The Best Independent Living Communities in Warren County, OH

"I toured Beehive Homes of Liberty Township. I liked the fact that they were small-scale. I felt like if I'd been there I could have gotten more one-on-one and more personal attention. It was a very clean facility. The staff was very caring. I have no experience with them, but just from what I observed, they seemed nice and caring."

"Silverfern Cincinnati North was clean and nice. The staffing was pleasant. The activities were phenomenal. They have so many things for the seniors to do. It was very impressive. Even with family engagement, they have a special room for the kids to play, which I thought was great. There's a fantastic place for them to play. You could have your seniors and your kids in one place and have that interaction. You could give time and attention to the seniors, so that was very impressive. I like the apartments more than the ones that we have at the other place because it is a little larger."

"My wife is in the memory care unit of StoryPoint Fairfield. She went in there in the middle of March, and after about eight weeks, she says, "I never dreamt we'd ever have such a nice place." I thought that kind of summarized it. It sure put me at ease about putting her in care because I was taking care of her here at home, but it just got so bad that I couldn't do it anymore. The staff is very good, very caring and very cooperative. They want to help us and I can't ask for better care. They get them up for breakfast. They go to a dining room and eat all their meals. They've got a lounge area where there's a TV and an aquarium, and there are other sitting areas and stuff that they can spend time in. The room is very roomy and has a nice shower and everything. I couldn't ask for anything better. They have very good activities. They have entertainers come in and there are singers with music, some of them play the piano and sing, some of them got keyboards and instrumentation. She enjoys the music and it really stimulates her. I've never eaten there, but from what I've seen and what my wife has told me, I'd say the food is excellent. She never complains about her food. The staff tells me she eats very well."

"I visited the independent living community of The Summit of Blue Ash, and I liked it a lot. It's just that their 1-bedroom with a den is not really a 1-bedroom with a den. It was more of a 1-bedroom with a small corner that you could do something in. It wasn't even a room, but just like a larger closet. My siblings are literally down the road from where the facility is, so it's convenient for all of them. I like that it's centrally located. The facility is brand-new, so it's nice inside. Meals are all included, but they have a full-size kitchen in the rooms. They also have room for a dining room table and a living room area. I would prefer to have their 2-bedroom apartment because I want an office that is also a sewing room, so that's what I need the second bedroom for. If my kids also come, I have a second bed that they can sleep in. Even though the facility provides an apartment-type thing that they could stay in, that's on a first-come, first-served basis, so if somebody else has it reserved at the same time, then one would get it, and one would not."

"My aunt almost lived at Mallard Cove Senior Living. It was a nice facility. It provided three meals a day whereas some of the other ones only did one or two. She looked at available apartments there whereas some of the other facilities only showed us, models. She looked at three apartments there. The apartment she looked at actually had laundry in the room, which was a perk. The one thing that I liked about this facility compared to the other facilities was that, should her level of care increase and should she need assisted living, she would not have had to move apartments, she would just have to change rooms. The only thing that held them back, is they only had a balcony, and she wanted a patio. She had put money down to move in there and then changed her mind and moved into another facility instead mainly because of the patio. They provided three meals a day and they had a lot of different things that they did there in terms of happy hour and bingo. The staff was friendly. When we walked in, everybody was nice. It's a nice facility."

"I toured Seasons. I felt like I was in a country club. You walk in and there's this huge atrium that goes up how many stories. Everybody was very well dressed. I felt like it was kind of a country club community, but very nice and very new. Wow! The only problem with it was that they did not have any two-bedroom units available. We could not even see a two-bedroom unit. We didn't get a feel for what the two-bedroom would have been like, although I saw the floor plan and I liked it, but it wasn't available. But it's gorgeous. It's beautiful. The place was spotless and immaculate. Everything was new."

"We visited the assisted living facility of The Wellington at Dayton a couple of years ago. It just seemed like a really nice place to be, and the price was right, and all of the services they provided were just what my parents would need. The staff members were very friendly and helpful. Everything in the facility was clean, and it was nice."

