Carefree Living St Cloud

Marlene

I went to Carefree Living St. Cloud. I liked it because it was close to our residence right now. It would only take half a minute to get to it. So, I liked the location for myself and access. So, that part was okay. The part that I didn't like was that there wasn't any direction to the main entrance. I pulled into the parking lot and walked the whole perimeter of it before I was able to locate the main door. So, that was a bit confusing. That was the second thing. Otherwise, if I'm looking just for my husband, it would be adequate. But living conditions for myself or together, no it wouldn't. As far as the person who gave the tour, experience-wise she was kind of confused as to what floor we were on and what room number. So either she was new or she just hadn't walked the floors enough to familiarize herself with the building layout. The facility is old. I'm not sure of the age of it. I had inquired if it was at one time an apartment building and converted into single dwellings. She didn't think it was only because there were no kitchen areas. It was kind of like a hotel or a motel, very simply, a closet, a sliding door around the bathroom, and I didn't care for the carpets in the areas.

Toni19

Carefree Living was big and quiet. It was just stuffy or closed off or something. It was a pretty quiet Sunday, so there wasn’t a whole lot going on at that particular time. They did have the activities and different stuff, and they have a big activity room for people to go watch movies or do puzzles or whatever they would like to do with the stuff that’s in there. The dining area was big and everybody was assigned a table, so that they could keep a head count of who’s there and who’s not there, and it was nice and neat. For me, it was a little too quiet. It could have been just the time of day, in-between lunch and dinner, and everybody was kind of resting or doing their own thing in their room. It’s a really big place and there just weren’t a lot of people around, either the residents or the staff. It was just very quiet.

Nancy96293250

We saw one room in Carefree, and it was newly carpeted and painted with an updated bathroom and shower. It was very nice; it had a window where you could look out across the parking lot into some wooded area. It wasn’t very big, but it would have been adequate. It had room for a desk, chair, a twin bed and a dresser. I met the director and the nurse, and they were both very friendly and confident. Different nurses, CNAs and other staff that I saw were very positive and friendly toward us and to the residents. They were having a special event that night -- I think they were going to watch an old movie -- and they were talking about a craft that they would do. They have outings, they go to the mall, and they do go out together to have a change of scenery and enjoy.