The Best Independent Living Communities in Wood County, OH

"Our parents moved to Oakleaf Village in May of 2015. Mom enjoyed living there almost 4 years, and Dad over 5 years. He passed away in July 2020 of natural causes. We cannot say enough about this incredible Community. Our folks selected Oakleaf having visited friends there and noticing the vibrant Community. It's a unique, caring place filled with amazing staff. They took such great care of our folks. Even during the difficult days of the COVIC-19 pandemic when our Dad was declining (he did not have COVID), they treated our Dad (and us!) with the utmost kindness and respect. Our parents chose very well when they chose Oakleaf Village of Sylvania. Our entire family will forever be grateful for the excellent care, genuine compassion, and true friendship (lots of fun activities!) found at Oakleaf Village. I highly recommend this facility to you. I encourage you to visit and you will see the difference first-hand. "

At the Crescent, we’re more than simply a place to reside. We’re an all-inclusive community you can call home. Designed for active seniors, we’ll take care of all living expenses and more! Our pricing includes contemporary, self-contained apartments as well as all chef-prepared meals, daily activities, pampering services and beautiful common areas where you can build new friendships. Our restaurant tempts your palate with an ever-changing variety of chef-prepared meals available on a flexible schedule. No time to sit down and eat? We’ve got you covered with fresh and healthy grab-and-go options as well. There’s always something to do and fun people to do things with! Enjoy movie nights, your choice of two fitness centers and a full calendar of cultural and wellness activities both on and off campus.

"We went to Holiday Alexis Gardens. It was a very nice place to look at. The bedrooms were pretty good size. We could put my husband's exercise machine in the bedroom, which could make it nice. The living room was a bit small. They did not have a kitchenette. However, I could go down to their rec room. They have a small kitchen there where I could boil eggs and stuff like that. What I don't like is that there are three or four cupboards sitting in the living room-dining room area. Other than that, that place was kept up very nicely. The dining area was super. The nice thing about it was that, if you didn't want to have a meal down there, they had sandwiches and different things in the refrigerator off to the side of the dining room, and you could go and get that and take it back to your room. The staff who gave the tour was very good at answering questions. She told us so much about everything. She walked us around the whole building. They even have a pub in that place. My kids could come over and have a beer if they want it, and we could sit down there with them."

"Everything was very nice at The Commons. Everybody was very friendly, but I could not live there because my wife had passed away there. I had the tour before she passed. The staff was very, very friendly. Everything was very clean. They seemed to be on top of everything. The rooms and common areas were very clean. The studio ones were too small for me, though."

"My sister and I were very impressed with The Heritage Inn. We both had someone who was at that facility for some period of time, so we knew of it, and we knew it was very highly rated. We were just blown away by how wonderful and beautiful a home they provide for so many different people. The staff was very helpful, very comforting, and very wonderful. The whole experience was very good. The rooms were kind of open, like you have a good feeling of being able to breathe there. I know a lot of places they have very small bedrooms, and they are almost claustrophobic. Also they allow patients to bring some of their own furniture if they so wish. They encourage them to hang pictures on the wall. They were very homey. We had a meal at The Heritage Inn, and it was very nice and very delicious. They have a dietitian on staff who can take care of certain diets that must be kept. Food all tasted good. The one thing that was a negative about this place was that they do not take Medicaid patients, and that was important to us. "

"My mom has been in Swan Creek for approximately 8 months. We couldn't be happier with the facility and the staff. Mom has been so happy and really loves the activities."

"I love the whole community of Genacross Lutheran Services - Wolf Creek Campus. I love the manager, and everyone is very nice and very friendly. They are always taking care of my brother. They are helpful, very kind, and warm. It is very good because it feels like a home. It's a beautiful community. The location is good, as well as what they offer. Their apartments are clean and in good condition. They have bingo, crafts, exercises, and a church (which is something that's important for us). They have all types of amenities. It's a perfect place."

"Reynolds Senior Village was a manufactured home community. It was handicapped-accessible. It was more like a rented home. It was nice because the rent was not that expensive, but they didn't have a nurse on call. It had stairs. The only good thing about it was that it was an open community where you could stand outside and have your own space. I spoke to the staff several times over the phone, and when I came in, she knew exactly who I was. She showed me around, and she was accommodating. No meals are included. The facility was clean."

