Holiday Orchid Terrace

I have toured Orchid Terrace. It's only independent living, but they offer some third-party services. It's very nice. It's a top-tier senior living center. The environment is upscale and very pleasant. I talked with half a dozen people there who seemed very satisfied. I was there for the menu portion of lunch, and it seemed like the people were pretty happy with the place. I toured three different rooms. I toured a studio and two one-bedrooms: A more efficient single one bedroom and then a larger one bedroom. I liked everything I saw. At $3500 for a single room is a little better than the other facility, but still, what I would consider being a little pricey. This place impressed me as a very nice place. If I could afford it, I would consider it. At $3500 for a single bedroom, the views were nice, and the appointments were nice. They had full-size refrigerators, the other facility only had small refrigerators with small freezers on top of that, so having a full-size refrigerator was a plus to me. The other facility had microwaves in the room, and in this place you would have had to bring your own microwave to it. My father-in-law could just as well bring his own. All in all, I thought the place was wonderful. They have in-house activities that you do with other people that you sign up for like bingo and cards. They have entertainment that they provide themselves. There's a piano that someone comes in and plays twice a week. There are organized walks in the morning and the afternoon that you could participate in with the other tenants, so you can meet a few people. The walk is all the way around the facility. It's a very nice place, so I was impressed. They offered a lot. If you were a gregarious person that liked to get out and do stuff, there was plenty to do. They offer transportation to take you to your doctor visits and they had once a week trips down to the grocery store to pick up a few things. They had a lot to offer. It's an excellent place. I took a tour with the tour guide. She was very helpful and answered all of my questions. I met the lead maintenance guy who had been with them for the last 16 years since the place opened. He was on top of everything and knew every square inch of everything and every room. I met a couple of the housekeeping and they come in once a week to do the vacuuming. They offer a sheet and towel service that is just part of the room if you want it or if you want to do your own sheets on the bed, or if you have something fancy or silk or whatever, then they have a laundry room for you to do your own laundry and as you need it. They offer a laundry service as a pro bono. If you want to hire someone to do all your laundry, they have some people that do that within the facility as well. The facility looked excellent. It was well-maintained and well painted. I didn't see a single thing while I was there that was a distractor. I didn't see one thing that made me go, 'Hmm, okay, that's not right.' I didn't see holes in the wall, I didn't see marks on the furniture, and I didn't see somebody who looked like they were in distress or being ignored. There was no bad odor within the place. I didn't stay for the meal, but the food looked pretty appetizing. They have three different choices for lunch plus an ala carte menu. There was some kind of a fish meal, there was a chicken and potato, and green bean meal for a second, and there was some kind of a chicken pot pie for a third. Then if you didn't want any of those, you could get grilled cheese and tomato soup, you could get a tuna salad sandwich, or you could get a ham and cheese sandwich or a cheeseburger. So there were all these ala carte things if you didn't feel like eating much of anything, which is mainly for people that are off going somewhere for a doctor appointment and won't get back until 2:00. They were very flexible to make sure everybody was taken care of, and got what they wanted and needed. I was impressed. The dining room was very nice.

We went to Orchid Terrace. We liked the openness of the people and the amenities that they offer. We talked to some of the residents when we were there and the staff and everybody seemed very, very happy with it. The staff during the tour was very helpful and answered all of our questions. He was awesome. He offered us a meal. It was in the middle of the morning, so we weren't there at mealtime, but he said that we can come back any time, all we had to do is give them a call. It's absolutely clean. The apartment that we toured had a balcony and looking at some of the layouts, they all seemed to have either a balcony or if they're on the main floor, it might be like a porch, but it looked like it was an outside door to a sitting area, which was one of the big things we were looking at.

My mom moved into Orchid Terrace. It was very clean, friendly people, and various sizes of apartments were available. What I don't like is they've taken a long time to send a welcoming committee to adjust my mother to the surroundings. The food's very good. They could use a little more entertainment. It's very nice. They have transportation. There's a full time health care staff there, 24/7. They have laundry rooms available on each floor. They have a full-kitchen that's available for residents to use. They have a library.

Orchid Terrace was a beautiful place. It seemed like they had everything that you could want, but I didn't find it a friendly place. I didn't feel like people were engaged. We saw a lot of empty hallways and nobody was out and walking. So, I wasn't happy with that. If I would be in a place, it would have been a place where activities were going on and people were engaged in doing the available things, and not where people just stay in the room, but the rooms were very nice and were good sized. The staff who gave me the tour was very informative and friendly. They knew the place well. They answered all my questions and nobody had to call in to get the answer from someone else. I appreciated that. The dining area looked very nice. It's a very attractive dining atmosphere and it was like one of the newest ones I saw. Everything was beautiful and it seemed like a very updated place.

I visited Orchid Terrace to see what was available, what the pricing range was, and to just take a look at the facility to see what I thought of it. I thought it was very nice. The unit that they showed me was good, and the price was okay. I did not eat there, but I observed that the dining room looked very nice. They have housekeeping, a dining area with three meals a day, and organized tours for the residents if they want them. They also have a library and community get-together areas that all looked really nice. They had adequate parking for people who still drive too. I looked at one of the larger units (about 1,100 square feet) with 2 bedrooms, and I thought it was adequate. My concern at this time is about storage. If I was to make a move, I would have to figure out where to store some items because they do not have any storage facilities (other than what's in the units themselves). I thought it was very clean, and I didn't have any problems at all. Plus, they also have security around the clock.

We loved Orchid Terrace. We were very close to renting that one, but in the end we ended up going with another place. In our in-person visit, the guy was phenomenal, and he was great. It was a little outdated, and it could have been remodeled a little bit as far as the hallways, but they kept the lawns very nice. It is very close to the highway, so it is convenient that way. The rooms were very nice. They were also in the middle of remodeling all the rooms.

Orchid Terrace appeared very nice, but my mom just needed more care than they really provide. It's clean. I got to go in a room and see, and they're more like little apartments. They had kitchenettes. My mom just needs more care. She can't really take care of herself. The staff was very helpful and spent a lot of time with me.

Orchid Terrace was a nice place. The layout was nice and the rooms were clean. At this point, it's up to my aunt to make up her mind whether she wants to stay where she is or move. The staff was nice.