Carnegie Village Senior Living Community

My mother-in-law moved into Carnegie Village Senior Living Community. One of the things we like the most is that her apartment is very up-to-date, very spacious, and even though she doesn't cook, or cook much, it still has a full kitchen. So, it really makes it feel more like a home. It's very upkept, very clean. They are in the process of updating all of the outer areas of the assisted living. Right now it's a little dated, but they were going to start construction soon. The independent living is completely up-to-date, very beautiful, and very attractive. I'm hoping that the assisted living will look that good when they finish with it too. They have been very responsive to any concerns that we have had. I'm there a lot with my mother-in-law, and they have come in to explain to her -- for example, she was going to have physical therapy, and she had not met the therapist, but the woman stopped in earlier in the day just to introduce herself and explain to her that she would be coming by later to do the physical therapy. I just thought that was just a nice touch. They didn't just show up and say, "Hey, we're doing physical therapy." I just thought they did a great job. They do have a beauty salon right there at the entrance to the assisted living. The problem is my mother-in-law is not really willing to do a lot of things. I do know that they post activities every week. They post them in the elevator, they post them in the hallways, they send out fliers to all the residents. I've even been there when a staff member came by just to let my mother-in-law know that bingo was getting ready to take place, and if she'd like to come down. They've just done a great job of trying to encourage her to participate.

Carnegie Village Senior Living Community is a smaller environment. I toured the assisted living, and we saw a studio apartment that was going to be redone and would be the apartment that my mom would rent. We saw the dining rooms on the third floor as well as the first floor. It was clean and the person who took us around, Markey, was very, very nice.

I toured Carnegie Village. It was like an apartment complex. The person who assisted me was very positive. They were informative and nice. They introduced my mother and aunt to people as we went by. They have a library, and they have two restaurants inside. There's a deli and a regular sit-down restaurant that people can use. They serve free continental breakfast. They have shuttle services that will take people to the grocery store every week and to regular shopping. Once a week they have an activity where they can go to a movie, go down to casinos, or wherever the people sign up to go. They have lots of games, a walking club, a quilting area, and sewing machines. We saw the 1-bedroom, the 2-bedroom, and the penthouse, which is like a 3-bedroom with larger living quarters. They were very nice, well-carpeted, very clean, and a good size for any bedrooms. Even the studio was good.

Carnegie Village has all the different activities and events for the residents to do. The people were really great. The apartments are very nice, with lots of room, they are very clean, and the residents can have just about anything they want in their rooms. They're very personable. It's a great location and it's all very well-kept. The staff member was very informative, friendly, and seemed very caring. The place was very clean.