Diamond Ridge

Diamond Ridge was very nice. The rooms were very nice, very clean, open, and looked good. There's a dining room, a hairdresser upstairs, a back patio, and an activities room upstairs.

I visited Diamond Ridge. The apartments looked neat, tidy, and well presented. The dining area looked pretty good. The activity schedule looked pretty full, with bingo, cards, and music coming in.

I was impressed with Diamond Ridge. It seemed clean, and the individuals living there seemed happy, busy, and healthy. Those were the things I was looking for for my own mother. It had more of a homey appearance and was more comfortable.

At Diamond Ridge, the person that showed me around was very knowledgeable and very helpful. The rooms were beautiful. I met a couple of the residents and they were very nice. The only reason we didn’t go with it was that it was too far from us. Everything was perfect except for the location. Everything was fabulous. The dining area was beautiful, and they did have a private dining area that you could use for private parties. It was perfect.

I'm in Diamond Ridge now. I was having a lot of trouble with cooking, and this community serves three meals a day. They have activities, and the people here are really nice. If they had a pool, I'd give it a 5, but they don't have a pool. We do have somebody who comes in and washes the floor and vacuums some stuff. Other than that, the apartment is left to me, but I'd say it's very good. The hallways are really clean, and the common areas are clean, so the cleanliness is good.

I was in Diamond Ridge for a very short time. I had lunch there. In all of the places that I visited, I was not impressed at all with the size of the rooms. Everyone was very nice, but it's just not for me at this point. I want to be more independent than what these places provide.

We chose Diamond Ridge which is a retirement home. My husband’s sister in law is there. They don’t have a nursing facility, and she is beyond that. We have to pay extra care for her there which is not good. They don’t provide any extra care for the person who stays there. If anyone needs nursing care or help with their pills, you have to hire someone to come and do that. However, this place is great for a retirement community. This is really a lovely place; it is really very comfortable and spacious. The grounds are lovely. They have two bedroom places. Now what she has is just a kitchen and just one room. That one room has her bed in it. She has a single bed, a chest of drawers on one side, her television stand with her tv, and she has three chairs on the other side. It has a large bathroom with a shower. There’s a refrigerator and three closets too. Her bedroom is carpeted; the kitchen is tiled. They provide the linens for the bed and change the bed once a week. They also provide the towels for the bathroom. They will come in once a week and clean. Now if you want to clean it more often, you have to hire somebody to do it or do it yourself. Everybody in the place is lovely. The person who manages it is very nice. The staff is great. They’re very nice. Actually, when my husband and I retire and we don’t want to do any cooking, I think we will go there. Their food is good. They serve three meals a day. Sometimes when we go there and decide to stay there for lunch, we could go in to the dining room with her and have lunch, dinner, or breakfast and there’s no charge. We can just go in with her and sit down and eat. It’s great. They have entertainment that comes to the place. They have a bus that can take you to different places. She pays $2000 a month here for everything, and that is all she can afford.

I found Diamond Ridge, which is close by, when I made some inquiries. She is very happy and very much enjoying life in her new home. She has nothing but good things to say: the staff runs well and the meals are good, keeping her healthy. She looks the best I have ever seen her look. It’s a nice, clean place, but I noticed that the residential leadership people in the program keep rotating in and out, and I think that causes some confusion for some of the people who live there about who is running the place right now.