Oak Ridge Assisted Living & Memory Care

Thank you for your kind words! We have really enjoyed getting to know Mavis and she has quickly become part of our Oak Ridge family.

Thank you for your feedback and the chance to respond to your opinion. As far as the food goes, our meals are actually one of the first things that residents rave about when they move in. We offer a wide selection of different types of food, from favorites like meat and potatoes and fish, to chicken with mango salsa and Fajitas. All our meals are prepared from scratch by our staff in our kitchen. If there are menu items that a resident doesn’t like, then we always have alternate items they can choose from. We also love to take suggestions from our residents about what they’d like to see on them menu, and we change the menus four times a year to keep up with the seasons. We offer either studio apartments or one bedrooms, and while the studios might be small for some people, for others they are the perfect size if they don’t want a lot of room or have mobility issues. They also come with a full kitchen and a private bathroom with a shower. We have several different floor plans for our one bedrooms and the sizes are very comparable with other facilities. I was in a new building in St. Paul recently and our one bedrooms actually had more square footage. I think you will find that in all senior housing communities, they have rules to ensure the safety and enjoyment of the community for all residents. Many of our rules are mandated by the state and must be complied with. I find our staff to be exceptional. Someone can’t work well in this industry without having a love and compassion for the senior population. We are continually training our staff so they are current with state mandated topics and hours. We also do in-services to raise awareness of various topics. Our lack of having our own bus is indeed a challenge. In the past, we have contracted with private bus companies several times a year to give our resident outings. Some favorites have been trips to a nature center and apple orchard, Christmas light tours, and visiting a local historical site then stopping for ice cream. There is also a DARTs loop bus that comes once a week that goes all over town that our residents enjoy taking. This allows them to go shopping, go out to eat, go to the library or to doctor’s appointments.