Independent Living Communities in Chagrin Falls, OH

"I looked an empty apartment here, and the lady who assisted me said she had already rented it to someone but said she would put me on the waiting list. They had an assisted living and a nursing home. The attendants were nice to me, and the workers seemed to be alright. The apartment she showed me was an older apartment, but it was clean and freshly painted. They have a beautiful dining room downstairs. She said if I had a government apartment that I would have to buy my own food and when the bus went to the grocery store, I would be able to get on it. They have technicians to help you in the training room for your exercises. They go on field trips 2 or 3 times a month. They had a community room, and they were playing cards; some people were reading. It was nice and clean. Everybody was required to have one meal a day in the dining room."

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"The facility is very professionally run. It was quiet and orderly when I toured it. It was close to home for my brothers and nieces and nephews to continue to visit on a regular basis. The price was all inclusive, which made it easier to figure financing."

"The staff at Richmond Heights Place was lovely. They greeted me in the lobby and asked me who I wanted to see, and then asked me to have a seat. The atmosphere of the place was so beautiful, just sitting in the lobby and looking out the window. One side of it was closed in like a patio. When I started the tour, I saw the entire facility and it was beautiful. The only thing about it was I would have to supply my furniture. I saw the residents doing crafts and some were playing bingo. And when it was time to eat, the dining room doors opened and everybody was in line. The dining room was beautiful. It was immaculate. If I had the funds, that's where I would want to go."

"Vitalia Highland Heights is a brand-new facility. They just opened. I was very impressed with the independent living quarters that they offered. There were two spaces available. There are two bedrooms with a nice large living area and a kitchen that has everything. I know that if I wanted to, I could cook and bake there. There's a seating area in the kitchen. You don't have to have a dining room table, but it's big enough that you could have people sit down there on both sides. You could probably get maybe 4 or 5 people sitting in this area. They have beautiful two bathrooms that are bigger than what I'm living in right now. They have a washer and dryer, which is very important to me. The price is OK. I think they want $4005 or somewhere around there, maybe close to $5000 a month. They offer a lot of bus trips and typical things. They have a pool. They have everything. They have invited me twice now to come for lunch and their food is excellent. If you have a car, they have a covered parking area and that's $75 a month. That's high, and all it does is that there's a parking area where everybody parked right next to each other. You just have a roof over the outdoors. It's not an enclosed garage."

"We're living here. The appearance is very nice, and the layout is very convenient. The food is good, my wife is playing Scrabble right now, and I have played bingo. The facility has nice surroundings, the staff is very accommodating, and is very nice and helpful."

"We visited The Winfield at Richmond Heights. I liked everything about it. That's one of my sister's choices. They showed me two types of apartments. The staff gave me the calendar for the activities. I met the chef, which was not planned, but he was near where I was. He said the food was good and we started laughing. It's a very clean facility. The structure of the building was very good. I like the layout of the rooms. I like the space. The closets were good with enough space for everything. The bathroom was big, too. The dining area was like a restaurant. They have a bar area and you can have two drinks per person. They will offer that to all the independent living people."

"My mother was in Hilltop Village. She's been there almost three years. It's beautiful, and we had no major issues. She didn't participate in a lot of things, but they did a lot with the seniors. They took them shopping, they scheduled doctor's stuff, they had bingo, they had live bands that came in, they had birthday celebrations of the month, and you got to have two guests. Their food at the events was better than on a daily basis."

"The rooms were of good size. I liked the size of the rooms, although my sister's in a two-bedroom, so she would prefer that, I'm sure. The rooms I saw were pretty much empty, so it's kind of hard to see what they'd be like when they're full of items, but they were very pleasant and roomy, and I liked them all. I know I didn't see anything I didn't like. The staff was very nice, very friendly, had a lot of information, and answered all my questions. They spent a lot of time talking to me. It went well. They showed me the dining area, and they gave me a treat. It was landscaped very nicely, and everything was very clean inside."

"The tour we had at Vitalia Rockside - Active Adult Community was very nice. The young lady that I worked with was so sweet. She made me feel comfortable. I had some questions that she said she would look into for me and she also told me, "You can come here and join us for things. If you want, I'll send you a calendar when things go on and you could come and join us." I thought that was nice. It's modern. They didn't have a lobby or a place where people could go outside of their rooms. All they had in the middle of it that I saw was their dining area. There weren't a lot of rooms like seating rooms and things like a lot of them have. They said there was a library on another floor, but I didn't see it. The food was awesome. They offered me lunch. The menus were very good. I had an omelet and it was very good. They have a bakery and things, restaurant style, where you can just go and get something all day whenever you want. The chef is good. They gave me strawberries, and they were fresh and so good."

"We went to Vitalia Mentor for a tour. It is beautiful. However, we are the first generation of not being blue collar. We are kind of in the middle of the middle class, and the Vitalia Mentor was a little bit snooty. It just felt like you didn't want to touch anything. It was set up beautifully. They emphasized that they had food available all the time. But, it didn't feel like my mom, who grew up on a farm, was going to fit in there. Nevertheless, I could see friends of mine bringing their parents to live there in a heartbeat. It's very nice. It is just not suitable for Mom. The building is only three years old, but it is not homey. The lady who did the tour was very friendly and very nice. She listened to Mom really well. We only saw one apartment because I don't think there were any empty units. There is also no place to sit outside there for the residents. The amenities were the same. They had a big theater set up to watch movies, which was nice. A laundry room is available, like the other place. They have a small gym. The staff didn't really say too much about the activities, which is one of the main reasons we want to move my mom where she is around other people. However, there were more people in the hallways and residents to say hello to or that kind of thing at Vitalia Mentor than there were at the other place. They have a whole kitchen thing available with all kinds of food, and it's like being at home. The room was considerably smaller than the other place, and maybe that was because somebody was living there; it wasn't just staged, and so therefore he had more stuff in there, so that could be. It turns out that they were also out of our price range. The staff member who gave the tour was pretty tuned in; she did a good job."

"Parker Place was very nice but it was also very pricey. They have three cooked meals a day in the dining room, a cleaning service, a bed change service, rides to the doctors and stores, outings to casinos, and Bingo nights. They have a lot going on."

"I liked Vitalia Senior Residences at Stow because it didn't seem like a senior home. It didn't seem like it was for someone who was needy and needs a lot of attention, it's more independent. Everything looked good to me. What I love is the pool and I love their courtyard. I also have grandchildren who would love playing bocce ball there. I love the way it's more independent, so you can go any time you want. You don't have people bringing you food at a certain time and you have to be there between certain hours. Those are the main things. It's like your apartment, not a small room. It would be like my condo, people can come in and visit and it's big enough."

"My aunt moved to Vista Springs in Painesville. She's only been there for a little bit so she's under quarantine, and other than being advised that this is a great place by the hospital, I really don't know much about it. I was very, very impressed with the management style, and my aunt absolutely loves her studio apartment. We set it up just like her bedroom at her son's house. She's in assisted living, she's 96, but able to function on her own. She doesn't prepare meals, but it's not a nursing home. I visited the facility prior to her move in and it was very clean, appealing to the public eye, and the staff seemed to be very caring. I would highly recommend this to anybody. I have not seen any activities during my visit because this is prior to my aunt being placed there. You can basically look at it online, so I did more of checking online than in person. They had activities before COVID, but they follow the COVID rule as far as masks, social distancing, and testing. She tested negative when she moved there, but they're kept under quarantine anyway because she moved from a rehab facility to Vista Springs and she had COVID before she went to rehab from the hospital."