Independent Living Communities in Spokane, WA

"My tour at Revel Spokane was delightful. The facility was extremely well-kept. The room sizes were beyond my expectations for that type of facility. There are dining possibilities of non-scheduled meals. The staff was great. I was provided lunch, and it was good. It was standard restaurant fare. The rooms were large. The atmosphere was very comfortable."

"The tour I had at North Star Retirement Community was fantastic. I liked the pricing, I liked that they had 3 meals a day, and I liked that they accepted service dogs. I liked the place all together. It was nice. The apartment looked very good for a single man. The place was extremely clean. If I was going to go to a retirement community, it would be this facility. The location was perfect, and everything was perfect. I saw the residents playing cards and socializing. The gym was great, and the dining room was fantastic. The downstairs area, the lobby and the lounge room, were just fantastic. There was a piano, a TV, and everything you could think of. They had a bus. I felt comfortable there. I felt like part of it and I felt like this was the place."

"I liked the area that the Courtyard at Coeur d'Alene was in. It looked like a good setup. They had individual rooms available that had their own bathrooms, and it was a pretty basic setup. The environment was clean. It looked very professional. The supervisor was a nice guy. Everyone was cordial. I talked with him as he showed me around. It was pretty straightforward. He was able to answer the basic questions, and this is all new to me, so I was just following along as much as I understood, and he was accommodating to that end right there. I appreciated just how he was explaining it in basic terms, like how the Medicaid process can go on. It looked well-maintained. It was a good experience. The people were considerate. I couldn't see any other complaints with that. The one-bedroom apartment was pretty much comparable to my mother's bedroom size and her bathroom access in her own house. She sleeps in a recliner, so minus the bed in the room size, it would give her more room. It was an average, comfortable-sized room with access to its own bathroom. I can see my mom living like this comfortably. I've seen other places that don't look as good. This is clean and neat. I like the ergonomics and the setup right there. They have like an inner courtyard and outdoor kind of stuff that's very well maintained, and that was nice."

"I toured Maplewood Gardens and it was very nice. I liked it. The rooms were clean and nice. I saw a studio apartment where the bed was in the same room as the kitchen and everything. The staff that I met were nice. They were doing a painting class the day I was there, and it looked like it was fun. They have a bus that goes out for activities once a week."

"I moved into Rockwood Lane, and it's a lovely place. The people are just delightful, personable, caring, and overall, it's wonderful. It's home. The room is a small area, about 600 square feet, but I just love the place. There's heating in the room, and you can adjust it as well, and a lady cleans the hallway, but you have to hire someone to clean your room. They have a large, beautiful dining room, where one can pay to go eat, and there's no menu, it's whatever they serve. There's nothing really special, and unique about the room, and the whole environment makes it a wonderful place to be. They have a swimming pool, a jacuzzi, a van that does grocery runs, and a social coordinator who provides social entertainment during the month. They have an exercise room, a nurse once a week, yoga class and Tai chi class once a week, and group meetings. They play Bingo, watch movies, have a social hour, and have birthday parties once a month."

"My sister-in-law is at Rockwood South Hill and I go up there a lot. It's expensive to get into. You have to outlay a tremendous amount of money to be able to get in. I have a lot of friends that live there and they have private homes there. It's a beautiful community, but you have to buy in and there's a long waitlist. It's a five-star place if you can afford it. It's a luxury full service but it's for life because once you're in, you go all the way through until death. You're there forever. You never move out. The staff is very friendly. They go over and above. What I like best are the restaurants. They have different levels. They have great big 3000 square foot apartments and small ones. The atmosphere is outstanding. The layout is sprawling."

"I have moved into Touchmark on South Hill. I've been here about six weeks now. It's a beautiful place. The grounds are lovely. There are places to walk and to walk your dog, but I think the most important thing is the staff. They're very accommodating. They have church services. It's very good, and I would recommend it to anyone."

"I liked the size of the Royal Park Retirement Center. It's considered small with 36 units in it. When I walked in, I immediately felt good about the place. There was a lady playing the piano, there were people sitting in the lobby just reading or visiting, and the girl that came to help us was very friendly. She went through things like what size and what floor I wanted, or if I had a preference for either. The dining room was very nice and very safe. It had a plexiglass in between the two people at each table, and their name was up on a little posting in the middle of the table so that people would know where they were sitting. There was a room on the second floor that I loved when I walked in. It had a full kitchen, stove, refrigerator with a freezer, and then there was a little half wall where you could look into the living room. At the end of it was a door to the patio. That was perfect because I have a kitty that loves to go out on our patio and lay in the sun, and she goes out there and sleeps. She showed us a one bedroom on the next floor without a patio and explained everything. It has been totally repainted and recarpeted, so it's spick and span. I loved the full-size refrigerator with a freezer, a washer and dryer in the bathroom, and a really nice handicapped walk-in shower. The manager explained more about what they do. I was happy with it. I gave my deposit down and they're so accommodating. It made me feel so good. She also gave me a list of activities they do, but because of COVID, they can't do all of those. She said they set up bingo and some crafts things in the dining room because it's got the plexiglass between them. Each floor had a little lounge at the end of the hallway where people play cards too, and they go for walks as a group each day, so there's interaction."

