Independent Living Communities in Broken Arrow, OK

"University Village Retirement Community is the one I like the most. The residents and the people who work there are very nice. A fridge, a microwave, and a dishwasher are included in the apartment. You can bring whatever you have there. It's a kitchenette basically, and it's one of the smallest apartments. It's like 400 square feet or something like that. The price is okay because it includes heating and cooling, and basic cable TV. Meals are also included. They also have a little place where you can get a hamburger. It's open a little bit later than where you get your meal. They offer three meals a day. They're very courteous and didn't treat you like an old person. I'm 65, and some of the people there were elderly, but they treated them with the utmost respect. That's what I look for. I don't want to be treated like an old person. They have cottages. It all depends on what you want, but I'm not picky. They have independent living and assisted living in the same building. I get around pretty well, so I don't need assisted living."

"My mom is a resident of Asher Point Independent Living of Tulsa. I would like to live with her, but I can't. I don't think I can afford it. I've been there a couple of times, and I just go and eat lunch with her sometimes. It's good. It's a nice place. They're very good to her. I like it. She's only been there a little over a year or so, and the staff members are very nice. At first, I didn't care for the lady in the office. She was kind of snooty and acted like she didn't want to do anything. They had so many complaints about her that they got rid of her and put somebody else in there. The food is good. They have a lot of chairs that people can sit outside, but they were never kept clean. They were dusty and there were cobwebs on them. When it's nice, it's nice and warm to sit out and sit in their rockers. I love them because they're nice and big rockers. But they're taking better care of them now. So now the facilities are good. Regarding activities, they have somebody coming by and taking them to the store when they need to. It's not the Taj Mahal. It's nice and clean, but they need to do something about the meals. They need to put special or something different on the menu once in a while. If my mom needs anything, I go and take her. Once a month, they have a birthday party for whoever's birthday is in that month. They get to go down and eat cake and ice cream and talk to people. They're going to have a Halloween party down there, but my mom doesn't care for Halloween at all. She says it's a pagan holiday, and she doesn't go down there."

"My sister will move into Forest Hills Assisted & Independent Living. The best thing is the price. It was very clean, and everyone that we met was very nice. They had everything, a dining area, an outside area, and a gardening area. The staff was very nice and very helpful."

"My mother is in Cedarhurst of Woodland Hills. It's all independent living. It's very clean. They've got friendly front desk people or receptionists. They are very helpful like if she has the mail or a box or something that she can't get to her room, they're very helpful there at the front desk. They know her name when she comes down to eat. They always speak, "Good to see you," that type of thing. It's just very inviting. Her apartment is a one-bedroom, and it's fairly new. It's got a great kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite countertops. It's airy. It's got a big sliding glass door to go out on the balcony. She has her own washer dryer facility in there and a nice-sized bedroom with a closet. It's very convenient. She's very convenient to the elevator. It's not a long walk to anything. It's just very nice. It's well taken care of. They have activities going on all the time. The activity director is fabulous. She keeps them busy. They have games, and they have a Valentine's banquet-type thing in the dining room. Recently, she puts pictures on Facebook, so I can see if mom's there and she's always attending things. They do bingo. They have a piano in the dining room, they have people come in and give concerts, every Friday afternoon, they have cookies or cake or something with wine for the residents to enjoy and just sit around and socialize, and they have a choir. A man comes in and leads the choir for them. Every day, there's something on the calendar to do. We're very happy with it. The food is very good. I've eaten there several times when I'm visiting mom and they have a menu every day with different choices. She enjoys it. They have a cleaning crew on-staff that they do other things also, so it's not like a cleaning company that comes in and they're not the best at cleaning her apartment. The dining room and the lobby and everything else is very clean, shining, and smell good. They just don't do a whole lot in the individual apartment."

"I moved into Senior Star at Woodland Terrace. It is a very nice place. Everyone is very kind, very helpful, very patient, and professional, yet they make you feel like family. They have been outstanding. They try to accommodate everyone in the best way they can. Basically, the food is good. They try to deal with the residents' special dietary needs. They have games, dominoes, puzzles, coloring, painting, quilting, crocheting, exercises, and religious services. They have people that come in and sing. They take the residents on outings or to the grocery store. My apartment is clean, painted, and it has a wood floor. I cannot reach any cabinet in the kitchen area, but they've tried to accommodate me by getting me something else, and it's coming along just fine. They've had to do a few little things in the restroom, putting up another bar or so, and putting something there for me to hang on to for the tub, getting in and out. They try their best to help everyone here."

