Communities in Norman, OK

"We put my parents in a nice one-bedroom in Rivermont. Our experience has been very good and very positive. The staff is very accommodating and very good at coming and fixing things. The dining room, the common area and the gardens are lovely. However, I guess there is a bit of turnover in the kitchen, and they are getting a new chef. When they first moved in, the food was very good, and then they had a different chef, so it was not as good, but I guess it is getting better. My parents are having a ball finding something to do and enjoying themselves. There is a lot of variety of activities. It has the continuum of care on-site because at some point my dad is going to have to go assisted living, and it will be nice that my mom will be able to see him every day. It is working out. It has only been a month, and they are adjusting. "

"Arbor House Reminisce Center is really nice and clean. They're caring and they have a lot of good qualified help that takes care of my mom and the people. The dining area is really nice and they eat topnotch food. They get together and have root beer floats or ice cream, and they have people who come in to sing or play music. The activities are somewhat limited, but they still get around and play games."

"My mother is living at Rambling Oaks Courtyard. She has a very nice apartment, and we’re really happy with it. They’ve made it really homey. They give her medications and some reminders about activities, and provide meals. They’re above average. She’s on oxygen 24/7, and they have a little problem managing that. "

"My mother has been staying in the Legend at Rivendell for three weeks now. They have a welcoming, attentive, professional, and loving staff. We chose this place for her because the communication with the staff and the family is excellent, and the facility is beautiful, bright, and clean, and I like that my mom's needs are met. She's very happy there. The room that was available for us was small, so we're on a waiting list for a bigger room, but the room she currently has is clean and meets her needs for now. The dining area feels like a restaurant. It is very welcoming. There are lots of white tablecloths and the setting of the tables made the residents feel very special. The chef came out and met us too. I've seen him talking every day to the residents and they all love him. The food is high quality and nutritious."

"We were going to put dad into the Sommerset Neighborhood, but he passed away, so we didn't. The staff was very nice. It was clean and a pleasant place. It was pretty big with long halls and stuff. So I kind of wonder about how they get around that well in those places, but it was nice. They had a pretty large dining room and it was also nice. The room was nice, too. There was no carpet. It was a hard floor. So, I was hoping that my dad would be all right, but it was clean. I didn't talk to very many people, but we liked the lady I talked to."

"My mother-in-law moved in, and she's doing really well, so far. The communication is done mostly with my wife, but so far it's been really good. My wife has been able to talk to her on a daily basis when needed or if she's had an issue and the staff would call. For activities, I don't know about all the things that my mother-in-law takes advantage of, but I know she goes to the main area where they play Bingo whenever they have it."

"FountainBrook was very good. They have a variety of activities for folks. The place was very clean and fairly new. The staff was very helpful and answered all our questions. We ate there a few times and the meals were good. They had good choices, and there was a menu where you could get certain items. They just don't take Medicaid. The rooms were sufficiently large enough, with lots of light, a window in each unit, and it has a courtyard so you can walk around, be protected, and enjoy the outdoors. The other rooms have separate private dining rooms and living room/dining room/kitchen setups, which were also very nice."

"I liked everything about Arbor House of Midwest City. I liked their menu because it was more nutritious, and I also liked the fact that the memory care was under the same roof along with assisted living. The place was pleasant and updated with fresh paint. If I ever had to move to Oklahoma, I'm checking in to Midwest City."

"We toured Glade Avenue Assisted Living. It was very clean. The memory care part was very open, and there was a lot of space for people to meet and converse, which I did not find in other places. The rooms were very good size. The lady who took me around was very, very nice. They did a lot of things with their residents, and they had a lot of rooms where they could all meet, like watch TV, and they took them on excursions. I just liked it. I was very impressed with it. They have single rooms and shared rooms."

"I visited Southern Plaza Retirement. It’s a beautiful place, and my experience there was really nice. I talked to a couple of people, they were very nice, and very business-like. The facility was so nice because it's just a couple of months old. They do have trips to doctors' apppintments if you need that. It was a little more expensive."

"They showed us around. They gave us some homemade cookies. They were really good, and they seemed very nice and caring. It's a locked down facility, so they can't get out, which is good because my mother-in-law wanders. The staff was very nice. The rooms were more like hospital rooms. The dining room is kind of small. I don't think they all go to dining, because they're not all ambulatory. It's secure, and the people were nice. One thing that impressed me was they have meetings or support groups for their patient's families and other families, too. I don't think they have a whole lot of activities. I know they had movie nights and they were popping popcorn. And they're trying to get people to come out of their rooms and watch movies just to get them socialize a little bit. It was more hospital-like than an assisted living center. "

"Great staff to patient ratio. "

"I'm impressed with Concordia. It was smaller and has a very close community that is there. They can build a pen for my small dog. I've seen the dining area."

"Dorset Place Assisted Living was nice. It was kind of like the other place. It's clean. The rooms were pretty comparable. I only looked at one room that was available. It was adequate. They had both studios and 1-bedroom apartments. The staff was very good. I got booklets from the place, and they answered all my questions."