Independent Living Communities in Massillon, OH

"Mom moved to Canton Regency. It is very nice. They've just remodeled the whole place. They have some nice grounds. The staff seems friendly. The people that live there are also friendly. They always have a whole schedule of activities for the residents. They have musicians come in, they play bingo, and they have movie nights. The food seems to be good. I've eaten it there a couple of times. There's a lot of food choices. You can have whatever they made for dinner or you can order special food."

The Waterford is a three-story 68-unit senior independent living apartment building located on the North Canton Campus of St Luke Lutheran Community in the heart of North Canton, Ohio. The Waterford address is 201 Holl rd. NE North Canton Ohio 44720. We are located close to shopping, swimming, YMCA, library, community buildings, city parks, walking paths. Our building features a number of different styles of one- and two-bedroom apartments. Our rents include dinner Monday-Saturday, and Brunch on Sunday. All utilities are included as well as basic cable and wireless internet and landline telephone. If you have had enough of the big house and yard work, you are not alone. Most of our residents wonder why it took them so long to make the move!

"My parents live in Danbury North Canton. The staff made time for us several different times because it was a hard decision. They invited us to a dinner and to some of the community activities so we could get a feel for what they did there, and what we were impressed with most was not just the cleanliness of the amenities, but how welcoming the staff were. They dropped what they were doing and made time for us, made us feel like we were already part of the community before we even moved in. When we did make our decision and it was time to move in, they had the room completely ready. They had it painted and carpets cleaned. They had dollies. They had everything we needed to move in. They mounted the TV on the wall for us and got my parents' TV hooked up to cable and internet. It is independent living, but they have a full staff and they do breakfast and dinner in the dining room. They have a one-bedroom apartment with a nice-sized bedroom. We have a queen-sized bed in there and a big window. It's got a great room, a couch and a La-Z-Boy recliner and it has a sliding glass door there where we get a lot of natural light. That goes into a very small dinette and the kitchen has a range, microwave and refrigerator as well as some cabinets. It seemed like they knew our names right away. They paired my parents up with another couple. They had kind of like a buddy system and that other couple made sure that they were able to navigate the dining room and the different activities. The staff made that all possible. Family is encouraged to join in the meals, so I've done breakfast and dinner with my parents. It's excellent. You can also go a la carte. Typically, there are eggs and bacon for breakfast and you can do French toast. If you wanted to get ham and cheese omelet, you can get it. They were having beef stroganoff and my wife's not a big fan of that, so they made her a Caesar salad. It looks very modern, new and clean. I was going around with my parents just a year ago looking at different facilities. I know there are higher priced ones that offer about the same and there are lesser priced ones that don't even come close. It's a bang for the buck. They have an outdoor patio and an outdoor walking area."

"I am living here in Sanctuary Grande in North Canton. There are a lot of activities. It's a very social place. Most everybody here is very friendly and we're basically all in the same shoes of giving up our home and many here are widows or widowers. The community is very good at supporting one another. It was a very good transition for me with the help from the staff and from the people that live here. Everything has gone very smoothly. There are always puzzles on every floor. There are a lot of celebrations here. We get balloons on our door on our birthday. For Mother's Day, they will call all the women into the bistro area and have a party and the same with Father's Day. They make us feel very loved and accepted as a family. The staff is excellent. We have Bible study in several different denominations. The rabbi comes, the Catholic representative comes, and the Protestant representative comes. We also have hospice care here. Several different agencies come for that. We have therapy here. It's not a group therapy session. It's handled one by one, like the therapist works with one person at a time. I've been involved in other nursing homes for my mother, my father, and my mother-in-law. This is topnotch compared to the other ones that I've been involved with. 99% of the time, they're very willing to talk to you about a concern. They go out of their way to keep us informed. We have activity sheets every day. We have a birthday list every day for the month. My only comment on the negative side would be most everybody in the facility does have health issues as far as diabetes and heart issues and I feel that the kitchen could need more help perhaps a dietitian. We have way too many carbs instead of more protein. I'm in independent living and they have assisted, which is another plus, because we don't have to move to a different room. They could increase the rent for that extra care and bring care to us. You don't have to pack up and move to another area. The dining situation is handled very nicely except for the wheelchair people. They have a button to push to get help, but we're understaffed when it comes to wheelchair pushers. So, some of these people will sit for 30 to 35 minutes, waiting to go to the restroom or back to their room. We have mealtimes, but it's several hours for each meal and we can pick off the menu. Most of the food is edible, but there are some things like the vegetables I feel are overcooked. They're very mushy. Sometimes, they'll say that's roasted, but it's actually black. You can't even eat it. We have servers, but we could use more because now we're eating more consolidated during these times of serving breakfast, lunch, or dinner and it's pretty busy for everybody to get order in and then serve. My husband came in and went right to memory care. He was evaluated by the director of nursing here. The memory care is in the same building, but there's a long hallway that disconnects independent from memory care. I cannot say enough good about memory care. They are constantly reminding them to go use the toilet. They change them and help them get changed. They scour them. They keep the beds clean as possible. I am very happy here. It's a very pleasant environment. The facility is excellent. There's a lot of equipment out as far as puzzles and games. We have a bistro, a pub, and TV areas where you can just go and sit with some other people. We have a library and a billiard room. There are a lot of things here and everything is very clean. They have different musicians come in and sing and play music, and everybody really enjoys that. They play bingo a lot. We have exercise classes and an exercise room. Everything here is very well maintained and everybody has access to all of it. For those who need their pills given to them or they need to be put in bed at night or they need their laundry done or some of these things, I know there are extra charges for that. This facility does not have Medicaid, so when your money runs out, you leave. Everything here is very good, but the food."

"Copley Place is not an assisted living facility; they're an independent living facility. We like it but mom has long-term care insurance and they can't do it because they're independent living. But it's a really nice facility, the people are nice, they didn't lock everybody down during COVID so the people living there were able to see family members and they just took extraordinary precautions. They were good about that, and they only had 2 residents and 2 employees come down with COVID but they're okay and had mild cases. They play bingo and they have nurses on staff. It's an older building; it's not new but it's very well-maintained."

"My brother moved into Brookdale Montrose. They had a very good follow-through, and they kept it while he was in the hospital awaiting placement. They came to see him, they had a nurse out there. They coordinated the transfer from the hospital to their home. They had the room ready, all the beds ready, I talked to the nurses out there. The transition went smoothly. We've been to see him every day in the last two weeks. He's out of bed in his wheelchair. He's making good progress as far as physically, and it's been very good. They do physical therapy through an instructor and a video on television. There are only like 15 people in the unit, and they have three people assigned to the unit around the clock. So it's very good care. Everything in the room is spotlessly clean every day. The laundry has been kept up, they have a very, very good system of doing the laundry, and the facility is very clean overall. We're very satisfied. They're planning a big St. Patrick's Day party, and they're very organized. They have a lot of games and stuff."