Independent Living Communities in Orem, UT

"We toured Spring Gardens Heber. I like them the best. The lady who was taking me on the tour said that they had a little courtyard for people who like to go outside. They were very nice. The staff who toured me was very nice. They showed me the dining room, but they didn't offer a meal. There were no appliances available in the memory care. The room looked small, but it was nice. You bring all your own furniture, TV, or whatever. The staff said smaller rooms were less confusing. They weren't very big, but that was alright. They have an activity director. They have a lot of card games. They have a lady who comes in and plays the piano. People enjoy that. The staff said she is really good and plays things that they know. Each day of the week they have something. It may be like an art project one day, a Hawaiian Day, or different activities like bingo."

"I have signed up with Legacy Retirement Residence of South Jordan. The staffers are absolutely excellent. They provide great care and concern for me as a tenant. The food here is absolutely superb. It's better than most restaurants in the valley. It's a great place to stay. It's amazing to me how, from the servers in the restaurant, to the janitorial staff, everyone knows the names of every tenant in here, and that's incredible. They really seem to care about us. The facility has all kinds of amenities, everything from an onsite doctor and haircutting, and all kinds of care that they provide for us. They have transportation to and from your medical appointments if need be. It is mostly independent living but there are facilities here that will provide you with assisted living if you need it. It will be for an extra cost, and often you contract directly with the extra services."

"We went to Copper Creek Senior Living. It was a nice new facility. It was very open, bright, and cheery. The person who gave the tour was very engaged, upbeat, and cheerful. They had physical therapy and hospice onsite, and I think they also had a dentist that came in periodically onsite. There was a beauty salon and an outdoor patio."

"We went to Sagewood at Daybreak. It was the nicest community we visited. They had really good food. The people said hi to the staff as we walked through, so evidently they're friendly and welcoming. The only reason we didn't choose that one was that it was farther away from our children, and it was very expensive. Nevertheless, the facility was clean, nice, neat, and very new."

"My friend likes how small Spring Gardens Midvale is and the number of people who came up and talked to her. I think if she did not think that she would need the memory care, she would have chosen that. They were very nice. I would give cleanliness a five. It was just an overall smaller facility, which appealed to my friend a little bit more. I think she'll do better in a larger facility when she comes out of her shell because she's a very gregarious person, but she's been kind of pulling away from people. They worked around my food issues, so I appreciate that. My friend was one of those people who eats all day, and they were very good about boxing up her leftovers for her."

"Treeo Orem was super decorated for Christmas. The residents seemed very happy and friendly. It was nicely kept up. It was a little smaller than the other facilities, which can be a good or bad thing depending on what you're looking for. They had lots of activities. The food was good; however, when I looked at the menu, there didn't seem to be a lot of variety."

"Covington Senior Living of Orem is bright and clean. It looks like you're walking into a hotel almost. The room is clean and safe for my father. Their staff members are very loving and caring. They're very attentive and there's always lots of people around to help and answer questions. For activities, they do little exercise classes, they do a bus ride several times a week, and take them out on little trips, they bake bread once a week, and they do a little cooking activity with them. They have craft activities. They had a little fireworks show for them one night. They take them outside and play games like charades with them. The food is cafeteria food. I wouldn't call it five-star dining, but they are healthy, well-balanced meals."

"I went to Courtyard at Jamestown Assisted Living. That place was very, very nice. The facility itself was very nice. They have a new part where the rooms were brand new, and those were very, very nice. But the main part, the rooms are a little older, and, they're still nice, but they're not over the top by any means. The facility has a lot to offer, but its price is expensive. The staff was wonderful. They have different apartments or rooms. They have studios. They have one-bedrooms. I think they even have two bedrooms. They have a room to bring your family in and have a birthday party. They have a library. They have many entertaining spaces. They have a movie theater."

"We chose Avalon Senior Living Apartments because the price was very reasonable. It has a very nice exercise room, a library, a social gathering room, a games room, and an outside picnic area for barbecue. The corridors are really wide. The apartments are nice and spacious with fully equipped kitchens, and there's space for a washer and dryer. The staff seems really nice, helpful, and pleasant. They don't have too many organized activities though."

"Grovecrest Villas was fabulous and almost brand new. They have beautiful, large, sunlit common rooms, and a gorgeous library on the second floor. They have a hair salon, an exercise room, and a theater room. The rooms were larger than what you would see in the assisted care places, but they don't offer any sort of care at all. The rooms have washers and dryers, which is fabulous. It was one of my favorite places and it was inexpensive because the amenities were much less."

"Manila Country Home feels just like it says in the name, a "country home". The owner/operators, Dave and Dianne truly love and care for each of the residence in the home. I feel so blessed to have found them and to have my mother living there. "

"I stayed at Covington Senior Living of Lehi for about a year. The experience was very good. The people were very friendly and sharing. I just really loved it there. It's a very beautiful place. They brought in a lot of musical talent to play and sing for us. We go on outings to Walmart and other places. It was a great place. They provide three meals a day and laundry. The staff members were great. I enjoyed them. They were very knowledgeable."

"I live in a 55+ community called Meadow Park Villas. This is independent living. I am really glad I moved here. It's been better than I ever hoped. The staff members are efficient. We have a monthly dinner together. There's a swimming pool and a clubhouse. They have a small gym and a little movie theater in the clubhouse. I really like it. I'm really grateful I moved in."

"River Meadows Senior Living has several levels of care. Their main building has a very nice dining room. They also have a game room where they have bingo and all kinds of games that they schedule and play. The community is involved in those games. They also invite talents in several times during a week. The dining room has been changed into a meeting room. It's full of chairs where people can sit and be entertained by different types of entertainment. I have been invited to eat several times, and I have not experienced a meal that I didn't enjoy. The rooms are very clean. They have a staff of women that go in, clean, vacuum, and dust. The rooms are very nice, and the people are very comfortable in the rooms. We have two people there who are our friends, so we get to see exactly how they feel, and they seem to be very satisfied. They have cottages, too. They're like little homes. They have more than one bedroom, a living room, and a freestanding kitchen, everything you would want if you were living in your own home. The staff is great. They have a lot of young nurses. They treat these old people like they were their grandmothers. I've known it for several years, I've been there visiting friends of mine who passed away there, and the facility even called and let me know that my friends have died. It's just a loving atmosphere there that I have been impressed with. They go all out with regard to activities, and I have been invited to attend some of them. On the 4th of July, they had a big dinner. They had a lot of these shade things put up, and they served hamburgers, hot dogs, watermelon, beans, taro chips, drinks, and soda pop or water. We've been invited to come over and enjoy that."