Kokomo Place

My friend absolutely loved Kokomo Place. We had a very friendly and good tour. The employees were extremely nice, and he thought that place would be nirvana. There were a lot of available activities. The thing I liked about it was there were more men at this facility than I've seen at other places. They also have a courtyard, an area where they play cards together, and a living room area. It's a very welcoming facility.

Our tour at Kokomo Place was very good, I had a very favorable impression. The one thing about that one is that they allow pets in there, and pets were running free in the lobby. You could tell some of the residents were liking that, but my mom is afraid of dogs. And they were big and they belonged even to some of the managers and the people working there. And that was enough for me, that was not the place for her. But their care was good. I think they had better staffing even than where my mom is at now because they have more people that take care of the per resident ratio. Theirs was better than her current community but she would never get past that dog thing. They were friendly, the lady made room for me, she called back, and she followed up. They were very nice on their tour and spent a lot of time with us. The maintenance and the layout were fine. They had a lot of different options at that one. Like if you want to have a window or don't want a window, the price went up by how much access you had, or how close you were to other things. Or if you could see the outside or if you had a patio. Their scale was more varied that way.

I toured Kokomo Place. They were more expensive, and I had to furnish everything, and it's just like moving into an apartment, everything from the shower curtain to the towels. The staff I met seemed nice. It looked nice.

I went to Kokomo Place, and the person who worked with me was very nice, very professional, very helpful, and spent a lot of time with us. The only reason we're not going there at this time was there were a lot of dogs running around in the place and my mother is afraid of dogs. I know they look calm, but it was kind of chaos in the big living room. There were three or four dogs in there and it was busy. She's not a dog person. I know it's to make the residents feel comfortable and most of them love pets, but that would make it worse for my mom with her condition. It was homey and it had a nice feel to it, but the other thing is what you pay is based on how many points of care you need. They couldn't tell me how much I would be paying. They have to evaluate the elder person then it's based on points and they add all that up to your bill. The place I ended up going with had a price and that's how much it cost and for me, that billing process was easier to understand.