The Rose House

No dietician on staff. Balanced meals are not served, and dietary restrictions are not considered. According to most residents, food is not that good. Beth the manager is not a nice person. She can be downright hateful with not only residents but family as well. They do play bingo and have prizes. They do crafts on occasion as well. They have very few amenities, the laundry is done, and rooms are cleaned, linens changed. Rooms only have microwave and full size refrigerator, with small kitchen sink. Residents are limited on what food they can prepare in their rooms. The rooms are small, the bedroom is divided from the main room with just a closet/wall. No door. The bathroom is very nice with fully accessible accommodation. Location, right in the heart of Branson, traffic can be very heavy near the Rose House. Travel to store and Dr. appointments can be difficult.

Rose House is a small privately-owned place. It's owned by a couple of older folks that worked in nursing care and assisted living. They built this place basically to give people an economical alternative to independent living. It's only has about 23 units. The rooms that we saw were very nice, although they don't have the amenities that other places we saw had. They have a small library, the place was very clean, and relatively new. Since there are only 23 units, I don't think they have like an activity director or some of that stuff, like planned activities. But it was nice, and the people there said that the food was very good. It was definitely pretty high on our list because of the cost.