"I moved to the Country Club At Woodland Hills. This is a nice place. They have wonderful food and wonderful staff and it's very cozy. So I'm glad I chose it. They have a lot of outings. We went to a Japanese restaurant yesterday. They have activities here all the time, like bingo. The list is endless of stuff they do around here activity-wise, very active community. I'm very comfortable. They have one bedroom and two bedrooms. They're nice rooms. The staff are all so friendly and caring, and they go way out of their way to take care of you. They have a chef here to die for. She's very creative and changes the menu every day. Never have the same thing, and it's quality food. It's great. As for the value, it's very good for the price."

"Woodland Manor Apartment Homes is a 55+. It was not quite what I was looking for, but it was nice. They only showed us one apartment, and it wouldn't accommodate some of my things. It's just right in town and in a commercial area. The staff was pleasant and helpful. They don't have meals. It's just apartments."

"Great neighbors. A friendly place with good care. Attractive decor. Nice campus."

"I toured Autumn Park. I chose it because it's close to my son. The lady that we spoke with was very nice and very helpful. They said that they serve one meal a day. The facility is old, and that's why they're revamping it. They had a big dining room, which is where you walk in when you go there. The only bad thing about them is that they only have two-bedroom apartments in each building, and I got the last one in that building."

"I toured the 5400 South Apartments in Tulsa, and it was fine. I like the place very much. The community center was not open, so I did not see that. It is a very nice place and very well maintained. The staff were very friendly. The one who accompanied me was very helpful."

"My mother was in Covenant Living of Bixby. She was there for a while and they told us that she needed more care. We had already started looking for a place to move her to, and she got sick. They were only assisted living and they did a very poor job of monitoring her health. She had edema. I even had a doctor write a prescription out for extra diuretics so that when her legs swelled up they would give her extra diuretics, but she would always end up in the hospital because they didn't monitor her very well. She got skin infections because her legs would swell up so much that her skin would break, and she got infections in her sores. As far as the care that she got, it wasn't very good. She liked it there a lot, but then the pandemic happened where she was quarantined and isolated, she couldn't see friends, she couldn't see her family, and my sister died of a brain tumor, and that was very hard on her. The facility is very good, the rooms are really nice, it's a fairly new place, it's just the nursing care. Her medications were always a problem. She did not like to participate in a lot of the activities, but five days a week they would have card games, they would have fashion shows, ice cream socials, 4th of July parties, and Christmas parties. She liked the people there, she liked the facility, and she really liked her apartment. She had made friends there, she really thrived there until the pandemic."

"Someone told me about the Park Village Retirement Community, so I looked it up and went there. I visited on a Saturday and it didn't seem like they had so much activity on their agenda. There wasn't much friendliness or camaraderie. They should have more activities planned, so residents could intermingle with each other. One woman was home and she let me look into her apartment. It was very small and more like a studio because you had to walk through the bedroom to get into the bathroom. I'd have to sell my refrigerator and dryer, which means I'd have to spend money every week on doing my laundry. And I'd have to give up so much if I were to move in there. The good thing about it though is that I don't have to worry about my house or cutting the grass and stuff like that. "

"My mom was at The Villages at Southern Hills. The food was better there. The upkeep of the facilities was a little better, too. However, I didn't feel like she got better care. They were professional, but they didn't particularly establish any relationships. Where she is now, they treat her like she's part of the family. They are like caring for a family member, and there's a difference there. The therapies my mom received were excellent. The room was nice. It was a nice double-occupancy room. It was a little more difficult for her to come in right from surgery having a roommate, but that's not the room's fault or the facility's fault. She had heart surgery, and her roommate wasn't the quietest person she could be. The roommate liked to have the television on very loud all the time, day and night. My mom did activities there. She's a real people person, so she's seeking that out right away. There was a Bible study. Food was exceptional. The staff members were professional and nice, but it wasn't as warm and personable. For many of them, it was a job. The facility itself was clean. The furniture was newer and well-maintained. We were very happy with them, and I would have been very happy to have my mom stay there when she needed long-term care, but they did not have any Medicare beds. I have a very close friend that was in and out of The Villages at Southern Hills three times in the last three years and had a very positive experience every time. In fact, that's part of why we asked to go there after my mother had heart surgery. "

"Wow. We are so appreciative of how the amazing Scandia staff is so actively involved in the Life, Health and Wellness of it's residence. We love the Seniors and their zest for life. The staff pampers them with cruise ship like services and we love enhancing the lives of seniors with reflexology massages. It's retirement done right."