Independent Living Communities in Wausau, WI

"My mother will be moving into Forest Park Village. It is a very friendly facility. Everyone has been very helpful as far as making her welcome and making her feel that she's going to be a part of their community. The least I like is, as in a lot of other places, they are a little short-staffed. So, it's hard getting somebody to help out, but they're doing the best they can. My sister-in-law's mother is a resident there, and so that also is helping in getting my mom acclimated to knowing someone who's already there. I've been helped by Dana, and she's been very, very helpful. Her apartment is spacious. I believe they call it the promenade deck. With all the activities they have available for my mom, in the hope of knowing someone who;s already a resident there, I'm thinking this is going to be a great move for her."

"We are moving into Applegate Terrace because it's a wonderful place. It was the only place we could find that had two bedrooms, and the apartments were spacious with a kitchen. They have all kinds of card games, bingo, and they take a bus downtown for lunch once a week. They also have an exercise room. The manager and the RN on duty were wonderful. We ate the day we were there and the food was very good. It was located a block away from the Aspirus Hospital where many doctors' clinics are located. All the windows in our apartment face the big trees in the yard, so we will have a very pretty view."

"We visited Primrose and it was excellent, but they don't have a significant number of 2-bedroom units. They have a well-staffed unit of nurses and CNAs. We had lunch at the cafeteria and the residents said the food was above average."

"I took a tour, and there were friendly people there. They gave me a good tour, and the place was clean. It was bright, and it was good for the disabled. The staff is very friendly, and they answered my question. It was only a one-story building, so it was nice, bright, and clean."

"I did a tour of Willow Brooke Point Senior Living. I like the layout of the place. I also like the fact that you can go outside from the dining room, and they have a place to sit there for five months of the year. The person we worked with was very friendly and very helpful. The rooms are I would say, independent living. We have 6400 square feet now, so it would be a downsize for us. You have a living room and a kitchen connected. We looked at the one-bedroom for my wife and I because I don't think we can afford the two-bedroom; the cost is pretty steep. From what a few people have told me, if you get somebody to come into your home for assisted living, it would be a lot more expensive than going to assisted living. Because they have to stay 24 hours a day. I like the fact that, there you can still come and go as you like. Another big factor is you don't have to be vaccinated. The vaccination has been a waste of our money and time. In my opinion, I would never go to a place where you have to be vaccinated to get in. The dining area is very nice. I think they were doing mostly stretches, and a lot of residents were walking. Some were just sitting around. I don't think they have a recreational room, that would be the negative of it. There's no recreational room and no recreation. We loved the grounds. We loved the size of the windows because they go down low enough that you can sit there. They have a huge pond where you can have a view. You're not sitting someplace where you can't see out. I guess that's the big part that we like better with them. I just noticed that they were quite a bit lower. I did not set a chair down to see if I could still see out properly or not. They have a nice sitting area and a nice fireplace. They also had a place at the room we looked at. I don't know if it was next door, where it just had a smaller sitting room. You could get 10 people in there, but they'd be crowded. It's the place where you can go because sometimes if you go from a from a home to independent living, you may feel a little cramped. You can get out and go just next door. You can walk over and sit there. When you first come in, they have a place where residents sit, fellowship, and visit. They even have a place where you can watch the birds if you want to. As a whole, I think it would be it would be a good place. I think people would like it there. I would rate them a four because of some things that they do not have. One thing that another facility has that they did not have is a room where there was a spa. Their location is just on the edge of town, so it's more like you're in the country."