Independent Living Communities in Grapevine, TX

"I love my apartment and the activities are fun. I am healthier and more in shape since moving in.theykeepme active"

"My mom is going to The Conservatory at Keller Town Center. It's a beautiful place, and the average age there is probably mid-80s. There's a lot for them to do if they choose to. Everybody seems very friendly, warm, and helpful. Most of the residents have to be vaccinated. If you're a visitor, you'd have to put a mask on and get your temperature taken."

"I'm a resident of The Remington at Valley Ranch. I've been here eight years. I've had no complaints whatsoever. It met all the needs that I've had. I moved in with my husband, and he lived here two-and-a-half years before he passed away. We came here so that when one of us did pass away, we would not be moving other than maybe go into a smaller apartment and that we could stay and continue our life here. I had no complaints with anyone in the eight years that I have been here. I've gotten along with everyone. When my husband passed, they could not have been any nicer to me. They told me if I wanted to have dinner for my family here that I could have it in the cafeteria at the day that we had the funeral service. They said, "We will not provide the dinner but we'll provide a place for you to have it," which was fine. They went all out to help me when he passed away. I'm very satisfied with everyone here. The food is excellent. If there's something that I don't particularly like that day, I can go to an alternative menu and get something else. Maintenance and housekeeping are excellent. I can get help with things that I can no longer accomplish. There are enough activities for me and I feel safe here and I feel like I'm taken care of here. It meets my needs. I think this is the best place for me to be."

"I toured Pinewood Hills. I liked the three meals a day, but parking is going to be the worst. Kathleen answered all my questions about laundry. They have bingo, there's cards, and a workout room. They have a library and a movie room. They gave me a menu of what is available, and if you don't want something, you can always get something else, which is good. They showed me a large efficiency room they're keeping for me until Monday. It's fully furnished, but they don't have a stove or an oven, you get a refrigerator and a counter."

"The property and the staff are wonderful! My gram is so happy there now. New management is dedicated, and fun and has really improved the property. Gram loves her home! Thanks Lewisville Estates! "

"I moved into Morada Meadow Lakes. So far, there's nothing that I don't like. Everything is fine. I like having three meals a day, and I like having somebody clean my apartment once a week. Those are the things that I need in my life. They have a beauty shop, activities every day, movies almost every day, exercise programs, and all kinds of stuff. The staff is great. I've only been here a couple of weeks now, so I don't have any recommendations at this point, but the staff has been wonderful. They do an excellent job of preparing the meals and there is a variety. I chose Morada over all the others. We have laundry facilities on our floor."

"I toured The Wellington at North Richland Hills. It was extremely clean and very nice, and everything was in order. There was no odor. The lady was very helpful, very kind, very cordial, very energetic, and completely wanting to please us. She took us on the tour and showed us everything she thought we would be interested in. They even invited us to lunch. I was just shocked, and it was the nicest experience. They had really good food. I had a hamburger and it was good. The attention that all of the people gave us at lunch was just so nice. Everything was very clean in the eating area. All of the people that were in the eating area seemed to be very happy and content. The only thing my husband didn't like was, that he smoked, and he would have to leave the comfort of the apartment and go outside to a smoking area. He was concerned about that because in bad weather that could be tough for him. He could manage unless he got sick or something. I thought the bedroom and the closets were okay. The living area where you would have maybe a TV and a sofa is extremely small, but this is our first time to visit anything, so I don't know whether it's a normal room. I would have to get rid of a lot of stuff here. I have a two-bedroom apartment, and it's spacious. The prices the lady quoted me when we went in were upfront and said that this was for me, my husband, and our cat. So she gave us a price, and I said that is something we might be able to do, and she said it was all included in this price, all the meals, all the cleaning, everything was included. Then at the end, when we finished, she gave us a pamphlet, a very nice folder with information in it. So we got home and we got to look at it, and about additional costs. We were told that it was all-inclusive, so we're a little confused. They had a very nice exercise room. The hostess was just a keeper. She was so sweet, and we needed that."

"Lakeview at Josey Ranch was a beautiful facility. They have an excellent food, a pool, and a lot of activities. They just don't have assisted living and memory care, and I didn't want to go into a facility where if I needed skilled living, I would have to completely move to another facility that I'm not familiar with. I love the fireplaces that they have in the hallway though, and the nice overstuffed chairs that you could sit on and maybe read. They give residents a GPS or something when they want to go for a walk around the paths that are outside. That way if something were to happen, they would know right where they are; I thought that was good. The staff was wonderful and very informative while taking you around to several different types of apartments, and they're the only ones I know that had a three-bedroom apartment in addition to one and two-bedrooms. They had several people from the staff who came and talked about what services they offer, and they all have beauty shops and barber shops and things like that. The staff really did a good job."