"I am a resident of Pinebrook of Milford. My experience has been very positive. I have a lovely apartment. It meets all my needs. It's close to the elevator, close to the laundry room, and I have a balcony. In the kitchen area I have a refrigerator and a stove. Our rent is not only for our apartment, we have housekeeping every other week in independent living. I do my own laundry. That's why I'm so glad the laundry room is close to me. You may cook in independent living if you wish to, but we have three meals a day. I choose to go to the dining room. I think the food is good and it's good socialization. There is a community life committee, and we get an activities calendar at the beginning of a month. There's something going on every day. Once a week, we have the option to sign up to go out to lunch to a restaurant in the Cincinnati area. We have a craft afternoon on Mondays. There's bingo, a singing group, a trivia group, and a book club. There's a retention pond in the back which has a fence around, but you can walk around the entire building. It's a good walking path. Outside of the dining room, there is a patio area with chairs and tables. People sit out in the chairs along the sidewalk in the front. There is transportation to doctor's offices and whatever. On a daily basis there are two drivers and they're kept busy all day long. We've had a lot of change in staff, so that's really difficult. We have a fairly new director. I'm very happy with Pinebrook. I have no complaints whatsoever. I find the staff very friendly. I personally think there needs to be a little more staff, like housekeepers, maintenance, or whatever. Personally, I haven't had any problems getting things accomplished. My mother lived in another facility and I think Pinebrook is almost as good as the other facility that my mom was in. I'm very pleased."

"We visited the independent living community of The Waterford at Fairfield. They had several different apartment sizes, and they rate them as small, medium, and large. For instance, they had a studio apartment that had small, medium, and large sizes. The small would be 384 square feet, the large would be 437 square feet, and so on. The 2-bedroom large apartment, and I'm assuming that's their 2-bedroom with two baths, is 938 square feet, I think. This facility was the cheapest of the ones that I have visited. They also provide 3 meals a day. I liked them. What they do there is kind of unique. I think it's once a month, they have a week where they do different countries. The one that they had the week that we were there was German week. That meant you got to taste all the types of food that you will get in Germany. During the tour, they gave my brother and me a box, and it had two different cookies. They were delicious. Everything looked clean to me."

"Traditions at Camargo was a lovely community. The people were very personable and very helpful. The facility was excellent, and it looked great. The apartments looked very nice, very roomy, and very clean, and I think that it would probably be a good place to live. It had a refrigerator, a microwave, and a dishwasher. The dining area was beautiful. I met the chef and he seemed very nice. I liked the fact that they open at 7 in the morning and they close at 6, but you could go down there any time in between and get something to eat. They also had a place where you could get coffee, juice, and snacks at any time. The staff who assisted me with the tour was very lovely and very personable. The ones that I met were very helpful and concerned about how I was being treated."

"The people at Brookdale Kettering and everyone we met there were nice, and the price is good. The rooms are really nice because you can eat in them, and they have a porch that's screened-in where you can sit and enjoy. They will also take my puppy, which is nice. The people who live there and the people who work there are nice. The dining area looked clean to me. The gentleman who did the tour and the people we walked with were nice. They explained everything and showed us everything."

"Evergreen Retirement Community was amazing. I got a chance to meet some of the occupants there. They have one area that has a stone wall. The facility is old. It was just a beautiful area. Everything was in place. They have a movie theater. You can have three meals, or you can call out and order meals if you want to. They have an exercise place and a place where you can go sit, drink your coffee, and enjoy the beautiful view. They have a garden where you can go and plant whatever you want to. The whole facility is just beautiful. They have walking spaces. They take great care of you. They have wellness checks, which I think is wonderful. They have little cottages sitting in different areas, and I love it. This is where I may be moving in. This was the best independent living facility I had ever seen."

"We toured The Kenwood by Senior Star. They were excellent. We had lunch there. It was delicious. It was a very beautiful place, you could see beautiful views of downtown. The people were extremely efficient. The gal who showed us around was extremely professional, efficient, knowledgeable, and very thorough. The rooms were very nice."

"We like Barrington of Oakley. It's very clean and updated with lots of social activities. It seems like they have a really good staff. They know everybody who lives there. The staff who showed us around was very knowledgeable. He's been there a long time. He knows all the residents by name. He knows everything about the facility. The tour was very detailed. They have a full kitchen, an outdoor patio area, and a barbecue firepit, that type of thing."