The Best Independent Living Communities in Cleveland County, OK

"We visited Lyndale Edmond. The lady that helped us was just a delight, she was just a sweetheart. We loved the area, there's a little pond there and the openness and all of that was just beautiful. The assisted living part was very nice, but the rooms were very small and my mom is just not to that point yet. We felt like the assisted part was more of nursing instead of assisted, but then the independent was very fun. It looked nice. But it was going to be a big elevator ride, and we chose the other place because there's not as much walking. But Lyndale was wonderful and any other family would just really enjoy it. The staff that toured us around was very professional and very knowledgeable. She answered any of our questions and even offered that if we did not go with them, to feel free to call her for any kind of help. In the assisted living rooms, there was a microwave and a small refrigerator. In the independent living, the room had a full kitchen and it was like an apartment."

"I’ve been living here for fourteen months. They have very good living quarters. I have a lovely apartment. I have a full kitchen, a washer and dryer, a nice big living room, bedroom, and a very large bathroom with a walk in closet and shower. The food is pretty good. The people are friendly. They’re very kind and nice. We have a room where you can do all kinds of exercises. There’s a music room with a great big television, and they show special movies there, tables where we play games, and an indoor post office. "

"This was written in early Sept., 2019 I have been an IL (Independent Living) resident since the facility opened in January 2017. The decorating is especially impressive. The IL Dining room makes the place. The IL activities director is full of energy and provides many activities. The courtesy car for those who don’t drive is excellent. By far the biggest, and for many IL residents the only, problem is with food and food service. No one is starving go death, but there is unhappiness. If you arrive at the end of dinnertime you may find the featured item is no longer available. Occasionally they are simply out of something they should NEVER be out of. Happily many items are still available. Normal accoutrements need to be requested and are often forgotten. Experienced residents learn, over time, what is prepared to their liking and what is not. Food service time routinely can be up to an hour in IL. The servers vary from excellent to the opposite. If the dining room were a restaurant, it is unlikely you would ever return. But then, who would go to any senior living facility specifically to eat! It is a great opportunity to show your sense of humor and enjoy your new friends! There is a lesser problem which bothers only some of us, and that is with the way information is conveyed (or not conveyed) to and among IL residents. The grapevine is active, but not all residents are in the vineyard, and the information gets distorted as it spreads. A bulletin board for use by residents was requested but it became a bulletin board for management, and it is located in a hall where few routinely go. Residents are allowed to post there, if approved by management, but that just doesn’t happen. Neither the food nor the information shortcomings are reasons for not joining us. Just be prepared for things being the way they are. Would they be any different somewhere else? It is a great place to be, for the price. "

"Mon Abri was a very nice place, but it was just more expensive than what I could afford. The staff was very nice and caring. They showed me some of the places. The apartments were very nice and roomy. "

"The Carlstone is new and the interior floor is beautiful and modern. It had a dedicated saferoom for tornadoes, which we wanted. It had ground-floor apartments that you could go outside. On their second floor, they had another living area space and their Pilates is up there. We didn't go in there because they were closed at the time. They had additional space on the second floor. There are second-floor apartments. They had an activities room, but they were not able to show it to me that day. They just had a New Year's party in the dining area. They still had glitter on the floor and people were walking around with funny hats on. The apartment was pretty classic and it seemed to be the model that everybody is using. You walk into a modified kitchen area with some kind of flooring and then you go a few feet into an open space that is your living area, then the bedroom and the bath. I am not a carpet person, and I know that's modern for my generation. When I see apartments that are carpeted like this, I'm a bit disappointed. I understand some people like it for falls and things like that, but I have allergies and I'm not very fond of carpets, so that's just a personal preference. It was pretty much the standard one-bedroom apartment, but I've gotten three calls from them that they have apartments available that met my needs. The one negative is they don't have a coffee shop that the other place has. You have to go to the "desk" which makes you feel like you're going to the nurses' desk at the hospital and that's where the coffeepot is. There's no gathering spot where you could sit and drink your coffee and read your paper or anything like that. You pick up your cup, you go someplace else. The exterior is stark. There is no exterior planting. The area where the doors open out to kind of a central courtyard is not gated and secure. Unfortunately, the neighborhood is right on the edge of a major intersection and the fairgrounds can be a high traffic area. To me, parts of it should be gated so that you can feel safe. The staff during the tour was excellent. They apologized that they did not have a lot on the list because they were so newly open and that they had not filled all their apartments because of COVID. They were kind of doing it very slowly, trying to keep everybody safe, so they did not have a whole lot of activities."