"My mother lives in The Woodlands at Sunset House. She is in a two-bedroom, two-bath home with fireplace and cathedral ceilings. It is gorgeous. It's 2100 square feet and way more than she needs. They provide breakfast and dinner. There's a hairdresser on site while they bring in bookmobiles and local banks. They provide transportation to grocery stores every week and to and from doctor's appointments. My mother loves the food. The staff is wonderful and very helpful. There is a low turnover, with the exception of the young people that work in the dining room in the evenings since a lot of them are college students. The core staff is the same all the time. It is the most expensive in our community, but they do a good job. They have an activities director and they have movies twice a week, they bring in musicians, hold a cocktail hour every other Friday night, and trips to local restaurants or the theater. Pets are allowed, as many as you would like, as long as you are capable of taking care of them."

"I toured Kingston Residence of Sylvania. They have somebody right there at the desk, and they are more than happy to help. Everybody seemed more at ease and peaceful. The rooms were very nice. The security and just the overall was very reassuring."

"The Lakes of Sylvania is excellent and I like the staff's availability. The rooms were great, they're one of the few places where rooms were furnished. The dining area was very clean, nice and open. They had a ton of activities which is one of the things I like about it. They have people doing different kinds of things, like they have exercise and bingo available. What appealed to me was that if my dad wanted to do something there's something he can do with a group. Every day they also had a bus that goes offsite, like going to the grocery store of if you want to get out you'd be able to. I worked with Madison, and she was fabulous. So in comparison to other places I have visited, this place is way ahead."

"I moved to Luther Haus, and so far I am very pleased. They're all nice and caring people. If they have a maintenance problem they take care of it right away. The atmosphere is very nice here. The staff is very friendly. They have activities in the community room, and the residents get together on their own. They have puzzle rooms and a lounge room where you can just sit and talk. I have seen other places that were quite a bit less expensive but this one has more to offer. It's all one level, and if you have a patio and everything like that, I assume that brings the cost up."

"My sister-in-law has moved into Otterbein SeniorLife Sunset Village. It was the only one that had the amenities that we were looking for. We were looking for assisted living that went into skilled nursing care at the same facility, and they had to revert from private pay to Medicaid, and it was the only one out of all the facilities that we looked at that would do that. Also, they took her because she had already been their patient in Monclova. It was very nice. It has independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing, and so it's all right there in one place, and it was good for that. They have a very nice campus. They have walking trails. Each separate offering is really on the same campus. In other words, independent living is separate from assisted living, and assisted living is separate from skilled nursing. My sister-in-law's room is a studio apartment. It has a bed area. There's space for sitting so she can sit, look out the window or talk on the phone or something. There is a kitchen area, and I use the term loosely because it has a half refrigerator, a sink, and a microwave. There are no other heating units in there, which is good for safety purposes. They have a dining room. They have a faux post office, if you will, where the residents could buy stamps and they had the mailboxes there and everything. They have an activity room that has a full kitchen and that is available for the residents if they want to bake a cake or something. At the end of each hall, they have a sitting area that is like a living room, and that is in addition to the lobby area. They have what they call ice cream social at least three times a week, and that is like a little café where they offer desserts. They have a laundry room on each floor that the residents can use to do their laundry, and there is no charge for that. The washing machines are free. We met the maintenance people, one of the nursing staff, and one of the activity people. We met a fair amount of them. They were good with the residents. I haven't participated in any activities, but they have two or more a day and they have outings where they can take the residents out."

"They really didn’t want to move in Fremont and the Bethany Place where we first visited in March; they had a three to six months waiting list, and so we put them on both waiting list for assisted and independent living. We thought that we are going to go with assisted living. We compared both prices between assisted and independent living. They are still on the waiting list for a 2-bedroom. They had friends living there too, and that’s where they wanted to go. The facility has bingo. They are Catholic, so every Monday they have a community service, and Thursday they have rosary. They have movies and cards. The food is very good; if they don’t like what they are having, they have an alternate. They made completely everything from scratch. There are no preservatives, they have an ice cream anytime they want, and they have a soup anytime they want. "