Communities in Columbia, MO

"The Westbury was the perfect place for my mom and dad, but the day we were to go sign the lease papers, my mom refused. She decided she did not want to go there, so we changed directions. It is a new community that actually just got built. They built the independent living first and got it going. When I went to interview for my mom and dad, the assisted living part wasn't quite done. They were expected to get all of their licenses and everything for the assisted living middle of January, and so they did. I took my mom and my dad out there, and they picked their apartment out. They have a dog. Their pet was more than welcome. I had to do a few things for their dog to be able to go. It's a very nice community. Everybody that I saw that worked there was very nice. They have a chef, and he is there from seven in the morning to seven at night. You can order breakfast all day if you want. If you want pancakes at 6:00 in the evening, you can order them. They do have a memory care that was not finished then, but I think it is now, and licensed and everything. Of course, you get all your utilities paid, and internet. It's a very nice community. We toured the assistant living because that's what I was interested in. I never toured the independent living or the memory care part. My dad has dementia, but he's actually not ready for the memory care part. The ladies came out to evaluate my mom and dad for going there, the regular nurse that did the evaluation, and then also the memory care nurse, she also came in and spoke with my dad. He is not ready yet for memory care, so I didn’t tour it either. But if you have someone in memory care, my mom's apartment would have just been down the hallway. You can spend the day with your loved ones at the memory care. You can eat meals with them and spend time with them. I did not try the food, but I saw some of it. It looked very good. A lady had ordered strawberry shortcake, and it looked awesome. I was hoping my mom and dad were going to be living there. Your family can come and eat with you or whatever. They have a little common area that has a refrigerator that has all kinds of drinks in it if you just want to come down and get a drink. They have snacks or whatever in between meals. They have a little gym area if you are needing maybe a little bit of therapy."

"The staff is wonderful! We were so suprised at how well they welcomed us at the first visit. We stayed and had lunch, and was sold! Neither one of us needed to look any further. "

"Provision Living at Columbia was wonderful and lovely. The staff was very friendly, greeted everybody, and knew all of the residents. It was more of a luxury, high-end place than what you would think of for assisted living. The rooms were very nice and very accessible for the residents. The food was delicious and like a restaurant where the residents can choose what they want. They have snacks available throughout the day, and you could also have food brought to your room, so it's very convenient. "

"My brother is at Bluff Creek Terrace. A little more staff support is needed there. They take care of the people, but I believe they seem to be short of staff. Nevertheless, they're doing a good job, and they seem to be doing all right. I have not tried their food. However, my daughter had been down there about four times, and she didn't feel the quality of the food was what she would have expected. They have activities down there, but my brother does not want to participate in them, and he has refused to do so. The idea is to get the memory care patients to come and participate; however, they were really not able to get him to join the group. He joined it a couple times, and he quit, and he didn't want to do it. They actually had a video out there online of some of the stuff that they were doing. You could see the things that they're doing with the people in the memory care unit, but my brother decided he didn't like that. The common area is nice. They have seating in the group area where they eat, and adjacent to that they have a room for recreation, or a TV room basically. There are other things there to do. My brother does not always go out to eat with the group. Sometimes he decides to eat in his room, but now with the dementia where it is, I think they get him out to sit and eat with everybody. His room is nice. He has a window that he can look out and see what's going on outside. There is a bathroom, a bedroom, and a closet. There is some of his furniture from the house, and pictures on the wall. He feels at home there. The biggest problem I've had is every year they raise the price. I compared that to what they would be running up here, and they weren't quite as high, but they were very close."

"Summit Villa was new, clean, and friendly. It appeared to be really homey and inviting. The staff was extremely helpful and nice. They provided all the information that we needed and gave us a tour of the place. They seemed to be very attentive to their residents as well. They had everything that we were looking for. If my dad was able to move in, it would have helped if they had a GPS or something, should he get out of the facility, walk around the ground and not get lost, and they would know where he was. But he has passed on. We are actually thinking about selling our place and moving there ourselves. "

"I would give this facility a five star because of the individual personal care, The aides are friendly, personable, and professional. They address personal needs over and above primary care issues. My husband has made friends at the facility. "