"We toured the Lilac Plaza Retirement Community. They were very accommodating just walking in. We didn't call for an appointment. We just stopped to get an application, and they offered us the tour. The apartments were very nice. They have two different facilities, and The Lilac Plaza was newly renovated. I was very impressed with the kitchens in them. It kind of changed my mom's mind because she was not interested at first in a studio apartment, but after seeing and touring, she was very OK with it. They offered that if we were able to get her into the studio, she can still keep her name on the list and if a one-bedroom apartment becomes available, she would still be in line to get that apartment and she would be able to move for a small fee. That was very accommodating on their part. The place was very nice. The grounds were nicely kept and the inside was clean. Everything was nice. Everybody was very helpful, even the residents. They were there to help us with questions. It was nice to be able to speak to somebody that lived there, and everybody that we spoke to enjoyed living there. It was a good experience. They have a very nice computer lab where the residents can use the computers. They showed us a nice hair salon. It was in the facility so she could make her own appointment and be able to do the appointment herself. They showed us the cafeteria. We didn't eat, but they showed us the options that she had and they have a little coffee shop, which was nice. They gave us a listing of all of the outings that they offer. They have a bus and they will take residents. If they sign up, they take them to different outings throughout the year. It was nice to have those options for her. The apartments were very nice and newly updated. All the kitchens have recently been updated. It's very nice for what the cost is. They're modern appliances and such. They have a newer apartment building and it's on the same ground. Unfortunately, they didn't have an available unit that we could tour, but they provided us with brochures with pictures of the inside of the apartments."

"I have two friends at Fairwinds - Spokane, and I've been going over a time or two for some of their entertainment and stuff as a guest. It's not a buy-in. They allow help with the VA. They're much more financially easy to get into. Their grounds are beautiful. They have some apartments on the main floor that have patios. They're very nice. I've interacted with the staff there. They're helpful and polite. It's a very comfortable place to be in. The people are friendly. Almost everybody says hello to you. You can have a studio, a one-bedroom, or a two-bedroom in independent living. They have everything except the separate houses. They have a library, a hair salon, a computer room, a laundry area, and just about anything you want. They have a lot of social programs. One day a week, they have musicians come in. They have outings, card games, dominoes, and all that kind of stuff. It is beautiful and very clean. They keep their apartments looking like new. They paint and change the carpets every time they change residents. I'm a gardener. They had a few places where they allowed the residents to garden outside, and it was so popular that they took their big general patio areas and built raised garden beds all around the edge of it. You can have your own private garden, and they're so popular they're adding more. Some people raised vegetables, and some of them raised flowers. Of the three I visited, they seemed to be the most eager to please their occupants."

"Kind, thoughful, caring staff. "

"Rockwood at Whitworth just opened. It's got everything, and it's brand new and spotless. I've been in there two times. It was not what I call warm and friendly. The facility is the Cadillac of the bunch. You pay $500,000 just to go in, and then you pay $7000 a month. They have a gym. We had a very nice, polite tour guide that took us around. I felt the residents to be standoffish, but one very nice lady came up and visited with us. You could get a studio, a one-bedroom, or a two-bedroom. They go from independent all the way to full care."

"Colonial Court Assisted Living is 100 times better than where Mom came from. This is small and has like 50 residents. They order their food in the morning so that when they get it, it's cooked, it's fresh, and then they serve it. They try to cook healthy food, and they give medicines on time. They genuinely care about their residents there. They have a nurse five days a week. I can communicate with them about my mother's needs, and they get back to me. There's somebody there, and when they see things that crop up, they notify the family, and they will get medical attention right away. She gets her medicine on time, and they encourage them to get out, do things together, and have some socialization. They give her, her showers there. She gets her needs met. She is in a studio apartment. It's one big room with a bathroom, and it's not a full kitchen. It's just a part of a kitchen, and it has a sink, a little refrigerator, and a microwave. They put out food around 10:00 to 11:00, so they can have vegetables and fruits mid morning. In the afternoon, they put out something, too. They have a big area where they have a porch and chairs, and stuff like that. They have a library and a game room. They can go there to talk and visit. The activities can be beefed up a little bit more. Value for money is pretty average. I think what they're charging is what all the others charge. Every one of these assisted living places should be like them, have good food, and have people who care."

"I have been living at Holman Gardens independent living for a little while now. I think it's great here. They have a congenial and helpful staff and they have a lot of amenities; it's just a great place to live. My apartment is really great; I have two bedrooms, a full kitchen, and a patio. I don't know what else I could want. They offer us all kinds of activities. We get dinner every day and some other occasional meals, they have rides where they take us to and from doctors appointments, and we get all kinds of bus trips, do activities, and go grocery shopping. In terms of food, I like some things, and I don't like other things, but they offer alternatives. If you don't like what's on the menu you can call them ahead of time and order something different, because they have a list of things they can make in place of the normal menu. The staff is wonderful, we get housekeeping, and if we can't make it to the dining room they bring us a meal to our rooms. Even the gardeners know our names and they're nice. If something goes wrong in the apartment, you just give them a call and they'll be out pretty quick to fix what's wrong. I just can't say enough good things about them. They work very hard to keep up with the place."