Communities in South Holland, IL

"I saw Bickford of Tinley Park. It's a different type of setting. The nurses and the staff were very attentive there. They seemed more homey like you're visiting your relatives' home. It was very clean. They are very community oriented. They have a parlor, a small exercise room for PT, and a nice courtyard in the center complex. Everything is all on one level, which is kind of nice. The rooms are more traditional and less modern."

"Grace Point Place is phenomenal and they use best practices. The people we met were very caring and compassionate. The place was clean and the residents were engaged. I didn't see anybody ignored in a wheelchair."

"We moved our mom into Deer Creek. The experience has been good. One of the reason I picked them is because they are very close to our house, so it is easy for me to go visit my mom whenever I want. It is a happy atmosphere. It is open, and visitors can come and go. They keep track of the people that stay there. They have lots of social programs. The food is good. It is nice. The have bingo and exercise multiple times during the day. They have dances and people that come over and sing for them. They have entertainments. They have gardens and outside field trips. Every Thursday, they have a bus that takes everyone to the store. I ate there couple of times, and the food is very good. They have a special for the day that changes every day. They also have a menu where they have about 6 to 8 dishes that are the same for the whole month, and those are the entrees. They have another page of sandwiches you can pick from and another page of different salads. They can eat anything that they want, as much as they want, between 7 in the morning until 7 at night. "

"The people at Arden Courts are very good, very friendly and they treat everybody nicely. We're very happy. "

"I toured Brookdale Orland Park. The staff showed us around, explained everything thoroughly, and then sent me a price list, so it was all good. I went into the dining room and all the stuff. The rooms are pretty basic. It's clean."

"I've had my dad for a short stay at Evergreen Senior Living - Orland Park. We were very happy with it, my dad has no complaints. It's a newer facility, around five years old, so it was new and everything's updated. The people seemed to be loving and caring and everything seemed to be in order. The staff seemed to be very caring, and there was a nurse who made sure that my dad takes his medication. They seemed to be very thorough and it was a beautiful facility. During the few times I was there to visit my dad, they have groups of people doing activities. They had a TV in a common room where they were singing along to songs and doing different things for memory care. They're working with the people there, so they weren't just sitting in a chair doing nothing. They weren't any more expensive compared to anyone else, they were the average price. They have a beauty salon available on the premises and they have an outdoor terrace that they can go out on."

"My mother has moved into Victorian Village. It's very clean and well organized. The food is good. The staff is very good. They have a little dining hall and a little get-together place out in front of the building. They have physical therapy, they do Bingo and Wii bowling, and they have a bus that will take them shopping. They had a Christmas party last week, and they had kids come in from different high schools and did musicals."

"Bickford Senior Living was a beautiful place, but my uncle was not comfortable there. I liked everything about it; the lady that we met with was very nice. Workers came and talked to him while we were walking around; they were doing group stuff in the lobby. It had a nice dining room. They had beautiful rooms and enough space for him in a room. The set-ups were nice because of how the restrooms were in them. "

"My mother is in the nursing facility of Majestic Care of Saint Anthony in Crown Point. She's been there for a couple of weeks, and she's doing very well. The facility is wonderful. She is receiving skilled care, and they are completely wonderful with her. She'd just push a button and they were there immediately. They have assisted living there, but she needed more care than that. The whole staff is wonderful. Everybody seems very qualified and very nice. It is an older facility, and they need a bigger parking lot, that's for sure. Decoration-wise, everything seems nice. They have older furniture in the room, but the care is what I'm more concerned about, and that has been fantastic. The layout of the facility is also great. As soon as my mother went in, the activity director came in and told her what it was going to be and what she could do. My mom was not one to do things, but she told her she'd come down and get her, and there would be games, and different things every night that she could do. I'm very pleased with them."

"Overall, a very well organized and up-kept facility. My friends aunt was living there for a few years and she seemed happy with the environment and the staff that was assisting her. The only bone I would have to pick here is the actual age of the staff. It seemed the whole place was being run by teenagers. Packs of them congregated and socialized for an extended period of time that ultimately led to a loss of productivity. There were no adults in sight and it was tough to tell the nurses and CNA's apart. The food was actually quite good and always brought in on time. As far as I know , the medicine was properly distributed and theft was quite rare, which is unheard of in Nursing Homes. Overall, it seems like a great nursing home for seniors. "

"As our mother, Sarajane, aged, she needed different stages of help. Initially, she moved from her home in which we were all raised to an apartment for seniors near me, to living with my sister during Covid, to living at Two Hearts near my brother, which opened providentially at the precise time when an assisted living facility was needed for her care. We felt like we had personal family care with each new challenge. As mother aged from her 90s to 100, Two Hearts provided social, physical, and personal care beyond what we were capable of providing for her. We felt like we had an extended family through the owners and caretakers at Two Hearts. The three of us are thankful to God for his timing for mother’s care at each stage of life and for the loving care of Two Hearts Assisted Living."

"I liked Harvester Place. The staff seems very caring, but the rooms were a bit smaller than the other place I toured. I like that they have enclosed courtyards and the fact that it's all memory care. The staff that gave the tour was good. Everything was a little bit smaller but it was clean. They have exercise classes, they have games, they have outings, they have like a men's club and they have barbecues."

"I toured American House Oak Park. Everything was fine except for the fact that they charge you for parking. I don't understand why there would be a fee because you're paying a steep amount to live there, and then they want to charge you $125 to park. The place was fantastic. It was beautiful. Just gorgeous. The staff showed us more than one location and gave us ideas. He showed us a room that was already furnished and an unfurnished room. I love the way everything is highlighted to where you know where you are at all times. It's clean and it's only a year old. It's half full, which is what I like due to the fact that you could get in there right now and meet the people and be more of the community before they're full. Jeremy was very pleasant to interview. Even the people as we walked through, waved at us and said hello. It was kind of comforting to have Mom and Dad see that. It was a fantastic tour. The place was simply gorgeous. I enjoyed it."

"Cantata is the new name for what had previously been the British Home and apparently its name was changed just a few weeks ago. I was told that the name change is an attempt to overhaul the stuffy image associated with the British Home. The word "Cantata" is derived from the Italian word "cantare" which means "to sing" and the name change is meant to convey a kind of new age composition of voices to care for the elderly. To my mind I never had that image of the British Home as being stodgy. I used to go biking along the bike trail just outside the home and I was more curious than anything. I had always associated the Home with Brookfield Zoo which is practically in its backyard. Nevertheless I can appreciate what the nursing home is trying to do in recreating its image. I would recommend this assisted living facility based on its cleanliness, the amount of light exposure from its modern windows and an ample size health center that also allows membership from the community. Indeed on the day that I visited I saw some very energetic seniors on bikes and tread mills and I was very impressed. These folks were trying to live life to its fullness! That along with the light streaming from the floor to ceiling windows in the lobby and throughout sold me. Like any place that you are deciding to live there are pros and cons. Another positive is the proximity to medical staff that are housed at the facility. The thing that I did not like about the facility was the rather nondescript furnishings (the chairs and tables throughout). The sitting rooms just didn't seem like a place I could relax, but that could just be my own taste. The dining room I thought was pretty generic (except for the windows). The menu did not impress me, but I will say that I did get a whiff of what smelled like peach cobbler and that was fantastic. I was told that meal preparation had been taken over by new management recently. I also did not care for the individual apartments, especially the carpet which was dark and seemed institutional. I will say that the facility was clean and smelled good. The receptionist and customer relations specialist were very nice and helpful. Overall I would recommend Cantata and this may be a great time to move here not only because of its name change, but the kind of upbeat image it is trying to promote. "