Homestead of Mason City

Beverly

We really liked the Homestead of Mason City's assisted living, but it was so expensive that we don't have that kind of money. They were all very pleasant and had a lot of good things that we would have enjoyed. The person who assisted us was a very nice lady. She still calls me back once in a while. It was a beautiful place to look out the windows, and the people were all friendly, including the workers. Everybody we stopped to talk to who was working was very open to talk to us about what they were working on. It's not really big, but it's just very nice. They are very good at having food available any time you want it. For instance, you could go and have food to heat up in the kitchen if you needed it after supper. They also serve three meals a day, and that was very important to me. It's assisted living only, and they said they give you a necklace with a button on it. If you need something, somebody will be there pretty quickly. It's almost like having a nursing home there with them. That was one of the big things about them. They're very willing to come and help you. The rooms were not big, but bigger than some others we've looked at. They have different sizes, too, and there's room for one or two beds, so you can have a second bed. There were a lot of options. I think they also told me that they can get us a hospital bed if we want one. That sounds kind of expensive, so that impressed me. I wondered how many people had had those beds there because we didn't look in that many rooms to tell what everyone's beds actually were.