"Emerson at Rosemeade Park was awesome. It used to be the Corinthians, and we had looked at it before for my father-in-law, and so I really liked it. People had dogs, and my cousin likes dogs, and the room we're looking at opened out to a courtyard. They had buses that would take my cousin to Walmart. Once a week, they'd go out to dinner. They provided the three meals, and it was close to where I live. It was seven to ten minutes max to get there on a busy day. The facility was great. We saw a lady that was 103. The people looked happy. They took my cousin out to meet some people that were out smoking to get acquainted and they were by far not your older, older people that were in wheelchairs or anything like that. We also saw a group later on as we were getting ready to leave, one of them could have been my grandmother or mother, and she was praying and four others were singing hymns. We really liked the atmosphere there. They were having a luau and we were invited to come, but my cousin wasn't interested because it was just really hot. They had activities. They would have doctors come. It was beautiful on the inside. The person during the tour was terrific. She had a sense of humor. I liked the room we saw because it was on the bottom floor and it had a patio where you could put two chairs or something, and all of the people let their dogs run. My cousin was happy about that, but her memory just wouldn't do it. Independent living is all there is. There's no move-up place to go. They would have to leave or have extra care brought in. Their dining plan wasn't real strict. You could go in anytime you wanted. It was served like restaurant style. They'd give you a menu and you would choose from it. They had a salad bar always. They had a library, a TV room, and an area where they did chair basketball. They had an activity room. They offered a lot, like they would have something weekly or monthly. They had media rooms that had movie nights and stuff like that. I really liked it. They didn't have the beauty shop or anything like that, but that's easily fixed."

"The tour was great. Everything was wonderful. It's just we like doing our own cooking from time to time and there's no stove in the room. The food was good. The facility was nice. The first room we saw was too small and the second one was OK. It was homey. It felt like a good and safe place."

"I visited Morada Pantego, and I love that place. In fact, at the point that I finally decided to sell my house, which is probably at least two years out, I would try to get into that place. It had everything I wanted. It has a full kitchen, and the apartments are small, but I understand that. The lady gave me close to two hours of her time. She was extremely, very knowledgeable. She fed me lunch, and the lunch was fine. She went and got it from the cafeteria, but she showed me the cafeteria. She showed me a special room that you could reserve if you want your family to come, and your apartment's too small and you want a bigger meal space. You can reserve this little family room, then you have a family get-together. Across the hall from where her office was, there was an activity beginning, and I could see some exercise going on. Then there was another activity, I don't recall what was coming up, it's just as I was leaving, but some residents were gathering for that. She showed me the menu, and in addition to feeding me lunch, she showed me the selection you could make. She gave me pricing information, and square footage information. But the thing that clinched it for me was that all the units had a stove, an oven, and a fridge. So, I could cook for myself if I didn't want to go to the cafeteria, and I would not like to do that all the time. So, it's very important to me to have a place that has a kitchen that I can use. I'm not saying that kitchen is big at all. It was very small, but it did have everything I needed to cook. That's the whole point for me. I was going to look at some senior apartment buildings which are completely independent living but only rent to seniors 55 plus, but you have to pay all your own utilities. The rent was cheaper, but by the time you add all utilities, it came to what you would pay at Morada. I just love that place, and I will move in there if it seems I'm ready to sell my house and hopefully, in at least two more years, I will go into that place. There was one that she showed me that was empty, but that needed some work. The reason it was empty was that they were going to do some work in the shower area and paint it. Even while she was showing me another unit, it was in the process of being repainted. So, my takeaway there was that they would endeavor to maintain the place pretty well. The apartment that she showed me, a lady who lived there had given permission to show her apartment, and it was lovely. It's small, but when I'm 80, I don't need a lot of space; in a year and three months, I'll be 80. During lunch, I just had a baked potato and a salad, but it was a five. What more can you do with the salad and the baked potato? They gave me everything on the potato. They put a whole bunch of butter that I didn't need, more butter and sour cream. She gave me iced tea; she was lovely, and I related to her well."

"I live in Discovery Village At Castle Hills and I'm getting my meals here. The food is good. On Sundays, it's brunch from 10:30 until 1:30. Yesterday, they had two people set up and made omelets for you and you tell them what you want on it. It's really good. They put in ham, bacon, mushrooms, and onions. Everything is really chopped up and they put it in the oven. Then you go through a line and make your own breakfast, sort of like an ala carte. On the other line, they have bagels, wheat bread, and regular bread. Then you pull out a little drawer to take whatever you want out and push it back in. Then they have biscuits and gravy, and next to it is a whole lot of bacon. My room is nice. It's huge for a one-bedroom with walls and doors to separate everything. The bathroom is also nice. There are walk-in closets for storage. It's very clean, but when I used the bathroom and was on the toilet, the view was of a cockroach. It crawled into the bathroom towards me and I freaked out. They have a concierge at the front desk and they're very helpful. Everybody that I've met is very nice. They have a steel name tag so everybody can see everybody's name, and that's nice. I can say hi to them and say their name. They are so friendly and they smile at you. When you go down to the dining room, there's a greeter there and she takes your order. Every week, they give you a menu. If you were to take your food to go, they have a little area next to the person you take your menu from and you can wait there, and it doesn't take long enough. We have a schedule of all the activities. They have a room where you can go work out on a bicycle or on several weights. They told me they have physical therapy in the facility if you want to sign up for it. They have bingo and an outdoor swimming pool, too."

"Beautiful facility. Spacious rooms but the very best part? The Memory care Dorector and the Avtivity Director oh have so much love for my Dad and all the residents!! These wonderful women treat him like family. Love the care and attention thus far! Dad enjoys gardening and bowling and discovers new opportunities weekly! "

"The rooms are very nice and the grounds have beautiful landscaping. My mom enjoys the variety of choices she has for meals. Every staff member we interact with is always pleasant and helpful. I am very thankful that we choice Atria as mom’s home. She is so much happier having friends to visit with, play games and take group outings with, than when she was living alone in her house. Best decision we ever made."