented community as opposed to a facility that is high rise and has 100 or more persons living in their apartments. Each apartment is differently designed. Some of them are two bedrooms, and some of them are three-bedroom-two baths. They also have single-family villas with fireplaces and things like that. It's a completely different environment. They have more of the apartment living concept and they also have a single villa, which is first-floor single ranch-style living. The staff is very nice. They're very professional and very attentive. It's more on a very close-knit family orientation between the residents and the staff."

"We chose St John's Meadows because that is the one she liked the best. It was her decision because it what she wanted. She likes it there. They make a lot for her to do, and she likes the food. I really believe it is really nice. She likes that the apartment is nice too. It is a nice layout, and there is a lot for her to do so she can't get bored. I like their socialization. "

"Valley Manor is excellent. Our friends live there, and they're very happy, and that's why we looked there. It has different sizes of apartments that one can go into and that was a good thing for us because we'd like something a little larger when we're ready. We particularly liked the three-bedroom ones, and we liked that it's still within the community we have lived in for 40 years. We like that it's accessible to lots of cultural things and it's very walkable. It's an older facility, and yet they've done a nice job of keeping things in good repair and doing upgrades on balconies and such things. I liked that it has balconies that you can open up to the outside. You can be outside without leaving your private space. The staff was incredible. They were so good at remembering names and at highlighting the residents' accomplishments. One of the people I know from my church lives there. He just turned 90 and they did a big acknowledgment of him at the Eastman Theater and lots of the residents came to acknowledge him as well. I'm sure there were a lot of people who work there that were there, but one of them who was involved in admissions recognized me, knew my name, and I didn't even remember her name. I remembered her, but not her name. They are extremely good at meeting the needs of the residents and seeing the residents as complete people, including their past and their past accomplishments in their life, which I think is valuable when one is older and maybe not as capable. We have eaten there a couple of times and it's just fine. It's not outstanding, but it's been the pandemic, so it's been very hard to hire people. It has very thick concrete walls, so it's very quiet and it's easy to regulate the temperature in one's apartment. All the rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows or sliding doors out to balconies, so they're light and airy and pleasant to be in the apartments. The general area is very nice, too. The people there seemed very happy."

"I first visited St. Ann's Community at Chapel Oaks with a friend of mine who was also looking to move in there. I liked it a lot. What I really liked was the choice of floor plans for the apartments. I saw the whole facility. One thing that they had that the other community did not have was an indoor pool. I do water aerobics, so that was a factor for me. The woman who showed me around was very informative. She answered all my questions. She showed me all the amenities and a couple of apartments with different floor plans. The place was very clean and very inviting. I also liked their kitchens more. They were all stainless and much nicer."

"We chose the Legacy at Clover Blossom for my mother. It seemed great. My grandma already lives there, so my mom is going move in next month, and she's really looking forward to it. It's very good, clean, friendly, efficient, and inviting. They have yoga, and there is a movie club, a walking club, and a book club. Normally, but not right now, there is live music."

"My mom lives here right now. They are great and seem very nice, very helpful, and patient with her. When my father was there, they have to have lots of different aides and staff come in. Mom was having a day where she didn’t want to leave him, so they brought meals to her one-bedroom apartment. They are very good. Mom is very comfortable but feels very lonely and lost without Dad at this point. They have all sorts of activities, like music, different game nights, and entertainment around the holidays. They have everything, like a beauty shop and barber shop right there, which made it very easy when Mom and Dad gave up driving. It worked out very well. I would highly recommend them. It comes with everything they need. They can get rides in taxis when they want to take little trips and get a few things, like chips or cookies. The grounds are beautiful. The apartments are really nice; it’s a very comfortable facility and doesn’t make you feel like you’re in a care facility of any sort. It’s very nice."

"On our second visit, we were able to view an apartment. They are not small in our estimation, but nice and cozy. Residents so warm and welcoming, staff is very kind, knowledgeable and helpful. Lots of livivg and storage space. Looking forward to living here!"

"The Villages at Unity is a beautiful community but expensive. I would have liked my uncle to stay there, but he can't afford it. The meals are wonderful. "

"The people here at Beatrice Place are extremely nice. They have a lot of activities. They give you a monthly calendar, which I have. This Friday at 5:00, they will have a potluck dinner where you're supposed to bring food to share. If you have a doctor's appointment, you have to give them ample time to set it up so that someone can take you. They provide internet, TV service, and Wi-Fi. They have an in-unit washer-dryer combo, which they had to replace mine because it wasn't working. There's a lot of stuff that they do. The people are very friendly and very nice. Their maintenance man is a sweetheart. The day I moved in, he helped me move a lot of things into the apartment because at the time, I was renting a car, and I was going back and forth to the house I had just sold. The place is beautiful. Because I'm a new resident, they're giving me a meal for nothing in about a week or two because they showed me the menu, and most of the stuff came with pasta and I eat gluten-free so I couldn't order anything that had pasta, but once a week you can order stuff yourself. They also have an exercise room. The one woman who's up in the front office there is Julie, and she is a very nice lady. Today, they do chair yoga, and then at 1:00, they have cardio drumming. They were doing that the day I moved in and it looked very interesting. At 3:15, they do the rosary at the chapel. They do pool at 1:00 on Thursdays and they do Pokeno on Wednesdays. They have a knitting club and the new residents would get a free hand-knitted lap blanket. It's like a two-tone green and that's one of my favorite colors. They have four things going on in a day. They have a shuffleboard right outside my room, too."

"Cloverwood Senior Living's apartments are very upscale. The place is luxurious, beautiful, and well-decorated. They have a common room, a game room, and an eating area. The library that they have there is beautiful. I would go there in a minute if I could. All of that was nice. It's like a classy hotel. My friend lives in Cloverwood. They have an outdoor space, but I only saw it through a window, I didn't go out there."

"Villa Capri Senior Apartments was very nice and modern. The drawback for my mother was that they had shared laundry facilities, and she didn't like that. They had too long hallways. It was a very nice place, but it just wasn't for my mom. They have a community room and an outdoor patio with grills and stuff like that. The staff who toured us was very nice. The facility was very clean and well decorated. They have an elevator."

"My aunt is at VillageWood (Legacy at Village Wood). The people there are nice and the facility is priced reasonably. They have everything, but she doesn’t participate in any of the activities, like bingo, manicure day, and trivia night. I definitely recommend this place. "