"The manager at Savannah House Senior Housing was very nice. She asked good questions like what you wanted to see, what you were looking for, or how much room you needed. We looked at a couple of apartments and the two bedrooms were very nicely put together. There was plenty of room. It was probably some of the coldest days when we visited, so they had maintenance going around. Even their elevator quit working. It was so cold they couldn't keep it going. She then showed me the meeting room and they have activities there. They didn't provide meals. They were set up just to provide activities and you could rent it out and everything. It was clean and well put together, so it would be a nice place to stay. The only thing was the elevator was outside. You had a shelter to walk in, but if it was raining and blowing or something, you would still get wet. Sometimes in Oklahoma, we get icy below-zero weather. So in the wintertime, it's kind of hard."

"I went to Savannah House of Norman II. They're also owned by Carlsbad. They're a senior apartment. They do not provide meals, but they have like a recreation room where they have parties and you could rent it if you had a family gathering or something, you could reserve it for that kind of thing. They were very nice. It was probably one of the coldest days we had here so far in Oklahoma. It was right around Christmas. Their elevator quit working because of the cold. It's an outside elevator. Their facility has outside walkways that are protected from rain coming straight down, but if you had anything blowing, you'd still get wet or whatever. But it was very nice. The people were extremely nice and helpful with information. I looked at a two-bedroom-one-bath, and it was nice and clean and well set up, but it was a little higher than what I wanted to pay. The staff who toured us was a lady and she was one of the leasing agents. She was very helpful. She gave me a lot of information. We saw two different apartments. One of them had been mislabeled. She thought it was a one-bedroom, and when we got there, we found out it was a two-bedroom. It was a very clean place. You could walk up and down the stairs or you could take the elevator. But the elevator was outside so you were in the elements. "

"We will move into The Grove. It was all excellent. They just finished building some new apartments, which we're going into. It's one story. I don't have to go upstairs. There's no one above me. They have a beautiful clubhouse that has a theater room. Everybody is active. They're always playing games, having parties, and having potlucks. We have met so many nice people. So far, everything has been wonderful. The staff has been great. Everything has just been nice, comfortable, and easy to do, and the only hard part is us packing up to move."

"I toured Rivermont Independent Living in person. It was really good, and the people there were really nice. It was clean, and I loved it. I thought the apartments were beautiful, they were certainly spacious, clean, and I thought they had plenty of room. I was impressed, they had a big closet, and a big kitchen. The staff was very, very kind, very nice, and very polite. I thought it was friendly, welcoming, and they seemed to have a lot of activities for the people, which I thought was good. They had some that were just for them, and some where they invited the family, like they have a Thanksgiving dinner that the family can come to. The facility was older, like the decorations are a little older; it certainly wasn't remodelled, it was aesthetically fine, but it certainly wasn't brand new."

"My dad is in an independent living center. He is at Southwest Mansions. It's very nice. They're very well organized and very friendly there. They're very caring with him. They're very conscientious about all of their customers. They pay attention to their needs, and they keep them happy. The food is very good. They have a cook there. The amenities are very good. They have little celebrations for holidays; the residents love those. The activity rooms are very spacious. The residents go in there and they participate in the different activities. They have puzzles, sewing, and different games for the men."

"It was very nice. The only thing there was they only had a very small room available at the time we were looking, and that was the only downfall. She wouldn’t have enough room there. But they do play cards, working puzzles, and Bible study. "

"I was looking for an independent place to live and I found Autumn House. They have every single thing in the world that I want. You have to be 62 years old, disabled or handicapped for you to get in here. When I moved in here, I have been told that this is probably the best retirement center in Oklahoma City. Physically, it is a well-manicured place. The building is very well-maintained. They have their rules but I agreed with basically all of them, so I don't have any problems with that. I like the freedom that this place gives me. I'm free to come and go. If you're off the grounds or out of your room, they just want a little tag put on your door so they'll know. This place is monitored 24 hours a day. If you don't live here or you don't know anyone that does, you don't get in. Their staff is also excellent. "

"We could not have chosen a more compassionate and caring memory care facility for our mother. She was comfortable, well cared for and we knew she was in good hands when we were not there. The nurses and caregivers became like family to our mother and to us. We will be forever thankful that God led us to Wellngton Parke. "

"My mother is at Arbor House of Midwest City. It's excellent. It's complete move-in ready. We had to provide furniture, but other than that everything was taken care of. The food is excellent. They have physical activities, mind games, socialization, church, bingo, and there's a library."