Eventide Fargo

Deonne

My dad moved into Eventide Fargo two weeks ago. I have nothing but good things to say about them. It's nice because they offer weekly housekeeping for him, so he's got that service, and not all places do that. He gets 30 meals a month, which is very nice as well. The community is friendly. The staff looks out for him. One of the selling points for us was the fact that he could transition to assisted living without having to move. They would just increase his services where he is, and it's also attached to a nursing home. So if he needed at some point a higher level of care, they do work together with the nursing home staff to help with that transition. So those are just real assets, I felt. The staff are very friendly and helpful. I only ate here once, which is the day we moved in. They gave us free meals. The family got a free meal there, too, cause we were helping him move in, which was a nice touch. So I've only eaten once, but my dad tells me that the food is good. It's clean. At that time the person was very friendly and explained to us because we didn't know how to manage at all, or what to do. And the person didn't get impatient with us because we misunderstood some things and we ended up going like 10 minutes before we were supposed to before it ended because we thought you could come any time during that time. You're supposed to be there in the beginning and then it ends. So we had like 10 minutes, but we didn't understand that. They were just so nice to us about that and explained how it worked. But they made sure we got food anyway. My dad says people are always there to help him because he has a power wheelchair. The breakfast is a continental one, so he has to carry the food to the table for breakfast and they help him do that. He does cards, every day they have a card group and game cards, and games, and he had a great time playing with them the other day. I know they have a chapel here as well. So they have religious services, and they have free transportation to medical appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays. But, there are other community options for other days and other kinds of appointments, but you have to pay for those. They have a pub, they have happy hour, you know, dad doesn't do that. Dad went to a Bible study he enjoyed.

Laine

Eventide Fargo was my personal favorite. The staff were phenomenal. They were wonderful. The facility was gorgeous and their programs were fantastic. I wanted to move there myself. My father-in-law fell in love with it and thought that he would love to go there, too. He's a football fan and they had this beautiful bar where they have tailgate things going on before football games. They had a big screen so they could watch the local football on the big screen. He said that it was perfect for him. It was right before St. Patrick's Day when we visited, so they were organizing a trip. They had a bus for that and members could sign up for it. They were going to all the different breweries with green beer. It was a party atmosphere and looked super fun that people were very excited about it. That place was really bustling. They were sweet and so nice. It's new and has everything that you could ever ask for. We also tried a dessert for St. Patrick's Day and it was super good. We loved it.